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University of Brighton Mithras House Lewes Road Brighton BN2 4AT email [email protected] telephone (01273) 644644 fax (01273) 642607 international code (+441273)
UCAS institutional codes University of Brighton (BRITN) B72
University of Brighton Hastings campus (BRITN) B72 campus code U University of Brighton Guide Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) B74
There’s more online... Please refer to the website, www.brighton.ac.uk/courses for up-to-date course information. www.brighton.ac.uk A–Z course finder 02–03
Choosing the University of Brighton 04–47 Great minds 04–05 Inspirational teaching 06–07 Career-focused 08–09 Enriching experiences 10–11 A brilliant place to live 12–13
Brighton 14–15 Falmer campus 16–17 Courses at Falmer 18–19 Grand Parade campus 20–21 Courses at Grand Parade 22–23 Moulsecoomb campus 24–25 Courses at Moulsecoomb 26–29
Eastbourne 30–31 Eastbourne campus 32–33 Courses at Eastbourne 34–35
Hastings 36–37 Hastings campus 38–39 Courses at Hastings 40–41
Support for you 42–45 Your Brighton experience 46–47
All about… 48–81 How to apply 50–51 Entry requirements 52–54 University of Brighton Compact 55 Types of course 56 International students 57–59 Money 60–68 Where to live 69–76 Open days 77 Timeline 78–79 General index 80 How to find us 81
www.brighton.ac.uk 01 A–Z COURSE FINDER
Accounting and Finance BSc(Hons) M 26 Criminology and Sociology BA(Hons) F 19 Aeronautical Engineering BEng(Hons) M 28 Criminology and Substance Misuse Interventions BA(Hons) F 19 Aeronautical Engineering MEng M 28 Design and Craft BA(Hons)/MDes GP 22 Applied Psychology and Criminology BA(Hons) F 19 Design Futures BA(Hons)/MDes GP 22 Applied Psychology and Sociology BA(Hons) F 19 Digital Electronics, Computing and Communications BEng(Hons) M 28 Applied Social Science BA(Hons) H 41 Digital Electronics, Computing and Communications MEng M 28 Architectural Technology BSc(Hons) M 27 Digital Film BA(Hons) H 41 Architecture BA(Hons) M 26 Digital Games Production BSc(Hons) H 40 Automotive Engineering BEng(Hons) M 28 Digital Media BA(Hons) M 27 Automotive Engineering MEng M 28 Digital Media Development BSc(Hons) M 27 Biological Sciences BSc(Hons) M 26 Digital Music and Sound Arts BA(Hons) GP 23 Biology BSc(Hons) H 40 Digital Post Production foundation degree H 41 Biomedical Science BSc(Hons) M 26 Earth and Ocean Science BSc(Hons) M 28 Broadcast Media foundation degree H 41 Ecology BSc(Hons) M 28 Building Surveying BSc(Hons) M 27 Education and English Literature BA(Hons) H 40 Business BSc(Hons) M 26 Education and Sociology BA(Hons) H 40 Business Computer Systems BSc(Hons) M 27 Education BA(Hons) F 18 Business Computer Systems MComp M 27 Electrical and Electronic Engineering BEng(Hons) M 28 Business Information Systems BA(Hons) M 27 Electrical and Electronic Engineering MEng M 28 Business Journalism BA(Hons) E 34 Engineering integrated foundation year M 28 Business Management BSc(Hons) M 26 English Education (7–14 years) BA(Hons) with QTS F 18 Business Management with Economics BSc(Hons) M 26 English Language BA(Hons) F 18 Business Management with Finance BSc(Hons) M 26 English Language and English Literature BA(Hons) F 18 Business Management with Human Resource Management M 26 English Language and Linguistics BA(Hons) F 18 BSc(Hons) English Language and Media BA(Hons) F 18 Business Management with Marketing BSc(Hons) M 26 English Literature and Media