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Beepurple launch new grant fund to boost Startup Hive 24 ventures

Beepurple, the student enterprise team,  supported by the Higher Education Innovation Fund, has launched a new grant fund  exclusively open to students and graduates (from the Class of 2023 or more recently) who  registered for, or attended, the recent StartUp Hive 2024 summer course. The Grant is intended to enable these students and graduates to… Continue Reading Beepurple launch new grant fund to boost Startup Hive 24 ventures

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Pushing the boundaries of artistic expression in India during the summer of 2023

Author: Kedar Namdas, artist, designer, entrepreneur and student at the University of Brighton In the vibrant narrative of the University of Brighton, my summer break of 2023 unfurled a story of artistic and intellectual exploration. As a master’s student in user experience design and a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and entrepreneur, I embarked on a summer… Continue Reading Pushing the boundaries of artistic expression in India during the summer of 2023

Meet our startups: Megan Faith Makes

In this spot where we explore some of the businesses we’ve supported, University of Brighton photography graduate, Megan Faith, shares her journey from student to founder of  a knitting and crochet business.   “Originally from Brighton, and having gone to Brighton Steiner School,  I developed a love for all things creative.  At A-level I studied… Continue Reading Meet our startups: Megan Faith Makes

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BE PART OF BRIGHTON FESTIVAL 2023

Brighton Festival 2023 is holding a Volunteer Recruitment Evening on Monday 27 February. Continue Reading BE PART OF BRIGHTON FESTIVAL 2023

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Volunteer at Brighton Festival 2022!

Brighton Festival are looking for reliable and enthusiastic people to help deliver festival events and represent the festival across Brighton, apply now. Continue Reading Volunteer at Brighton Festival 2022!

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Brighton Works Week 2021: Thursday 28 October is about Arts and Creative

Find out how to break into the Creative industry with UnitedUs or hear from a self-employed artist about how to start out. Continue Reading Brighton Works Week 2021: Thursday 28 October is about Arts and Creative

Creative Access Wednesday Workshops

Creative Access are a social enterprise, unrivalled in diverse recruitment and inclusion. They work with all under-represented candidates and organisations across the whole creative industry from Theatre and TV to Publishing. Creative Access is largely funded by their employer partners who are committed to improving diversity and inclusion within their organisations, wholeheartedly. All profits go… Continue Reading Creative Access Wednesday Workshops

Building resilience and how it can help you thrive

As part of our blog series Brighton Resilience, alumna Tejal Mistry – HOST Finance Lead, Global Finance Business Partner at HSBC – tells us how she has built resilience and gives her take on what can help us through the current challenges On reflection over the last few weeks, I look back at my past… Continue Reading Building resilience and how it can help you thrive

Get one-to-one advice on how to produce an outstanding portfolio or improve upon an existing one

Are you an aspiring or practising designer, developer, artist or animator looking to get feedback on your portfolio? Talent Fest 2020: Portfolio Clinic offers a rare opportunity to meet some of Brighton’s top creative agencies and get one-to-one advice on how to create an outstanding portfolio or improve upon an existing one. Plus, we’ll be… Continue Reading Get one-to-one advice on how to produce an outstanding portfolio or improve upon an existing one

Wired Sussex Jobs Fair in Brighton

Interested in a career with a digital media company? Then get yourself along to the largest digital, creative, tech Careers Fair in the South East showcasing the best job opportunities and companies from Brighton and beyond. Entrance is free! Whether you’re looking for a job in design, marketing, games, production, virtual reality, web and app… Continue Reading Wired Sussex Jobs Fair in Brighton

Latest arts and heritage volunteering opportunities including Brighton Dome and Festival 2019!

Latest arts and heritage volunteering opportunities including Brighton Dome and Festival 2019! Why volunteer? Is it worth it? The essential way to add to your CV and get work experience related to your degree whilst you are university, before you graduate – think employability skills Boost your confidence Make new friends, meet like-minded others Improve… Continue Reading Latest arts and heritage volunteering opportunities including Brighton Dome and Festival 2019!

