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Residential summer schools 2024

Learn about university life at a summer school! Taking place from 9 to 12 July 2024, University of Brighton summer schools offer you the opportunity to try out university. We offer a range of subjects including a sport summer school and a health summer school which both take place on the university’s Falmer campus and…

Happy Café focuses on wellbeing

University of Brighton physiotherapy students and staff are getting together to focus on wellbeing in a new ‘Happy Café’ initiative. The first event took place in February and was attended by physiotherapy students on our undergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy degrees and was led by Nicky Walker, lecturer in physiotherapy. Over the two hours students engaged…

Physio working at the top of his game

Physio Sam Blanchard is working at the top of his game at one of the world’s biggest football clubs. Sam credits his learning experience at Brighton in helping him achieve his professional achievements and job at Manchester City Football Club. We caught up with him to find out more about his professional journey so far,…

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Lecturer helping to make a difference in Zimbabwe

Senior Lecturer in physiotherapy, Dr Hazel Horobin, will be helping to improve physiotherapy in community settings in Zimbabwe as part of the CREATE PhD Programme. The CREATE PhD Programme, with funding from the Wellcome Trust, is supporting PhD fellows to address existing and emerging global health challenges. The five-year programme pairs 25 UK health professionals…

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New facilities at the Falmer campus

Development work at our Falmer campus is well underway and in January our Sport and Health Complex opened its doors Newly opened leisure facilities included a gym, dance and fitness studio, spin studio and a social area. The next phase of the development will see the opening of the swimming pools, two show court hall, …

University Of Brighton 2023 highlights

2023 has been another extraordinary year at the University of Brighton with world-leading research, major awards and new facilities for our students, staff and the community. Check out some of the highlights from our incredible Brighton students, staff and alumni in our 2023 review. Season’s greetings and a happy new year!

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Guardian University Guide 2024 results

The Guardian University Guide 2024 arrived this week and we’re delighted to report that: Brighton is 1st in England, 2nd in the whole of the UK, for physiotherapy courses Brighton is 7th in the UK for sport science courses Brighton is 6th in the UK for education courses Brighton is 16th in the UK for Children’s…

Helping to train Sierra Leone’s first physios

Our Alumni Association recently caught up with alum Desmond Macaulay to learn about the work he is doing to help train the first physiotherapists in his home country of Sierra Leone and his clinic in the UK. As well as being involved in training the physiotherapists he has been helping with providing library resources for…

Moving on up: Brighton climbs again in latest Complete University Guide

Brighton rose to 68 in the rankings – an overall improvement of 13 places on last year – and has now climbed a total of 44 places over the last three years. The university has also been ranked seventh in the south-east and in the top 60 nationally for graduate outcomes, reflecting the proportion of…

Meet Dr Leonard Henry Joseph

Dr Leonard Henry Joseph is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton. He is a physiotherapist and his research interests focus on the health promotion, prevention, diagnosis and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders. Your journey into teaching My mother who was a staff nurse was my role model and inspiration which motivated me to choose…

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