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Environmental Award

Does your final year project or dissertation address and provide a solution to an environmental issue? If yes apply for the Environmental Award and you could win £200. Applications are open to all University of Brighton students, from all disciplines, finishing their studies in Summer 2020. Closing date for applications is Monday 8 June 2020….

Postgraduate teacher training Q&A event

Join us on Wednesday 17 June from 3pm – 5pm for our online Q&A event to chat to us about primary, secondary and further education PGCEs, early years initial teacher training, school direct tuition and salaried programmes, our new teaching apprenticeships, placement opportunities, bursaries and scholarships and any other questions you may have. Book your…

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For the love of scrubs

The School of Education’s Pippa Totraku is sewing hearts for sick patients in Intensive Care – and now she’s making scrubs too. Having seen the call for more personal protective equipment, Pippa (Principal Lecturer Lead for Planning and Admissions), who knits and sews for a hobby, sought out a way to help and found Facebook…

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International Scholarships of £2,500

We are offering undergraduate and postgraduate international scholarships of £2,500 for courses starting in the 2020/21 academic year. The deadline to apply is 15 May and applications are open to all students who qualify to pay international fees. Find out more on the University of Brighton website: Undergraduate international scholarships Postgraduate international scholarships We look…

Let’s shield our children from COVID-19 anxiety

In a recent interview with Nursery World, Senior Early Years Lecturer, Dr Jools Page has urged that carers “Be mindful of what you say in children’s earshot and keep news bulletins to a minimum.”

Geography PGCE field work

After returning to university in February, and successfully completing their first phase of school-based training, our secondary Geography PGCE trainees were set the task of planning, running and delivering a piece of field work in the local area for Pupil premium pupils at five of our partnership schools.

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Visiting The Pallant House Gallery

As part of their inter-placement period trainee teachers studying our Secondary Art and Design PGCE visited the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester to look around the exhibitions and attend workshops.

Supporting SEN in the FET Sector

With an increasing number of diagnosed conditions and learning barriers being recorded in further education, trainees studying our Further Education and Training (FET) PGCE recently attended a workshop with guest lecturer Kate Lambert, Curriculum Leader for Access at Greater Brighton Metropolitan College.

Geography PGCE Field trip to Royal Geographical Society

Trainees studying on our Secondary Geography PGCE recently went on a day trip to London during their inter-placement period to develop their fieldwork skills and understanding of how to use data.

Merit scholarship for Ellie

Philanthropy at the university rewards and advances academic excellence through research funding and merit prizes. Over 100 guests, including students, staff, alumni, donors and supporters came together to celebrate at our annual celebration event in February to applaud the achievements of students who have won scholarships, awards or funding over the past year. Primary Education…

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