Sport and health science courses at Brighton news

Dragons award five ECHO grants

On Wednesday 18 May, eight ‘dragons’ listened to eight pitches in a Dragon’s Den-style event at the School of Sport and Service Management. The dragons were representatives of the school’s teaching, management, support staff and students as well as voices from the local community. They heard eight fantastic pitches from the school’s staff and students who were hoping to…

University of Brighton students support local business’ crowdfund venture

Students from different University of Brighton campuses have united to help support the growth of a local business. Journalism, marketing, management and media undergraduate students are working together for the success of Greenfrog Botanic’s crowdfund campaign. Greenfrog Botanic is an all-natural, vegan and cruelty-free certified soap company.

Brighton nurses answer cries for help

Harrowing accounts of life for refugees will be told by three University of Brighton graduate nurses who recently returned from a camp in Greece. Source: Brighton nurses answer cries for help

Great family fun day

Student Support and Guidance Tutors in Falmer ran a Family Fun Day on Saturday 14th May which was attended by School of Health Sciences (SHS) students with their children. SHS has a high proportion of mature students, and although the University of Brighton does not collect data on student parents, we know anecdotally that we…

Prince Harry tries out university project

Prince Harry tried his hand at a university led research project as he helped launch a campaign to end the stigma surrounding mental health. Source: Prince Harry tries out university project

Course leader writes on Modern Masculinity

Sport Studies BA(Hons) course leader, Dr Christopher Matthews, has contributed to an article on Sputnik called Times Are a Changin’: Modern Masculinity No Longer Equals ‘Macho Man’. The article discusses findings from a recent YouGov poll. Read the article.

Starters and leavers – May 2016

New Course leader for Health Studies BSc(Hons) Darren BRAND will be taking on the role of Course Leader for the Health Studies BSc (Hons) from the outgoing course leader Nita MUIR. As you may remember Nita is taking on the Course Leadership of the Transforming Professional Practice for Health Professionals through Education PG Cert in September. Darren will…

The university joins Jamie Oliver’s drive to cut sugar consumption

The university is the first university in the country to launch a campaign to cut sugar consumption – and it is being backed by Jamie Oliver. Source: The university joins Jamie Oliver’s drive to cut sugar consumption

Students’ gold rush

Two University of Brighton students won gold at the Invictus Games – and one was reunited with Prince Harry, creator of the games, who he helped train. Mike Westwell, seriously injured in the war in Afghanistan, is on the university’s Troops to Teachers PE course and is also a coach for Football 4 Peace (F4P),…

Policy updates – Health Education reforms

Several members of the School Management Team (SMT) have attended meetings at professional bodies, the Council of Deans of Health, The Royal College of Nursing, The Higher Education Research & Policy Network and the Higher Education Academy. These have helped us gain a better understanding of a range of reforms on the horizon, such as…