international student guide 2016

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We’re delighted that you’re considering studying with us. Your UK university education at Brighton will prepare you for a successful career anywhere in the world. You’ll be inspired by academic staff who are leaders in their field, live in beautiful coastal locations and have some great experiences along the way.

Over 20,000 students from more than 150 countries around the world study with us each year, read on to find out why...

www.brighton.ac.uk/international

TOP 25% OF UK UNIVERSITIES FOR WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH IMPACTREF 2014

RANKED IN THE TOP 20 IN THE UK FOR SUBJECTS INCLUDING ART, PHARMACY AND EDUCATION BY THE GUARDIAN

OF OUR FULL-TIME, FIRST DEGREE GRADUATES ARE WORKING, STUDYING OR TRAINING WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF COMPLETING THEIR COURSE DLHE 2013–14

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A GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT LASTS A LIFETIME

A BRILLIANT PLACE TO LIVE, AN INSPIRING PLACE TO LEARN

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A SUPPORTIVE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SUBJECTS AND COURSES

THE APPLICATION PROCESS MONEY WHERE WE ARE

Guidance on entry requirements, how to apply and the application process, and advice about what to do next.

Find out about fees and costs as well as the scholarships and discounts available to international students.

Maps and directions to help you find our three home towns and five campuses.

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The University of Brighton takes its name from one of the most diverse, energetic – and popular – cities in the UK. Its beachside location, along with an inclusive and forward-thinking attitude, make it a compelling place to be. Our campuses are spread across the city from the seafront to the green countryside of the South Downs National Park and we have campuses in the seaside towns of Eastbourne and Hastings. Wherever you’re based you’ll be close to the beach and the countryside, with easy access to London, Europe and beyond.

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Our students are bright and enquiring, interested in the world around them. We provide a university experience where you will work with inspirational teachers who love passing their knowledge on, you will learn from your peers and be able to use professional-standard equipment and facilities.

Our research focuses on areas that benefit people, the economy and society as a whole, locally and worldwide. Research benefits you too, because it is a big element of the thriving and lively academic community that you will be part of.

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Brighton is famous for its Regency period architecture and its iconic seafront.

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HAS BEEN INVESTED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS ON THE EQUIPMENT AND BUILDINGS OUR STUDENTS USE EVERY DAY

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IS BEING INVESTED IN OUR DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY GIVING OUR STUDENTS THE BEST POSSIBLE UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE

£6 MILLION

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01. Cockcroft building at Moulsecoomb is undergoing a £29 million sustainable building refurbishment, creating new teaching and learning facilities and social spaces.

02. These new study booths installed at Eastbourne, which reduce outside sound, are perfect for studying together with other students. They are part of a university-wide project to make sure that our students have inspiring and well-designed spaces to study and socialise.

03. The TV studio at Hastings is one of a number of specialist learning facilities designed to build skills and experience and replicate an industry environment.

04. Our Huxley building is home to one of the most modern facilities for professional pharmacy teaching in the UK. The clinical skills laboratory allows students to experience the kind of clinical environment in which practicing pharmacists work.

05. Engineering and product design students have access to an array of rapid prototyping and design facilities, including 3D scanners, CNC lathes and laser cutters.

06. Sport science students have access to six BASES-accredited facilities including a biomechanics lab to analyse motion.

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Transport

Brighton 80 mins 50 mins 45 mins 30 mins 75 mins 120 mins

Eastbourne 100 mins 90 mins 75 mins 60 mins 105 mins 150 mins

Hastings 100 mins 100 mins 85 mins 90 mins 110 mins 170 mins

The University of Brighton has five campuses across three locations - Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings - all on the south coast of England. Check the course description at www.brighton.ac.uk/courses to see where your course is based and look at pages 08–23 for more information about each campus.

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MAKING YOUR WAY TO BRIGHTON, EASTBOURNE AND HASTINGS

Train journey times from London range from 50–90 minutes. Trains run along the south coast and link Brighton with Hove, Worthing and Portsmouth to the west and Lewes, Eastbourne and Hastings to the east.

Gatwick international airport is half an hour by train from Brighton, with Eastbourne and Hastings between 30–60 mins further along the coast.

Heathrow international airport has a direct coach link to Brighton via Gatwick or you can take the underground from Heathrow to London Victoria for trains and coaches to Brighton and Eastbourne, or London Charing Cross for trains direct to Hastings.

You can reach us by ferry – travelling to Dover or Portsmouth from France. The Eurostar train also offers travel to London or Ashford International from France, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands and Switzerland.

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Brighton is a coastal city, less than an hour from London, with world-leading standing in the creative and digital sectors. It’s also known as one of the UK’s liveliest, most colourful and diverse cities. Brighton’s mix of cultures, nationalities and religions means that you’ll be at home here no matter what country or background you’re from.

Brighton offers festivals, galleries, museums, film, nightlife, comedy and theatre. The city hosts the largest arts and culture festival in England, the Brighton Festival, along with other events such as the Brighton Science Festival, Pride, the London to Brighton Bike Ride, Cinecity Film Festival, the Brighton Food Festival and the Brighton Marathon.

Our students tell us that Brighton’sreputation as a forward-thinking,liberal and creative city is a key partof its attraction.

The Great Escape is Europe’s leading festival for showcasing new music, with over 300 bands playing 30 venues across the city over three days. Other Brighton music festivals include Wildlife, Shakedown and Together the People.

Brighton Digital Festival is a month-long celebration of all things digital, bringing together the city’s vibrant arts and digital communities.

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Brighton is a welcoming city where the unconventionalis valued and a diverse range of communities arecelebrated. Brighton is regarded as one of the UK’semerging super-cities. Three of our campuses are basedhere – Grand Parade, Moulsecoomb and Falmer.


Brighton Big Screen, the biggest beachfront cinema in the UK, shows blockbuster, classic and family movies on Brighton beach. Our students showcase their own short films during screenings.

Brighton Fashion Week is a rare chance to see some of the future stars of fashion outside London.

Music is everywhere in Brighton; as well as music festivals there are live music concerts all year round.

There’s lots of sport to watch; local teams include Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, Sussex County Cricket, Brighton Blues Rugby Club and Brighton & Hove Hockey Club.

Soak up the atmosphere at one of the cafes and bars, relax on the beach or have a go at volleyball, basketball and windsurfing.

www.visitbrighton.comwww.viewbrighton.co.uk

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01. Brighton seafront and pier.02. The Brighton Fringe is one of the largest fringe

festivals in the world.03. Brighton Big Screen – Brighton’s beachfront

cinema.

I chose to study at Brighton because it is a beautiful place full of life and colour.

I would recommend my course forever. The place is great, the university is a very stimulating place, open and bright and there are always lots of people around and the staff here are amazing. Every lecturer is very passionate and they share this passion with us. It’s a beautiful experience.

The advice I give to anyone who is thinking of applying for this course at Brighton is to just do it! Pack your bags, come here and see how cool Brighton uni is for yourselves!

Stefania Rabasco from Italy Chemistry BSc(Hons)

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CENTRAL BRIGHTON ON THE TRAIN

9 MINS FROMSTUDENTS STUDY HERE7,000 FALMER

IS BASED ON THE EDGE OF THE SOUTH DOWNS, FOUR MILES FROM THE SEAFRONT AND TOWN CENTRE


Campus facilities

• Falmer library• Computer rooms• Media centre• Restaurant • Two cafes• Students’ Union shop and cafe-bar

Sports facilities

• Floodlit astroturf football pitch• Netball and tennis courts• Sports centre with a fitness suite, two

activity studios and a sports hall with six badminton courts

Support services

Careers, iASK, counselling and wellbeing, student advice, volunteering, disability and dyslexia, and chaplaincy services are available on campus.

Travel to Falmer

• Regular bus services.• Falmer train station.• The Big Lemon Bus Company runs a

free shuttle bus between our Falmer and Moulsecoomb campuses, as well as between all our Brighton campuses and Brighton city centre.

• Cycle lanes link Falmer with the city centre and other Brighton campuses.

• Limited permit-controlled parking on campus. Staff and students are encouraged to cycle or use public transport.

INVESTED IN OUR FALMER CAMPUS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS

OVER£60 MILLION STUDENTS LIVE IN

HALLS OF RESIDENCE ON OUR FALMER CAMPUS

OVER 600

• Brighton Language Institute • Education and teaching • English and linguistics• Media• Medicine• Psychology • Social sciences

Watch our campus films.www.brighton.ac.uk/campusfilms

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IN THE HEARTOF CENTRAL BRIGHTON, A SHORT WALK FROM THE SEAFRONT

EXCITING CULTURAL EVENTS AT THE SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE AND UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON GALLERY

300 STUDENTSLIVE IN OUR CITY CENTRE HALLS OF RESIDENCE


Specialist art and design facilities

• Letterpress, printmaking and book binding workshops

• Music studio• Industrial textile looms• Knitting machines• Traditional and digital textile printing• Laser cutter and rapid prototyping• Forge• Studios with personal working areas

Campus facilities

• St Peter’s House is our specialist art, design and humanities library.

• The Students’ Union shop sells art materials.

• World-class design archives.• The Phoenix nursery provides childcare

for children of students, staff and local parents.

Support services

Careers, counselling and wellbeing, student advice, volunteering, disability and dyslexia support, and chaplaincy services are provided on campus.

Travel to Grand Parade

• Excellent bus services.• Brighton train station a short walk away. • Cycle lanes link Grand Parade with our

other Brighton campuses. • The Big Lemon Bus Company runs two

routes between our Brighton campuses which are free when you show your unicard.

• No parking on campus. Staff and students are encouraged to use public transport.

WORLD-CLASS DESIGN AND MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVES

SPECIALISTPHOTOGRAPHY, FILM AND MEDIA CENTRE OPENING THIS YEAR

• 3D design and craft• Fashion and textiles• Fine art• Graphic design and illustration• Humanities, historical and critical

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8,000 STUDENTS STUDY HERE AT OUR LARGEST CAMPUS

TWO MILES NORTH OF THE SEAFRONT AND CITY CENTRE

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Campus facilities

• Aldrich library• Computer pool rooms• Two restaurants and five cafes• Banks• Students’ Union shops and cafe-bar• Professional printing facilities

Support services

Accommodation, careers, student advice service, volunteering, counselling and wellbeing, disability and dyslexia support, and chaplaincy services are provided on campus. The One World nursery provides childcare for the children of students, staff and local parents.

Travel to Moulsecoomb

• Excellent bus services.• Moulsecoomb train station close by.• Cycle lanes link Moulsecoomb with city

centre and our other Brighton campuses.• The Big Lemon Bus Company runs a

free shuttle bus between Moulsecoomb and Falmer, as well as between all our Brighton campuses and Brighton city centre.

• Limited permit-controlled parking on campus. Staff and students are encouraged to cycle and use public transport.

£29 MILLIONINVESTED IN REFURBISHMENT OF COCKCROFT BUILDING

• Accounting and finance• Architecture• Biological and biomedical sciences• Business and management• Chemistry• Computing • Construction and built environment• Engineering• Geography, geology and environment• Law• Mathematics• Media• Pharmacy• Product design• University of Brighton International

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Eastbourne’s expansive coastline and surrounding countryside offer the opportunity to take part in a huge variety of sport and recreational activities. As well as art galleries and cultural activities, the town hosts exciting annual events including the UK’s largest free extreme sports festival.

Sports range from golf and horse riding to paragliding, with water sports such as sailing, canoeing, body boarding, windsurfing, power boating and kite surfing all being very popular. There’s also a sports park with synthetic athletic track, floodlit all-weather pitches and a grandstand.

Thousands of people attend Eastbourne Extreme sports festival every year to watch and take part in the adrenaline-fuelled activities on offer including kite surfing, street surfing and speed skating.

The AEGON International tennis tournament takes place each June and features a wealth of international tennis talent as part of the pre-Wimbledon warm up. Multiple grand slam winner Serena Williams, three-time Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick, Wimbledon semi-finalist Jo-Wilfred Tsonga and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki have all played here. Many students work at the tournament, and one recent graduate is working full-time for the Lawn Tennis Association.

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35 MINSFROM BRIGHTONBY TRAIN

90 MINSFROM LONDONBY TRAIN

Eastbourne is the sunniest place in the UK and is surrounded by stunning countryside. 3,000 students study at our Eastbourne campus, and it’s just twenty minutes walk from the beach.


Beachy Head Marathon is one of the UK’s biggest offroad marathons, where 1,750 runners tackle the challenging terrain of the South Downs.

Sovereign Harbour offers restaurants, bars and cafes to suit all budgets, and the independent boutiques and retail shops make it a great shopping venue.

Besides the modern Towner Contemporary Art Gallery there are also four theatres in Eastbourne and arts and music events throughout the year.

Regular continental markets feature along the seafront.

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01. Eastbourne seafront and pier.02. The highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain,

Beachy Head, is an area of outstanding natural beauty.

03. The Aegon International tennis tournament takes place at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club each year.

I chose to study in the UK largely because when I worked in China I met many British people, some of whom I had remained in contact with. My research found that the University of Brighton offered the best course for my needs and I do not regret this decision.

I have enjoyed studying at the Eastbourne campus and have found the focus to be very practical, while the teaching staff have been helpful, stimulating and encouraging. I believe my experience at the University of Brighton will be of immense value in the future development of my career in the tourism industry.

Living in Eastbourne has been fun. The beautiful countryside and friendly people will always hold wonderful memories for me.

Yan Ting Huang from China International Tourism Management MSc

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ALMOST 3,000 STUDENTS STUDY HERE

OVER 350 STUDENTS LIVE IN THE WELKIN HALLS OF RESIDENCE

1 MILE FROMCENTRAL EASTBOURNE


Teaching and learning facilities

• Exercise physiology laboratories• Environmental chamber• Human movement laboratory• Culinary arts studio• The Leaf Hospital podiatry and

physiotherapy clinic

Campus facilities

• Queenwood library• Computer rooms• Media centre• Learning and technology suite• Restaurants• Students’ Union shop and cafe-bar

Sports facilities

• 25-metre swimming pool• Sports hall and gym• Artificial outdoor pitch• Dance studio

Support services

Accommodation, careers, volunteering, counselling and wellbeing, student advice, disability and dyslexia support, and chaplaincy services are available on campus.

Transport

The campus is served by several bus services and is in walking distance of Eastbourne train station. Staff and students are encouraged to use bikes and other alternatives to car travel. Bike storage is provided on campus.

SUNNIEST PLACE IN THE UK, WITH A CLOSE-KNIT UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

EXTENSIVESPORTS FACILITIES INCLUDE SWIMMING POOL, SPORTS HALL AND DANCE STUDIOS

• Health professions • Hospitality and retail• Physiotherapy, podiatry,

occupational therapy• Sport and exercise• Travel, tourism and events


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As well as being one of the UK’s most historic seaside towns, Hastings has a distinctive and creative arts and live music scene.

Over £3 million has been invested in extreme sports facilities in Hastings in recent years, including £1 million to create a world-class indoor BMX and skateboard park on the seafront.

01. Hastings coastline.02. Hastings has a rich mix of events and festivals

throughout the year.03. The Old Town, home to an interesting variety of

independent shops.

The Coastal Currents arts festival showcases a wide range of art exhibitions, performances and events throughout Hastings, St Leonards and Rother. Hastings’ cultural activity has attracted considerable attention over recent years, including street art by Banksy and Ben Eine.

Enjoy the surrounding area – as well as the beach and the sea there are also walks and cycling across the South Downs.

Hastings is home to the award-winning Jerwood Gallery, which is the new public home to the Jerwood Foundation’s collection of twentieth and twenty-first century British art.

The Old Town is a mix of half-timbered houses, narrow streets and footpaths. It has a unique blend of independent shops supplying everything from vintage one-offs to organic food.

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Hastings is a welcoming, energetic town on the south coast of England, home to our newest and fastest growing campus, located in the town centre. Hastings has a growing national reputation as a centre for practical broadcast media courses.


Being in Hastings really brought me out of my shell. It felt like a genuine community and was the best place for me to build my confidence and make friends.

I was given some amazing opportunities throughout uni thanks to good relationships with lecturers. My friends at other universities complain that their tutors don’t even know their name, let alone give them in-depth feedback and continual support like mine did.

Now that I’ve graduated I’m working in London for a TV production company, putting many of the skills I learnt on my course into practice.

Jen McGee Broadcast Journalism BA(Hons)

Hastings Old Town Carnival week has a range of events including a free beach concert, a town criers competition, exhibitions and lots of other events.

Hastings Beer and Music festival is a two-day festival featuring the best local musicians.

Fat Tuesday is held each year in March. This five-day Mardi Gras-themed festival features local and international artists. Venues across the town embrace the New Orleans-style celebrations, making Hastings Fat Tuesday the largest authentic Mardi Gras event in the UK. www.hastingsfattuesday.co.uk

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OF CENTRAL HASTINGSIN THE HEART 2 MINS

WALK FROM HASTINGS TRAIN STATION AND THE SEAFRONT

AROUND 800STUDENTS STUDY HERE


Facilities

• Science lab• News rooms• Radio and TV studios• TV gallery • Digital games suite • Library and computing facilities• Cafe• Students’ Union office

Support services

Accommodation, careers, volunteering, counselling and wellbeing, student advice and disability and dyslexia support, and chaplaincy services are available on campus.

Travel to Hastings

• Hastings station is a two-minute walk away.

• By rail, Hastings is around half an hour from Eastbourne and an hour from Brighton.

OVER £16 MILLION INVESTED IN OUR HASTINGS CAMPUS SINCE 2012

AWARD-WINNINGSUPPORT AND GUIDANCE SERVICES

• Biology • Business• Computing• Digital and broadcast media• Education • English literature • Graphic design and illustration • Journalism • Mathematics• Public health• Social science• TV, radio and film


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I’m Harry and I manage the accommodation service.

My team is ready to guide you through the university accommodation application process, help you find private rented property and answer any housing related questions you might have.

We’re a friendly team and happy to help with any query however small. Most of the team are University of Brighton graduates and we have many years of housing experience between us.

We are here to provide the advice you need, so get in touch.

One of the things you’re sure to be thinking about over the coming months is where you’re going to live. That’s where our Accommodation Service comes in.

Offering year-round individual support, we’re here to ensure that you find student accommodation you are happy with. We do much more than allocate halls spaces and are happy to help you whether you live at home, in the private sector, halls or elsewhere.

International fee paying students are guaranteed a place in university accommodation when you firmly accept your offer and apply for accommodation by 8 August.

Supporting you

• Accommodation service teams are located on Moulsecoomb campus in Brighton, Trevin Towers in Eastbourne and Priory Square in Hastings.

• You can access the service throughout your student career, not just your first year.

• You can search for available, affordable and safe accommodation in the private sector on www.brightonstudentpad.co.uk. This database has details of landlords who have been vetted and registered by the accommodation service.

• In August and September we run house-hunting events. These days are designed to help you find a home and housemates before you start university. Watch out for more details in your email inbox and check that your record is up to date with the right contact details.

• There are many choices for you to consider when it comes to accommodation. Don’t hesitate to ask for help if you need it.

• We are part of the Universities UK Student Accommodation Code. This ensures high standards in university accommodation. Read more at www.thesac.org.uk.

Any questions?

Most answers can be found at www.brighton.ac.uk/accommodation, but feel free to contact us – we’re here to help. The accommodation service is open from 9.30am–4.30pm Monday–Friday, throughout the year.

Reach us on:• Brighton: +44 (0)1273 644100 or

[email protected]• Eastbourne: +44 (0)1273 643810 or

[email protected]• Hastings: +44 (0)1273 644631 or

[email protected].

ACCOMMODATION


01. Welkin Halls in Eastbourne, one of our six halls of residence.

02. International students are guaranteed a place in halls if they accept their offer and apply for accommodation before 8 August.

03. We are investing £40 million in improving and extending Varley Park in Brighton.

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LIVING IN HALLS OF RESIDENCE

As an international student starting a degree with us, you are guaranteed a place in university accommodation if you accept an offer with us and apply for accommodation by 8 August. We have halls of residence in six locations across Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings, with over 1,600 places in Brighton, 354 in Eastbourne and 60 in Hastings.

Catered and non-catered halls

The Eat In catered halls package includes a hot and cold breakfast buffet and an evening meal from Monday to Friday during term time.

Self-catered halls don’t include meals, but you’ll have shared kitchen facilities.

What it costs

• Rent for a single room varies from £121–£171 per week, self-contained one-bed studios £192, and £252 per week for couples sharing a one-bed flat.

• Rent for halls includes insurance and utility bills.

• The cost of catered halls includes breakfast and evening meal from Monday–Friday during term time.

• Brighton and Eastbourne halls include free off-peak membership of university fitness facilities.

What else to budget for• You don’t have to pay a deposit for

university accommodation but you do pay your first rent instalment in advance.

• You may have to budget for travel to and from your campus.

• If you have a TV in your room you’ll need a TV licence.

• Food – even if you live in catered halls you will also have to budget for food at weekends and during holidays.

Applying for halls

If you firmly accept an offer from us, we will email you to invite you to apply for your accommodation. Use the information in this guide to find out about the options available to you.

Find out more about how to apply for halls at www.brighton.ac.uk/accommodationservice.

Applying for halls checklist1. Accept our offer of a place on one of our

courses.2. Make sure you are eligible for a place in

halls.3. Apply for halls by 8 August.4. Confirm your place on one of our

courses.5. Wait to hear if you will be offered a place

in halls.

Check the allocation policy and application deadlines at www.brighton.ac.uk/living-here.

The Student Accommodation CodeThe Universities UK (UUK) Student Accommodation Code sets out good management practice within student accommodation. It covers, among other matters, health and safety, maintenance and repair, and relationships between managers and student tenants. It also helps students to understand the standards and procedures that apply to their accommodation, and their obligations as tenants or licensees.

The university’s halls of residence are compliant with the code and are subject to an annual audit to ensure standards are maintained.

• All halls accommodation is mixed gender.

• All students share kitchen and communal areas. Standard rooms share bathroom facilities.

• Rent includes utility bills, and contents insurance.

• Three quarters of the rooms have en-suite facilities.

• There are laundry facilities on each site.

• All rooms are fully furnished and centrally heated.

• All of our rooms have internet access.• The majority of halls are offered

on a self-catered basis, but catered options are available on some sites.

We are investing over £40 million into improving and extending our Varley Park halls of residence. This will provide state-of-the-art accommodation and facilities.


UNIHOMES

Unihomes are houses and flats leased to the university by private owners which the university manages. This means that students living in unihomes only deal with us and pay their rent directly to the university.

Unihomes vary in size, but usually have four to five bedrooms with shared bathroom facilities, kitchen and communal areas. They’re great if you prefer to livein the wider community, close to local amenities and facilities.

Rooms also vary in size and are let on individual contracts which run from September to August.

What it costs

• From £3,990–£5,750 per year depending on the package – some rents include utilities.

• From £95 to £125 per week per student.• All rents include broadband internet

provision and personal belongings insurance cover of up to £5,000.

• Contracts vary in length from 42–50 weeks.

• Payment of the first instalment of rent is required in advance.

• No damage deposit required.

What else to budget for• For houses without an inclusive package,

you should budget for electricity, gas and water.

• Food and travel.

You can find out more about cost of living, budgeting and financial advice at www.brighton.ac.uk/moneymatters.• Like private rented accommodation

but you deal with the university rather than a private landlord.

• The properties meet our high safety standards.

• Also offered to returning students.

The Accommodation Service manages around 300 rooms in shared houses andflats in Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne and Hastings.

All unihomes meet high safety standards and are regularly visited by university staff.They are also close to our campuses and are well served by public transport.

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LIVING IN A RENTED FLAT OR HOUSE

Lots of our students live in private rented accommodation in their first year of study; if you choose this option we can help you find a house.

Make sure you read the guide before you begin house-hunting so that you find a home that’s right for you – www.brighton.ac.uk/accommodationservice.

House-hunting serviceOur house-hunting service gives you the opportunity to connect with students in the same situation and access housing advice and support from the accommodation service and students who have experienced house-hunting firsthand. We manage Facebook groups that you can join and meet with other first years looking for private sector rented homes and have any questions answered.

We also arrange house-hunting fairs where you can meet with other students, the accommodation team, studentpad landlords and selected letting agents.

What it costs

The cost of rented accommodation will depend upon where you live, facilities andthe number of tenants sharing.

Average rent levelsBrighton• 1-bed flat £175 to £185 per week• Shared house £100 to £105 per person

per week

Eastbourne• 1-bed flat £135 per week• Shared house £80 to £85 per person

per week

Hastings• 1-bed flat £130 per week• Shared house £85 to £90 per person

per week

Contact us if you are considering renting in the private rented sector. We can give you helpful advice, local knowledge and top tips.

• This option offers you genuine independence.

• You can choose your location, type of accommodation, budget and house mates.

• You’ll need to pay rent and a deposit up front.

How we can help

Brightonstudentpad You can use Studentpad www.brightonstudentpad.co.uk for private sector rented accommodation, rather than commercial letting agents. Studentpad is an online accommodation database with listings of flats, houses and lodgings available to rent in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. The website also offers secure message boards and housing advice pages. Studentpad is password protected and exclusively for the use of university students. Contact us at [email protected] for more details.

We make sure that all landlords on studentpad register with us and sign our code of standards. This commits them to high standards of safety and security in their properties and ensures your new home is safe and comfortable.

House-hunting guideOur house-hunting guide was developed by students and the accommodation service and is a must read for those looking in the private sector. It provides advice on all aspects of renting from searching and securing a property to moving in and out.


HOMESTAY

Homestay means that you rent a room with a family, a couple or a single person in a room that can be catered or self-catered. Many students choose homestay accommodation because contracts are flexible and because it provides a supportive home environment as you settle into university life.

Once you’ve applied and have been accepted for the homestay scheme, we will match you with a compatible host family. We inspect all our homestay properties, and all accommodation available through the scheme meets the standards and criteria in our homestay Code of Standards.