Awards, internships and mentoring – a round-up for international/BAME students and grads…

Awards for international graduates, internships in the Civil Service and creative industries, mentoring for budding PR professionals. It’s all happening… Closing 11 November! Are you an international graduate of a UK university? Apply for the Study UK Alumni Awards! Award winners and finalists are those who have used their experience of studying at a UK university… Continue Reading Awards, internships and mentoring – a round-up for international/BAME students and grads…

Historical Research Volunteer – a not to be missed opportunity with Brighton Dome (deadline 18 July)

Historical Research Volunteer – Brighton Dome and Festival Role details We are looking for volunteers to help us uncover some of the hidden histories of these iconic buildings through an in-depth research project. Your research will directly contribute to material that appears in the newly re-opened Corn Exchange and Studio theatre and in future exhibitions.… Continue Reading Historical Research Volunteer – a not to be missed opportunity with Brighton Dome (deadline 18 July)

Put your artistic skills and interest in fashion/dress history to good use and add to your CV at the same time…

Creative Artistic Volunteers Wanted! Volunteers will be working with the The Sussex Beacon shops in Brighton to: help design and paint the wall outside the St James Street store (just round the corner from Grand Parade!) and some items at our home store on London Road. The idea we have for St James Street is… Continue Reading Put your artistic skills and interest in fashion/dress history to good use and add to your CV at the same time…

Film & TV Q&A

  12-1pm 14th Feb Grand Parade Room G64           Sam is a Writer and Storyboard Artist specialising in children’s animation. In the industry for over ten years, Sam has worked on a number of leading animated properties such as Tom & Jerry, The Mr. Men Show, Octonauts, and PJ Masks, for… Continue Reading Film & TV Q&A

*Lucy Choi London* invites you to their Mayfair Boutique

*Girls Talk London *are partnering with luxury high end designer *Lucy Choi London (niece of Jimmy Choo)* as part of our *’I am Mogul Pop-up festival’ * Tickets £15.78. There is a student discount code: *GTLSTUDENT* *Lucy Choi London* invites you to their Mayfair Boutique on *Tuesday 21st November at 6:30pm *to have an exclusive… Continue Reading *Lucy Choi London* invites you to their Mayfair Boutique

Internships, competitions, TEFL and more – a selection from our summer inbox…

High summer it may be, but some of us are still hard at it. Wish you were too? Here’s a wee handful of opportunities to break a sweat doing something other than hauling cold six-packs and beach barbies back from the supermarket… Closing between NOW (as in Monday 17th) and 2 August: Paid internships for… Continue Reading Internships, competitions, TEFL and more – a selection from our summer inbox…

Competitions, awards and grants for emerging creatives…

National Open Art Competition for Students and Graduates NOA is looking for outstanding individuals to have their work included in the 21st National Open Art Exhibition, a group exhibition of the best contemporary British and Irish art of 2017 at Southbank in London. Applications are open to students, graduates and young people aged 15-23 years who work in… Continue Reading Competitions, awards and grants for emerging creatives…

Come and Meet – 25th May

Want to know what some recent graduates from Pavilion Parade are doing now? Come and meet: Woody Ledeboer, Producer/Director at World Media Rights Stan Portus, MA at Royal College of Art Alice Power, Assistant Curator, Victoria & Albert Museum Dan Simmonds, Student Representative Co-ordinator, Brighton Student Union Hear from recent graduates from History of Art… Continue Reading Come and Meet – 25th May

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Copywriting: a creative career for graduate writers. Guest blog from Dan Ramirez at Rule of Three.

Continuing our ‘guest blogger’ thread we’re off to Mayfair 2017 by way of 1960s Madison Avenue to get the inside dope on careers in copywriting courtesy of Daniel Ramirez, Creative Director and Senior Copywriter at Rule of Three. Without further ado… Copywriting: a creative career for graduate writers Image: Peggy and Don, copywriters Passionate about… Continue Reading Copywriting: a creative career for graduate writers. Guest blog from Dan Ramirez at Rule of Three.

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