Students studying our Sustainable Design MA will be showcasing their work at the end of year show – UNMAKE // REMAKE this September which will be hosted at Broadworks by Hive Curates in London.
Jesse Mugambi’s journey through our Sustainable Design MA was more than academic—it was transformative. Having previously completed a degree in Architecture BA(Hons) in 2020, Jesse returned for his master’s with a clear goal: to merge his passions for architecture, music, and sustainability into a project that could make a real-world impact.
It was whilst studying his MA, that Jesse won €50,000 in Jägermeister’s global #SaveTheNight competition, which funds innovative nightlife concepts. Jesse spent his time at university developing his winning proposal, Studio Can-V, where he received mentorship, design support, and the freedom to explore interdisciplinary solutions.
Jesse returned to university recently to tell us more about the project, from its initial concept to its recent launch and recognition on the global stage. Watch the video below to hear how the course supported and shaped his journey.
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The School of Architecture and Design came alive recently with creativity, celebration, and community spirit at the annual Architecture and Design Summer Show 2025. This vibrant event marked the culmination of months of hard work, innovation, and exploration by our talented students and offered a glimpse into the future of architecture and design.
The private view brought together students, families, alumni, and industry professionals to admire the diverse and inspiring final projects on display. It was also a moment to honour outstanding achievements through a series of prestigious awards, recognising excellence in design, innovation, sustainability, and community impact.
Here’s a comprehensive look at this year’s award winners and the reasons they were honoured…
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As part of this year’s summer shows, we are chatting with some of our final-year students to hear more about the projects they are currently working on.
The computer degree show allows students from all computing courses to showcase their final poster presentations and skills to potential employers, industry professionals and the wider community.
In this blog post, Cedra Jamal, who is studying Computer Science with Cyber Security BSc(Hons), tells us how she came up with the idea for her project and shares her favourite moments while studying at Brighton.
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I want to work on some of society’s toughest problems and play a part in trying to find a solution.
John Hooper graduated from Brighton with a Mathematics BSc(Hons) in 2022 and is now working in the Home Office.
Read about his work and his experiences of studying here as a mature student:
I work as an Operational Research Analyst in the Civil Service, currently in the Home Office, where I model the asylum system. It is a challenging area for many reasons. The system itself is incredibly complex, with many routes to claim asylum and a wide range of potential outcomes and pathways for asylum seekers, which makes it a considerable modelling challenge.
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Where can a degree in Product Design take you? For many of our graduates, it’s the first step toward exciting careers in innovation, creativity, and problem-solving.
In this blog post, we celebrate just some of our amazing alumni who have turned their passion for design into real-world success!
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A Product Design graduate has earned a collaboration with alumni Tom Meades’ sustainable design studio, gomi, to make bags from waste courier uniforms.
Angus Clifford, who graduated from the university this summer with a degree in Product Design BSc(Hons), has teamed up with Tom Meades, co-founder and chief designer at gomi, to bring Angus’s final year university project to life.
Each year, millions of courier uniforms for companies including Deliveroo, Just East, Uber Eats – and many more – are handed out, most of which ultimately end up in landfill. Angus’s project, which was among the many innovative solutions showcased by Brighton students at this year’s Graduate Summer Shows (Instagram), focused on finding a sustainable response to this waste challenge.
Watch our video to see what Lewis has to say about Computer Science with Cyber Security BSc(Hons) and why University of Brighton is so special.
I loved the aspect of circular economy that the University of Brighton really drove and the problem-solving attached with it. It presented a real challenge that I loved working to solve.
Please tell us a bit about your work and your influences
Throughout my time here at Brighton the emphasis on designing with sustainability has been so incredibly strong, so in this semester I really wanted to take it to a new level. Tutors such as Duncan Baker-Brown, Glenn Longden-Thurgood, Tony Roberts and Ian Bailey have really pushed me to explore the relationships between locations and longevity as a means to create a hyperlocal, vernacular project. This semester I have explored the concept of ‘rearranging landscape’ – the idea of using onsite (or local materials) that harvested in more traditional formats and adapting them in a contemporary, yet approachable format.
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Organising the course so that each student can be their individual selves makes the course well worth it.
Please tell us a bit about your work and your influences
My project is called Recover Quest, it’s a rehabilitation video game for injury recovery, focusing on the hand and wrist and uses real time hand tracking. The project is partially influenced by myself as I have a condition called erbs palsy which means limited rotation and range of motion in one arm. I rarely do my exercises and wanted to find out if others felt the same and that’s how this project started!
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