Student News and Events

The Big Bang Fair South East

If you’re a student or researcher in a STEM related subject you may be able to help. We are looking for volunteers to attend the Big Bang Fair South East. Volunteer at this year’s Big Bang Fair South East, share your passion, knowledge and skills with around 7000 school pupils. Why volunteer? You’ll get to…

Extended opening hours

From Monday 11 April to Friday 10 June The Book and Bean will be open from 08.00 to 22.00 Monday to Friday The Mezz Restaurant will be open from 07.30 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 19.00 Monday to Friday The Aldrich Library will be open: Monday 24 Hours Tuesday …

MOMENTUM is gathering

Developers U+I PLC in partnership with our university, are hosting exhibitions at Lewes Road and Brighton city centre to show proposals for the Preston Barracks and Moulsecoomb sites. The campaign entitled, MOMENTUM Lewes Road, is giving you the opportunity to see the initial proposals for the sites covered by the joint-planning application between: U+I PLC, Brighton &…

Family Fun Day

All Falmer and PABS students, who are parents or carers, are invited to bring their children and partners to this year’s Family Fun Day. This year’s free event will be held on Saturday 14 May from 10am to 12.30pm in the Checkland Building, Level 1, Falmer campus. No advance booking necessary. ‘Family Fun Day’ gives student parents…

Street Diner

Find out more about the local traders serving up delicious street food on campus from 11am to 3pm on Tuesday 19 April on the Cockcroft Lawn: Caphe Republic – Vietnamese 800 Degrees Pizza – Wood fired pizza Crocus Paella – Spanish Paella Dead Good Burrito – Burritos and Tacos Yoshi’s Japanese – Japanese Cuisine Ahimsa – Indian…

Don’t let exams ruin your summer term

Top tips for managing stress, getting organised and rocking your exams The summer term brings many joys: afternoons on the beach, (occasional) sunshine, iced coffee and Frisbee in the park. But summer also brings exam time. This can be a cause of stress for students, but there are plenty of ways to ensure that exams…

New Reprographics Service for Grand Parade students

The new facility will open on Monday 25 April 2016. The service will be run by well-trained Student Helpers, Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and also supported and managed by technical staff in the Reprographics team using Lync (video conferencing) and remote management software There will be a Canon 700 series Professional A3/A4 colour digital…

Gender-neutral toilets

The number of gender-neutral toilets across the university campuses is set to increase. Currently, there are gender-neutral toilets at our Grand Parade Main Building, and the Aldrich Library, Moulsecoomb Campus. The Equality and Diversity Committee, Chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Debra Humphris, recently agreed to more by converting existing single toilet cubicles and some disabled…

Gender-neutral toilets FAQ

Q: What are gender-neutral toilets? Gender-neutral toilets (GNTs) are toilets and/or bathroom facilities which do not have gendered signage and which do not require the person using them to define into a gender. Rather than being unisex (both male and female), gender-neutral toilets assign no gender whatsoever to people using them. Q: Who uses gender-neutral…