Studies BA(Hons) H 40 Business with Economics BSc(Hons) M 26 English Literature and Social History BA(Hons) H 40 Business with Enterprise BSc(Hons) H 40 English Literature BA(Hons) F 18 Business with Finance BSc(Hons) M 26 Environment and Media Studies BA(Hons) M 28 Business with Human Resource Management BSc(Hons) M 26 Environmental Biology and Education BSc(Hons) H 40 Business with Marketing BSc(Hons) M 26 Environmental Sciences BSc(Hons) M 28 Chemistry BSc(Hons) M 27 European Computing BSc(Hons)/DEST Informatique M 27 Chemistry MChem M 27 Fashion and Dress History BA(Hons) GP 23 Civil Engineering BEng(Hons) M 27 Fashion with Business Studies BA(Hons)/MDes GP 22 Civil Engineering MEng M 27 Film and Screen Studies BA(Hons) GP 23 Civil Engineering with Construction Management BEng(Hons) M 27 Finance and Investment BSc(Hons) M 26 Civil Engineering with Construction Management MEng M 27 Fine Art Critical Practice BA(Hons) GP 22 Civil with Environmental Engineering BEng(Hons) M 27 Fine Art Painting BA(Hons) GP 22 Civil with Environmental Engineering MEng M 27 Fine Art Printmaking BA(Hons) GP 22 Computer Science (Games) BSc(Hons) M 27 Fine Art Sculpture BA(Hons) GP 22 Computer Science BSc(Hons) M 27 Fine Art: Performance BA(Hons) GP 23 Computer Science MComp M 27 Food Journalism BA(Hons) E 34 Computer Systems and Communications BEng(Hons)/MEng M 28 Geography BA(Hons) M 28 Computer Systems and Networking BSc(Hons) H 40 Geography BSc(Hons) M 28 Computing and Business BSc(Hons) H 40 Geography with Archaeology BSc(Hons) M 28 Computing and Education BSc(Hons) H 40 Geography with Geoinformatics BSc(Hons) M 29 Construction Management BSc(Hons) M 27 Geology BSc(Hons) M 29 Creative Computing BSc(Hons) M 27 Globalisation: History, Politics, Culture BA(Hons) GP 23 Criminology BA(Hons) F 19 Graphic Design BA(Hons) GP 22 Criminology and Social Policy BA(Hons) F 19 History of Art and Design BA(Hons) GP 23
02 www.brighton.ac.uk | a–z course finder History of Decorative Arts and Crafts BA(Hons) GP 23 Politics BA(Hons) F 19 History of Design BA(Hons) GP 23 Politics and Social Policy BA(Hons) F 19 History, Literature and Culture BA(Hons) GP 23 Politics and Sociology BA(Hons) F 19 Human Biology and Education BSc(Hons) H 40 Primary Education (3–7 years) BA(Hons) with QTS F 18 Humanities BA(Hons) GP 23 Primary Education (5–11 years) BA(Hons) with QTS F 18 Humanities: War, Conflict, Modernity BA(Hons) GP 23 Product Design Technology with Professional Experience M 29 Illustration BA(Hons) GP 22 BSc(Hons) Interior Architecture BA(Hons) M 26 Product Design with Professional Experience BSc(Hons) M 29 International Business BSc(Hons) M 26 Project Management for Construction BSc(Hons) M 27 International Event Management BA(Hons) E 34 Radio Production foundation degree H 41 International Hospitality Management BA(Hons) E 34 Retail Management BA(Hons) E 34 International Tourism Management BA(Hons) E 35 Retail Marketing BA(Hons) E 34 International Travel Management BA(Hons) E 35 Secondary Design and Technology Education BA(Hons) with QTS F 18 Internet Computing BSc(Hons) H 40 Secondary Mathematics Education BA(Hons) with QTS F 18 Law with Business LLB(Hons) M 29 Secondary Science Education (Chemistry) BA(Hons) with QTS F 18 Law with Criminology LLB(Hons) M 29 Social Science BA(Hons) F 19 Linguistics BA(Hons) F 18 Social Work BSc(Hons) F 19 Mathematics and Business BSc(Hons) H 41 Sociology and English Literature BA(Hons) H 41 Mathematics