Catered homestayYour host will provide breakfast and evening meals seven days a week. Individual arrangements can be made for special diets where they are made known in advance. Your host is likely to cook and eat the same food so it’s a good idea to let them know what you like and don’t like as early as possible. During the week you can buy lunch, snacks and drinks at any of the university cafes and food outlets around our campuses or make your own at home.

Self-catered homestayIf you choose the self-catered option, you will rent a room in the host’s home but can buy your own food and prepare your own meals.

Your host will provide you with storage space in a cupboard and in the fridge. You should agree with your host at what times you can use the kitchen to cook meals.

What it costs

• Single room, catered from £145.• Single room, self-catered from £105 a

week.

The accommodation service works with a range of hosts across Brighton & Hove toensure good matches with students and the best arrangements for both parties. www.brighton.ac.uk/accommodation/homestay

When to look

• Let us know as soon as you would like to take this option.

• We will send you an application form to fill out once you have got in touch.

• Only available in Brighton.• Mostly used for short stay

accommodation, but can be extended in agreement with the host.

• Advance payment of at least seven days rent is required up front to secure the room once it has been sourced.

• Rent payments are arranged with the accommodation team, but short stays are usually paid in full.

The homestay scheme allows you to stay with a local host for between two weeks and six months, or longer.

30 a great experience that lasts a lifetime

University is an experience that goes beyond the classroom. Of course you will study hard and benefit from the exciting opportunities that are part of your course, but you’ll also have the chance to meet new people, visit new places and take advantage of the many activities available to our students. So you will leave us with a degree, plus a host of transferable skills, achievements and experiences, all helping you to be confident and ready for work anywhere in the world.

Graduation ceremonies take place each summer in the historic Brighton Dome. A celebration of our students’ achievements, the events mark the end of one relationship with the university and the beginning of the next.


University is an experience that is more than the sum of its parts. You will benefit from great new facilities, like our pharmacy and biomolecular sciences laboratory, and also from all of the activities open to you outside of the lecture hall.

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VOLUNTEERING IN THE COMMUNITY CAN COUNT TOWARDS ASSESSMENTS IN YOUR COURSE

CREATE A DIGITAL PORTFOLIO OF YOUR WORK, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ON AND OFF YOUR COURSE

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PROFESSIONAL-STANDARD EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES HELP YOU TO BUILD REAL-WORLD SKILLS

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PROFESSIONAL OR STATUTORY BODIES ACCREDIT OUR COURSES

STUDY EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS WITH PARTNERS IN 11 COUNTRIES

PUT YOUR LEARNING INTO PRACTICE AND BUILD CONFIDENCE ON PLACEMENT

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01. Wesley Ankrah, Criminology and Sociology graduate, volunteered with Fight For Peace (FFP) during his community engagement module. He is now working with disenfranchised young people, and bases his work on the philosophies of FFP.

02. Our modern campuses reflect our professional focus, with facilities, like this flight simulator, that help students build real-world skills.

03. University of Brighton men’s lacrosse team are one of the many sports teams at Brighton that compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport league (BUCS).

04. James Bryan, Business Management BSc(Hons), on placement at events management company, Eventa, in Brighton.

34 career-focused

At Brighton we take a career-focused approach to your learning. You will finish your course confident and ready for work, with real, practical and transferable skills underpinned by academic knowledge.

Employers are involved in developing our courses and teaching. Opportunities for work-based learning and salaried placements are part of many of our courses.

Lots of students are on paid placements with organisations such as Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Nike, British Airways and American Express.

Many of our courses are recognised and accredited by external organisations, giving you a qualification in addition to your degree, a licence to practise or exemption from professional examinations.

01. Law students argue a mock legal case in the Supreme Court.

OF OUR FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATES HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO ASSESSED WORK-RELATED LEARNING AS PART OF THEIR COURSE

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OF OUR FULL-TIME, FIRST DEGREE GRADUATES ARE WORKING, STUDYING OR TRAINING WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF COMPLETING THEIR COURSE DLHE 2013–14


In a competitive employment market it’s your transferable skills, your achievements and your experiences that can give you the edge when applying for jobs.

Our careers service is here to work with you throughout your time here, not just when you graduate. We’ll help you to identify gaps in your skills and knowledge, and to gain the extracurricular or work experience you need.

You’ll have your own secure digital portfolio where you can keep track of all the activities you take part in alongside your studies, so that when you start making job applications you’ll have an online area showcasing your work, your CV and a complete record of your skills and experience.

We can help you find opportunities to enhance your skills and experience through:• assistance in developing

your entrepreneurship and innovation skills

• one-to-one mentoring from employers

• support in securing work experience, either part-time while you study or as a course-related internship or placement

• workshops to develop your practical skills in areas such as CV writing and interview skills

• university-based roles such as course representative or student ambassador.

www.brighton.ac.uk/careers

FACILITIES FIT FOR THE FUTURE

Our modern campuses reflect our professional and practice-based focus, with facilities that help students build real-world skills. They include:• a radio station and tv studio• a podiatric hospital• a physiotherapy clinic• a flight simulator• industrial textile looms• rapid prototyping facilities• a real-time trading room• human movement labs• molecular biology facilities• a dispensing pharmacy• two electron microscopes• internationally significant

design archives.

02. Automotive engineering students have access to wind tunnel technology and other advanced engineering facilities.

03. Architecture graduates Holly Crosbie and Jessica Lyon on placement in London with architecture firm, Nick Hayhurst. Architecture students undertake a year of professional practice after they graduate, giving them the experience needed to continue their training.

04. Business student Luka Shimada developing practical skills during her work placement at a digital marketing agency.

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36 enriching experiences

While you’re here you’ll have the chance to take part in new activities or keep up with the ones that you already love, through the university or the Students’ Union. There are more than 100 societies, from baking to gaming, and around 60 sports clubs. Close links between the university and community groups mean that our students can volunteer their services through our community engagement module, benefiting themselves and the community that they live in.

Sport and fitness

Sport Brighton is run in partnership by the university and the Brighton Students’ Union (Brighton SU) and can help you take part in sporting activities at any level, whether you want to compete, keep fit or just have fun.

You can use our sport and fitness facilities at any of our locations no matter where you study or live. If you travel between campuses for university-run clubs then we’ll help with transport.

www.brighton.ac.uk/sportbrighton

We also support elite athletes at national and Olympic-level through sports scholarships, the sports science consultancy and our status as a satellite centre for the English Institute of Sport.

More information about our scholarships is available on our website at www.brighton.ac.uk/money.

Student representation and campaigning

Brighton SU is a member of the National Union of Students which represents over five million students in the UK.

A network of course representatives make sure that feedback on the learning, teaching and facilities on your course is used by the university and the union so that students’ needs and expectations are met. You can volunteer to take on one of these roles, or you can become involved in specific student campaigns.

www.brightonsu.com

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The union is run for the benefit of students, by students like you.

Brighton SU Council is formed of student officers elected by you and is the formal link between students and the university. Each officer is responsible for an area of the student experience: democracy, wellbeing, academic, campus and community, and activities and events.

There are places on the board of trustees for other students, who, along with the officers and external trustees, make sure the union is run for the benefit of its members.


Societies, clubs and events

Brighton SU also works with the student community to create a year-round programme of events from cinema and club nights to black-tie balls, as well as helping societies to hold cultural and religious events for festivals such as Eid, Diwali, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year and Christmas.

There are over 100 student-run societies and you’re free to invent virtually any society that you can think of. Societies can be cultural, political, religious, or course-related – and ratification by the union means access to office facilities, free advice from the union and the chance to bid for financial support.

You can also join the Brighton and Sussex Universities Service Units for outdoor adventures and the opportunity to develop your leadership potential.

Volunteering

There are many opportunities to take part in volunteering during your time as a student. This can be very rewarding, and it enhances your skill set and can help to set you apart from other candidates when you start to look for job. We can help you to find an appropriate role, which may even be part of your course through the community engagement module. Students on the module undertake practical projects with local community and voluntary organisations. It offers the opportunity to explore some of your personal values and aspirations while working on a relevant placement with a local not-for-profit organisation.

www.brighton.ac.uk/volunteering

Brighton alumni network

You can benefit from the alumni network while you’re a student. We are in touch with 115,000 Brighton graduates worldwide and many offer mentoring and placement opportunities to our students.

www.brighton.ac.uk/alumni

01. Hannah Kynoch and Rosie Hancock in the reading zone.

02. Chantal Malan volunteers with the wheelchair basketball club. Students can get involved with Sport Brighton in many areas including clubs, teams and the Parklife programme.

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Mentoring and entrepreneurship

We can also help you to find a mentor to gain employability skills and confidence, and work on your business ideas with our entrepreneurial network.

www.brighton.ac.uk/careers

Sustainability

Brighton has a first class award from the People and Planet University League and was recently awarded the Carbon Trust Standard for excellence in carbon management.

Sustainability here is not just about being green. It’s about hearing people’s opinions, making the university a better place to study and work, and about taking action – there are lots of ways to get involved.

www.brighton.ac.uk/sustainability

38 a supportive international community

We have students and staff from over 150 countries around the world – this rich mixture of nationalities and cultural backgrounds and our global outlook gives the University of Brighton a real international atmosphere. As an international student at Brighton you’ll get the support you need to thrive, and to make your move to the UK as easy a possible.

A SUPPORTIVE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

We are committed to sustainable economic and social development and work with businesses and communities to make a positive impact across the globe. We also have links with universities around the world and produce world-class research that is practical and ready to make a difference.

The university offers many study abroad and exchange options for students who are at university in their home country, but who would like to experience living and studying in the UK. We are part of the Erasmus exchange programme.

www.brighton.ac.uk/studyabroad

We are also part of the following funding schemes:• Science without Borders• PhD for Iraq• Indonesia-UK DIKTI

Scholarship Programme.


INTERNATIONAL AND EU STUDENTS

ALUMNI FROM AROUND THE WORLD

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS IN 30 COUNTRIES

Graduates from around the world celebrating at their graduation at the historic Brighton Dome.

40 international scholarships

TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

DISCOUNT ON FEES FOR ALUMNI

We know that it can be expensive to study in another country, and that you have many costs to consider. We have lots of different scholarships available to high-achieving undergraduate and postgraduate international students, to make things a little easier for you so you can concentrate on your studies.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS

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Scholarships

We have over 100 scholarships available for international and EU undergraduate, postgraduate and research students, some worth up to £5,000.

www.brighton.ac.uk/money

Other funding

If you have already studied a course at the University of Brighton you may be eligible for up to 10% discount on your tuition fees.

www.brighton.ac.uk/alumni-discount

If you pay your tuition fees in full before 1 November 2016, you can also apply for a 5% fee rebate.

www.brighton.ac.uk/early-settlement-discount

Financial support for international and EU students

As an international or EU student you can pay your tuition fees in up to six instalments throughout the year.

We have a team of specialist student support advisers who can help you apply for your visa, give you advice about budgeting, practice your English language skills and much more.

When I was looking at the different types of scholarship I found the Brighton International Scholarship to be very generous. My scholarship has helped me make tuition fees more manageable and has allowed me to focus on schoolwork instead of looking for a part-time job as well as trying to fit that in with also settling in to life over here.

Marsha Robert from Canada received a £4,000 University of Brighton International Scholarship

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Here’s a directory of the main services and support we offer to international and EU students before, during and after your time at Brighton.

We offer all our students support that is designed to make the transition into student life in another country as easy as possible.

International scholarships

A range of scholarships is available for international students. See page 146 for more information or visitwww.brighton.ac.uk/scholarships.

Free orientation programme

The orientation programme is held the week before the start of term to give you a chance to settle into life at the university and in the UK, if you have just arrived. During the programme you will see where you will be studying, meet university staff, find accommodation if you have not already done so and make new friends.

Information on accommodation, immigration, health, finance, travel and social activities is part of the programme. You can also attend sessions about adapting to study in the UK and about English language and culture.

The programme runs from 20–23 September 2016 and is free for all international and EU students. We can also meet you at London Heathrow or Gatwick airports on 20 September.

Visa support

Applying for your UK visa may seem like a daunting task but don’t worry, we can support you throughout the visa application process. We’re here to give you all the advice and guidance you need to make sure your visa application is successful.www.brighton.ac.uk/immigration

Guaranteed accommodation in halls of residence in your first year

Our international students are guaranteed a place in university accommodation in their first year if they accept their academic offer and apply for halls before 8 August. Check the website for details, we will also email you with the deadline and to let you know when accommodation applications open.www.brighton.ac.uk/accommodation

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01. Our new social and interactive learning spaces are a great place to relax and study together.

02. Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings offer something for everyone.

GUARANTEEDACCOMMODATIONFOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

AWARD- WINNINGSTUDENT SUPPORT


All eligible students who have firmly accepted an unconditional offer from the university will be invited to orientation by email.www.brighton.ac.uk/orientation

Research student orientation

Postgraduate research students who are part of the University of Brighton Doctoral College receive a personalised induction from their research student administrator before starting their studies.

Free academic English language support

Academic English language support is available to international students in their first year of study. The iASK support programme offers a series of term-time lectures, classes and tutorials. It is designed to develop your existing language skills to help you complete your day-to-day academic tasks.www.brighton.ac.uk/iask

International Students’ Society

You can meet students from your country as well as others from around the world in the International Students’ Society (ISS). The ISS is run by international students and organises social events, cultural activities and outings throughout the year. There are also over 100 different national, interest, charitable and religious societies on [email protected]

Specialist advice and assistance

Our international student support team can offer you help and advice on money and budgeting, adjusting to life in the UK and more.www.brighton.ac.uk/international/support

Disability and dyslexia

The university’s disability and dyslexia team coordinates support for students who declare a disability or a specific learning difficulty.

Support is available for a range of disabilities such as dyslexia or specific learning difficulties, mental health, hearing and visual impairment, mobility impairment, other disabilities and long-term medical conditions (for example, diabetes, epilepsy, ME or chronic fatigue syndrome, and repetitive strain injury).

The kind of support we offer is individual to you. Please contact us directly if you wish to take up support from the disability and dyslexia team.www.brighton.ac.uk/disability

For more specific information on accessibility at particular sites, email [email protected], telephone +44 (0)1273 643799 or visit www.disabledgo.com.

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My name is Michelle and I am a Mental Wellbeing Support Officer in the disability team.

I work with students with mental health problems and Autistic Spectrum conditions. I make sure that students have access to the support that they need, when they need it and implement recommendations such as extra time in exams or with assignments.

Many students put off contacting us until their problems are affecting their ability to study. By getting in touch with us early and by getting the support you are entitled to, you can minimise the impact of your condition and get the most out of your time here.

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Studying

You’ll have access to libraries, media centres and computer rooms (with long opening hours including evenings and weekends) and the university’s wireless network on campus. Library staff can help you find and use the most appropriate resources.

You’ll manage your work using studentcentral, our online learning site where you can access ebooks, journals and study materials tailored to your course. You’ll also have access to an online library, email and Office 365 tools (with a university email address), plus blogs, news and announcements relevant to you.

If you need to boost your study skills, study support sessions are provided on each campus, covering essay preparation, time management, taking notes, memorising information, writing and editing, presentation and revision techniques.

Online study support from our ASK study guide is available whenever you need it. www.brighton.ac.uk/ask

Personal tutors

You will have a personal tutor, usually someone who teaches on your course. They will keep an eye on your personal and academic welfare and will advise you on where you can find help in the university if you need it.

Student support and guidance tutors

In addition to your personal tutor, most schools across the university also have a Student Support and Guidance Tutor (SSGT) who you will be able to approach if you have any problems or issues that you would like to discuss or get help with. SSGT’s will be able to talk things through with you in a confidential way, either helping you themselves or directing you to more specialist help. Students go to SSGTs for help with issues that may include:• concerns about money• homesickness• anxiety• loneliness• concerns about accommodation• health issues• help with special consideration for exams• concerns about the course and

managing the work load.

Student advice service

The student advice service can provide you with information, advice and support covering issues on a financial, personal and practical level. This service is confidential, non-judgemental and free of charge.

We provide advice on finance and money management skills, information about additional sources of funding, advice and information on immigration and extending your visa, help with issues such as transferring, withdrawing and intermitting from your course, and general international support and advice.

Chaplaincy

Our team of chaplains also offer support to everyone, irrespective of belief, and provide opportunities for friendship and community involvement as well as help finding places of worship in the local area.www.brighton.ac.uk/faith

03. Held each year in May the Brighton Festival and Brighton Fringe are amongst the biggest cultural events in Europe.

04. Whatever your tastes and interests, there is always something to see and do in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings.

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Health

We provide on-site medical facilities at Moulsecoomb and Eastbourne, and can recommend local doctors in other areas. More information about university medical services, including surgery times, is available at www.brighton.ac.uk/wellbeing.

Careers service

We have careers services at each of our campuses, and an excellent online resource at www.brighton.ac.uk/careers.

Advisers will help you choose a career path, develop the skills you will need to follow it, and get a job when you finish your degree or diploma.

They provide careers guidance, information, training and practical help with finding job vacancies (for part-time work while you’re studying as well as graduate positions), internships, placements and volunteer work, as well as help with CVs, applications and preparing for interviews.

Our immigration and visa specialists can advise you on the work your visa allows and help you through the visa [email protected]

University of Brighton Alumni Association

Each year, around 6,500 students graduate from the University of Brighton and we enjoy connections with around 115,000 alumni across the globe.

Membership of the official Alumni Association is free to former students and offers a lifelong link to the university and the friends you’ll make while you’re here. Our friends and family programme also helps your supporters to be a part of the wider university community.

Alumni Association members benefit from ongoing access to one-to-one careers advice and guidance from the university’s careers service; business advice for those thinking of starting their own business; continued access to the university’s libraries and sports facilities; fee reduction for postgraduate courses at the university (terms and conditions apply); and many other services.www.brighton.ac.uk/alumni

University of Brighton Students’ Union

Brighton Students’ Union (SU) is a cooperative student organisation. All students enrolled at the University of Brighton become members of the union. Brighton SU focuses on empowering students and enriching the student experience.

Brighton SU works with the student community to provide an exciting year-round programme of student-led entertainment and events, as well as helping societies to hold

cultural and religious events for festivals such as Eid, Diwali, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year and Christmas.

Students can take part in sports clubs, societies, volunteering opportunities, student employment opportunities, student media, student enterprise, student elections, campaigning, academic course representatives, campus representatives, community initiatives, social events and activities, lobbying and training opportunities.www.brightonsu.com

Student charter

The university’s student charter details what you can expect from us and from the Students’ Union during your time here, and what we expect from you. The charter is based on partnership, and on our goal of enabling you to become a confident and independent professional.www.brighton.ac.uk/studentcharter

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The University of Brighton has a network of approved international representatives with offices in 37 countries. They can provide you with information about our courses and help you with the application process.

Our university representatives also attend British Council Education exhibitions and other recruitment fairs in many countries on a regular basis. For details of all of our representatives and to find out about how you can meet us when we are in your country visit www.brighton.ac.uk/international/country.

If you’d like to hear from our students and graduates about their Brighton experience visit www.brighton.ac.uk/international/graduates.

01. International Officer Alicia, with two of our international representatives from India.

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My name is Jessica and I work in the International Office. I’m based here in Brighton so I am your main contact point if you are living in the UK or just here for a visit.

I attend education exhibitions and visit schools, colleges and agent offices for international students in the UK so please look out for my visits on our website or ask one of the student advisors at your institution.

As well as information about courses, scholarships and application procedures I can let you know about our open days or arrange tours of our campuses.

I also work with the University of Brighton International College, which offers academic preparation for university entry. In order to make your progression as easy as possible I arrange dedicated open days, meetings with academic staff and pre-progression briefings. I look forward to hearing from you.

I’m Alicia and you might meet me, or one of my colleagues from the International Office in your country. We visit education exhibitions, schools, colleges and agent offices around the world, where you can talk to us.

Our visits are a good chance for your family or sponsor to meet with a university representative in your own country. Academic staff are also sometimes with us; they can interview you and make on-the-spot offers.

Going overseas to study is a big decision, and it’s our job to give you the advice and information you need to make a well-informed choice. We can talk to you about the university, courses, fees, scholarships, living expenses, application procedures and student life, as well as give you general advice on studying in the UK.

You can contact us in the International Office if you’re not able to meet us in your country and we’ll help you in any way we can.

We hope to meet you soon!

Greg and Jodie are International Student Advisers based in the university’s Student Advice Service. They can help you through the visa application process.

The Student Advice Service provides high quality, free and confidential immigration advice to our applicants, students and their dependents.

We have many years of experience of providing immigration advice and have taken all of the necessary training in immigration law. We work to strict guidelines and procedures and are regulated by the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) so you can be confident about the quality of the information and advice we provide to you.

48 xx48 subjects and courses

Choose from over 175 undergraduate and 130 postgraduate courses in a range of subjects, many of which are ranked in the top 20 in the UK. We also offer English pre-sessional programmes and academic preparation courses to enable you to meet the entry requirements for a degree course.

SUBJECTS AND COURSES

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Preparing for final year degree show. The week-long graduate show attracts 12,000 visitors and is an annual highlight in the Brighton calender.

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UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

Applicants for most bachelors courses should have finished their high school education with the equivalent of two A-level passes with relevant grades. Some programmes require you to provide examples of written work or a portfolio of artwork of an appropriate standard. Some students may need to complete an international foundation year of study.

Bachelor degreesThese courses involve three or four years of full-time study and lead to qualifications such as BA(Hons), BSc(Hons) and BEng(Hons).

Integrated masters degreesSome bachelors courses have an additional year of masters-level study. These include the MPharm, MDes, MEng, MComp and MChem. Many of our bachelors degree courses involve work-based learning – through workshops, short placements or up to a year in the workplace (usually your third year).

Foundation degreesFoundation degrees are vocational qualifications, designed with help from employers. Most foundation degrees involve two years of full-time study. Foundation degree graduates can continue studying and top up to a bachelors degree.

Professional qualificationsMany of our courses also incorporate a professional accreditation. This may mean that graduates are eligible to apply for membership of a professional body or are exempt from professional exams.

Top-up degreesIf you have a foundation degree, HND or professional qualification you can often top this up to an honours degree. Top-up degrees typically involve a year of full-time study.

TAUGHT POSTGRADUATE COURSES

We offer full-time postgraduate courses and diplomas across many subjects. Most taught masters programmes take one year to complete leading to an MSc, MA, MBA or MRes.

International applicants for postgraduate study should hold the equivalent of a good honours degree from a British university or an overseas institution of similar standing. A pre-masters qualifying programme may be required in some cases.

MBAOur MBA (Master of Business Administration) courses are designed for experienced managers and professionals wishing to develop their managerial capability and their careers.

MResOur MRes (Master of Research) courses prepare you for a career as an academic researcher or for a research career in industry. Students undertake a substantial research project alongside training in areas such as research methods.

RESEARCH DEGREES

Our research degrees (MPhil, PhD and professional doctorates) cover a wide range of subjects and are overseen by the university’s Doctoral College.www.brighton.ac.uk/researchstudy

ENGLISH PRE-SESSIONAL PROGRAMMES

These courses are for students who wish to improve their English language before starting an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course in the UK.www.brighton.ac.uk/learnenglish

ACADEMIC PREPARATION COURSES

These courses are designed to help international students to improve their qualifications and to meet our academic entry requirements, enabling them to study for a degree course at the university.www.brighton.ac.uk/ubic

Whether you are looking for an undergraduate or postgraduate course, the University of Brighton has a wide range of options available to international students.

TYPES OF COURSES


In this section you’ll find out all about the subjects you can study at the University of Brighton, and what makes them great. You’ll also be able to read about a selection of our courses in detail as well as see a list of our courses in each subject area.

You can read full course descriptions for all of our courses online at www.brighton.ac.uk/courses.

ACCOUNTING, BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

Accounting • business • economics • finance • law • human resources management • marketing

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Architecture • design and craft • fashion • fine art • graphic design • history of art and design • illustration • photography

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COMPUTING AND MATHEMATICS

Business computing • computer science • digital media • mathematics • software engineering

P.68CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING

Architectural technology • building surveying • civil engineering • construction management

P.74EDUCATION

Education • education and english literature • education and sociology • teaching english to speakers of other languages

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GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Earth and ocean science • ecology • environmental biology • environmental sciences • geography • geology • archaeology

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SCIENCE AND HEALTH

Biology • chemistry • health promotion • medicine • occupational therapy • pharmacy and pharmacology • physiotherapy • podiatry • public health

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HOSPITALITY, RETAIL, EVENTS AND TOURISM

Retail management • hospitality management • retail management and marketing • tourism management • travel management

P.98HUMANITIES, LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE

Cultural and critical studies • english language and literature • humanities • linguistics • museum and heritage studies • visual culture

P.104MEDIA AND JOURNALISM

Digital television production • film and screen studies • film and radio production • journalism • media studies

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SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PSYCHOLOGY

Criminology • politics • psychology • social policy • social work • sociology • substance misuse

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COURSES BY SUBJECT

ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DESIGN

Aeronautical, automotive, civil, electrical and electronic, and mechanical engineering • product design

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GRADUATE WITH EXPERIENCE You will be encouraged to take a placement year wherever possible. You will come back to your final year with contacts, confidence, experience and maybe even a job offer. Our students have completed placements with leading companies.

• American Express• Barclays• BMW• Bosch• Disney• Goldman Sachs• Hewlett Packard• IBM• Marks & Spencer• Microsoft• Nike• Porsche• The Body Shop• Virgin Holidays

At Brighton our courses are flexible and career-focused, with opportunities to choose a degree that suits your skills, interests and career aspirations. You will cover the theory in depth and then apply it to real-world issues through case studies and employer-based projects. Local, national and international businesses work in partnership with us, keeping teaching relevant and providing our students with professional placements.

BE INSPIRED Outside of the lecture theatre, seminar and small group teaching, group and individual project work, employer-based projects, workshops, field trips and lectures from visiting experts and alumni all contribute to your learning.

