Student News and Events

Brighton Pride parade! Free T-shirt decorating event, open to staff and students

Have you dreamed of marching in Brighton’s iconic Pride parade? The University has a space in 2023’s parade, with allocated spots for our staff, students and their friends or family.

Mental Health Awareness Week 2023

From 15 to 21 May, this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week will be taking place, during which a series of events will be running to help signpost support services and encourage conversation among students. All week, Sport Brighton will be offering free activities to get students active, with a range of events scheduled for each…

May and June rail strikes: applying for a temporary parking E-Permit

Further RMT and Aslef strike action is due to take place across the rail network on Friday 12 May, Saturday 13 May, Wednesday 31 May and Saturday 3 June 2023.

New sexual health and HIV digital vending machine at Moulsecoomb campus

A new sexual health and HIV digital vending machine has been launched at Moulsecoomb campus in the Mezz Food Hub, Cockcroft building. The machines provide free STI testing kits for people without symptoms who want to check their sexual health or HIV status. The machines contain self-sampling swabs and blood sampling equipment which will be tested…

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My Brighton improvements coming 5 May 2023

We’re pleased to announce that the university app, My Brighton will undergo some minor changes based on your feedback, which we’ve collected since February. We thank all students who took time to share their thoughts with us: “Your Voice Shapes Our University.” Your feedback told us that some services were not easy to find on…

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Supporting you to achieve your full potential reminder

The additional consideration process is available to consider unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances that students face, and to protect you from the impact of these circumstances on your achievement.

Supporting you during UCU’s marking and assessment boycott

Read our FAQs on how the University of Brighton is supporting those affected by the inductrial action in terms of students’ studies, exams, grading and degree graduation.

Job opportunity: Student Partner for Hackathon Challenge

We are looking for up to nine students (any level) to join student engagement specialists based at the University of Brighton in a small series of ‘hackathon’ challenge events.

Make your student vote count in the local elections

The UK Government has introduced a requirement for voters to show photo ID when voting at a polling station at some elections. This new requirement will apply for the first time in England at the local elections on Thursday 4 May 2023. Your student ID card is not an accepted form of identification.

Volunteer opportunity: role play for fire service (29 June 2023)

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service are seeking volunteers to role play at a training exercise located at the Amex Stadium, next to the Falmer campus.