Sport and health science courses at Brighton news

Getting onside for World Peace Day

Over 250 local school students and sports coaches from around the globe will converge on the University of Brighton in a festival of football to celebrate the International Day of Peace on Wednesday 21 September. The annual Football 4 Peace international training camp will bring together pupils from 14 local schools with delegates from Ghana,…

Inclusive physical activity workshop

Physical Education and Dance PGCE and School Direct students at the School of Sport and Service Management took part in a whole day of inclusive sport and physical activity as part of the preparation for their forthcoming school placements. The emphasis of the day was on equity and inclusion within the secondary school physical education and dance curriculum….

Class of ’96 returns!

More than 100 of our graduates took part in a 20-year reunion at the Eastbourne campus. The event took place on 10 September with alumni from the Hospitality and Tourism Management BA(Hons) courses. The alumni revisited the sights of Eastbourne and the town’s nightclubs on the Friday night and had tea and cake at the university’s Culinary Arts…

PhD student features on CABI

Student Jennifer Holland was recently asked to write a guest article for the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences (CABI) about her PhD “Navigating Uncertainty: The Influence of Risk on Consumer Decision-Making in Ocean Cruising”. Jennifer’s article featured in CABI’s Leisure Tourism section and you can read the article here. Find out more about our postgraduate…

University celebrates Sarah’s success

Dame Sarah Storey – coached by University of Brighton – became Great Britain’s most successful female Paralympian by winning her 12th gold medal on the opening day in Rio.

How fan power is challenging football culture

Football fans are mobilising to campaign against discrimination and to have a say in the way their clubs are run. Dr Mark Doidge, Senior Research Fellow in the College of Social Sciences, spoke yesterday on “fan activism” at the British Science Festival.

Looking for ways to stay cool during heatwaves

As sunbathers enjoy this week’s hot weather, scientists at the University of Brighton are researching ways the elderly can avoid heat-related illnesses which claim 2,000 lives in the UK each year. The university is recruiting healthy volunteers aged 65 and over for a series of tests designed to help older people to stay cool.

Simon’s dreaming of gold

Simon Munn is playing for gold in the Rio Paralympics – and the University of Brighton can take a bow if he does. The GB Wheelchair basketball team star, taking part in what will be his seventh consecutive Games, has been working with Alex Bliss, Strength and Conditioning Coach based at the university’s Welkin Laboratories…

Gary’s Channel swim success

Dr Gary Brickley, School of Sport and Service Management Senior Lecturer and exercise physiologist, this week successfully swam the English Channel in a time of 11 hours and 47 minutes. A pretty fast time – the Channel Swimming Association says the fastest ever time is around seven hours and the slowest nearly 27 hours. Gary…

NH 6170- Operating Theatre Practice module

Continuing and Postgraduate Education in Health Sciences (CPGE). In 2011 a report by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) has identified that there are significant challenges regarding the identification and care pathway of high risk surgical patients. This module has been developed to enable registered nurses, operating department practitioners and midwives working in operating theatre…