Staff and students organise activities to stimulate independent thinking and increase your employability, including law and accountancy careers question time; team skills activity days; pitch your ideas to a panel of experts; negotiation skills workshops; mooting competitions; speed meetings with employers for final years; and the University of Brighton vs Sussex University trading challenge.

ACCOUNTING, BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND LAW

Benefit from access to industry-standard software such as SAP and e-views, a trading room with live feed from Reuters, specialist law databases, Lawtel and Westlaw and a range of research software including Qualtrics, and SPSSx.

PROFESSIONALLY ACCREDITEDOur courses are accredited by major professional bodies, including:• Association of Chartered

Certified Accountants • Chartered Institute of

Management Accountants• Solicitors Regulation

Authority• Chartered Institute of

Marketing• Chartered Management

Institute• Chartered Institute

of Personnel and Development.

PROFESSIONALLY ACCREDITED COURSES WITH STRONG LINKS TO INDUSTRY

TOP 5 UK UNIVERSITY FOR WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH IMPACT IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES REF 2014

BUILD EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS WITH A SALARIED PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT YEAR

IN THE TOP 30 LAW COURSES IN THE 2016 GUARDIAN LEAGUE TABLES

SUPPORTING YOU

We get to know each student and always try to help whatever their needs are. We have an open door policy in the office and keep in touch with students out on placement.

Virginia Goodwill, industrial placements officer

• Accounting• Business• Economics• Finance• Law• Logistics• Human resources• Management• Marketing

Our Business Management students graduate with two awards – a BSc(Hons) and a CMI Diploma in Management and Leadership.

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01. Nhung on placement at Antrams financial services in Brighton.

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GRADUATE WITH EXPERIENCE

It has been a great year here at Antrams in Brighton. I have learnt through practical experience working on real-life accounts using Sage and Xero. I have also developed strong interpersonal and organisational skills too. My placement year is a hugely valuable experience which will help me get a job after I graduate.

Nhung Nguyen, Accountancy and Finance BSc(Hons)

02. Our real-time trading room uses industry-standard software to recreate the pressures of a trading floor. It is one of a handful of such facilities in the UK.

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTINGMASTERS DEGREES

Designed to run alongside our established Finance and Investment MSc, these new specialist courses have distinct international themes running through the syllabus.

• Finance and Accounting MSc• Finance and Risk Management MSc• Finance and Banking MSc

Accounting ACCA programme • Professional diploma• Postgraduate diploma• MSc

Find out morewww.brighton.ac.uk/courses

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Accounting ACCA DPS See website Moulsecoomb

Accounting and Finance BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Business Management BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Business Management with Economics BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Business Management with Finance BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Business Management with Human Resource Management BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Business Management with Marketing BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Business BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Business with Economics BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Business with Finance BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Business with Human Resource Management BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Business with Marketing BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Business top-up degree BSc(Hons) See website Moulsecoomb

Finance and Investment BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

International Business BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Law with Business LLB(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Law with Criminology LLB(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Marketing BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Marketing Management BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Accounting ACCA MSc/PGDip See website Moulsecoomb

Economics and Finance MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Finance and Accounting MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Finance and Banking MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Finance and Investment MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Finance and Risk Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb

International Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb

International Retail Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Law CPE/PGDip/LLM See website Moulsecoomb

Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Management (Entrepreneurship) MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Management (Human Resources) MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Management (Innovation) MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Managing Change and Innovation MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Marketing MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Marketing (Branding and Communication) MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Marketing (International Marketing) MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Marketing (Social Marketing) MSc See website Moulsecoomb

General Management MBA See website Moulsecoomb

International Management MBA See website Moulsecoomb

Knowledge and Innovation Management MBA See website Moulsecoomb

Leadership MBA See website Moulsecoomb

Public Service Management MBA See website Moulsecoomb

QUALIFICATIONCOURSE TITLE LOCATIONTYPICAL OFFER

Accounting, business, management and law courses

A selection of these courses features overleaf, and you can find full information, including entry requirements with equivalent international qualifications about all of our courses online at www.brighton.ac.uk/courses.


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Accounting, business and management

UCAS code N420

Duration Full-time with placement year 4 years

Typical offer – our offers may vary based on your experience and potential.

A-levels BBC.

IB 28 points including 16 at Higher level.

IELTS 6.0 overall, with 6.0 in writing and minimum 5.5 in the other elements.

For more course information, full entry requirements and international equivalencies, see www.brighton.ac.uk/courses.

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Find out moreBrighton Business School+44 (0)1273 [email protected]

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Career and progression opportunitiesMany of our graduates go on to work in investment banks, commercial banks, building societies, brokerage firms and insurance companies as well as the accounting profession. Accounting is a global business language, so as a graduate you will have international employment opportunities not only in Europe and North America but also in Asia, South America and Africa.

SyllabusYear 1Financial Accounting • Management Accounting • Economics • Financial Skills • Academic and Professional Skills

Year 2Financial Accounting and Reporting • Corporate and Business Law • Business Ethics and Corporate Governance • Financial Management • Management Accounting Systems • Case Study Analysis

Optional placement year

Final yearFinancial Reporting, Theory and Practice • Finance and Risk Management • Management Control Systems • Advanced case study OR placement project • Options: Auditing • Taxation • Corporate Governance • Game Theory • Corporate Strategy • Investment Management • International Finance

• Processional accreditation by the ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, AIA, CII

• Access to financial databases, Reuters and FAME

• Opportunities to win prizes sponsored by professional accounting firms

• Gain work experience and networking opportunities on a professional placement

This course gives you the skills you need to be successful in a career as an accountant as well as providing the underpinning knowledge for a career in finance such as stockbroking, fund management, investment management and banking. You will explore accounting, finance and risk management principles, and how to apply them to business situations in the UK and international economies.

The accounting and finance degree is accredited by all the major UK accounting bodies and provides the opportunity to gain exemptions from their professional examinations. This means that our graduates are already part-qualified accountants which makes them very attractive to professional accounting firms, many of whom sponsor prizes for our best students.

During year 3 you can apply for a paid work placement. Our students are on placement with companies including professional accounting firms such as KPMG, and in industry with firms such as American Express, Rolls Royce Motors, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Lloyds TSB.

You will have access to the student-run Investment and Trading Society, giving you the opportunity to take part in real-time trading competitions against other universities, attend guest talks and go on field trips to major European financial centres.

Professional accreditationThis course is accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Graduates are exempt from some of the examinations set by these professional bodies and can tailor their degree to obtain maximum exemptions with the ACCA.

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• Choose topics that match your interest and career ambitions

• The opportunity to win industry-sponsored prizes for our best students

• The opportunity to transfer to the Business Management degrees with a placement year

• Business Management students can graduate with two qualifications: a BSc(Hons) and a CMI Diploma in Management and Leadership


UCAS code N103

Duration Full-time 3 or 4 years


A-levels BBC.

IB 28 points, including 16 at Higher level.

IELTS 6.0 overall, with 6.0 in writing and minimum 5.5 in the other elements.


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SyllabusYear 1Global Business Environment • Principles of Marketing • Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management (HRM) • Financial Knowledge and Skills for Business • Developing Academic and Employability Skills • Business project

Year 2International Business Analysis • Managing Systems and Processes • Business Law • Operations and Enterprise Resource Planning • Two from: Economic Theory and Applications • Consumer Behaviour • Understanding Theory and Practice • Working Across Cultures • Environmental Sustainability • Creativity in Enterprise • Design and Innovation • Purchasing and Supply

Placement year for those choosing the Business Management degree

Final yearManaging and Developing People • Business Strategy • Placement project • Options include: Entrepreneurship: New Business Planning • Globalisation and International Markets • Labour Market Analysis • Current Issues in Finance • Electronic Commerce • Digital Marketing • Project and Event Management • Competitive Advantage and the Global Economy • Current Issues in Strategic Management • Social Enterprise

Our popular Business programme provides a flexible and diverse curriculum giving you the skills to succeed in business-related careers. Through option modules that cover themes from finance and economics to marketing and consumer behaviour, you have the freedom to pursue your own interests and career aspirations.

You will develop practical skills in project management, time management, report writing, presenting, budgeting and leadership, all of which are valued by employers.

Flexible studyYou can choose to explore a broad range of business management topics, or to specialise in an area that interests you and that matches your career ambitions and your talents – economics, finance, human resources management or marketing

Placement opportunityYou can choose to spend your third year in a paid placement so you can consolidate your skills and gain valuable contacts in industry. Our students are on placement with companies including Porsche, Disney, Nike, Honda, Nissan, Hewlett Packard, American Express and Marks and Spencer.

Professional accreditationThis course is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).

Career and progression opportunities This course prepares you for roles in business including work in sales, marketing, finance, human resources, IT, purchasing, logistics, international business and general management. Recent graduates have joined companies including American Express, Ford, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Legal & General, Marks & Spencer, Investec Asset Management and Sainsbury’s.

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Accounting and finance

UCAS code xx

Duration Full-time x years With placement year x years

Typical offer – our offers may vary based on your experience and potential, see page xx.

A-levels xx.

BTEC xx.

IB xx.

Access to HE diploma xx.

GCSE (minimum grade C) xx.

English language requirements see page xx.

Fees and funding page xx

Entry and application page xx

Key facts

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Apply direct to the university

Duration Full-time 1 year

Start date September


Degree and experience normally a good bachelor degree or equivalent is required. A degree in any subject will be considered. Work experience is useful but not essential. IELTS 6.5 overall, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements. Extended route with language tuition available, see page 130. For more course information, full entry requirements and international equivalencies, see www.brighton.ac.uk/courses.

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Graduate with dual awardsYou may graduate with dual awards – the academic Management MSc qualification and a CMI Level 7 Strategic Diploma in Leadership and Management. CMI qualifications make a statement about your standards and determination to develop your management skills.

Careers and employability This degree will prepare you for a wide range of careers, including international management, international consultancy and some areas of functional management. Our graduates have taken up a wide range of careers including global procurement, (BASF Germany), training, (Geronimo Web Ltd UK), HR management (Alfraisal University Saudi Arabia), project management (Shell Netherlands), consulting (PwC Chile) or started their own businesses.

During the course you will have opportunities to meet international company recruiters and to complete a plan for your future career. To help you find a job, you will be offered training in how to improve your CV and achieve success at job interviews.

Our placements team will be able to help you find practical work experience during the course.

If you are interested in pursuing a career in research, the research skills training and experience may be used to develop a proposal for a subsequent research degree or for published papers.

This is an innovative alternative to the traditional MBA, with an emphasis on preparing you to enter a senior leadership role in management or a functional area of management.

Option modules enable you to tailor your course to your career interests. You can choose the broad Management MSc or specialise with one of our career-specific courses (listed below).

• International Management MSc• Management (Entrepreneurship) MSc• Management (Human Resources) MSc• Management (Innovation) MSc• Management (Public Services) MSc

Practical experience is provided through live case studies, company visits, meetings with practising managers and the option of paid work experience as a part of the course. The course also includes training in the use of SAP, a form of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.

International management and leadership studies are core to this course. You will be working with classmates from a diverse mix of nationalities and backgrounds, and typically there are as many as 14 different nationalities on the programme – teamwork in mixed nationality groups is central to the learning experience. There is also a tutor-led international study visit normally to France or Germany with opportunities to meet international senior managers, and a Global Management Forum for guest speakers to share their international management expertise.

Professional accreditationThis course entitles you to student membership of the Institute of Directors. Your membership provides a range of benefits to support you in your studies and in your future career.

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• Prepare for senior leadership roles• Flexible study allows you to choose

subjects that match your career ambitions

• Institute of Directors membership



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The course is also ideal preparation for continuing to study at MPhil or PhD level or working as a professional researcher in marketing.

Our graduates have started successful careers with the following companies:• Product Manager for Astra Zeneca, Milan• Brand Manager for Campari, Switzerland• Account Executive for Blaze

Communications, UK• Marketing Manager for Mitchells and

Butlers, UK• Marketing Manager for Cartier, Taiwan• Brand Manager for L’Oreal, Greece.

SyllabusAll students study six core modules including a masters transition module and a dissertation. Optional modules allow you to specialise in topics that interest you most and that fit with your career ambitions.

ModulesMoving to Masters • Critical Developments in Marketing Theory and Practice • Marketing Planning and Strategy • Marketing Research: quantitative methods • Marketing Research: qualitative methods • Dissertation Options, at least two from: International Marketing • Branding and Communications • Social Marketing • Behavioural Economics • Digital Marketing • New Product Development

Our Marketing MSc enables you to develop advanced skills and understanding of the theory and practice of marketing. The programme is flexible, with three specialist awards enabling you to focus on topics that match your career ambitions.

You will use marketing theory to explore real-world situations through case studies and employer-based projects, and cover such areas as research methodologies, marketing planning and strategy.

Throughout the course, you will be taught by a team of highly qualified, research-active lecturers with a wealth of commercial experience. They will give you a chance to put your skills into practice and gather the kind of practical knowledge that employers are looking for.

Flexible studyDuring the first term, you’ll be introduced to marketing at an advanced level. At the end of the term you can decide to carry on exploring a broad range of marketing topics, or to specialise in an area that matches your interests and career ambitions.

• Marketing MSc• Marketing (Branding and

Communication) MSc• Marketing (International Marketing) MSc• Marketing (Social Marketing) MSc• Marketing (Digital Marketing) Msc

Careers and employabilityA Marketing MSc from the University of Brighton will help you to specialise and stand out in today’s competitive job market. You will graduate with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for a successful and rewarding career in sectors including advertising, branding, communications, digital marketing, direct marketing, event management, public relations and sales.






Degree and experience normally a good honours degree or equivalent is required. Work experience is useful but not essential. Applicants with non-standard entry qualifications will be considered. If you are unsure whether you meet the entry requirements then please contact us.

IELTS at least 6.5 overall, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements.

Extended route with language tuition available, see page 130.


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MarketingMScBrighton: Moulsecoomb

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• Develop in depth understanding of advanced marketing theory and practice

• Flexible study allows you to choose subjects that match your career ambitions

• Be part of a thriving research-active academic community



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A-levels xx.

BTEC xx.

IB xx.






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Masters of Business Administration MBABrighton: Moulsecoomb

Our Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme is an exceptional platform for boosting your salary, rapid career progression and developing your managerial skills. You can tailor the award to your needs and match it to your preferred pace of study by combining block courses and traditional modes of learning.

The Brighton MBA is for professionals looking to take their career to the next level, including:• managers from organisations of all sizes• functional specialists in areas such as

marketing or information systems• professionals including scientists,

engineers, educators, surveyors, psychologists, social work managers and health professionals.

By studying with us you will develop a broad understanding of the concepts, techniques and functions of business, enabling you to contribute to the strategic direction of organisations.

Our MBA programme enables you to explore management from a broad perspective, or to specialise in an area that suits your interests and career ambitions.

• MBA• International Management MBA• Public Service Management MBA• Leadership MBA• Knowledge and Innovation Management

MBA

The Brighton MBA experienceOur MBA programme is designed to be flexible, enabling you to complete it at a pace that suits you. The full-time course normally combines weekly teaching with block mode teaching where all our MBA participants come together, allowing the exchange of experience from local, national, international and global perspectives as well as from both the private and public sector.



Duration Full-time. The start dates vary depending on course chosen. Check the website for full details, www.brighton.ac.uk/courses.


Degree and experience at least three years management or professional experience, plus a degree or equivalent professional qualification. Managers with at least five years management or professional experience do not need a degree or equivalent qualification.

IELTS at least 6.5 overall, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements.



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An alternative way to complete your MBA is to choose the block-mode only route, which is more flexible and allows you to vary the pace to suit your particular needs.

You will have the opportunity to go on field trips where you will learn about real organisations and carry out a mock consultancy project with a report back to senior managers within the client organisations.

Graduate with dual awardsOur MBA students graduate with both an MBA and a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Strategic Diploma in Management and Leadership. The CMI Strategic Diploma makes a statement about your standards and determination to continue to develop your management skills.

Free membership to professional associationsWhile studying for your MBA you will benefit from free membership of both the Institute of Directors (IoD) and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Our partnership with the professional associations helps to keep the Brighton MBA relevant to the needs of today’s business practitioners.

• Tailor your learning to your career goals

• Field trips with live case studies• Network with professionals from the

UK and around the world• Study the subjects you want to at

your own pace • Research business issues relevant to

your workplace• Accredited by the Chartered

Management Institute

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The University of Brighton is internationally renowned for its teaching, practice and research in the arts. We are central to the city of Brighton’s reputation as a creative, forward-thinking place to live, work and study.

ARCHITECTURE, ART AND DESIGN

12TH IN THE UK FOR ARCHITECTURETHE TIMES UNIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLES 2015

3RD IN THE UK FOR FASHION AND TEXTILES GUARDIAN UNIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLES 2016

8TH IN THE UK FOR ARTGUARDIAN UNIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLES 2016

WORLD-LEADINGRESEARCH IMPACTIN ART ANDDESIGN: HISTORY,PRACTICE ANDTHEORYREF 2014

LOCATIONMost of our art and design courses are taught at and around Grand Parade, in Brighton city centre.

Architecture and interiors courses are based at the Moulsecoomb campus, two miles north of central Brighton.

New courses in Graphic Design for Digital Media and Illustration for Screen Arts are taught alongside other industry-focused digital media courses in Hastings, an hour along the coast from Brighton.

Our galleries and theatre host major exhibitions during the Brighton and Cinecity festivals, the Brighton Photo Biennial and throughout the year.

Our students benefit from a stimulating and challenging environment enabling them to develop their own practice.We work with academic and industrial partners across the world and collaborate with

colleagues in fields including design, digital technology, health and construction.

The week-long graduate show attracts 12,000 visitors and is an annual highlight in the arts calendar.

GRADUATE SUCCESSBrighton graduates are contributing to all areas of cultural life.

• It’s Nice That founders, Alex Bec and Will Hudson

• Photographer, film maker and actor, Paddy Considine

• Graphic designer, Millie Scarlett Davies

• Author and Illustrator, Emily Gravett

• Musician, Natasha Khan, aka Bat for Lashes

• Musician and producer, Bobby Krlic, aka The Haxan Cloak

• Artist, Alison Lapper MBE• Photographer and film

maker, Jacob Robinson• Artists and Turner Prize

winners, Keith Tyson and Rachel Whiteread

FACILITIES AND RESOURCES Unique and inspiring resources inform our students’ learning.

• On-site theatre and two galleries host international events and student work

• One of the UK’s leading art and design library collections

• Internationally renowned Design Archives (including the Design Council Archives)

• Aldrich Art Collection• Award-winning Waste

House living lab • Shared studio and personal

work space• Industrial textile looms and

knitting machines• Letterpress, printmaking,

bookbinding workshops• New photography, film and

media centre• New library, lecture and

gallery buildings open in 2017

SUPPORTING YOU

The technicians who help you understand pattern cutting are phenomenal and there is no limit to what you want to design as they make it possible to construct anything. Alongside the lecturers, they are a great team and they really push you to be the best designer you can.

James Parker, Fashion with Business Studies BA(Hons)

• Architecture and interiors

• Design and craft• Digital music and sound

arts• Fashion• Fine art• Graphic design• Illustration• Moving image • Photography


BE INSPIREDSenior architecture lecturer Duncan Baker-Brown (pictured far right) worked with a leading social housing firm to construct the Waste House at the Grand Parade campus. The UK’s first building to be made solely from discarded material, it has attracted extensive media coverage and won numerous awards.

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01. David Pendegrass of Mears, Cat Fletcher of Freegle and senior architecture lecturer Duncan Baker-Brown at the Waste House.

02. ‘Big drawing’ by Amy Reardon – Illustration graduate 2014.

03. 3D Design and Craft students use the forge in the metal workshop.


3D Design and Craft BA(Hons)/MDes A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Grand Parade

Architecture BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Digital Music and Sound Arts BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Grand Parade

Fashion and Dress History BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

Fashion Communication with Business Studies BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Grand Parade

Fashion with Business Studies BA(Hons)/MDes A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Grand Parade

Fine Art Critical Practice BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Grand Parade

Fine Art Painting BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Grand Parade

Fine Art Printmaking BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Grand Parade

Fine Art Sculpture BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Grand Parade

Graphic Design BA(Hons) A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Grand Parade

Graphic Design for Digital Media BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Hastings

History of Art and Design BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

History of Decorative Arts and Crafts BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

History of Design BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

Illustration BA(Hons) A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Grand Parade

Illustration with Screen Arts BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Hastings

Interior Architecture BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Moving Image BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

Photography BA(Hons) A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Grand Parade

Textiles with Business Studies BA(Hons)/MDes A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Grand Parade

Architectural and Urban Design MA See website Moulsecoomb

Architecture MArch See website Moulsecoomb

Arts and Cultural Research MRes See website Grand Parade

Arts and Design by Independent Project MA See website Grand Parade

Craft MA See website Grand Parade

Creative Media MA See website Grand Parade

Digital Media Arts MA See website Grand Parade

Digital Music and Sound Arts MA See website Grand Parade

Fashion MA See website Grand Parade

Fine Art MA See website Grand Parade

Graphic Design MA See website Grand Parade

History of Design and Material Culture MA See website Grand Parade

Illustration MA See website Grand Parade

Inclusive Arts Practice MA See website Grand Parade

Interior Design MA See website Moulsecoomb

Performance and Visual Practices MA See website Grand Parade

Photography MA See website Grand Parade

Sequential Design/Illustration MA See website Grand Parade

Sustainable Design MA See website Grand Parade

Textiles MA See website Grand Parade


Architecture, arts and design courses

A selection of these courses features overleaf, and you can find full information, including entry requirements with equivalent international qualifications, about all of our courses online at www.brighton.ac.uk/courses.



As I’m an international student I have found that everything in the UK is different but with every lesson I’m able to understand more and more about the British culture through contact with classmates and new friends. I’m also able to learn about other cultures from fellow international students. After I finish my studies I intend to be an interior architectural designer. What I have learnt here at the University of Brighton will be very useful in my future job.

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Architecture, arts and design

UCAS code W250

Duration Full-time 3 years



A-levels BBB.

IB 30 points.

Apolytirion 19 overall (including a 15 in maths).

Interview and portfolio required for all applicants. IELTS 6.5 overall, 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements.


Key facts

Find out moreSchool of Art, Design and Media+44 (0)1273 [email protected]

SyllabusYour course will be based around four recurring elements: design, technologies, architectural humanities and practices. The course is based mostly in the studio and the workshop, with over 70 per cent taught and assessed through architectural design projects. Most teaching is through individual tutorials. You will also benefit from the expertise of practising architects, academics and researchers during frequent review sessions. Through making drawings and models you will explore your own architectural interests, creating and sharing new possibilities, and in architectural humanities you will explore the history, theory and culture of architecture.

• You’ll work in a lively studio space• Many of our graduates work for

renowned architectural firms, run successful practices and win major architectural awards

• Opportunities to visit international architecture schools

ArchitectureBA(Hons)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

Start your architecture career at Brighton – your experience will be design-led, research-informed, hands-on and industry-linked, giving you all the required skills to join this exciting and important profession.

Your tutors are engaged, approachable and professional and are all researchers, creative thinkers and professional architects.

Planning your future career will be an integral part of your study and our links with RIBA South East offer opportunities for mentoring with professional architects, helping you to develop skills that will be valued by future employers. Together with your fellow students you will take part in staging your own series of events through the Brighton Interior Architecture and Architecture Society.

Professional accreditationOur Architecture degree is accredited by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). This course is RIBA Part 1 of the architectural qualification process. We also offer RIBA Part 2 at postgraduate level.

Career and progression opportunitiesOur students are working with both local and internationally renowned practices, including: Allies and Morrison, Andrés Jaque Architects, Atelier Van Lieshout, de Rijke Marsh Morgan, Jun’ya Ishigami, Norman Foster, Sauerbruch Hutton and Atelier Bow Wow. Students have also started their own studios or businesses. Others have taken a career in teaching and academia, with research study potential offered through the university.

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UCAS code BA(Hons) W2N2/MDes W2N1




A-levels BBB.

IB 30 points.

Interview and portfolio required for all applicants.

IELTS 6.0 overall, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements.


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Some of the roles and brands our students have gone onto include: design assistant to head of womenswear, Aquascutum; menswear design at Kilgour; Sadie Williams, feature window at Selfridges and a capsule collection for And Other Stories; Marc Jacobs; WGSN; Alexander McQueen; Jaeger. Notable alumni include Emma Cook, Fred Butler, Mark Eley of Eley Kishimoto and Julien McDonald.

SyllabusYear 1Fashion Design Process • Personal Design Development • Historical and Critical Studies • Professional practice

Year 2Fashion Design and Market Awareness • Fashion Presentation and Communication • Option • Historical and Critical Studies • Professional practice


BA(Hons) final yearFashion Design Collection • Fashion and Textiles Design Research • Historical and Critical Studies • Design Management and Business Plan

MDes year 3 and 4Fashion Design Intermediate Collection and Professional Portfolio • Historical and Critical Studies • Industrial placement and business practice • Fashion Concept and Product • Professional Entrepreneurial Development • Two option modules

• Spend a year in industry working for designers, brands and organisations

• Business studies integrated throughout the course

• Use industry-standard technologies and practices

Brighton is a hub for creative individuals and industries. When you join this course, based at our city centre Grand Parade campus, you will be part of the constant evolution of that culture, developing skills and knowledge that will help you towards your future in the contemporary fashion world.

Creativity and craftsmanship will be at the heart of your development, allowing you to explore your own interests to inform your ideas. You will develop an individual approach and understanding which helps you to think widely and critically about the subject.

Fashion is the largest employer of all the creative industries. This course is a rare mix, highly creative but with business studies integrated throughout, and features exciting talks from industry professionals, as well as opportunities to exhibit your work. It is 60% practice based and 40% academic. Our third year placements are a fantastic way to gain professional experience and build networks and contacts.

