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World’s Biggest Coffee Morning raises £270

School of Sport and Service Management students and staff raised over £270 for Macmillan Cancer Research last week. International Hospitality Management students prepared a range of cakes and cookies for the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning held in the Eastbourne campus Hillbrow building and also a full lunch for regular guests in the Culinary Arts Studio. Thanks go to Helena and Andreia (pictured) Luke,…

Funding advice for new health students

New student? make sure you subscribe to the University of Brighton Moneymatters blog for latest advice and information on all things funding and fees for our student advice team.

Inaugural Access and Healthcare Conference success in Eastbourne

On Wednesday 20 September, we welcomed over 70 students to the university’s first Health Sciences Access and Healthcare Conference at our Darley Road campus in Eastbourne. Delivered through the university’s Compact Plus Programme, students from partner local colleges benefitted from talks about applying to university, personal statements and student finance. Student ambassadors from a variety of…

Funding advice for new midwifery students

New student? make sure you subscribe to the University of Brighton MoneyMatters blog for latest advice and information on all things funding and fees for our student advice team. If you are new midwifery student please make sure you read this post about the importance of being assessed correctly by Student Finance England – you may be missing…

Student speaks at the Royal Geographic Society Annual Conference

In August PhD student Jennifer Holland had the opportunity to attend the Royal Geographic Society Annual Conference in London. The event highlighted the excellent research being carried out at the School of Sport and Service Management in cruise research and risk in tourism. A session titled ‘Geographies of cruise tourism: Navigating the field(s) of inquiry’, co-convened by Dr Jo-Anne…

Trainee PE teachers learn new alternative team game

PGCE and School Direct Physical Education trainee teachers were introduced to a new innovation when they took part in a Rock-it-ball workshop. The game of VX (previously known as Rock-it-ball) originated in North Yorkshire in 2006. VX is officially a gender-neutral activity and is best described as a hybrid of lacrosse and dodgeball. The game has…

Alumni Tales

Amelia Hagen who studied International Event Management MSc with us volunteered at the Russia 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup – the warm-up to the 2018 World Cup. Read her interesting insight of the experiences of a volunteer.

Working with Rick Stein

After graduating with first class honours from our Internationality Hospitality Management BA(Hons) Felicity Hayes headed to Cornwall to work for Rick Stein: “After living by the sea in Eastbourne for university, I decided that the coast was where I wanted to be. “I currently work for Rick Stein down in Cornwall in his luxury deli, selling local…

Values-based Pedagogy through Rugby

Trainee teachers of physical education worked with academic members of staff learning more about how to use values-based pedagogy in physical education which has its origins with the University of Brighton’s pioneering Football and Rugby 4 Peace International programmes. Trainees experienced a range of rugby-related activities and learnt how to adapt the methodology in different…

2017 Annual Tourism Conference

The University of Brighton’s School of Sport and Service Management will be hosting a two day conference in December titled New approaches to Tourism Learning in Higher Education & Research on Coastal Tourism. The conference takes place at The View Hotel Eastbourne and speakers include Dr Steven Goss-Turner. Find out more and book your place.