and Computing BSc(Hons) H 41 Sociology and Social History BA(Hons) H 41 Mathematics and Education BSc(Hons) H 41 Sociology BA(Hons) F 19 Mathematics BSc(Hons) M 29 Sociology and Social Policy BA(Hons) F 19 Mathematics Education (7–14 years) BA(Hons) with QTS F 18 Software Engineering BSc(Hons) M 27 Mathematics with Business BSc(Hons) M 29 Software Engineering MComp M 27 Mathematics with Finance BSc(Hons) M 29 Sport and Exercise Science BSc(Hons) E 35 Mechanical Engineering BEng(Hons) M 28 Sport Business Management BA(Hons) E 35 Mechanical Engineering MEng M 28 Sport Coaching BSc(Hons) E 35 Media and English Literature BA(Hons) F 18 Sport Journalism BA(Hons) E 34 Media Studies and Education BA(Hons) H 41 Sport Studies BA(Hons) E 35 Media Studies and Sociology BA(Hons) H 41 Sports Product Design with Professional Experience BSc(Hons) M 29 Media Studies BA(Hons) M 29 Sustainable Product Design with Professional Experience M 29 Medicine BM BS F, US 18 BSc(Hons) Midwifery BSc(Hons) 18 months E 34 Television Production foundation degree H 41 Midwifery BSc(Hons) 3 years E 34 Textiles with Business Studies BA(Hons)/MDes GP 22 Moving Image BA(Hons) GP 22 Travel Journalism E 34 Multimedia Broadcast Journalism BA(Hons) H 41 Visual Culture BA(Hons) GP 23 Museum and Heritage Studies BA(Hons) GP 23 Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons) F, E, H 19 CAMPUS KEY Nursing (Child) BSc(Hons) F 19 Brighton Falmer F Grand Parade GP Nursing (Mental Health) BSc(Hons) F 19 Moulsecoomb M University of Sussex US Occupational Therapy BSc(Hons) E 34 Multi-campus course Eastbourne E Hastings H Paramedic Practice BSc(Hons) F 18 Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences BSc(Hons) M 27 Pharmacy MPharm M 29 Can’t find your course? Philosophy, Politics and Ethics BA(Hons) GP 23 Visit our online course finder and use the keyword search Photography BA(Hons) GP 22 www.brighton.ac.uk/courses. Physical Education BA(Hons) E 34 Physical Education BA(Hons) with QTS E 34 Physical Geography and Geology BSc(Hons) M 29 Physiotherapy BSc(Hons) E 34 Podiatry BSc(Hons) E 34
a–z course finder | www.brighton.ac.uk 03 Research is at the heart of our curriculum. New thinking, new ideas, and new facilities and equipment keep our teaching fresh and up to date. You’ll be part of a progressive academic community, learning from people who are experts in their field and passionate about sharing their knowledge.
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In the last decade we have invested more than £100 million on the equipment and buildings our students use every day.
01. Professor Peter Squires is the UK’s leading expert on gun crime. 02. In the Faculty of Arts, students work daily in their own studio space. 03. Engineering facilities include a flight simulator and wind tunnels. 04. Our sports science labs at the Eastbourne campus are used by olympic and paralympic tri-athletes. 05. Professor Adrian Bone is leading on the development of ground- breaking treatments to help diabetics produce their own insulin – something that could benefit 285 million people 05 worldwide. 06. Professor Jackie O’Reilly, Director of the Centre for Research on Management and Employment, is leading an EU funded multi-university project on change. 07. Trainers, designed by student Emma Whiting: an example of emotionally durable design, a concept pioneered by Jonathan Chapman, Professor of Sustainable Design in the Faculty of Arts.