Career and progression opportunitiesYou will have the opportunity to complete a year in industry, working for high profile designers, brands and organisations in fashion and textiles. There is a dedicated placement team that will support you in your research, preparation and application for placements. The placement year is academically assessed and your degree award will reflect your industry experience. Our students leave ready to enter the business of fashion, whether to start their own company or work as part of a team within international fashion brands and design houses.

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A-levels BBB.

IB 30 points.

Interview and portfolio required for all applicants.



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Year 1Specialised core skills and studio practice workshops • Computing for imagemaking • Letterforms, word and image • Photography • Book arts • Cultural and critical studies

Year 2Integrated contextual and professional modules • Personal and professional development • Cultural and critical studies • Options • Live briefs: analogue and digital, animation, letterpress, web design, screen-based graphics, video editing and production • Printmaking • Photography

Final yearSelf-initiated projects • Live briefs • Cultural and critical studies

• Graphic design students have a dedicated studio space

• We have one of the country’s best stocked art and design libraries and the campus is home to the internationally significant Design Archives with a wealth of reference material

• Work closely with students from illustration and other disciplines

• Opportunities to exhibit your work, including at the Graduate Show which attracts around 12,000 visitors

Our inspiring Graphic Design degree offers a vibrant and creative contemporary culture with a history of excellence going back over 150 years. As a graphic designer you’ll create systems, solve problems and communicate in order to direct, inform, entertain and challenge.

The core skills of graphic design are rooted in language, narrative, typography and an understanding of markets, people, stakeholders and intentions. Your graphic design work can impact on economic, political, social, cultural and personal life. We encourage students to work as multidisciplinary practitioners, learning contemporary tools for communication and developing skills for employment but also defining the jobs of the future in visual communication as thinking designers with responsibility.

As part of our visual communications programme you’ll work with a teaching team and guest lecturers who are leading practitioners, researchers and academics.

Career and progression opportunitiesStudents leave us equipped to go into a professional world able to communicate, think, collaborate, and generate creative responses to any brief. You may choose to work freelance, for a design consultancy, as a branding specialist or in an advertising agency. Many of our students progress to postgraduate study.

Recent employers of our graduates include Macmillan, Apple, Interbrand and Channel 4, and alumni are working in Switzerland, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Korea and China.

Graphic DesignBA(Hons)Brighton: Grand Parade

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Degree and experience Applications are competitive and considered on an individual basis through a process of portfolio review and interview. Practice experience is recommended and there is a minimum requirement of a lower second class undergraduate degree in architecture or a closely related subject such as interior architecture. RIBA Part 1 is not a prerequisite for entry on to the course. To register as an architect with the Architects Registration Board (ARB) in the UK, RIBA Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 are required. Further details regarding this process, the ARB Prescribed Examination for Part 1 and registering as an architect in the UK can be found on the ARB website. www.arb.org.uk

IELTS 6.5 overall with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements


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Careers and employabilityOn successful completion of the course you will have developed your own architectural language and agenda, and formed a systematic understanding of architecture, a critical awareness of current problems and comprehensive understanding of techniques, methodologies and practice. This rigorous and critically engaged basis will form a solid foundation upon which to build your professional architectural career.

• Accredited by the ARB and RIBA• Develop your personal language of

design and representation• Research-led studio laboratories

ArchitectureMArchBrighton: Moulsecoomb

The Master of Architecture (MArch) RIBA Part II course is a highly creative, research-led and professional two-year masters rooted in studio laboratories and driven by individual enquiry.

We offer an inspirational creative context for nurturing excellence in our work. Our distinct research-led approach filters through all aspects of the course, with rigorous inquiry fusing innovation, regulation and social commentary. This student-focused approach offers the opportunity for you to investigate your personal architectural agenda, developing your own critical position and design language prior to entry into the profession.

The studio laboratories are driven by tutors’ personal research agendas and all staff are actively engaged within this field of enquiry as academics or practitioners. The stimulating mix of practitioners and academics across the course builds conversations, with visiting lecturers and critics further feeding the dialogue. Recent visiting lecturers have included Neil Denari, Perry Kulper, Chris Thurlbourne, Michael Jemtrud, and our close links with practice ensure stimulating review panels. We place critical thought at our core and look forward to you joining the conversation.

Professional accreditationThe MArch course is prescribed by the ARB and validated by RIBA, giving exemption from RIBA Part II.

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LOCATIONMathematics and computing courses are taught in both Brighton and Hastings, see the course list on page 70 to find out which campus your course is based at.

Computing courses range from the technical and scientific, to business focused and creative: from computer science, computer networks and digital media.

PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATIONCourses in computer science and business computing are accredited by the British Computing Society.

Our mathematics degree, and mathematics with business, finance and economics, are accredited by the Institution of Mathematics and its Applications.

Computing and mathematics students at Brighton benefit from professionally focused courses, industry-standard facilities, salaried placement opportunities and networking opportunities. Courses are designed in conjunction with employers, and our well-established professional networks provide placements and mentors.

COMPUTING AND MATHEMATICS

WORLD-LEADING IMPACT IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATICS RESEARCH REF 2014

GET A YEAR’S PAID PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU GRADUATE

CHOOSE FROM A RANGE OF PROFESSIONALLY ACCREDITED COURSES

BRIGHTON & HOVE IS HOME TO OVER 1,000 DIGITAL SECTOR COMPANIES AND IS A LEADING UK CENTRE OF CREATIVE MEDIA TECHNOLOGY

PLACEMENTSMany of our courses offer salaried placement year opportunities, taken after the second year of your course. Our students have been on placement with organisations including:• IBM• Lloyds TSB• GlaxoSmithKline• Department of Energy and

Climate Change• Rolls-Royce• Pepsico• Warner Bros• Ernst and Young • Nestle• Albion in the Community• Absolute Radio.

BE INSPIREDBrighton Digital Festival is an annual month-long celebration of digital culture. Every September tens of thousands of visitors take part in events, coding workshops, motion capture performances and 3D printing installations.

Students on our European Computing degree spend half of their final year at the Université Paris Descartes where they are taught in French.

Staff research interests span intelligent systems, natural language technology, visual modelling, software engineering and information security, and discrete mathematics and its applications.

Leading local digital companies, Wired Sussex, Create.net and Site Visibility sponsor prizes that are awarded to our students for excellent achievement in final year projects.

FLEXIBILITYCourses in the same subject area share first year modules – enabling you to try out different areas before you decide on your final degree path.

GRADUATE SUCCESSOur mathematics graduates are working in a wide range of businesses including: • Lloyds TSB • American Express• Novartis • Orange • HSBC• Mori.

Our computing graduates are working in a wide range of businesses including:• Pepsi• Intel• HP• Vodafone• Arcadia Group• Xerox.

• Business computing• Computer science• Digital media• Mathematics• Software engineering


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BE INSPIREDBrighton researcher Dr Gem Stapleton is working with communications giant Nokia to protect mobile technology users’ privacy and personal data. Gem’s work on automated concept diagrams caught the attention of Nokia, who collect and have a duty to protect millions of new pieces of user data every second. Gem’s concept diagrams offer companies such as Nokia a simpler, more visual method of communicating security and data privacy rules to their global staff, bridging different language and technological backgrounds and more effectively safeguarding customers’ data.

03. The quadcopter, developed by Saeed Malekshahi Gheytassi and his team of students, has many applications including remote camera work and reconnaissance.


The knowledge and skills that I acquired at the University of Brighton have really helped me to excel in my career. The teaching methods were superb and the class interaction and oral exam were really interesting. The software, simulators and hardware gave me experience of the practical side of work.

Felix Ekanem from Nigeria, School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics graduate

Business Computer Systems BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Moulsecoomb

Business Computer Systems MComp A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Business Information Systems BA(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Moulsecoomb

Computer Science BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Computer Science MComp A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Computer Science (Games) BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Computer Systems and Communications BEng(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Computer Systems and Communications MEng A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Computer Systems with Networking BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Computing and Business BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Computing and Education BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Digital Games Production BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Digital Media BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Moulsecoomb

Digital Media Development BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Moulsecoomb

European Computing BSc(Hons)/DEST Informatique A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Internet Computing BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Mathematics BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Mathematics with Business BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Mathematics with Economics BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Mathematics with Finance BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Mathematics and Business BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Mathematics and Computing BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Mathematics and Education BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Software Engineering BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Software Engineering MComp A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Computer Science MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Computing MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Data Analytics MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Digital Media Production MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Information Security MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Information Systems MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Internet and Distributed Systems MSc See website Moulsecoomb

User Experience Design MSc See website Moulsecoomb


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Computer ScienceBSc(Hons)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

Information and communication technologies are central to our everyday lives and the reliability of the software and hardware that these systems use is vital. The specialists who develop these software components need to be skilled in the design of algorithms and data structures, and knowledgeable about the hardware with which the software will interact.

This course will train you in software-hardware interface design, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to take on the technological challenges of the future.

A distinctive feature of the course is a year’s paid placement opportunity which allows you to explore potential career specialisms and build your CV.

Professional accreditationThis course is accredited by the British Computer Society, the chartered institute for IT professionals.

Career and progression opportunitiesComputer science graduates are increasingly sought after in a variety of professional settings including science, engineering and business.

The placement year enhances your CV, and puts you at a significant advantage when approaching the job market after graduating.

Our graduates have gone on to become software developers and real-time system designers.

Computing and mathematics

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Find out moreSchool of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics+44 (0)1273 [email protected]

SyllabusThe flexible nature of the course means that you can adapt your studies to reflect the areas that interest you most. Among the subjects you will explore are object-oriented software design and implementation, formal specification, computer systems architecture and operating systems.

Year 1Programming • Databases • Mathematics • Embedded Architecture and Programming • Website Development • Games Development Platforms • Human Computer Interaction • Requirements Analysis • Computers in Context • Professional and Study Skills

Year 2Computer Systems Architecture • Intelligent Systems • 3D Graphics and Animation • Functional Programming • Games Development • Logic and Formal Specification • Object-oriented Software Design and Implementation


Final yearIndividual project • Computer Graphics Algorithms • Applied Intelligent Systems • Emerging Technologies • Programming Languages Concurrency and Client Server Computing • Options: Internet Games Design and Development • Mobile Application Development • Intellectual Property Law and IT • 3D Dynamic Modelling • Mobile Engineering

• Gain a year’s paid industry experience before you graduate

• Benefit from our well-established links with industry

• Choose option modules in the subjects that interest you most and that suit your career ambitions

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Computer ScienceMSc (PGCert, PGDip)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

SyllabusAlgorithms and Computability • Intelligent Systems • Specification, Verification and Validation • Research Methods • Project •Options (two from): Architectures and Integration • Distributed Systems Principles • Interaction Design and Evaluation Process • Systems Analysis and Design • Internet Application Development • Enterprise Applications Development • Intellectual Property Law • The Business and the Information System

Our world is increasingly dependent on technology, creating a need for computer scientists with a thorough grounding in the practices and disciplines of the subject, who can design and develop innovative and safe solutions to complex problems.

Computer Science students develop a conceptual understanding of the latest fundamental advances in the area, and learn how to critically evaluate these with a focus on the construction of effective and safe complex software.

Teaching takes a scientific approach to addressing problems using a range of computing solutions. There is an emphasis on sound research methodologies, the theoretical analysis of subject area issues, and the advanced development of algorithms and applications – all of which are transferred into the real world environment during your final year project.

Advanced topics include a range of software paradigms and techniques, intelligent systems and analysis of complex specifications.

This is a challenging course taught by lecturers who are internationally recognised researchers.

Careers and employabilityComputer Science MSc graduates take up positions as computer scientists, software engineers, systems designers, systems developers and systems architects, as well as going on to become PhD students and lecturers at a university level.




Start date September and February


Degree and experience either a good honours degree with a major computing content, or three years industrial experience gained in a software development environment and a good honours degree.

IELTS 6.5 overall, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements; or equivalent qualification.



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• Explore and critically evaluate the latest advances in computer science

• Choose subjects that match your career ambitions

• Apply skills and knowledge to real-world problems in the research project

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Information SystemsMSc (PGCert, PGDip)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

Designed for students looking to pursue business-facing information technology careers, this course wil help you to develop skills that relate directly to roles such as consultant, systems analyst, web developer, software designer and project manager.

The syllabus covers a wide range of topics including systems analysis and design, data management and research methods. It also includes a practical project, typically for an industry client, providing valuable experience of working and applying your newly acquired knowledge in an IT environment.

Perhaps your first degree is not in computing but you would like to work in the IT industry, or your first degree may be in information technology but you would like to develop a more business-facing career. Alternatively, you may have a lot of professional IT experience but would like a qualification to further your career. If any of these apply, this is the right course for you.

Professional accreditationThis course is accredited by the British Computer Society, the chartered institute for information professionals.



Duration Full-time 12–18 months

Start dates September or February


Degree and experience honours degree (minimum 2.2) or equivalent. We may ask for a second reference as part of the application process for this course.

IELTS 6.5 overall, with 6 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements.



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careers and employabilityRecent graduates have taken up posts as consultants, systems analysts, web developers, information managers, software designers and project managers.Employment opportunities include software development companies, IT consultancies, IT departments of large organisations and local authorities.

SyllabusBusiness and Information Systems • Data Management • Programming for the Web • Research Methods • Major project, 12 weeks working as an IT professional

Option modules vary, but have included project management, enabling technologies and web application building. You will choose two or three enabling you to specialise in topics that particularly interest you and that match your career ambitions

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LOCATIONYou’ll be based at our Moulsecoomb campus in Brighton, just north of the city centre.

PLACEMENTSAll of our undergraduate courses offer a salaried professional placement year opportunity. Our dedicated placements team will support you throughout. We have placed students with organisations all over Europe, including:• Sir Robert McAlpine• Morgan Sindall• The Environnment Agency• Southern Water• Arup• Railtrack• Kier Construction.

Whether you choose civil engineering, construction management, architectural technology or building surveying you will be joining a busy and thriving community that is undertaking world-leading research and with strong links to industry through partnerships and consultancy. Industry partners are involved in our courses from development to visiting lecturers, helping our students to build the skills, experience and learning valued by employers.

CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING

COURSES DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH INDUSTRY

SPECIALIST FACILITIES INCLUDING STRUCTURAL TESTING, CONCRETE AND HYDRAULICS LABS

DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS THROUGH PAID WORK EXPERIENCE AND FIELD WORK

ALL OF OUR DEGREES ARE ACCREDITED BY PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

PROFESSIONALLY ACCREDITEDAll of our honours degrees in this subject are accredited by professional bodies including:• Chartered Institute of

Architectural Technologists• Royal Institution of

Chartered Surveyors• Joint Board of Moderators

– which represents bodies including the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation.

PROJECT-BASED LEARNINGThe innovative way in which we design and deliver our courses means that from the start you will be working in project groups and in scenarios similar to those you will experience as an industry professional.

Courses also include site visits, field trips and practical workshops.

Employers tell us that they value the distinctive team-working experience that our students bring to placements and as new employees.

SPECIALIST FACILITIESYou will benefit from our £29 million investment in the facilities and enviroment of Cockcroft building and from access to our specialist laboratories for structural dynamics, geotechnics, thermal dynamics and avionics including: • centrifuge• concrete lab• hydraulics lab with flume

and computer-controlled wave generation.

INFORMED BY INDUSTRYOur lecturers are active members of their professional institutions and have contacts across the built environment and civil engineering industries. Our graduates are working with:• Environment Agency• Halcrow• Hemsley Orrell Partnership• Laing O’Rourke• Mott MacDonald• Southern Water• Railtrack• WS Atkins• Costain• Network Rail.

• Architectural technology• Building surveying• Civil engineering• Construction

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04. Senior lecturer, Dr Heidi Burgess is a chartered civil engineer specialising in coastal processes and soft defences.

BE INSPIREDProject Management for Construction graduate, Joe Capps-Jenner managed the installation of the solar panel array on the Cockcroft building roof. The array is one of the largest in Brighton & Hove, providing more energy than any other renewable source in the city. Joe is now working in the industry as a consultant in San Francisco.

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SUPPORTING YOU Lecturers are supportive and are always willing to listen. If you’re struggling they won’t carry on without you understanding. The library resources are excellent and if I needed extra resources I could request them and they would be provided. During my time at Brighton I won a prize from a professional body and I also won an award for the best dissertation in Construction Management.

Patience Musasiwa from Zimbabwe, Construction Management BSc(Hons)

Architectural Technology BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Building Surveying BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Civil Engineering BEng(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Civil Engineering MEng A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Moulsecoomb

Civil Engineering with Construction Management BEng(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Civil Engineering with Construction Management MEng A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Moulsecoomb

Civil with Environmental Engineering BEng(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Civil with Environmental Engineering MEng A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Moulsecoomb

Construction Management BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Project Management for Construction BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Civil Engineering MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Construction Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Environmental Assessment and Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Project Management for Construction MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Town Planning MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Water and Environmental Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb


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IELTS 6.0 overall, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum 5.5 in the other three elements.


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Find out moreSchool of Environment and Technology+44 (0)1273 [email protected]

Year 1Building Technology and Design • Introduction to the Built Environment • Building Services • Structural Form and Behaviour • Construction Materials • Surveying Practice • Computer-aided Design Practice

Year 2Cost and Value Management • Construction Methods and Technology • Research Methodology • Indoor Environment and Building Services • IT and Construction Graphics • Adaptation of Buildings • Architectural Technology • Contract Administration


Final yearArchitectural Technology • Honours project • Building Information Modelling (BIM) • Options: Project Management (People and Organisations) • Project Planning and Analysis • Building Pathology and Life Care • Sustainable Construction • Urban Planning Systems • Environmental Impact Assessment • Waste Management

• Professional work placements with leading architectural practices

• Overseas field trips to Amsterdam, Barcelona or Berlin

• Accredited by the CIAT and the CIOB

Architectural TechnologyBSc(Hons)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

Architectural technologists are the technical members of the design team who make sure that buildings are sustainable, economical and long lasting. Experts in the science of construction, they work to turn architectural concepts into realities using their knowledge of materials and the latest structural technologies.

This degree programme teaches you to design and manage construction projects through practical engineering and professional skills modules. The placement year gives you a great opportunity to gain work experience and make valuable industry contacts.

Professional accreditationThis course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Career and progression opportunitiesThe placement year puts you at a significant advantage in the job market. Our graduates are now working in design offices, architectural practices and for major contractors; others have progressed to postgraduate study.

SyllabusYear 1 gives you a strong foundation in construction technology, information technology, and the structure and processes of the built environment disciplines. From year 2 you take modules focusing on design, technology and management, and you can spend year 3 working in industry.

In your final year you complete an honours project that allows you to research a specialist area of architectural technology. Previous Brighton students have won national prizes for their research projects.

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SyllabusConstruction Management • Project Planning and Analysis • ConstructionLaw and Procurement • Project Risk and Financial Analysis • SustainableConstruction • Masters project • Options: Environmental Impact Assessment •Systems of Environmental Management • Environmental Policy and Law • CaseStudies in Environmental Assessment and Management • Bridge Loads and Analysis • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering • Water Resources Management • Water Treatment Technology • Wastewater Treatment Technology

The Construction Management programme offers a challenging academic route to becoming a qualified construction management professional. It provides an exciting and dynamic learning experience, building on your existing experiences and background.

Our cutting-edge expertise in engineering, construction and sustainable development enables students to develop their research and analytical capabilities at masters level. The course provides the requisite knowledge for understanding construction management as a profession. You will refer to how people, resources, organisations, built environment and the natural environment interact and take account of the unique needs and characteristics of construction projects in an environmentally sustainable fashion.

Emphasis is given to the knowledge and skills required to manage the operations on site and to report both to the client’s representative and the employing organisation. You will explore site management proposals that can be used to efficiently and effectively deliver construction projects in the shortest possible time. You will also develop effective methods of conducting and controlling the execution of work to an agreed quality and accepted safety standards.

Professional accreditationThis course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Careers and employabilityThe course serves as a training and proving ground for the next generation of construction managers and researchers, equipping graduates to act as leaders in the construction management profession, or for further study at doctorate level.

Construction ManagementMSc (PGCert, PGDip)Brighton: Moulsecoomb


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Degree and experience honours degree; or other degree plus at least two years postgraduate experience in a position of responsibility; or full membership of a relevant chartered professional body.



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Find out moreSchool of Environment and Technology +44 (0)1273 642288 [email protected]

Areas of studyYou will study five core modules and choose two options, allowing you to specialise in the areas of the course that interest you most and that fit with your career ambitions.

Project Management for Construction • Project Risk and Financial Analysis •Construction Law and Procurement • Project Planning and Analysis • Mastersproject • Options: Environmental Impact Assessment • Sustainable Construction • Environmental Policy and Law • Case Studies in Environmental Assessment and Management • Policy and Implementation in Planning • Water Resource Management • Wastewater Treatment Technology • Geographical Information Systems


• Accredited by the CIOB and the RICS• High levels of personal support and

excellent graduate employment rates

Project Management for ConstructionMSc (PGCert PGDip)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

Designed for students with a wide range of professional backgrounds, this course will help you to understand the complexities of modern construction and provide you with the skills you need to successfully manage construction projects.

You will learn about the technical managerial, financial and legal issues that surround construction. All of your studies will be informed by cutting-edge research and you will benefit from high levels of personal support, including individual tuition to meet your particular needs, which is reflected in our exceptional postgraduate employment rates.

You will learn about how people, private and public sector organisations interact in construction as you consider the unique needs and characteristics of the project life cycle in an environmentally sustainable fashion.

Professional accreditationThe course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Careers and employabilityThe course serves as a training and proving ground for the next generation of construction project managers and researchers in the construction industry.It may lead to employment in the property and construction industries as a professional project manager or to further study at doctorate level.

Our graduates are building successful careers in organisations such as BuroFour, Mace, Kier and the London Underground.

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TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL)TESOL at Brighton will enable you to develop as a professional and to move forward in your career. You will benefit from the international student environment, the carefully developed course structure and excellent tuition and support.

We offer hands-on teaching practice in the classroom and enable you to develop real-world materials and management techniques.

All students benefit from the international range of our student groups. We welcome non-native speakers of English and options include an extended masters with language training.

We are a sector leader in education rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, we have a long-established reputation for the high quality of our courses. Our courses and research span all phases of learning and development, from the early years through to adult education. Our focus is on enabling people to develop the skills and knowledge they need to be great educators, able to change our societies for the better.

EDUCATION

11TH IN THE UK FOR EDUCATIONGUARDIAN UNIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLES 2016

COURSES DEVELOPED WITH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER EDUCATION ORGANISATIONS

EXCELLENT GRADUATE RATES OF EMPLOYMENT AND FURTHER STUDY

BUILD EXPERIENCE AND CONTACTS ON PLACEMENTS

All our courses bring you an understanding of the new technologies being used in teaching. We also have a specialist course in our MA in TESOL with ICT.

EDUCATION OPTIONSOur education courses allow you to study education in its widest sense, exploring how we learn throughout life and how education is influenced by culture, history and government.

You’ll draw on psychology, sociology, philosophy, history and social policy on courses that offer flexibility and choice. Courses open doors to further study as well as professional employment in roles including teaching, youth and community work, educational welfare, family support and local authority work.

Education courses are taught at our campuses in Brighton and Hastings. Physical education is based in Eastbourne where students benefit from excellent sport facilities.

GRADUATE WITH EXPERIENCEOur education courses offer many placement opportunities, including overseas; the setting will depend on your personal interests and ambitions.

Our students have chosen placements in school and community, scientific and cultural settings as well as learning support services.

I chose to take my second year placement in Uganda. I gained an insight into multicultural education and was able to immerse myself in the Ugandan culture. It opened my eyes to broader educational opportunities and enabled me to develop my employability skills.

Natalia Wright, Education BA(Hons)


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Having time to reflect on what I was doing and what I hoped to achieve during my placement was pivotal to my learning because I was able to determine my next steps. The networking during my placement has put me in touch with lots of education professionals and I know that this will benefit my future.

Donna Moseley, Education BA(Hons)

03. Digital technologies used by the University of Brighton School of Education have been held up nationally as an example of good practice.


Computing and Education BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Early Childhood Education and Care BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

Education BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

Education (Partnerships for Learning) BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Hastings

Education and English Literature BA(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Education and Sociology BA(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Environmental Biology and Education BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Human Biology and Education BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Mathematics and Education BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Media Studies and Education BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Education (International Education) MA See website Falmer

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Diploma See website Falmer

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages MA See website Falmer

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with ICT MA See website Falmer

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Education courses


LOCATION

Studying and living in Brighton has been one of the most enjoyable and fulfilling experiences of my life. There are many reasons that I chose the University of Brighton – but primarily it was because I was very interested in the modules included in the curriculum and I preferred Brighton to other places in the UK. I have made friends with students from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, which has given me an insight into how a multicultural teaching context functioned. Now I am getting near to the end of this course I feel confident in my skills and eager to apply everything I have learned to my future occupation.

Laura Moussa from Greece, TESOL MA


01. Our education research generates new knowledge about learning and teaching.

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BE INSPIREDThe work of Professor Andy Hobson, head of the Education Research Centre in the School of Education, focuses on advancing the wellbeing and professional learning and development of teachers in schools and colleges. He is an international authority on teacher mentoring, and his research impacts policy, practice and scholarship. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education.

02. Designed with the environment in mind, Checkland building has natural ventilation and green roofs.

03. Our specialist facilities will help you get the most out of your course.


Education (International Education)MA (PGCert, PGDip)Brighton: Falmer

The University of Brighton is one of the UK’s largest teacher training universities, rated ‘outstanding’ in our last Ofsted inspection.

This degree will benefit you if you are an education professional wishing to gain a depth of specialist knowledge in the field of international education and formalise your knowledge with a postgraduate qualification.

You will graduate with an in-depth and critical understanding of educational theory and its application to learning and teaching in international education.

