We all need training to tackle child abuse

A whistleblower who exposed Britain’s worst child sex scandal has called for more education and training to spot early signs of abuse during a student lecture. Youth worker Jayne Senior who revealed how 1,400 children had been abused in Rotherham said: “We must all work together to ensure nothing like this ever happens again. We…

Continue Reading

Falmer campus Family Fun Day 2018

On Saturday 11 March the fourth Family Fun Day took place on the Falmer campus. This annual event is for all parents who study at Falmer and was attended by students studying education, humanities, health science and social science degrees with the invite extended to their children and partners. University staff members and their children…

Continue Reading

International Women’s Day

To mark International Women’s Day in 2018 we are celebrating the achievements of just some of the academics working here at Brighton.

Religious Studies PGCE field trips

As part of our (Secondary) Religious Studies PGCE trainee teachers attend various field trips throughout the year, visiting a number of Christian and non-Christian places of worship, including churches, mosques, synagogues and Buddhist centres.

Theatre of Learning Workshop for Religious Studies PGCE

On the (Secondary) Religious Studies PGCE, we consider a range of creative teaching and learning strategies that seek to engage pupils and support them in making progress. 

Holocaust Educational Trust Workshop for PGCE trainees

As part of their university-based work, trainee teachers from our (Secondary) English PGCE and (Secondary) Religious Studies PGCE routes recently attended a workshop hosted by guest speaker Tom Jackson from the Holocaust Education Trust. The Trust aims to educate young people from every background about the Holocaust and the important lessons that can be learned…

Continue Reading

Family Fun Day 2018

Join us on 10 March for our family fun day! All Falmer students and staff with kids are welcome to this fantastic and popular annual event run by the Falmer SSGTs. More activities for kids and parents this year too, and all for free. This event is a great opportunity for students who are parents of…

Continue Reading

Education Research Seminar – Thursday 8 February

The Education Research Centre and School of Education present: ‘The Datafication of Primary and Early Years Education’ With Dr Alice Bradbury and Dr Guy Roberts-Holmes, Senior Lecturers, UCL Institute of Education  Thursday 8 February 2018, 4-5:30pm, Asa Briggs, Checkland Building, Falmer For full details and to register please click here

NQT Conference 2018

The School of Education NQT conference will take place on Monday 19 February 2018 from 1pm – 6pm at the university’s Falmer campus.

Part-time work-based education degrees open days

We will be hosting two open evenings for our part-time work based education degrees on the following dates: Saturday 3 February 2018, 2pm–5pm Wednesday 21 March 2018, 5.30pm–7.30pm These events are a great opportunity for non-qualified teaching staff to find out about our flexible undergraduate education degrees, ideal for studying alongside work commitments. Find out more…

Continue Reading