Your student life
As a Brighton student you will have the opportunity to shape your learning through the new experiences, skills and connections you choose to make. We have provided a few examples here to inspire you.
Student stories
Watch our video from Law students, giving a genuine view of what it’s like to study here.
Find out more about life at Brighton from some of our students and graduates.
- We encourage entrepreneurship in all our students, through modules and our business support service, Beepurple. Recently, three of our Business Management students successfully launched their own business and app, Uniimarket – a buy and sell platform for peers at uni.
- As part of our International Event Management degree students take part in live client projects, allowing them to experience managing real events whilst supporting businesses in designing and/or promoting events. A group of our students organised and ran a successful fundraising event for Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice, raising over £800.
- Find out about Tsun Lam’s experience as an Accounting and Finance student.
- Through our pro-bono legal clinic, a team of three law students Sarah Khaddar (PgDip Law), Jasmine Hale (LLM Law Conversion) and Sinead Gallagher (LLB Law) successfully provided legal advice on how the residents may gather and save trees lawfully within the Covid Regs and within govt guidance in lockdown, in order to exercise their human right to peaceful protest.
Your Students’ Union
There are academic student societies in your subject area that you will be able to join, including (you may need to register to view the society’s details):
These are just three of more than 100 student-led societies you can get involved in. Joining a society is a great way to meet like-minded people, make new friends and learn new skills. Visit the SU homepage to find out more.
Meet the SU team
Run by students, for students, watch this video to find out how Brighton Student Union supports and represents you.