Teaching is delivered by a team with an outstanding national and international reputation.

Careers and employablityThis programme ensures that graduates leave university with advanced professional knowledge, skills and understanding, and are well prepared for leadership and senior posts in emerging professional contexts.

The degree will help you to advance your career in school leadership, ministry of education posts, working in the NGO or INGO sectors.

It also provides a springboard for further doctoral study either through PhD or EdD routes.

Applicants need to be aware that this qualification does not provide the graduate with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) required to teach in the UK education system.

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Degree and experience a good honours degree or equivalent and be working in a relevant professional role. Evidence of an employment-based research project may be acceptable in place of an honours degree – each case will be considered on its merit.

IELTS 6.5 overall with 6.0 in writing and at least 5.5 in the other elements.



Key facts

Find out moreSchool of Education +44 (0)1273 643444 [email protected]

SyllabusEngaging with Professional Development • International Policy in Education and Development • Literature and Research in Education • Research Contexts – Introduction to Research Methodology • Theory, Policy and Practice in Comparative and International Education • Research project • Options: Issues in Teaching and Learning • Management and Leadership in Education

Every June we host an education research conference as part of our postgraduate professional development programmes. The conference is designed to be of interest to current and recent graduates, teaching colleagues, EdD, PhD and MA students, and local professional practitioners and partners. It provides an opportunity to learn about local practitioner research findings and to network with colleagues.

• We are rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted• Advance your career with specialist

knowledge in field of international education


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SyllabusCore modules – all MA students engage with the two core modules, as well as following the pathway appropriate for their level of experience.• Research Methods for Investigating Second Language Teaching and Learning • Dissertation

Pre-service pathwayCultures of English Language Teaching • Teaching English as an International Language • The Practice of English Language Teaching • Two from: Investigating Classroom Practices • Language Awareness • Language Teaching and Technology • Second Language Acquisition

Experienced pathwayExploring Second Language Teaching • Language Teaching and Technology • Language Teacher Education • Two from: Investigating Classroom Practices • Language Awareness • Materials • Second Language Acquisition • Teaching English as an International Language

Through two distinct pathways, the TESOL MA is designed to cater both for experienced teachers and those who have little or no teaching experience (pre-service).

It offers a flexible but structured framework to support your personal and professional development, as you engage with academic and professional debates in the areas of second language teaching, second language acquisition, applied linguistics and learning technology.

Our TESOL MA has a strong international flavour. Students come from many countries and teaching backgrounds, adding a rich cross-cultural perspective to both your studies and your social life.

The importance of international context is stressed throughout, through activities and topics that help you to develop cultural awareness when evaluating teaching methods and learning materials.

Careers and employabilityGraduating with a TESOL MA from the University of Brighton will open up opportunities across the world in the field of English language teaching. Equipped with relevant research skills and advanced knowledge about secondary language learning, you will have all of the relevant training you need to begin your career.

Our graduates have built successful careers not only in second language teaching in schools and universities but also in educational management, educational marketing, teacher training, materials development and publishing, as well as further academic study.

You can find find more information – including job opportunities – at http://www.careers.tesol.org.

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Degree and experience normally an undergraduate honours degree (usually at 2:1 level or above) or equivalent in a relevant subject area, for example English language, literature, education, foreign languages and media.

Applicants without an undergraduate degree will be considered on the basis of appropriate experience in relevant areas or some professional experience in fields such as teaching, teacher education, interpreting, journalism, cultural, social and educational policy, publishing and materials writing.

IELTS 6.5 overall with no individual element under 6.0, or equivalent.


Key facts

Find out moreCollege of Arts and Humanities +44 (0)1273 643347 [email protected]

TESOLMABrighton: Falmer

• Benefit from a rich cross-cultural perspective

• Pathways for experienced teachers and those with little or no teaching experience


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86 engineering and product design

LOCATIONYou’ll be based at our Moulsecoomb campus in Brighton, just north of the city centre.

PLACEMENTSAll of our undergraduate courses offer salaried professional placement year opportunities. Our dedicated placements team will support you throughout the process. We have placed students with organisations throughout Europe, including:• Rolls-Royce Motor Cars• Coty• BMW• Bentley• Ricardo• Bosch.

Whether you choose aeronautical or automotive engineering, product design, civil or mechanical or electrical engineering you’ll be joining a thriving learning community which delivers world-leading research and has strong links with industry through partnerships and consultancy. At Brighton we are well known for our hands-on, design-led approach to engineering, contributing to excellent employment prospects for our graduates.

ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DESIGN

NEW ENGINEERING FACILITIES ARE PART OF £29 MILLION CAMPUS REFURBISHMENT

ALL OF OUR DEGREES ARE ACCREDITED BY PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

TWO-THIRDS OF OUR ENGINEERING RESEARCH HAS BEEN ASSESSED AS INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENTREF 2014

TAILOR YOUR DEGREE TO YOUR INTERESTS AND AMBITIONS

PROFESSIONALLY ACCREDITEDAll of our honours degrees in in engineering and product design are accredited by professional bodies including:• Institution of Engineering

and Technology• Institution of Engineering

Designers• Institution of Mechanical

Engineers• Joint Board of Moderators

– which represents bodies including the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation.

SPECIALIST FACILITIESEngineering students benefit from our advanced facilities including the Sir Harry Ricardo laboratories for automotive engine research, a flight simulator, wind tunnel and 3D printing facilities.

A further £14 million is being invested, in partnership with our industrial sponsors, in advanced facilities for mechanical and automotive engineering to educate the next generation of professional engineers and further enhance our research base.

GRADUATE SUCCESSOur engineering graduates are working in a wide range of businesses including:• McAlpine Helicopters• Dyson• Mott Macdonald• Lucas Aerospace• WS Atkins.

• Aeronautical engineering

• Automotive engineering• Civil engineering• Electrical and electronic

engineering• Mechanical engineering• Product design

CONNECT WITH INDUSTRYFor Emily Brooke’s final year project she invented a device that could revolutionise cycle safety. The gadget alerts motorists to cyclists’ presence with a green laser projection on the road ahead and aims to reduce collisions. Hailed as a potential life-saver, Blaze – Laserlight is being mass produced for sale in the Evans Cycle chain and has helped Emily win the prestigious 2014 NatWest everywoman Iris Award for a female technology entrepreneur who is “providing solutions and building a smarter planet”.


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01. Emily Brooke – Product Design graduate.

02. The flight simulator is part of the extensive range of facilities available to our engineering students.

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03. William Mclean – Illuminated skipping rope intended particularly to support the partially sighted.

04. Your learning is supported by practical experience on industry-standard facilities.

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Aeronautical Engineering BEng(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Aeronautical Engineering top-up degree BSc(Hons) See website Moulsecoomb

Aeronautical Engineering MEng A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Automotive Engineering BEng(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Automotive Engineering MEng A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Automotive Engineering top-up degree BSc(Hons) See website Moulsecoomb

Civil Engineering BEng(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Civil Engineering MEng A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Moulsecoomb

Civil Engineering with Construction Management BEng(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Civil Engineering with Construction Management MEng A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Moulsecoomb

Civil with Environmental Engineering BEng(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Civil with Environmental Engineering MEng A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Moulsecoomb

Computer Systems and Communications BEng(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Computer Systems and Communications MEng A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Electrical and Electronic Engineering BEng(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Electrical and Electronic Engineering MEng A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Electronic and Computer Engineering BEng(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Electronic and Computer Engineering MEng A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Electronic Engineering top-up degree BSc(Hons) See website Moulsecoomb

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering top-up degree BSc(Hons) See website Moulsecoomb

Mechanical Engineering BEng(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Mechanical Engineering MEng A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Product Design Technology with Professional Experience BSc(Hons) A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Moulsecoomb

Product Design with Professional Experience BSc(Hons) A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Moulsecoomb

Sports Product Design with Professional Experience BSc(Hons) A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Moulsecoomb

Sustainable Product Design with Professional Experience BSc(Hons) A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Moulsecoomb

Automotive Electronic Engineering MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Automotive Engineering MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Civil Engineering MSc See website Moulsecoomb

QUALIFICATIONCOURSE TITLE TYPICAL OFFER

Engineering and product design courses



SyllabusIn your first year you will explore conceptual design, manufacture and testing through project-based learning, giving you a solid basis to build specialist mechanical engineering knowledge and skills from your second year. In your final year, you will embark on a major project often supported by industry.

Year 1Mathematics • Engineering Concepts • Computer-aided Engineering and Design • Design and Applications project (EA) • Aircraft and Automotive Systems • Materials and Manufacture

Year 2Mathematics and Control • Engineering Design, Innovation and Management • Dynamics • Thermodynamics • Fluid Dynamics • Materials • Manufacturing Engineering • Computer-aided Engineering • Mechanical and Manufacturing Instrumentation and Testing


Final yearProduct Innovation and Management • Control Systems • Individual project • Advance Fluid Dynamics • Manufacturing Systems

Our Mechanical Engineering degree is designed with an emphasis on gaining industrial and commercial insight, giving you the confidence to take on modern engineering challenges.

You will be introduced to elements of manufacturing, management, CAD/CAM software, design and materials, and you will develop a high degree of competence in mechanical engineering.

You will benefit from our specialist facilities including the Sir Harry Ricardo Laboratories, flight simulator, and hydraulics, thermodynamics and avionics laboratories. In 2014 we started a Formula Student programme; find out more at www.formulastudent.com.

Professional accreditationThis course is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) as partially meeting the educational requirements for chartered engineer status.

Career and progression opportunitiesRecent graduates have begun successful careers in a range of industries from aerospace to manufacturing. Some students continue to study for postgraduate qualifications leading to successful research careers.

The option of a paid year in industry puts you at a significant advantage when approaching the job market.

Engineering and product design

UCAS code H300




A-levels BBC including maths and a physical science.

IB 28 points, specified subjects including maths and a physical science at Higher level.

IELTS 6.0 overall, with 6.0 in writing and at least 5.5 in the other elements.


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Mechanical Engineering BEng(Hons)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

• Specialist laboratories, flight simulator and custom-built workshops

• Gain a year’s paid industry experience before you graduate

• Benefit from our well-established links with industry

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Automotive EngineeringMSc (PGCert, PGDip)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

In 2000, the Universities of Brighton and Sussex combined their strengths in automotive engineering and designed a joint course. Since then, it has successfully provided students with unique access to expertise and specialised equipment as well as quality teaching and learning resources.

The School of Engineering and Informatics at Sussex is just two miles from the engineering department at Brighton, so students on the course have easy access to the facilities and staff at both sites.

The Ricardo engineering consultancy were also involved in developing the course, helping to ensure that MSc students come away with industry-relevant skills. The consultancy’s continued involvement includes offering the use of pioneering industry equipment through the Ricardo Universities IC Engines research facility. They also help to cultivate future engineering talent, both locally and internationally.

As an automotive engineering student, you will be looking beyond the current stages of engine design to think about both new and future technologies. Examples of areas in which you might be involved include creating smaller, more efficient engines; developing cleaner fuels; or contributing to cutting-edge unmanned vehicle research.

Professional accreditationThis course is accredited for chartered engineer status by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Careers and employabilityThis course serves as a training and proving ground for the next generation of researchers. It is ideal for those hoping to be employed as development or research engineers.






Degree and experience a first or second-class undergraduate honours degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or an applied science.

ATAS requirements The JACS code for this course is H330, meaning that students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland will have to apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate before they apply for a visa. www.gov.uk/academic-technology-approval-scheme

IELTS 6.5 overall, with not less than 6.5 in writing and 6.0 in the other sections.


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The MSc can also serve as the basis for further study at a doctoral level.

The nature of graduate work varies; it could be with OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) like Ford, General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover; it could be with consultants such as Ricardo, Lotus or AVL; or Tier One suppliers such as Delphi, Infineon or Denso.

Our graduates are working in roles that include:• automotive engineer at Daimler AG

(Mercedes-Benz passenger cars)• renewables engineer at OST Energy• product application engineer with

IPETRONIK, India• consultant engineer at BMW Munich• control system design engineer• powertrain design engineer at McLaren

Automotive.

SyllabusCourse delivery is divided equally between the two universities. You will study six taught modules and choose two further option modules. The course culminates in a project that can be either industry or research-based.

Testing and Modelling for Automotive Power Systems • Power Train Engineering • Automotive Systems • Automotive Control Systems • Sustainable Automotive Power Technology • Optical Fluid Flow Measurement • Options, two from: Gas Turbine Cycles and Turbocharging • Advanced Manufacturing Technologies • Mechanical Dynamics

• Accredited by the IMechE and IET• Flexible study to match your career

ambitions• Explore practical applications of

advanced civil engineering concepts

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Key facts

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Civil EngineeringMSc (PGCert, PGDip)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

This flexible MSc programme is suitable for individuals who already have an accredited undergraduate civil engineering degree and who are seeking to further their engineering skills and achieve chartered status.

You will study advanced civil engineering subjects linked to cutting-edge research. These include earthquake engineering dynamics and design, advanced geotechnics and rock mechanics, bridge engineering and advanced hydraulics.

On the course, you will have the opportunity to use state-of-the-art laboratories and advanced technical software for numerical modelling.

The course is flexible and allows you to combine advanced civil engineering with related subjects including water and environmental management, construction management and sustainable construction.

All of the taught modules are delivered by research-active staff and pave the way for a career at the forefront of ambitious civil engineering projects.

Professional accreditationThe course is accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators as meeting the requirements for further learning for a chartered engineer (CEng) for candidates who already have an accredited CEng (partial) BEng(Hons) or an accredited IEng (full) BEng/BSc(Hons) undergraduate first degree.






Degree and experience a lower second class degree in civil engineering. Candidates with an engineering or physical sciences degree, or with relevant professional experience will be considered on an individual basis.



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Careers and employabilityThe course is particularly appropriate for work in structural, geotechnical and coastal engineering.

Our graduates are building successful careers as structural engineers and civil engineers in structural design offices around the world.

Others have been motivated by the research component of the course and followed a PhD programme after graduation.

SyllabusBridge Loads and Analysis • Coastal Engineering and Wave Loading • Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering • Rock Mechanics • Dynamics of Structures with Earthquake Engineering Applications • Random Vibration of Structures • Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Members

The taught component of the course comprises six core modules, and you can either take all six of these modules or choose four with an additional two approved modules from other MSc courses in related areas. You can use this flexibility to study related subjects including water and waste-water treatment technology, construction management and sustainable construction.

• Accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators

• Flexible study to match your career ambitions

• Explore practical applications of advanced civil engineering concepts

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LOCATIONLying between the English Channel and the rolling chalk hills of the South Downs, Brighton offers interesting and unique sites of study for geography, geology and environment students.

PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATIONSOur Geology, and Physical Geography and Geology courses are accredited by the Geological Society of London.

Environmental Sciences and Earth and Ocean Science are accredited by the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES).

WORK IN THE FIELDField trips are at the heart of our learning experience. Fieldwork allows you to develop practical skills and apply your learning in real-world situations, preparing you for your final year project and for your career.

Geography, geology and environmental sciences at Brighton combines exceptional course choice and flexibility, exciting fieldwork opportunities in the UK and overseas, and the chance to apply and develop your learning through assessed professional and volunteer placements.

In the UK our residential fieldwork locations include Wales and Yorkshire whilst overseas destinations include North Africa, Greece, Sicily, Spain, Cyprus and France.

GRADUATE WITH EXPERIENCEOur courses will give you the best preparation for life after university and offer opportunities for you to gain and apply practical skills.

Students have access to industry-standard geoinformatics software whilst the science students use high-tech environmental and public health labs equipped with cutting edge analytical facilities (XRD, XRF, XPS, ICP, AAS). Using these facilities will develop your scientific research skills.

GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Volunteer as part of your course by choosing our Community Engagement module. Recent students have benefited from working with community gardening, recycling and food co-op projects, in wetland conservation and at the Sussex Wildlife Trust.

Our optional professional placement year is a great chance to experience paid employment and make professional contacts.

Our students have been on placement with: • Department for Energy and

Climate Change• Transport for London• Field Studies Council • Australian Marine Research

Laboratories• Sunseed Desert

Technologies, Spain • Cascade Experimental

Forest project, USA.

BE INSPIREDStaff research interests keep teaching relevant and include coastal management, air and water quality, sedimentology, remote sensing, the biosphere, human evolution and geographies of gender and sexualities.

The University of Brighton has an excellent reputation for sustainability. We have a first class award from the People & Planet Green League. Cockcroft building is noteworthy for its large array of solar panels (one of the biggest in the area) and geothermal heating/cooling system.

STUDY THE SUBJECTS THAT INTEREST YOU MOST WITH FLEXIBLE COURSE AND MODULE CHOICES

WORK IN OUR NEW SPECIALIST LABS, PART OF A £29 MILLION CAMPUS INVESTMENT

PUT THEORY INTO PRACTICE WITH FIELD-BASED LEARNING

80% OF OUR EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES RESEARCH IMPACT INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENT REF 2014

• Earth and ocean science • Ecology • Environmental biology • Environmental sciences• Geography• Geology• Archaeology


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01. Professor Huw Taylor.02. Local and overseas field trips

form an important part of our courses and help you to develop your practical skills.

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BE INSPIRED Professor Huw Taylor helped the World Health Organisation (WHO) to develop emergency guidelines in the fight against Ebola. The guidelines teach healthcare workers how to inhibit the spread of the virus through better sanitary practice.

03. New specialist labs are part of our £29 million campus investment.


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Earth and Ocean Science BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Ecology BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Environment and Media Studies BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Environmental Biology and Education BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Environmental Sciences BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Geography BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Geography BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Geography with Archaeology BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Geography with Geoinformatics BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Geology BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Physical Geography and Geology BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Ecology MRes See website Moulsecoomb

Environmental Assessment and Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Geographical Information Systems and Environmental Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Water and Environmental Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb


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My time at the University of Brighton has given me many new skills and qualities, including a broad insight into all aspects of environmental issues. This year, I had the opportunity to volunteer for an environmental organisation, where I applied my knowledge of soil contamination and environmental policy.The variety of different subjects that are offered within the course enabled me to develop new skills that I never imagined.

Support from the staff and my personal tutor helped me make the right decisions about my choice of modules and my final dissertation. I have gained self confidence and made many new and good friends that I will keep for life, and I am now planning to continue studying towards my MSc degree at the University of Brighton.

Zsófia Ugróczky from Hungary (captured left), Environmental Sciences BSc(Hons)

01. Sussex offers excellent opportunities for fieldwork, including geological investigations of nearby cliffs and coastal areas and ecological studies of chalk grasslands.

02. Field trips to destinations such as Greece, North Africa and Sicily provide the perfect way to experience work first hand in the field, and to really bond with and get to know your coursemates and lecturers.

Geography, geology and environment

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UCAS code F600




A-levels BBB. Must include a science-related subject.

IB 30 points, specified subjects.



Year 1Data Presentation and Analysis for Geoscientists • Fundamentals of Geology • Geology field course, Yorkshire • Geology of Your Home Area • Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks • Interpreting Geological Maps • Introduction to Field Geology (Pembrokeshire) • Mathematical Skills for Geoscientists • Mineralogy and Petrology • The Global Earth System • Options

Year 2Applied Palaeontology • Earth Resources • Geographical Information Systems • Geological mapping field course, Anglesey • Geology field course, Spain • Igneous and Metamorphic Processes • Introduction to Environmental Geochemistry • Research and Careers Skills for Geoscientists • Sedimentology • Structural Geology • Structure of the Earth and Global Processes


Final yearEnvironmental Geology or Professional Practice • Exploration Geology • Geology field course, Cyprus • Geology project • Options include: Evolution and the Fossil Record • Global Petrogenesis • Hydrogeology • Oceanography • Geology of Major Civil Engineering Projects

Geology at Brighton is a practical, hands-on degree that involves a high level of fieldwork on top of thorough academic study.

You’ll develop an understanding of the place of geology in our environment and communities and of its role in multidisciplinary areas such as oceanography, natural hazards assessment and climate change.

Professional accreditationThis course is accredited by the Geological Society of London. After successful completion of the course you will be eligible to apply for chartered geologist status with a reduced period of professional experience.

Career and progression opportunitiesThe employment prospects of our graduates are excellent, particularly for careers in:• geological resource exploration and

extraction• water resources and environmental

management• engineering geology and construction• teaching and• planning and promoting earth science

heritage.

Our graduates are building careers with companies such as Schlumberger Geoservices (petroleum geology), Imerys (industrial minerals), Rio Tinto (mineral exploration), and NPA Satellite Mapping (geological remote sensing). Others have progressed to postgraduate study.

SyllabusTeaching comprises lectures, practical classes, fieldwork and seminars, with some modules specifically designed to incorporate industrial scenarios and professional practice.

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• Fieldwork in the UK and overseas• Professional skills modules• Placements in organisations

such as the Ministry of Defence (contaminated land), SITA (waste management), Braas Monier (industrial minerals) and JBA Consulting (engineering geology)

GeologyBSc(Hons)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

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Degree and experience honours degree or equivalent in appropriate subject with relevant experience. Other candidates with substantial professional experience in environmental work are also considered.



As sustainability moves up the agenda and environmental laws and regulations proliferate, there is a growing need to understand and assess human impact on the environment.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of methods for assessing and managing the environmental impacts of policies, plans, programmes, projects and organisations. It also looks at the legal and institutional frameworks in which they operate.

You will develop a range of communication, teamworking and problem-solving skills, and gain the understanding to apply processes such as environmental impact assessment, environmental management and auditing systems to real-world situations.

Professional accreditationThis course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Careers and employabilityCareer opportunities in both the public and private sectors include transport planning, waste management, environmental consultancy, resource management and town and country planning.

The course also provides a foundation for further study.

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SyllabusAll students undertake seven core modules, including the dissertation. You will also choose option modules allowing you to specialise in the subjects you are most interested in and which match your career ambitions.

Environmental Impact Assessment • Systems for Environmental Management • Environmental Law and Policy • Case Studies on Environmental Assessment • Issues in Ecology and Conservation • Research Methods • Research Dissertation • Options: Environmental Impact of Buildings • Geographical Information Systems • Hydrogeology • Sustainable Development • Water Resources Management • Water Treatment Technology • Energy Assessment for Buildings • Ecological Field Techniques • Environmental Auditing • Air Quality Management

• Accredited by RICS• Choose subjects that match your

interests and career ambitions• Be part of a thriving research-active

academic community

Environmental Assessment and ManagementMSc (PGCert, PGDip)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

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PLACEMENTSWork placements are a great way to apply your new knowledge and to build experience and contacts. They are optional, last 48 weeks and are taken after the second year of study. Our students have had placements with organisations including:• Aldi• Amadeus • DKNY• Eagle Rock Entertainment• Fabric Night Club• Harrods• J Sainsbury• Marks & Spencer• Neilson Holidays• Park Plaza Hotels• Saatchi and Saatchi• Sea Pines Resort, USA• STA Travel• Superdry• Teenage Cancer Trust• TUI Travel• Universal Studios, USA.

Whether your interests lie in events, hospitality, retail or tourism, Brighton opens the door to diverse and exciting opportunities all over the world. Our courses give you practical business and management skills for use across the service sector and encourage you to gain relevant experience through professional work placements.

HOSPITALITY, RETAIL, EVENTS AND TOURISM

OUR INDUSTRY NETWORK SUPPORTS OUR GUEST LECTURE PROGRAMME AND FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITIES

12TH IN THE UK FOR HOSPITALITYTHE TIMES UNIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLES 2015

OPTIONAL YEAR-LONG PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENTS IN UK AND INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS

TOP 20 UNIVERSITY FOR WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH IMPACT IN SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCE, LEISURE AND TOURISMREF 2014

Our longstanding partnership with Walt Disney World enables us to offer year-long placements in the USA.

IN TOUCH WITH INDUSTRYTeaching is informed by a combination of experience, research and consultancy.We are a founding member of the Association for Events Management Education (AEME), part of the Institute for Hospitality’s Membership Scheme (EMS) and one of only 25 institutions worldwide to be linked to the UN World Tourism Organization.

BE INSPIREDLectures, workshops, seminar and group activities create a fresh and stimulating learning environment, complemented by industry visits and field trips.

Assessments develop your adaptability and professional skills. As well as essays and exams you could be assessed by being asked to develop a business proposal, present an advertising account pitch, write a management report or a business news article, or pitch to a guest client.

For some courses you can tailor your learning to your interests through our optional modules and specialist pathways in marketing, travel and sport.

Hospitality students develop their skills in our Culinary Arts Studio. Much more than a commercial kitchen, it offers the chance to observe and record social interaction and document how lighting, music and other factors influence guest behaviour.

GRADUATE SUCCESSOur students go on to careers in all parts of the service sector, for example:• Account Executive, • ID Experiential• Advertising Account

Executive, Independent News and Media

• Brand Manager, Heinz• Buyer, Ralph Lauren• Buyer, Jaeger• Cargo and Passenger

Analyst, Virgin Atlantic Airways

• Commercial Analyst, L’Oreal, Paris

• Director of Business Travel, Rocco Forte Hotels

• eCommerce Merchandiser, Coast

• eCommerce Manager, Intercontinental Hotels

• Event Coordinator, Selfridges

• Event Manager, United World Games

• Head of HR, Gordon Ramsay Group

• Head of Events, Paragon Sports Management

• Merchandiser, Ted Baker.


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01. Retail Marketing graduate Zoe Craven working at KalliKids Ltd on our graduate internship programme.

02. Eastbourne and Brighton play host to many different events throughout the year offering great opportunities for students.

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GRADUATE WITH EXPERIENCE Retail Marketing was a great course and gave me the benefit of a strong understanding of retail operations as well as the marketing function and key marketing channels. This has been invaluable in my career after university. University of Brighton also helped arrange an internship for me afterwards, which was a great opportunity to put my learnt knowledge into working practice before pursuing my masters and further career.

