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Occupational therapy students doing crafts

OT newsletter – winter edition

Read all the latest news and placement dates from our Occupational Therapy team here.

Students helping older people avoid falls

School of Sport and Service Management sport and exercise science students are visiting a care home to help tackle one of the most serious health issues facing older people – falls. Every year, one third of older people fall and in London alone these account for a tenth of ambulance call outs. Falls result in…

Success for Madeleine

Madeleine Orr graduated from our International Event Management MSc in 2016 and was awarded a scholarship to undertake her PhD at the University of Minnesota. Her success was partly based on her excellent masters research dissertation supervised by the school’s Dr Nigel Jarvis, and her overall distinction in her degree award. Maddy investigated the legacies of the 2015 Pan…

Dragons’ Den and Hospitality and Retail Expo 2018

One guest speaker, five dragons, 70 students, 11 teams – one happy cohort! Final year undergraduate students studying the International Hospitality Management BA(Hons) were joined by Steve Lowy, CEO of Umi Digital who gave an inspiring speech about working in the hospitality industry before our very own Dragons’ Den. We were joined by four more…

Graduate profiled by the IoH

Rachael Stevens who graduated from our International Hospitality Management BA(Hons) with a first talks to the Institute of Hospitality about her passion for hospitality and what she has been up to since graduation. Read her interview.

Beverage Tasting for Hospitality Students

Students in the final year of their International Hospitality Management BA(Hons) course who are studying the optional Beverage Marketing module have been conducting a series of comparative testings on a range of beverages. The aim of the module is to develop an understanding of the beverage business market both in a local, national and global…

Lisa’s research success

Research into neuromuscular fatigue from cycling has won a University of Brighton student a top award. Lisa Schäfer addressed the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and the European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC) conference in Nottingham and won the Human Kinetics Student Poster Presentation Award. Lisa, based at the Welkin laboratories at…

A truly international Christmas

Christmas is always a good opportunity to celebrate with friends across the world and the Culinary Arts Studio was no exception when first year International Hospitality Management BA(Hons) students enjoyed an early but traditional Christmas lunch with all the trimmings! The hospitality students were joined students studying at the university’s International College in Brighton as they decorated the tree…

Come and visit us this winter

It might be cold outside but don’t let that stop you visiting us this winter! If you’re considering starting an undergraduate course here in 2018, why not sign up to one of our campus tours taking place during December and January and find out more about what it’s like study at Brighton? The tours will…

Postgraduate courses online events

We will be holding a series of online events in February and March 2018 where you can find out about the following postgraduate courses: (Secondary) Dance PGCE International Event Management MSc International Hospitality Management MSc Sport and International Development MA Tourism and International Development MSc FIND OUT MORE AND BOOK YOUR PLACE