Zoe Craven, Retail Marketing BA(Hons)

03. The Culinary Arts Studio is a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen available for use by hospitality students. It allows you to observe and record social interaction within a restaurant setting.


Coming to study at the University of Brighton was one of the best decisions I have made. My course has delivered good career prospects by providing management subjects addressing key issues of strategy, marketing, operations, human resources and financial planning, studied in parallel with international hospitality development. I truly enjoyed this education experience and my student life in the university. I have gained an invaluable experience studying in the University of Brighton. It offers a high quality of education which enhanced my experience living and learning with students from different countries as well as learning to manage myself and time keeping in an English native environment.

Neeranard Muangngam from Thailand, International Hospitality Management MSc

International Event Management BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Eastbourne

International Event Management top-up degree BA(Hons) See website Eastbourne

International Hospitality Management BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Eastbourne

International Hospitality Management top-up degree BA(Hons) See website Eastbourne

International Tourism Management BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Eastbourne

International Tourism Management top-up degree BA(Hons) See website Eastbourne

International Travel Management top-up degree BA(Hons) See website Eastbourne

Retail Management BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Eastbourne

Retail Management top-up degree BA(Hons) See website Eastbourne

Retail Marketing BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Eastbourne

Retail Marketing top-up degree BA(Hons) See website Eastbourne

International Event Management MSc See website Eastbourne

International Hospitality Management MSc See website Eastbourne

International Retail Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb

International Tourism Management MSc See website Eastbourne

Retail Management MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Tourism and International Development MSc See website Eastbourne


Hospitality, retail, events and tourism courses



SyllabusYear 1The Hospitality Business • Food and Drink Operations • The Hospitality Consumer Experience • Economics and Finance • Marketing, Branding and Consumer Psychology • Organisations, Management and People

Year 2Design and the Environment • Resources and Revenue Management • Hospitality Live! • Managerial Accounting • Research Methods • Preparation for placement (if applicable) • One from: Managing Service Excellence • Marketing Planning (marketing pathway)


Final yearBusiness Strategy • Contemporary Issues in International Hospitality • Dissertation or placement project • Options include: Food Society and Culture • Gastronomy • Financial Issues in the International Hospitality Industry • Business Morality • Change Management • Marketing options include: Public Relations • Beverage Marketing • Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM) • Competitive Marketing Strategy • Hospitality Consultancy

As one of the most established courses of its type, our International Hospitality Management degree is renowned for its teaching excellence, student achievement and graduate success.

The university subscribes to the Institute of Hospitality’s Education Membership Scheme (EMS) and meets international standards of professionalism, knowledge, skills and understanding. The course is regularly reviewed in consultation with the industry to ensure that it stays up to date. Our state-of-the-art facilities include a digital media suite and the Culinary Arts Studio, which recreates a contemporary hospitality setting that allows you to put your skills into practice. The option of a placement year gives you a valuable opportunity to work either in the UK or abroad with high-profile organisations including The Castle Hotel, DoubleTree and The Sea Pines Resort in South Carolina, USA.

Specialist pathwayYou can choose to specialise in marketing at the end of your first year, which would make your final award International Hospitality Management with Marketing.

Career and progression opportunitiesThrough its balance of academic and vocational modules, our International Hospitality Management degree is designed to maximise your employability in the sector. Many of our graduates now hold senior management positions, for example as the head of catering at the Marylebone Cricket Club, the vice president of Global Sales Europe at Marriott Hotels and the director of Life’s Kitchen. Others have gone on to set up their own businesses.

International Hospitality Management BA(Hons) Eastbourne

• Contact with industry professionals through the Savoy Society Mentoring Scheme

• State-of-the-art Culinary Arts Studio• Regular guest speakers and

professional networking events

Hospitality, retail, events and tourism

UCAS code N221




A-levels BBC.

IB 28 points.

IELTS 6.0 overall, with 6.0 in writing and at least 5.5 in each of the other elements.


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Our MSc in International Event Management requires an open, critical and inquiring mindset for the social-scientific and applied study of events and management.

You will be expected to critically evaluate existing knowledge in the field of event management, debate key issues such as sustainability, ethical event production and legacy planning, and consider strategic responses to the environmental forces impacting the events industry.

This is an academic course with a high degree of vocational relevance. Content and teaching are strongly underpinned by the team’s expertise, research activities and – in many cases – firsthand experience. Industry expertise and application is drawn from areas as diverse as festivals, business events, marketing, consultancy, sport and leisure, all of which enrich the design and delivery of the course.

Careers and employabilityThis course is aimed at a broad spectrum of students and practitioners. It is suitable for those who want to pursue senior management positions within the events industry, or to prepare for doctoral study in international events.

Previous students of the International Event Management MSc include:• management trainee at Bayer

Gastronomie GmbH• events assistant at East End

Communications• community fundraiser at The Honeypot

Charity• marketing executive at IMEX• director of clinical programmes at the

District of Columbia Dental Society• freelance event production manager.

SyllabusEvent Policy and Practice • Event Project Management • Globalisation, Society and Culture • Management Strategy in a Global Business Environment Options, two from: International Event Marketing, Sponsorship and Fundraising • Risk and Crisis Management • Digital Marketing Strategies • Sport Tourism • Consultancy • Contemporary Issues in Global Sport • Professional Enquiry • Ethical and Social Responsibility: Theory and Application • Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development • The Visual and Visuality: Performing Culture • Anthropology: Critical Perspectives • Tourism, Landscape and Materiality • Ethnography • Tourism and International Co-operation • International Hospitality Development • Contemporary Issues in Cruise Management

This list of option modules is an indication of those available at present. These modules may change in accordance with the latest developments in the international event industry.

• Benefit from our international approach and student community

• Explore the relationship between government policy and events

• Study events at a macro, meso and micro level, covering global issues, policy and operations respectively






Degree and experience honours degree with a minimum 2:2 equivalent from a NARIC-recognised institution, or an HND equivalent plus at least five years of relevant industry experience. Other applicants with extensive industry experience will be considered on an individual basis.



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International Event ManagementMSc (PGCert, PGDip)Eastbourne

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Developed in conjunction with experts from the retail industry, our Retail Management MSc taps into the UK’s wealth of cutting-edge retail expertise. It helps meet the growing demand for the professionalisation of retail management by developing managers with the practical skills and intellectual ability to succeed in this fast-paced and global industry.

The course provides a detailed knowledge of the concepts and processes involved in retailing. It covers both theoretical and practical approaches relevant to best practice in the international retail business.

From the very start of the course you will have the chance to learn from retail professionals. Field trips will give you the chance to explore different types of retail environments and meet practising managers. Guest speakers are regularly invited to discuss curriculum topics, so you get professional insights into contemporary issues.

The skills and knowledge gained on this course will make you a highly valuable asset in the retail sector. The expertise acquired from studying in the UK is highly transferrable internationally.

Institute of Directors membershipWe offer all of our masters students free Institute of Directors (IoD) membership. Membership provides you with access to IoD events, mentoring, forums, crowd-funding and work placement opportunities.

Careers and employabilityToday’s jobs market is highly competitive and a postgraduate degree can command a premium with employers.

SyllabusThe year is split into three terms and then a period spent either working on a research project or on a work placement.

Autumn term modules: Moving to Masters (induction) • Consumer Psychology and Customer Experience • Accounting for Managers • Managing Organisational Behaviour

Spring term modules: Retail Marketing and Branding • Retail Buying and Logistics • Business Research Methods

Summer term modules: Retail Strategy and Internationalisation • Plus one option from: Retail Technology • Innovation and Creativity • Retail Consultancy

Summer vacation: Retail management project OR international retail management project.

You will also choose between a research project or a work placement.

• Benefit from Institute of Directors membership while you study with us


• Guest speakers and retail professionals share their expertise with our students



Duration Full-time 13 months



Degree and experience normally a good honours degree or equivalent is required. Work experience is useful but not essential. Applicants with non-standard entry qualifications will be considered.

IELTS 6.5 overall, with 6.0 in the written test and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements.


Key facts

Find out moreBrighton Business School +44 (0)1273 642197 [email protected]

Retail ManagementMSc (PGCert, PGDip)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

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104 humanities, literature and language

LOCATIONHumanities and design history courses are taught in central Brighton at Grand Parade.

Literature, language and linguistics are based at Falmer, north of Brighton city centre.

English is also taught as a joint degree alongside education, media studies, social history and sociology at our Hastings campus, which is an hour from Brighton.

At Brighton we take a distinctive, interdisciplinary approach to the study of humanities, literature and the history of design. We offer an exceptional range of subjects in this area, enabling you to explore, in depth, topics that interest you the most.

HUMANITIES, LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE

DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS IN CRITICAL THINKING, LISTENING, RESEARCH, WRITING, PRESENTATION AND DEBATE

WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH IMPACT IN ART AND DESIGN: HISTORY, PRACTICE AND THEORY REF 2014

20TH IN THE UK FOR HISTORY OF ARTGUARDIAN UNIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLES 2016

SHARE AND DEVELOP YOUR WORK THROUGH WORKSHOPS, FIELD TRIPS, SEMINARS AND BLOGS

BE INSPIREDStaff are researching a diverse range of topics that inform and inspire their teaching, including globalisation, political philosophy, queer theory, race equality, war, feminist literature, creative writing, narrative, Victorian, Gothic, Russian and American literature, semantics, identity politics, survival horror, youth subcultural style, and terror and terrorism.

Develop your ideas through seminar and small group teaching, group and individual project work.

Take part in student drama, humanities, literature and philosophy societies and attend lectures from expert outside speakers.

GRADUATE SUCCESSOur students go on to work in many areas including journalism, publishing, NGOs, politics, law, social work, arts administration, museums and gallery work, teaching and research study.

Graduates include:• Ben Cooper, Controller,

Radio 1 and 1Xtra• Professor David Crowley,

Royal College of Art• Simon Kernick, author• Graham Duff, scriptwriter,

producer and comic actor• Louise Rennison, author • Anji Hunter, Edelman UK• Norman Cook, (aka Fatboy

Slim) DJ, musician and producer.

FACILITIES AND RESOURCESOur students benefit from:• specialist archives, including

the internationally renowned Design Archives, Screen Archive South East and the Dress History Teaching Collection

• one of the UK’s leading art and design library collections

• our relationships with organisations such as the Design Council, V&A museum and the National Trust

• placement opportunities in leading archives, museums and galleries

• opportunities to study abroad

• opportunities to take French, German, Italian and Spanish language courses.

• Cultural and critical studies

• English language and literature

• History of art and design• Humanities• Linguistics• Museum and heritage

studies• Visual culture


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Dress History.

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BE INSPIREDProfessor Catherine Moriarty is the curatorial director of the University of Brighton’s internationally significant Design Archives. Integral to Professor Moriarty’s development of the Design Archives is her conviction in curation as a creative practice. Initiating artists’ residencies, exhibitions, and research projects, she is interested in the use of archival resources in a broad range of contexts.

03. Small seminar groups allow our students to debate issues and present arguments.


English Language BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

English Language and Creative Writing BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

English Language and English Literature BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

English Language and Linguistics BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

English Language and Media BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

English Literature BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

English Literature and Creative Writing BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

English Literature and Linguistics BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

English Literature and Media Studies BA(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

English Literature and Social History BA(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Globalisation: History, Politics, Culture BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

History, Literature, Culture BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

Humanities BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

Humanities: War, Conflict and Modernity BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

Linguistics BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

Museum and Heritage Studies BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

Philosophy, Politics and Art BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

Philosophy, Politics and Ethics BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

Visual Culture BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

Applied Ethics MA See website Grand Parade

Creative Writing MA See website Falmer

Cultural and Critical Theory MA See website Grand Parade

Cultural History, Memory and Identity MA See website Grand Parade

English Language MA See website Falmer

Globalisation: Politics, Conflict and Human Rights MA See website Grand Parade

Linguistics MA See website Falmer

Linguistics MRes See website Falmer

Literature MA See website Falmer

Philosophy of Language MA See website Grand Parade

War: History and Politics MA See website Grand Parade


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History of Art and DesignBA(Hons)Brighton: Grand Parade

If you are intrigued by the history of art and design and the designs and designers who shape our material world, you’ll find this course fascinating.

You’ll study a stimulating range of subjects including fine art, design, heritage, museum studies, film and fashion. Guided by leading research scholars, you will engage with art and design works, critiquing the use, production, preservation, cult-value and memorial importance of the things that societies and individuals have created.

Studying here you’ll have unique access to our world-class research resources including our Design Archives, Textile and Dress teaching collection and Screen Archive South East.

Brighton has a rich cultural heritage and you will benefit from our productive relationships with local and national museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum. Industry placements give you insight into professional practice, helping you build key skills and enhancing your job prospects by giving you hands-on, relevant experience and the opportunity to forge networks with experts in the field.

Career and progression opportunitiesStudents move into positions in commercial and cultural organisations as well as into teaching and journalism. Graduates from the History of Art and Design programme hold senior appointments at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada and the Edinburgh College of Art and many take up careers in museums, galleries, heritage sites, arts administration and auction houses. Others study for further professional qualifications or postgraduate degrees, including our History of Design and Material Culture MA.

SyllabusYear 1Art, Commerce and Culture: Art and Design 1760–1900 • Interpreting Objects and Histories (project) • History of Art and Design in Brighton • Options include: Art, Architecture, Design and Decoration in the British Country House • Screening Meanings (history of cinema)

Year 2In year 2, you have the opportunity to undertake a placement in a range of local museums, galleries, archives and creative services. Students work on tasks such as curating, cataloguing, collections management and publications.

Modernism, Ideology and the Avant Garde in the Twentieth Century • After Modernism: Postmodernism and Beyond • Extension studies • Options include: The Politics of Place: People and Nature in British Landscape Art • Behind the Scenes: Museum, Gallery, Archive Experience • Reflections: Fashion and Film in Britain and America

Final yearDissertation • Interpreting Art and Design: Research Methods and Theory • History of Design Case Studies • Communicating Research (seminar and exhibition) • Options include: From Bubbles to Benetton: Theory and Practice in Advertising since the Nineteenth Century • Public Art

• Benefit from access to our world-class research resources including our Design Archives, Textile and Dress teaching collection and Screen Archive South East.

• Work placements give you vital industry experience and networking opportunities

• Develop your own specialist areas of interest, choosing from a wide choice of options

Humanities, literature and language

UCAS code V352




A-levels BBC.

IB 28 points.



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108 media and journalism

LOCATIONAccredited journalism courses, along with our production-focused design, film, media and television courses are all taught in Hastings.

Media Studies, Media and English Literature, and Film and Screen Studies are taught in Brighton.

GRADUATE SUCCESSOur graduates leave us confident and ready for work. Some of the roles they are undertaking are:• camera assistant, CTV

Outside Broadcast • floor runner, Holby City• freelance assistant film and

TV director• ldigital communications

manager, Southampton Football Club

• marketing executive, Studio Canal

• broadcast assistant, Radio5Live

• press officer, Queens Park Rangers FC.

• social media manager, Royal Opera House

• brand manager, Mama

Our courses will equip you with the theory, professional practice and specialised production skills you will use in your career. Our industry partners work with us to provide placements, masterclasses, lectures and even graduate jobs.

MEDIA AND JOURNALISM

PROFESSIONALLY RECOGNISED COURSES PREPARE YOU FOR CAREERS ACROSS THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

DEVELOP REAL EXPERIENCE WITH OUR INDUSTRY-STANDARD FACILITIES AND ON PLACEMENT

STAFF COMBINE TEACHING WITH PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AS JOURNALISTS, PRODUCERS, WRITERS AND DIRECTORS

EXPLORE EVERY ASPECT OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION WITH OUR EXCEPTIONAL RANGE OF COURSES

• online marketing, Time Inc• account exec, Trinity Mirror• project manager, Agile

Impact• IT communications and

events coordinator, Gatwick Airport

• analyst, Royal Bank of Scotland

• business development manager, Lexis Nexis.

FACILITIES AND RESOURCES Develop real experience with our industry-standard facilities.

• Overtime sports news – one of the best student websites in the country according to the National Council for the Training of Journalists.

• Television and radio studios• Newsroom with live

newsfeed• Avid editing suites and

Pro Tools kit• Unique archives including

Screen Archive South East• Student film showcase at

Brighton Big Screen

BE INSPIREDOur staff are media professionals and practising researchers.

• Rob Steen, one of the world’s leading cricket writers

• Lance Dann, writer, radio producer and sound designer

• Joanna MacDonnell, TV producer

• Maria Sourbati, local radio producer and presenter

• Rob Greens, award-winning script writer

• Gilly Smith, food and travel author

• Julie Doyle, leading academic on environment issues in the media

• Julia Winckler, photographer• Olu Jenzen, theorist and

researcher in LGBTQ and gender issues

• Frauke Behrendt, expert on digital connectivity

• Paula Hearsum, journalist and web consultant

• Ewan Kirkland, researcher in digital gaming and youth cultures

INDUSTRY CONTACTSOur students are on placement with companies including:• The BBC• ITV• Google UK• Absolute Radio• Skint Records• Sky Sports News• The Times• The Guardian• Greenpeace • Paramount Films• Bauer, IPCMedia• EMAP publishing.

Practising professionals share their experiences with our students.

• Ben Cooper, BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra controller

• Anji Hunter, Edelman UK• Nicholas Owen, BBC TV

news presenter• Peter Curran, award-winning

radio producer• Mark Steel, comic,

broadcaster and author• Kathryn Flett, author and TV

personality

• Digital television production

• Film and screen studies• Film and radio

production• Journalism• Media studies


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During the course I was guided through every part of television life, the realities and the expectations and was given assistance in finding work. At Hastings you have a close relationship with your lecturers. I have been recommended for jobs and introduced to industry professionals that I would not have met if it wasn’t for this course; I owe it my career.

Luke Fuller – Television Production FdA graduate

02. Preparing content for newsday.03. Students explore opportunities

for mobile media in new contexts and for a range of purposes.


Broadcast Media Foundation degree 160 UCAS tariff points Hastings

Broadcast Media top-up degree BA(Hons) See website Hastings

Digital Film BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Hastings

Digital Post Production Foundation degree 160 UCAS tariff points Hastings

Environment and Media BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Film and Screen Studies BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Grand Parade

Journalism BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Hastings

Media and English Literature BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

Media Studies BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Media Studies and Education BA(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Media Studies and Sociology BA(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Media, Industry and Innovation BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Multimedia Broadcast Journalism BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Hastings

Sport Journalism BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Hastings

Television and Digital Media Production BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Hastings

Television Production Foundation degree Foundation degree 160 UCAS tariff points Hastings

QUALIFICATIONCOURSE TITLE

Media and journalism courses


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Media StudiesBA(Hons)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

This innovative course examines the relationships between media, culture and society in an increasingly connected and globalised world. You’ll explore a combination of strong conceptual theory and creative practice. Option modules enable you to specialise in areas that particularly interest you, either the analysis and theory of media or the hands-on practicalities of photography, producing video work or focusing on social or community media.

Our students are equipped to become versatile and creative media innovators and leaders able to respond to new situations in an ever-changing industry. You’ll explore social responsibility and community engagement, visual media, and traditional and digital media. You’ll examine the evolving relationship between media and culture in contemporary societies and gain the skills to influence them.

Practice-based modules might include lectures, screenings, visits to exhibits and sessions learning editing skills. Community work modules involve considerable time spent outside the university, interacting with local community groups. A number of modules include short field trips and fieldwork experience.

Career and employabilityGraduates are equipped to enter careers in media and creative industries. Students often succeed in securing full-time jobs following their industry placements. You will have the opportunity to undertake a four-week placement as part of the curriculum, which will help you to develop skills and talents in a real-world setting and give you a vital edge in the job market.

Our graduates are working as journalists, editorial assistants and social media managers by Times Higher Education magazine, Vogue, EMI, Juice FM, Universal Pictures, Punktastic and the Royal Opera House, BBC, Pearl & Dean, Brandwatch and IMAX.

SyllabusYear 1Media Culture and Change • Producing and Consuming Social Media • Critical Approaches to Media • Options: Video Production • Sound in Media Culture • Film Language History • Photographic Practice • Understanding TV • Social Action and Community Media

Year 2Visual Media Culture • Mobile Media Cultures • Popular Music • Critical Approaches to the Videogame • Language Media and Power • Marketing, Genre and Film • Journalism • Community Media • Community Development Projects • Media Policy

Final yearIn your final year you will produce a written or production-based dissertation, under the guidance of an experienced supervisor. You will research this major project independently, drawing together the knowledge you have gained over the course in a sustained piece of writing or the production of an artefact and critical reflection.

• Our students have been on placement with organisations such as: Google UK; Working Title Films, Warner Music International and Empire magazine

• Brighton is a magnet for media companies and freelancing professionals, and home to a digital media festival

• Benefit from shared expertise of media professionals, including directors, producers and scriptwriters

• Facilities include cameras, studio lights and flashguns, an off-site dark room, an Apple Mac computer suite, video recording equipment and a video editing suite

Media and journalism

UCAS code P300




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112 science and health

Researchers at Brighton work in the fields of chemical biology, drug discovery, drug formulation, nanoscience and nanotechnology to develop novel solutions to real-world issues including: antibiotics for multidrug resistant bacteria,technologies for environmental monitoring and remediation.

I chose to study podiatry because it is a young profession, full of potential. There were a lot of marvellous details that made the University of Brighton’s podiatry course stand out – it is licensed to teach anatomy, it has its own podiatry clinic, biomechanics lab and nail surgery facilities.

Georgia Liopetriti from Cyprus, Podiatry BSc(Hons)

PROFESSIONAL FOCUS• Pharmacy MPharm is the

only undergraduate UK degree acceptable for registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

• Our professional health courses are accredited by the relevant governing bodies including the General Medical Council, and the Health and Care Professions Council.

• Our biological sciences, chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences courses offer professional placement year opportunities in industry and research groups at the university. Placements give you the opportunity to apply your knowledge and build practical skills and contacts.

• Visiting lecturers working in practice and in industry contribute to teaching.

• Laboratory sessions build practical skills.

We are a leading UK provider of university education in science and health. Our courses are professionally focused and accredited by relevant organisations. Our teaching is informed by world-leading research – the 2014 Research Excellence Framework judged 100 per cent of our research in the field of pharmacy to be world-leading or internationally excellent in terms of impact.

SCIENCE AND HEALTH

COURSES DEVELOPED IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH INDUSTRY

9TH IN THE UKFOR HEALTHPROFESSIONSGUARDIAN UNIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLES 2016

BUILD EXPERIENCE WITH PLACEMENTS AND VOLUNTEERING

15TH IN THE UK FOR MEDICINEGUARDIAN UNIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLES 2016

LOCATIONSHealth and science courses are taught across almost all of our campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings – to find out where your course is based check the list overleaf.

INNOVATIVE TEACHINGOur teaching is informed by our extensive industry links and world-leading research.

You will learn alongside and share teaching facilities with students on other courses including medicine and nursing.

BE INSPIREDOur research is pioneering new approaches to regenerative wound-healing medicine, asthma and diabetes care, and leading the development of novel biomedical products.

• Biology• Biomedical science• Chemistry• Health promotion• Medicine• Occupational therapy• Pharmaceutical sciences• Pharmacy and

pharmacology• Physiotherapy• Podiatry• Public health

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Biological Sciences BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Biology BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Biomedical Science BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Chemistry BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Chemistry MChem A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Moulsecoomb

Human Biology and Education BSc(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Health Studies top-up degree BSc(Hons) See website Falmer

Medicine BM BS A-levels AAA/IB 36 points Falmer & University of Sussex

Occupational Therapy BSc(Hons) See website Eastbourne

Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Moulsecoomb

Pharmacy MPharm A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Moulsecoomb

Physiotherapy BSc(Hons) A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Eastbourne

Podiatry BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Eastbourne

Public Health BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Hastings

Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine MSc See website Falmer

Biomedical Sciences MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Bioscience MRes See website Moulsecoomb

Cardiology MSc See website Falmer

Chemistry MRes See website Moulsecoomb

Clinical Research MRes See website Falmer

Dementia Studies MSc See website Falmer

Global Health MSc/PGCert See website Falmer & University of Sussex

Health /and Education /and Management MSc See website Falmer

Health Promotion /and Education /and Management MA See website Falmer

Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences MSc See website Moulsecoomb

International Health Promotion MA See website Falmer

Medical Research MRes See website Falmer

Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy MSc See website Eastbourne

Occupational Therapy (Pre-registration) MSc See website Eastbourne

Occupational Therapy /and Education /and Management MSc See website Eastbourne

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences MRes See website Moulsecoomb

Pharmacology MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Pharmacy (OSPAP) PGDip/MSc See website Moulsecoomb

Physiotherapy /and Education /and Management MSc See website Eastbourne

Physiotherapy with Independent Prescribing MSc See website Eastbourne

Podiatry /and Education /and Management MSc See website Eastbourne

Podiatry with Clinical Biomechanics MSc See website Eastbourne

Podiatry with Diabetes MSc See website Eastbourne

Podiatry with Independent Prescribing MSc See website Eastbourne

Podiatry with Rheumatology MSc See website Eastbourne

Principles of Podiatric Surgery MSc See website Eastbourne

Public Health MSc See website Falmer

Public Health and Management MSc See website Falmer

Rehabilitation Science (Physiotherapy) MSc See website Eastbourne

Sports Injury Management MSc See website Eastbourne


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MedicineBM BSBrighton: Falmer and University of Sussex

Career opportunitiesThe degree in medicine will equip students with the knowledge and the clinical and personal skills they will need to progress to the next stage of their training – the first year of foundation training. Wherever they do foundation jobs, they will have close educational supervision and continue with their portfolio.

Course structureA wide range of teaching and learning methods are employed, with the emphasis throughout on small-group teaching. With an average intake of 138 in each year, BSMS students benefit from being taught in small groups, usually about eight per group for tutor and dissection groups. The curriculum is designed to develop students’ ability to relate clinical findings to underlying clinical and social sciences, and to use information from different disciplines and sources.

In the first two years, academic and clinical studies are based on both university campuses at Falmer. Clinical experience is in both primary care and acute care settings. Students carry out two individual family studies – in year 1 with a family looking after a new baby, and in year 2 meeting a patient with a chronic illness. Academic studies are based on a series of systems modules focused on the normal and abnormal functioning of the human body. These include the core material that every doctor must know, together with student-selected components enabling the exploration of selected topics in depth.

Years 3 and 4 are based at the Audrey Emerton Building at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, and in the teaching hospitals of the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) is a partnership between the Universities of Brighton and Sussex, and NHS Trusts across the Surrey and Sussex region. Students are full members of both universities.

The BSMS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BM BS) degree integrates the development of academic knowledge with clinical experience. From the first weeks students gain experience of working with patients in parallel with their academic study of the biomedical sciences.

Professional accreditationSuccessful completion of the course entitles graduates to provisional registration with the General Medical Council, subject to demonstrating that their fitness to practise is not impaired. They will then need to undertake further training to become a GP or specialist consultant.

To obtain a foundation year 1 post, undergraduates apply through the UK Foundation Programme Office selection scheme during the final year of their course, which allocates these posts to graduates on a competitive basis.

Successful completion of the foundation year 1 programme is normally achieved within 12 months and is marked by the award of a Certificate of Experience.Graduates will then be eligible to apply for full registration with the General Medical Council. They will need full registration with a licence to practise for unsupervised medical practice in the NHS or private practice in the UK.

Although this information is correct at the time of going to press, regulations in this area may change from time to time, visit www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk for updates.

In year 3, students undertake three ten-week clinical attachments in medicine, surgery, elderly care and mental health, plus student-selected components and weekly teaching sessions on the scientific basis of medicine.

They also maintain a logbook and personal portfolio which is used to assess progress, and to help them reflect on how their personal strengths are developing alongside their clinical experience. In year 4, students also undertake research projects, go on clinical placements in hospital and community settings and develop their primary care experience.

Subject to satisfactory academic performance, students have the opportunity to take an intercalated degree in order to study a subject of their choice in greater depth. This is taken in one year between years 3 and 4 of BM BS studies and provides the necessary academic background for those wishing to embark on a career combining medical practice with medical research. They might choose neuroscience, medical education, molecular medicine, pharmacological sciences or experimental psychology. Year 5 prepares students for their first postgraduate year as foundation year (FY) doctors. It is organised in regional attachments comprising clinical placements in district general hospital and community settings in Sussex and its adjoining counties, including periods spent work-shadowing an FY doctor.

The year also includes a medical elective, in the UK or overseas, offering the opportunity to experience medical practice in a different cultural and clinical setting. Recent destinations have included India, Cambodia, Peru, Jamaica and the Solomon Islands.


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BSMS has ten places per year for students from outside the European Union. Applicants should possess academic qualifications equivalent to those required from UK and EU applicants. We may be able to interview international applicants by video link at their local British Council office.

A-levels and AS-levels AAA to include biology and chemistry, following the study of at least four subjects to AS-level. The fourth AS-level should be passed at a minimum grade B. General Studies and Critical Thinking excluded.

IB 36 points overall, to include both biology and chemistry at higher level. Grade 6 must be achieved in both.

IELTS 7.5 overall, with minimum of 7.0 in all four parts.


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Areas of studyThe degree develops key personal skills and attitudes including: learning how to learn and understanding the need for lifelong learning; reflective practice; communication and IT skills; working effectively in multi-professional teams; the personal and ethical attitudes essential for good professional practice; and an appreciation of doctors’ responsibilities to their patients, to professional colleagues, to society and to themselves.

Students also develop clinical skills in history taking, physical examination, diagnosis, and effective communication with patients. Experience of medical practice in hospital settings includes visits to a busy accident and emergency unit.

In year 3, students are introduced to research methodology, essential for the practice of evidence-based medicine, and join a BSMS, Brighton or Sussex research team to carry out an individual research project in year 4.

Find out moreFull details on the curriculum, entry requirements, eligibility, and admissions are published in the Brighton and Sussex Medical School prospectus, available from BSMS Admissions, Academic Services, Checkland building, Falmer Campus, University of Brighton BN1 9PH+44 (0)1273 [email protected].

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Pharmacists are highly regarded professionals, who play a crucial role in the medical process, optimising the use of medication and the course of treatment for individual patients.

Our MPharm enables students to become healthcare experts who can communicate effectively with other healthcare professionals and patients. After a successful pre-registration year and examination, you will be eligible for professional registration with the GPhC and ready to begin your career in pharmacy.

Professional accreditationThe MPharm qualification is the only undergraduate UK degree acceptable for registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

Careers and employabilityMembership of the GPhC allows you to practise in all areas of the profession, including community, hospital and industrial pharmacy.

SyllabusThe course is taught through a series of case studies that bring together the science of pharmacy with the needs of the patient. A typical example might involve a patient with asthma. In this case, you would first consider the physiology of the lung and the pathology of asthma, before learning how drugs used to treat asthma work and how they are formulated into medicines such as inhalers. You would also go to workshops to learn how to best communicate with patients on their use of inhalers.

In all years of the course, you will undertake placements in both community and hospital settings. You will also have the opportunity to work with other healthcare students.

Year 1Pharmaceutical Sciences 1 • Therapeutics 1 • Pharmacy Practice 1 • Pharmaceutical Attitudes and Skills 1

Year 2Pharmaceutical Sciences 2 • Therapeutics 2 • Pharmacy Practice 2 • Pharmaceutical Attitudes and Skills 2

Year 3Pharmaceutical Sciences 3 • Therapeutics 3 • Pharmacy Practice 3 • Integrated Pharmaceutical Attitudes and Skills 3

Final yearResearch project • Preparing for Practice • Options: Advanced Pharmaceutical Analysis • Advances in Biochemical and Clinical Analysis • Biomedical Implants and Cell-Based Strategies • Business Studies for Pharmacists • Current Topics in Infection • Diabetes Mellitus • Ion Channel Pharmacology and Physiology • Medical Genetics • Medicinal Plants: Quality Issues and their Uses • Industrial Manufacturing Processes • Oxidative Stress and Human Disease • Pharmaceutical Care of Surgical Patients • Pharmacological Aspects of Neuronal Ageing • Psychopharmacology • Specialised Clinical Practice

• Integrated, case-based course shows the relevance of science to the practice of pharmacy

• Professional work placements in all years of the course

• Access to SimMan 3G, a highly advanced patient simulator

Science and health

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A-levels ABB, including chemistry and one further science A-level.

IB 32 points including a grade 5 in chemistry and biology at Higher level.

IELTS 7.0 overall, with a minimum of 6.0 in all four elements.


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Physiotherapy is a healthcare profession concerned with human function and movement. Physiotherapists share in their patient’s journeys, improving their quality of life by helping them to maintain or improve their physical abilities through advice, exercise and education. As a physiotherapist you will work closely with a diverse variety of people with physical illnesses caused by accident, injury or ageing, who need customised treatment and attention. To succeed you will need compassion, patience and excellent interpersonal skills.

To ensure you are confident applying theory to clinical practice, you’ll spend around 30 weeks on placement in varied settings. You will simulate handling different situations in our practical skills rooms, which are fully equipped with professional-standard equipment. Our physiotherapy courses are professionally accredited and have an excellent reputation at undergraduate, postgraduate and research levels.

Professional accreditationThis course is accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

Career and progression opportunitiesThis course gives you everything you need to start working as a chartered physiotherapist in the UK, with professional and portfolio development from start to finish. Many graduates secure employment in the local area by developing networks through their placements. You might choose to go straight into a specific area of practice such as paediatrics or musculoskeletal fields, or take a post that gives rotation through several clinical areas to gain broad experience. Some students stay with us to study on the masters level sports injury management course and then go on to work with top sports teams.

SyllabusYear 1 of the course focuses on the core theory needed to start your career as a physiotherapist, such as anatomy, health psychology, exercise prescription, surgery, orthopaedics and research methods. You’ll share learning with other health specialities, allowing you to benefit from intra-professional collaboration, sharing knowledge and expertise.

On your placements in year 2 and 3, you’ll work with senior physiotherapists and other health professionals such as nurses, doctors and occupational therapists. You could be based in settings including hospitals, rehabilitation centres and patients’ homes.

Year 1The Physiotherapist as a Professional • Physiology • Pathophysiology • Exercise for Health • Clinical Anatomy and Biomechanics • Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy • Health Psychology and Health-related Behaviour • Rehabilitation through Exercise • Clinical Anatomy

Year 2Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation • Health Psychology and Communication • Neurological Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation • Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation • Healthcare across Practice Settings • Research Methods in Healthcare • Six-week clinical placement

Final yearClinical placements (four blocks of six weeks) • Professional Development for Physiotherapists • Research for Evidence-based Practice

• Accredited by the HCPC and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

• Specialist facilities and equipment• Gain 30 weeks’ experience before

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A-levels ABB. One A-level must be a biological science or PE.

IB a minimum of 32 points, including biology at higher level. Applicants whose first language is not English are also required to obtain English at higher level.

IELTS 7.0 overall, no element below 6.5.


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SyllabusThe course is structured around five compulsory modules that stretch across the biomedical sciences and provide the research skills necessary to complete the independent project. These are supplemented by optional modules which you can choose according to personal interest and career ambitions.

Topics in Biomolecular Sciences and Pharmacology • Cell Pathology and Special Topics in Pathobiology • Applied Molecular Biology • Research Methods • Project • Options: Diabetes Mellitus • Oxidative Stress and Human Disease • Pharmacogenomics • Clinical Microbiology • Clinical and Applied Immunology • Neuroscience • Blood Sciences • Medical Genetics • Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering • Diet and Disease

This MSc programme is designed for students wishing to study the biological basis of disease, pathological processes, diagnostic investigation and therapeutic intervention without necessarily wishing to follow a career as a Health and Care Professions Council-registered biomedical scientist working within hospital laboratories.

Applicants should hold an undergraduate degree in a related subject such as biology or biochemistry for this course, which will expand on your knowledge base through a series of taught modules. You develop expertise in reflective practice, quality control and research in a laboratory setting, learning the necessary skills for careers in diagnostics, biotechnology, the pharmaceutical industries and academia.

Professional accreditationA number of the modules that make up this course are approved by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS). IBMS is the UK’s professional body for those working in the field.

Careers and employabilityThe course prepares you for careers across the biomedical sciences, for example in biotechnology, academia and the pharmaceutical industries.

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Degree and experience BSc or equivalent in biomedical science, biological science or related discipline (minimum of 2:2 or equivalent).

IELTS 6.5 overall, no component below 6.0.


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Biomedical SciencesMSc (PGCert, PGDip)Brighton: Moulsecoomb

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LOCATIONMost of our social science courses are taught on our Falmer campus, north of Brighton city centre.

Our applied social science degree is taught in Hastings where you can also take sociology combined with education, English literature or social history through the joint honours programme.

FLEXIBILITYExplore and develop your personal interests and undertake your own research.

Take part in seminars and debates with students from other areas of social science.

Share your work through poster presentations advocacy statements, group and individual project work; develop your ideas through seminar and small group teaching.

Social science is about the objective study of people and their interactions. It provides insight into families, employment, economics, housing, education, health, politics, mass media, cultural differences and more. At Brighton our focus is on using this insight to improve society.

SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PSYCHOLOGY

VOLUNTEER AS PART OF YOUR COURSEVolunteering is a great way to find out about your subject in the field. The community engagement module enables you to volunteer with one of our many partner organisations including:• Age Concern• Art in Mind• Barnardos• Princes Trust• YMCA• Brighton Housing Trust• Brighton and Hove

Community Radio• Brighton & Hove City

Council• British Heart Foundation• CaSH – Contraception and

Sexual Health Action Team• CRI (Crime Reduction

Initiatives)• East Sussex Children’s

Centres.

BE INSPIREDShare and develop your work through subject-based book groups, and projects like The Human Library where trained volunteers from a local LGBT mental health project act as human books to engage and challenge you. Our staff have research interests spanning age and ageing, technology and care, emotional and mental health, domestic and intimate violence, criminality, social control, surveillance, consumption, mobilities, sexualities, social and political theory, social movements, public participation, citizenship and new forms of democratic practice.

Visiting practitioners share their knowledge and experience in our thriving visiting lecture programme.

JOIN A THRIVING, PROGRESSIVE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY

OUR TEACHING IS RESEARCH-INFORMED, INNOVATIVE AND INTER-DISCIPLINARY

APPLY YOUR LEARNING THROUGH PLACEMENTS AND VOLUNTEERING

ACCREDITED COURSES IN PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK, AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE

• Criminology• Politics• Psychology • Social policy• Social work• Sociology• Substance misuse


BE INSPIRED

Jayne is witty, enthusiastic and makes her subject fascinating and easily understandable so that we are itching to find out more. I could not have wished for a more dynamic, engaging lecturer who brings her subject to life.

Dr Jayne Raisborough, winner of Outstanding Contribution to the Student Experience at the Brighton Students’ Union Excellence Awards

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My tutor is wonderful and very helpful; she is always asking if she can help us in anyway. She takes our ideas and writing and gives us feedback to let us know if we’re doing well or what we can improve on – to help us to be successful in our course. My course is based at the Falmer campus, which is also where I live in halls of residence, it’s really beautiful. It’s out of town but it has a lot of beautiful landscape to see. My experiences here have been great, everyone’s very friendly and if you ask there is always someone willing to help.

Marsha Robert from Canada, Master of Public Administration

Applied Social Science BA(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Applied Psychology BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Falmer

Applied Psychology and Criminology BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Falmer

Applied Psychology and Sociology BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Falmer

Criminology BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Falmer

Criminology and Social Policy BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

Criminology and Sociology BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Falmer

Criminology and Substance Misuse Interventions BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Falmer

Politics BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

Politics and Social Policy BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

Politics and Sociology BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

Social Policy and Practice BSc(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

Social Science BA(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Falmer

Sociology BA(Hons) A-levels BBC/IB 28 points Falmer

Sociology and English Literature BA(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Sociology and Social History BA(Hons) A-levels BCC/IB 27 points Hastings

Community Psychology MA See website Falmer

Masters in Public Administration MPA See website Falmer

Social Sciences MRes See website Falmer

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Applied PsychologyBSc(Hons)Brighton: Falmer

Psychology is the study of human minds, behaviour, experiences and relationships, and a fascinating lens through which we can examine and change the world we live in.

On this course we encourage you to engage with psychological research and its applications. As you progress, you deepen your understanding of the personal and social relevance of this lively and contested field of study.

Alongside knowledge and skills mapped against the British Psychological Society’s recommended curriculum, we offer cutting-edge modules in applied psychology, a placement in the local community and opportunities to explore other areas of social science. You also have opportunities to volunteer in the community, either as part of your course or through the university’s award-winning community partnership project.

Professional accreditationAll of our psychology courses are accredited by the British Psychology Society (BPS). They follow the recommended curriculum for the BPS and graduates are eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership, the first step towards becoming a professional psychologist.

Careers and employabilityAfter graduation you will be able to undertake further training to become, for example, a forensic, occupational or clinical psychologist. The degree is also an excellent foundation for careers in marketing and education.

SyllabusYou will study areas of the subject including developmental psychology, cognitive psychology and social psychology. You will also be able to take optional modules in areas of particular interest.

Year 1Introduction to Applied Psychology • Contemporary Social Inequalities • Introduction to Research Methods • Developmental Psychology • Psychology and Society • Option (health and social care, sociology, social policy or politics)

Year 2Psychology, Cognition and Social Worlds • Psychology, the Body and Individual Differences • Psychology, Mental Health and Distress • Empirical Psychology • Community Engagement: Theory Into Practice or Analysis and Review • Option (health and social care, sociology, social policy or politics)

Final yearEmpirical dissertation • Forensic Psychology • Options: Critical Community Psychology • Psychology, Nature and Ecological Crisis • Cyberpsychology • Critical Addiction Studies • Developing a Therapeutic Relationship • Mental Disorder: Psychology, Psychiatry, Anthropology • Sexualities • One module from social science undergraduate programme (health and social care, politics, sociology, social policy)

• Accredited by the British Psychology Society (BPS)

• Eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC)

• Opportunities to volunteer in the local community as part of your course

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The community engagement module is an opportunity to volunteer with a community organisation; you’ll be able to put your new knowledge and skills into action, and add important work experience to your CV.

Year 1Introduction to Politics • Understanding Globalisation • Comparative European Political Systems • Nations and Nationalism • Introduction to Research Methods • Contemporary Social Inequalities

Year 2Political Ideas • UK Politics or Political Movements • Middle Eastern Politics • Researching Social and Cultural Life • Community Engagement: Theory into Practice or Critical Analysis

Final yearPolitics and Policy of the European Union • International Relations • Policy Analysis or Environmental Politics • Politics Options • Dissertation

Are you interested in combining the traditional study of politics with a more progressive approach? Do you think the subject is just as much about fringe movements as about government?

What distinguishes this course is that we encourage a critical understanding of democracy, participation and will focus on the unequal distribution of power and resources, before learning about social movements, environmental politics, special issue groups, conflict, human rights regimes and the revolts so characteristic of modern society.

The degree also develops expert knowledge of the structures and processes of government in Western Europe and encourages in-depth study of the British state and the EU. This runs alongside modules on political theory, political analysis and international relations.

Career and progression opportunitiesYou can find politics graduates in many areas of work, from campaigning and politics itself to management, journalism and academia. The course also prepares you for employment in advocacy groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

SyllabusLectures and group seminars form the main part of your learning. Our expectation is that you critically engage with the issues that confront modern societies and actively contribute to group discussions using material from the preparatory reading. As well as your core politics modules, you can take options from across the social sciences. In years two and three, your knowledge will extend into area studies such as the Middle East and the European Union, as well as exploring international politics, political theory, policymaking and political movements around the world.

PoliticsBA(Hons)Brighton: Falmer

• Study in one of the most progressive and politically conscious cities in the UK, home to the campaigning group Justice? and its famous SchNEWS newspaper

• Explore political theory in relation to local, national and international politics

• Opportunity to do a placement in the local community and gain valuable professional experience


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A-levels BBC.

IB 28 points, specified subjects.

IELTS 6.0 overall, 6.0 in writing with at least 5.5 in the other elements.


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The Masters in Public Administration (MPA) is a professionally oriented degree that prepares you for managerial work in the public, community and non-governmental sectors, developing your understanding of complex political environments and the role of public policy in enacting political change.

Our MPA programme examines public administration from a human rights perspective, which provides a basis for a critical social science appraisal of privatisation, marketisation and technological innovation in the public sector. Our aim is to understand how individual nations and global alliances account for human rights in their public administration practice and to understand the consequent contradictions that occur when the goals of economic and environmental sustainability are simultaneously pursued.

Core themes of the course include public and voluntary organisations, partnerships, networks, participation, democracy, and strategy and planning in the public services. It also examines how localism evolves with national and international policy, and offers formal opportunities to consider how personal transformations have affected your career development.

Careers and employabilityThe course is especially relevant to those working in the public and voluntary sectors as they face partnership, organisational and managerial reforms. It allows you to make better sense of the social contradictions in these reforms, and to emerge as a more confident and informed practitioner.

SyllabusAll students take the five core modules, covering topics that are fundamental to understanding public administration in a global context plus a further two option modules that allow you to specialise in subjects of personal interest or that match your career ambitions.

The course gives you the opportunity to develop your understanding of public administration and management by sharing knowledge and experience of your own social and political environments with other students. A carefully formulated academic framework facilitates a learning experience where you share perspectives on politics, human rights, democracy and public services.

Possibilities also exist for you to carry out voluntary internships with organisations in the UK and abroad.

Management in the Public Service Environment • Partnership Interagency Working and User Involvement • Strategy and Planning in the Public Sector • Policy Analysis • Learning by Objectives • Participation and Democracy • One research module from: Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences • Principles of Social Research • Qualitative Research

• Opportunities to undertake voluntary internships

• Study public management topics alongside political studies

• Graduate equipped to critically evaluate public management practices






Degree and experience Normally a good first degree or equivalent professional qualification and experience.

IELTS 6.5 overall, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements (or equivalent qualification).



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Masters in Public AdministrationMPA (PGCert PGDip)Brighton: Falmer

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GRADUATE SUCCESSOur graduates go on to careers in all areas of sport, from education and youth work to research, consultancy and coaching. For example: • Technical Director, English

Institute of Sport• Press Officer, London

Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

• Head of Physiology, English Institute of Sport

• Sport Psychologist, British Rowing

• Applied Physiologist, Canadian Olympic Team

• Physiotherapist, Norwich City FC

• Endurance Physiologist, UK Athletics

• Research Fellow, Xtreme Everest Expedition

• Head of PE, Helenswood Academy St Leonards

• Senior Lecturer in Physical Education, University of Brighton.

The University of Brighton is at the forefront of UK sport and exercise education. You will benefit from teaching which is informed by world-leading research, and from access to extensive specialist facilities, and community development and volunteering opportunities. Guest lectures, events and seminars delivered by leading sports scientists, athletes and policy makers further enhance the learning experience we provide.

SPORT AND EXERCISE

TOP 20 UNIVERSITY FOR WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH IMPACT IN SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCE, LEISURE AND TOURISMREF 2014

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TALENTED STUDENT ATHLETES AND SPORTS PEOPLE

19TH IN THE UK FOR SPORTS SCIENCEGUARDIAN UNIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLES 2016

GRADUATE NETWORK OF COACHES, OLYMPIANS, WORLD CHAMPIONS AND LEADING RESEARCHERS

BE INSPIREDOur students have been achieving Olympic and Paralympic success since 1952 and include: Kate Allenby MBE who won bronze in the pentathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics; David Stone MBE, double cycling gold medal winner at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and Charlotte Evans, who guided visually impaired skier Kerry Gallagher MBE to Britain’s first ever Winter Paralympic gold at Sochi in 2014.

Staff research spans every aspect of sport from the influence of genetics and lifestyle on performance and sports physiology to the cultural, economic and social influence of sport.

Professor Nick Webborn was Chief Medical Officer at the London Paralympic games: Dr Gary Brickley coached Paralympic cyclists to gold in Beijing and at the 2012 London games.

Our lab facilities are accredited by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES), and include: a biomechanics lab to analyse motion; exercise physiology labs to measure aerobic, power and strength performance; a purpose-built environment chamber to simulate a range of climates and humidity and their effects; an oxygen-controlled chamber to simulate and measure the effect of altitude; and a biochemistry lab for blood and tissue analysis.

GRADUATE WITH EXPERIENCEPlacements are available in the public, private and voluntary sectors, in schools and colleges, on projects such as widening girls’ participation and tackling homophobia in sport. Students have previously worked with organisations including British Triathlon, British Cycling, Albion in the Community, Sussex County Cricket Club, RFU Twickenham, Horsham YMCA Football Club and Eastbourne Rovers Athletic Club.

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02. Just one of the many sports facilities at our Eastbourne campus.

03. Our six sport and exercise laboratories are accredited by BASES.


During my course I enjoyed the many facilities and laboratories on offer at Brighton. Having both a heat and a hypoxic chamber is something out of the ordinary. The staff were an amazing help throughout the year, supporting me at every step and giving great feedback.

The course has given me further confidence to work with athletes in a professional environment, and since finishing I have a job as an exercise physiologist working with endurance athletes in Cologne, Germany.

I would recommend the course to people who want to broaden their knowledge and get applied experience through the many possibilities the University of Brighton has to offer.

Gregor Eichhorn from Germany, Applied Exercise Physiology MSc

Physical Education BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Eastbourne

Sport and Exercise Science BSc(Hons) A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Eastbourne

Sport and Fitness top-up degree BSc(Hons) See website Eastbourne

Sport Business Management BSc(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Eastbourne

Sport Coaching BSc(Hons) A-levels ABB/IB 32 points Eastbourne

Sport Coaching and Development top-up degree BSc(Hons) See website Eastbourne

Sport Studies BA(Hons) A-levels BBB/IB 30 points Eastbourne

Applied Exercise Physiology MSc See website Eastbourne

Applied Sport Physiology MSc See website Eastbourne

Sport and International Development MA See website Eastbourne

Sport Business Management MSc See website Eastbourne

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A selection of these courses features overleaf, and you can find full information, including entry requirements with equivalent international qualifications, about all of our courses online atwww.brighton.ac.uk/courses.

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Sport Business ManagementBSc(Hons)Eastbourne

Our Sport Business Management degree is for students who are passionate about sport and want to develop leadership skills that they can carry through to the workplace.

Your study will focus on the business principles of an industry that employs more than 400,000 people in the UK and is expanding both nationally and globally. You will benefit from professional work placements with well-established partners including Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club, Sussex County Cricket Club and Freedom Leisure.

You will also have the chance to organise, promote and run your own sports event. This will allow you to exercise your skills and gain a practical understanding of business management. You will experience a dynamic blend of academic study, research and hands-on experience via your placement. This balance of knowledge and practical skills is designed to prepare you for career success in this fast-paced industry.

Career and employabilityThe course will help you to secure roles in professional sport clubs, health and leisure clubs, sport public agencies, community recreation departments, sporting goods companies, athletic service organisations and sport marketing agencies.

SyllabusYear 1Introduction to Sport Business Management • Introduction to Sport Policy • Finance for Sport Management • Sport Customer • Introduction to Politics and Sport • Introduction to Graduate Skills and Research Methods

Year 2Understanding and Managing People in Sport Business • Politics and Policy in Sport • Reflective Practice in Sport Business Management • Placement: Personal and Professional Development in Sport Business Management • Placement: Management in Sport Business Organisations • Research Design and Evaluation

Final yearMarketing for Sport Business • Strategic Change in Sport Business Management • The Law and Regulation of Sport • Dissertation • Options include: Event Design • Critical Issues in Sport and Leisure • Community Sport Development: Policy and Practice • Business Morality: People and Management • Sport Tourism • Sport, Values and Ideology: A Case Study of the Olympics

• Practical focus on business management skills

• Professional work placements with sport-related organisations

• Chance to run your own sports event

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Studying an English language programme at the University of Brighton Language Institute will help you to meet the conditions of your degree offer and will provide you with excellent preparation for further university study.


ALL ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES ARE ACCREDITED BY THE BRITISH COUNCIL

WE CAN HELP YOU MEET THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENTRY REQUIREMENT OF YOUR DEGREE

THE BRIGHTON LANGUAGE INSTITUTE IS RECOGNISED AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE BY THE EL GAZETTE

SPECIALIST ENGLISH LANGUAGE OPEN LEARNING CENTRE


• English for Academic Study is a programme for students wishing to improve their English before applying to any university in the UK. You can take this course on a student visitor visa, and can take an online placement test to see which course (30, 20 or 10 weeks) is best for you. Successful completion of this course allows entry to University of Brighton degree programmes without taking the IELTS test.

• Summer Pre-sessional English is for students who have received a conditional or unconditional offer of a place at the University of Brighton and is for 12, 8 or 4 weeks, depending on your level of English.

EXTENDED MASTERS

The Extended Masters programme combines your English language course and your postgraduate degree course so that you can make one visa application for both parts. You will build up strong subject-specific and academic skills before the start of your masters course.

The language part of the programme takes place in the summer before the start of your masters degree.

Find out more www.brighton.ac.uk/learnenglish

BRIGHTON LANGUAGE INSTITUTE

The University of Brighton Language Institute provides English language courses for students who want to improve their English language ability and prepare for entry to university bachelors, masters and higher courses.

The English language programmes at our Language Institute are accredited by the British Council and are available between four and 30 weeks before the start of your degree course, depending on your needs.

Each course is taught by experienced teachers, many of whom are also examiners. Class sizes are small and you will use online learning tools.

The encouraging and friendly atmosphere that I found on the summer pre-sessional course is the reason why I would recommend this course. The tutors are excellent and are always there for you.

Haifa’a Bani Ismail from Jordan, Summer Pre-sessional English

I have found the English for Academic Study programme to be very good for me, and when I finish I think I will get a good job in Saudi Arabia. If a student is thinking about studying English language, then I think they must consider the University of Brighton.

Ibrahim Alzoghiby from Saudi Arabia, English for Academic Study

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01. The university’s Language Institute is based on our Falmer campus.

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02. Improve your English language skills, and make new friends before you begin your degree.

English for Academic Study programme

30 weeks 5 October 2015–10 June 20164 January 2016–2 September 2016

£7,446

20 weeks 4 January 2015–10 June 20164 April 2016–2 September 2016

£4,964

10 weeks 4 April 2016–10 June 2016 £2,482

Please note: This course is also available in 10-week blocks.

Summer Pre-sessional English programme

12 weeks 28 June 2016–16 September 2016 £2,980

8 weeks 26 July 2016–16 September 2016 £1,985

4 weeks 23 August 2016–16 September 2016 £995

Extended Masters programme

12 weeks 30 June–18 September 2015 £2,980

8 weeks 28 July–18 September 2015 £1,985

Fees for English language pre-sessional university pathway programmes in preparation for 2016 degree entry

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UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE

You can undertake an undergraduate or postgraduate preparation course at the International College if you:• are an international student

who would benefit from extra academic and English language support before beginning your degree

• are an international student who doesn’t meet the university’s direct entry requirements for any reason.

The International College is on the university’s Moulsecoomb and Grand Parade campuses in Brighton, so you will have access to university facilities from your first day. Small class sizes and regular one-to-one tutorial sessions help you succeed, and you will benefit from specialised academic and

To help international students prepare for undergraduate and postgraduate study at the University of Brighton, our International College provides subject-specific tuition, study skills and English language training (if also required).

ACADEMIC PREPARATION COURSES

COURSES AT THE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE ARE APPROVED BY US

START DATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

GUARANTEED PLACE ON BRIGHTON DEGREE UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF UBIC PROGRAMME

TUITION FEE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS

English language tuition from education industry leaders with over 70 years’ experience.

Courses at the International College are designed with your progression to the university in mind, ensuring you are well prepared when you start your degree. All students at the International College are offered guaranteed progression to courses at the university on successful completion of their preparation course at the required level.

International College courses are offered in the following subject specialisations, allowing you to prepare for a wide range of degrees: • arts and design• business • computing • engineering • hospitality and tourism • science • social sciences.

You can start your academic course at the International College in 2015/2016 at a time of year that suits you: September, November, January, February, May or June (subject to availability), before progressing to the university as early as September 2016.

Tuition fees for two or three-term courses are shown in the table opposite. If you wish to add further preparatory English to your course contact us for more derails about additional English language tuition.

The university offers a range of partial scholarships for international students who excel during their course at the International College and progress to a degree at the university. This year, 12 students have each been awarded a £2,000 scholarship for outstanding performance on their respective courses and successfully progressing to the University of Brighton.

To find out more visit www.brighton.ac.uk/ubic.

The most valuable part of my course is academic English. It has been really useful in helping me write assessments, and my writing skills have improved for sure. There are challenging aspects but I feel confident about progressing to the University of Brighton.

I am staying in a student house which I really enjoy. My flatmates are fantastic and my accommodation is close to the university campus.

I love life in Brighton – the people are so friendly and the seafront is really nice.

Gokce Cinar from Turkey, Foundation certificate in business, hospitality, tourism and social sciences

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01. UBIC students studying arts are based at the Grand Parade campus, home to the university’s College of Arts and Humanities.

02. Subject-specific programmes ensure you are well prepared for your chosen degree.

Tuition fees for 2015/2016 entry to the International College

Foundation certificateProgression to the first year of an undergraduate degree

Two terms From £10,900Three terms From £11,910

International year one Fast-track progression directly to the second year of an undergraduate degree

Two terms £11,100Three terms £12,120

Pre-masters Progression to postgraduate degree

Two terms From £10,900Three terms From £12,500

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RESEARCH STUDY AT BRIGHTON

• A four-year programme leading to a PhD for candidates that meet the minimum entry criteria

• A three-year option for PhD for candidates with advanced standing in research related skills training

• A three-year + programme for those who need to develop their research skills training still further

• Professional Doctorate qualifications (education and engineering)

Research areas at Brighton

Art and humanities• Design• Arts practice and performance• History of design, fashion and art• History, philosophy, politics and cultural

studies• Literature• Linguistics and English language• Digital and creative media, film studies

and popular culture

The University of Brighton Doctoral College is a major centre for those wishing to study for a PhD, the highest academic degree that can be studied in the UK.

Our research students represent more than 50 countries worldwide. With nearly 100 students gaining their PhDs each year, postgraduate research is part of academic life throughout the University of Brighton.

The Doctoral College offers a supportive environment within which to undertake research study. Our specialist research administrators support you through the application process, and offer guidance on all aspects of postgraduate student life, from fees to visa requirements to accommodation.

We are recognised as a provider of doctoral training by the Arts and Humanities Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in the UK, as well as more than 20 international governments and other sponsors.www.brighton.ac.uk/researchstudy

To find out more contact the Doctoral College on +44 (0)1273 642915 or [email protected].

Doctoral framework

The doctoral approach at Brighton has been designed to support the intellectual and research development of postgraduate students and more broadly integrate them into the research environment. The programme combines taught modules, online material, self-directed research and language training – all of which can be accessed under a single application and visa. Alongside your research skills training you will be supported by a supervisory team who are carefully chosen to support you during your time here at Brighton. At the end of your study time the PhD awarded is on the basis of a substantial programme of individual research leading to an original contribution to knowledge or its interpretation.

Life, health and physical sciences• Civil engineering, built environment and

urban planning• Computer science and informatics• Geography, geology and environmental

sciences• Health professions including nursing and

midwifery• Mathematics and physics• Mechanical, electrical and design

engineering• Medicine• Physiotherapy and occupational science• Pharmacy, bioscience, chemistry and

sports science

Social sciences• Business and management studies• Education• Hotel and catering management• Retail management• Service management• Social work and social policy• Sociology and psychology• Sport, leisure and tourism studies

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A global communityMore than 20 per cent of our research students are from outside the EU. We strive for international best practice which includes English language support from the University of Brighton Language Institute both in preparation for and during your study in the UK. www.brighton.ac.uk/learnenglish

Focus on impactThe University of Brighton is one of the top UK universities for research impact. At Brighton we’re committed to delivering transformative research that has real-life positive impacts. All doctoral students are encouraged to think about how their research will impact upon people, their societies and economies. We believe in two types of research – research that has been applied and research that will be applied.

A culture of shared endeavourResearch students and their supervisors are part of a university-wide research culture of shared endeavour and active participation. We foster a positive and active research environment with a regular and varied programme of research seminars, workshops and annual research student conferences.

We provide informed advice and friendly assistance from your first enquiry and application through to graduation. During your time with us we are here to guide you through the administrative processes of a research degree, provide pastoral care and information about the practical student support that the university and the research community provides.

Sarah Longstaff, Research Student Administrator

My experience of studying here has been fantastic due to informative learning through the technological facilities and resources available, complemented with highly qualified academic and non-academic staff. Living in Brighton has been wonderful as the city is very friendly with lots of attractions.

I recommend University of Brighton to international students who are looking forward to gaining first class knowledge and skills through education in an exciting cosmopolitan city.

Adewale Olalemi, Environment MPhil/PhD

Excellent facilitiesOur research students have access to world-class facilities across a wide range of disciplines, from industrial textile looms to a flight simulator, rapid prototyping facilities, a real-time trading room, human movement laboratories, molecular biology facilities, hospitals and more.

We operate a comprehensive researcher development framework that is available to all doctoral students and their supervisors. This framework, which includes extensive online resources, is consistent with UK guidelines.

Professional partnershipsCollaborative projects and ways of working are integral to our approach for students and their supervisors. We have strong links with industry and other professions, including the National Health Service, Ricardo, Castrol, GlaxoSmithKline, Blond McIndoe Research Foundation, Action in Rural Sussex, Neater Solutions, NuDrive, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the English Institute of Sport.

FIVE REASONS TO UNDERTAKE YOUR RESEARCH AT BRIGHTON’S DOCTORAL COLLEGE

In this section you can check what you need to do and when.

You’ll find information about entry requirements and qualifications, how to make your application, fees and costs as well as useful contacts.

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THE APPLICATION PROCESS

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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Your academic grades are very important to us. We use them when deciding who to make offers to, but other things count too. Our admissions tutors look at lots of factors to make sure that everyone is given an equal opportunity to show their achievements. Many students are also asked to complete an interview. We consider all applications very carefully including personal statements, references and work experience, as well as exam results and predicted grades.

Comparing your academic qualifications

Information about the academic qualifications and English language levels that you need to apply for each course is outlined in the course details on our online course finder.www.brighton.ac.uk/courses

International qualification equivalencies

If you don’t have a UK qualification you can use our international equivalency guides to compare the grades of your home country qualifications to the UK grades listed as the entry requirements for your course.

We have equivalencies guides for hundreds of countries’ qualifications, for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, so that you can easily work out what qualifications you need to apply for our courses.www.brighton.ac.uk/international/country

What if I do not have the correct level of qualification?

If you don’t have the academic qualifications that you need to apply for your degree course or your grades are not high enough, you can do a university preparation course at our on-campus International College (see page 132), so that you can meet our entry requirements.www.brighton.ac.uk/ubic

Students at our International College are guaranteed a place on one of our courses when they successfully complete their preparation programme at the required level.

English language entry requirements

Our degree courses are delivered and assessed in English. The UK Home Office and the university require you to meet the English language requirements for your chosen course. Please check individual course information to find out the English language entry requirements that apply to you.

If you are applying for a course below degree level (eg pre-sessional English course or foundation preparation course)you will be required by the UK Home Office to provide evidence you have met the language requirement through a Secure English Language Test (SELT), with an approved test provider. This evidence is required before we can issue you with a CAS number. SELT results are only valid for two years from the time the test is taken – you can’t apply for a Tier 4 visa using test results older than two years.


If you are looking to study at degree level or above we can accept a number of other English language tests, as well as SELTs. For further information see www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/knowledge-of-english.

The table above shows the English language qualifications that we will consider as an alternative to IELTS for direct entry to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, where a SELT is not required. The table should be considered as a guide to the most popular English language examinations. If you have another English language qualification, please contact us to see if you would be

eligible for one of our courses.For a list of UK Home Office SELTs visit www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-applying-for-uk-visa-approved-english-language-tests

Please refer to the UK Home Office website for further details about their requirements.www.gov.uk/visas-immigration

What if I do not meet the English language requirements?

The University of Brighton Language Institute (see page 130) offers English

English language requirements – alternative to IELTS qualifications

CEFR IELTS Pearson (PTE)

B2 6.5 (min 5.5 in all components) 61 (min 51 in all components)

B2 6.0 (min 5.5 in all components) 56 (min 51 in all components)

B2 5.5 in all components 51 in all components

B1 4.0 in all components 36 in all components

language pre-sessional and pre-masters courses to help you meet our English language entry requirements and to prepare you for academic study at any UK university.

If you would like to take an English language course or talk to someone about the English qualifications you need, email us at [email protected]/learnenglish

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HOW TO APPLY

International students apply to the university in the same way as UK students, but there are different application procedures for different types of courses.

We can help you through the application process.

Applications can be made online. If you do not have internet access you can go to your nearest British Council office where they will be able to help you apply online.

Undergraduate study

If you are applying for a full-time undergraduate degree course such as a BA(Hons) or BSc(Hons) or an integrated masters (for example, MPharm or MEng), you need to apply online through UCAS, which is a centralised application service for all UK universities.

Our UCAS institution codes are:• University of Brighton (BRITN) B72• Brighton and Sussex Medical School

(BSMS) B74.

Deadlines for UCAS applicationBrighton and Sussex Medical School15 October 2015

University of BrightonEU students – 15 January 2016International students – 30 June 2016

www.ucas.comwww.brighton.ac.uk/international/apply

Postgraduate study

If you are applying for a full-time postgraduate course, such as MA, MSc or MBA, you can apply directly to us online at www.brighton.ac.uk/international/postgrad.

Research study

If you are applying for a full-time research programme such as MPhil or PhD, you should first contact the director of postgraduate studies for your chosen subject area. You will need to submit a detailed outline of your research proposal so that we can match your proposal with our research interests and determine whether we are able to supervise you. Proposals should be submitted online using our research application form at www.brighton.ac.uk/researchstudy/apply.

University preparation courses and pre-masters programmes

If you want to apply for a foundation certificate, international year one or pre-masters through our International College you need to apply to the college directly.www.brighton.ac.uk/ubic

English language programmes

For English language preparation courses, including English for Academic Study, Extended Masters or Summer Pre-sessional English you can apply directly to us at www.brighton.ac.uk/learnenglish.

I’m Ailish and along with the rest of the enquiries team, I’m here to guide you through the application process and help you get ready for life at the University of Brighton – no matter which course or campus you’ll be studying on.

As your first point of contact, we can answer questions about application procedures and deadlines, courses and entry requirements, and open days and visits.

Once you’ve applied, we’ll contact you to activate your university user account. This means that before you arrive here you’ll be able to access the applicant area of studentcentral, book onto interview and open days, prepare for your course and ask us questions.

Get in touch – we’re here to help!Email [email protected] +44 (0)1273 644644


WHAT TO DO AFTER YOU APPLY

Processing your application

We will consider your application carefully. If you would like to talk to us about your application before you receive a formal response, email [email protected] or go online www.brighton.ac.uk/international/enquiries.

The decision to offer you a place on a course and any conditions attached to that offer will be communicated to you in a letter from the university and through UCAS, or in an email from the university for non-UCAS applications.

Receiving your offer

If you receive an offer from us, it will be marked conditional or unconditional. A conditional offer may be subject to you obtaining certain grades or qualifications or made subject to you supplying some additional information, such as the result of an English language test. An unconditional offer means that there are no more conditions for you to meet – the offer is yours if you would like to accept it. If you have questions about the conditions of your offer, email [email protected] or go online www.brighton.ac.uk/international/enquiries.

You can track your application through the applicant area of studentcentral. We will email you whenever the status of your application changes, to advise you to log in to the applicant area.

Accepting your offer

You must formally accept our offer to you by following the instructions in your offer letter (undergraduates) or email (postgraduates). If you have questions about accepting your offer, email [email protected] or go online www.brighton.ac.uk/international/enquiries.

Paying your tuition fee deposit

If you’re a self-funded international student starting a course with us in September 2016 you must provide us with a tuition fee deposit of £2,500 by no later than 31 August 2016.

The deposit must also be paid in order for us to issue you with your Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) number. You need a CAS number in order to make a visa application.

Applying for accommodation

As an international student you are guaranteed a place in university accommodation in your first year of study, if you firmly accept your offer of a place at the university and apply by the accommodation deadline of 8 August.

After you have firmly accepted your academic offer from us, we will invite you to apply for your accommodation by email.

Issuing your CAS number

Before you request your CAS number you will need to have accepted your unconditional offer, paid the tuition fee deposit (if required) and completed the CAS questionnaire.

A CAS is a virtual document that the UK Home Office will view through a secure online system when you make your application for a student (Tier 4) visa. You will need this CAS number to make your visa application.

Applying for your visa

The university has dedicated international student advisers who are qualified to provide advice and representation on UK immigration law. They will advise you on the requirements of obtaining a student visa (Tier 4 or short-term study), and how to make your application.

The University of Brighton’s online information on obtaining a student visa provides a step-by-step guide on how to apply for your visa.www.brighton.ac.uk/international/immigration

The university will provide you with advice throughout the entire visa application process. Our international student advisers will also advise you on making an application to extend your visa in the UK if you need to during your study at Brighton. For more information about student visas, visit www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/study-visas.

Your arrival and enrolment

Enrolment and registrationAt the beginning of each academic year, all students must complete enrolment – this entitles you to attend your course, use university facilities and be a member of the Students’ Union.

You will need original documentation (not photocopies) confirming your identity including your passport, entry qualifications and written confirmation of your scholarship or sponsor, if you have one. If your application is successful, we will send full details about the enrolment and payment arrangements.

Personal detailsWe may need to ask you for further information before your enrolment can be completed. The university is registered with the Office of the Information Commissioner – in the context of preventing fraudulent applications we may disclose information to relevant government departments, police forces, examining bodies and associated authorities.

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TIMELINE

2015 2016

This timeline provides you with general advice about what you need to do as you go through the process of becoming a full-time student here.

YOUR APPLICATIONFor students wishing to begin studying in 2016, applications for all our courses open in mid-September 2015 and close in early September 2016. When you apply to us you will be given access to an online area where you can track your application and receive information about important dates.

OFFERS AND INTERVIEWSIf you’re based overseas we may invite you to complete your interview by phone or video call. We make offers from September, but most are made in the spring and summer. If you have any concerns contact [email protected].

ACCOMMODATION CHOICESThink about your options – see page 24. If you make us your firm choice and are eligible, we will invite you by email to apply for university accommodation.

NOV DECSEPT OCT JAN FEB MARCH

MARCHNOV DECSEPT OCT JAN FEB

Make sure you confirm the full details of the deadlines and processes that relate to your application by checking our website.


CONFIRM YOUR CHOICESUndergraduate students: if you received all your university decisions by 31 March, you must confirm your choices with UCAS by 6 May. If you received all your university decisions after 6 May, you must confirm your choices in June.

FINALISING ACCOMMODATIONThe accommodation deadline is 8 August. If you are offered a place in halls you’ll need to confirm it, or you can use our house-hunting service to find housemates and a home to rent.

ENROL ONLINEFrom late August and check the start date of your course by logging on to studentcentral – you’ll be sent details.

STARTING UNIVERSITYEnrol in person and join in course induction and events for new students at welcome week.

APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT

FREE ORIENTATION PROGRAMMEMeet other international students and explore your new city before term starts. Booking opens in August. Find out more at www.brighton.ac.uk/orientation.

APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT

UCAS undergraduate application deadline is 30 June however, you can still apply direct to us until end of August.

Postgraduate application deadline end of August.

APPLY FOR YOUR TIER 4 (GENERAL) STUDENT VISAIf you require a visa to study in the UK, you can apply for this up to three months before the start of your course.

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MONEY: FEES AND COSTS

It’s very important that you make sure that you have enough money to cover the cost of your tuition fees and living expenses before you begin your course.

There’s lots more information about fees and finance on our website www.brighton.ac.uk/money.

Tuition fees

The tuition fees shown in the table opposite are for international fee-paying students starting a standard university course for the first time in the academic year 2016–17.

2016–17 Fee each year

Undergraduate Classroom based From £12,420

Laboratory/studio based From £13,800

Industrial placement year £2,000

Postgraduate From £12,690

International student tuition fee deposit

If you’re a self-funded international student starting a course with us in September 2016 you must provide us with your tuition fee deposit of £2,500 by no later than 31 August 2016. The deposit must also be paid before we can issue you with your Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) number. You need a CAS number in order to make your visa application.

Some courses have non-standard fees; please check our course finder to see if your course has non-standard fees.www.brighton.ac.uk/courses

Costs for university preparation courses through the university’s International College and the Language Institute can be found on page 131 and 133.


Paying your tuition fee

You can choose to pay your tuition fees either in full by 1 November, or in up to six instalments by recurring card payment with a debit or credit card. Any payments not made in pounds sterling will incur bank charges that will be passed on to you.

Contact the university’s finance department on [email protected] or +44 (0)1273 642959 for details about online or credit card payment or bank transfer.

Early payment discount

International students who pay their annual fees in full before 1 November 2016 can apply for a five per cent early settlement fee rebate (eligibility conditions apply).www.brighton.ac.uk/early-settlement-discount

Should I be paying international fees?

To assess whether you should pay fees at the international rate, we may contact you for more information. All cases are judged in accordance with the UK government’s guidelines and are treated fairly and equally. For more information, contact the admissions team on +44 (0)1273 644500 or by email at [email protected].

What’s included in my tuition fee?

Some courses require the use of specialist materials and field trips. Where these costs are incurred as a mandatory requirement of the course, they are covered by the tuition fee.

These costs are specific to each course; other additional costs are not included in your tuition fee and you will need to pay for these in addition to your fees. Please check directly with the school that provides your course about these possible additional costs before you apply so that you can budget accordingly.

General study costs

Whatever course you choose you should expect to pay some additional study-related costs on top of tuition fees. It is a good idea to budget for the cost of books, photocopying and printing for example.

Cost of living

Living costs vary according to individual circumstance. It is estimated that an international student living outside of London will need around £1,015 a month to meet basic living expenses such as accommodation, books and bills but not course tuition fees.www.brighton.ac.uk/moneymatters

More help and advice

www.moneysavingexpert.com/studentswww.nasma.org.uk/students

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MONEY: SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships for international students

The University of Brighton has lots of different types of scholarships available to international students.Below are just a few of the scholarships we offer. For a full list of scholarships available please visit the website.

University of Brighton international scholarships£4,000 reduction in tuition fees for each year of your course, 40 available each year. Available to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

University of Brighton sports scholarshipsUp to £1,500 bursary per year for undergraduate and postgraduate elite athletes, disabled elite athletes and talented sports performers to fund expenses arising from training costs.

Vice-Chancellor’s postgraduate excellence scholarships£3,000 reduction in tuition fees for graduates who achieve a first class degree from a UK institution, and progress immediately from undergraduate to postgraduate level study with us in 2015.

Santander University of Brighton masters scholarships£5,000 reduction in tuition fees, eight available each year. Open to new full-time postgraduate taught masters students who are nationals of, and living in, one of the Santander network countries.

University of Brighton international research scholarships50 per cent reduction in tuition fees for each year of your programme, four available each year.

Santander University of Brighton formula masters scholarships£4,200 reduction in tuition fees, three available each year. Open to new full-time postgraduate taught masters students who are either nationals of Brazil and have studied at a Brazilian university, or nationals from Spain and have studied at a Spanish university.

Santander University of Brighton research scholarshipsTwo research scholarships worth £5,000 for new and existing University of Brighton research students registered on programmes intended to lead to doctoral awards. Students must be either from one of the Santander network countries or undertaking a research programme associated with one of the Santander network countries.

Other discounts available

Graduates of the university can apply for a discount of up to 10% of their annual tuition fees if they are a registered member of the University of Brighton Alumni Association. This discount can be used in combination with the 5% early settlement, making a total reduction of up to 15% (subject to eligibility).

For the latest information about scholarships, the criteria for application and how to apply, visit www.brighton.ac.uk/money.


Please contact us if you have a question or would like to talk to someone at the university.

Course enquiries teamwww.brighton.ac.uk/[email protected]

Tuition fees enquiry [email protected]

Disability and dyslexiawww.brighton.ac.uk/[email protected]

International officewww.brighton.ac.uk/[email protected]

Language Institute for English language courseswww.brighton.ac.uk/[email protected]

International College for academic study skills and English languagewww.brighton.ac.uk/ubic

Open dayswww.brighton.ac.uk/[email protected]

Accommodation officeswww.brighton.ac.uk/[email protected]

Careers Servicewww.brighton.ac.uk/[email protected]

International student immigration advicewww.brighton.ac.uk/[email protected]

International orientation weekwww.brighton.ac.uk/[email protected]

Student Serviceswww.brighton.ac.uk/[email protected]

Students’ Unionwww.brightonsu.com

USEFUL CONTACTS

Studentcentralhhtp://studentcentral.brighton.ac.uk

University of Brighton Alumni Associationwww.brighton.ac.uk/[email protected]

Other useful links

British Councilwww.britishcouncil.org

British Council, Education UKwww.educationuk.org

UK Visaswww.gov.uk/visas-immigration

Foreign and Commonwealth Officewww.fco.gov.uk

UKCISAwww.ukcisa.org.uk

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