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great minds | www.brighton.ac.uk 05 Don’t take our word for it – the excellence awards are organised independently by Brighton Students’ Union and voted for by students. Here’s what just some of our students say about our staff. 03
A consistently engaging and motivating teacher. I am enthusiastic about the topic now in ways I never previously imagined.
Nomination for Keith Triggs, education and teaching senior lecturer
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Hedley is one of the most engaging lecturers I have ever come across. He Jessica supports each of us based A real inspiration – when I grow up I is so enthusiastic about his subject, on our interests and aspirations. want to be just like her! it’s difficult for his enthusiasm not She has inspired and taken our to be infectious. A very inspirational imaginations to places we did not Nomination for Dr Louisa Beale, lecturer. realise we could go. sport and exercise science senior lecturer Nomination for Hedley Christ, law senior Nomination for Dr Jessica Moriarty, lecturer English language and literature senior lecturer
06 www.brighton.ac.uk | inspirational teaching Our support staff are award winning too. Student Services (careers, counselling, disability and dyslexia services and student advice service) has achieved the Matrix Quality Standard for the information, advice and guidance they provide.
Our Brighton and Sussex Medical School is the most popular medical school in the country.
Our primary and secondary initial teacher education provision is rated outstanding by Ofsted.
04 For the 2013 excellence awards over 1,100 nominations were received from our students. Ian is the single best lecturer I have ever Jayne is witty and enthusiastic and had. He is absolutely fantastic, fun to learn makes her subject fascinating and easily with, extremely involved with the class and understandable so that we are itching to In the 2013 National generally fantastic to be around. find out more. I could not have wished for Student Survey, 86 per a more dynamic, engaging lecturer who cent of our students Nomination for Ian Watts, engineering senior brings her subject to life. said they were satisfied lecturer with their course. Nomination for Jayne Raisborough, sociology senior lecturer 01. Dr Jessica Moriarty 02. Dr Louisa Beale 03. Keith Triggs 04. Jayne Raisborough
inspirational teaching | www.brighton.ac.uk 07 At Brighton we take a career-focused approach to your learning. Future employers are involved with course development and teaching, and opportunities for work-based learning and salaried placements are part of almost all of our courses. Many of our courses are recognised and accredited by external organisations, giving you a qualification in addition to your degree, a license to practise or exemption from professional examinations. You will finish your course ready for work, with real, practical and transferable skills as well as theoretical knowledge.
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Our careers service is here to support you from your first day, helping you to find a career path, to develop your skills and to get a 04 05 job when you leave. www.brighton.ac.uk/ careers
Our students are on paid placements with organisations such as Channel 4, Disney and Microsoft.
01. Preparations for the final year fashion show. 02. Our engineering students work with some of the UK’s most prestigious employers in the water, engineering and construction industries. 03. Our Architecture BA(Hons) is validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects. 04. Business student Luka Shimada developing practical skills during her work placement at a digital marketing agency. 05. Retail Marketing graduate Zoe Green working at Kallikids Ltd on our graduate internship programme. 06. Law students argue a mock legal case in the Supreme Court.
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career-focused | www.brighton.ac.uk 09 While you’re here you’ll have the chance to take part in new things 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 sculpture, and around 60 sports clubs. Close links between the university and community groups mean that our students can volunteer their services, benefiting themselves and the community that they live in.
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01. The university began the Football 4 Peace programme in 2001, bringing together Jewish and Arab communities. It provides opportunities for student volunteers across the world. 02. The quad at the Grand Parade campus. 03. Student volunteer Kate Agerton working with school children at Moulsecoomb Forest Garden. 04. Basketball on Brighton seafront: there are lots of opportunities for sport and fitness, on and off campus. 05. Students’ Union hub at the Moulsecoomb campus. 06. As well as performing, Kick-Start and Fidget dance companies run workshops in schools, locally and nationally.
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enriching experiences | www.brighton.ac.uk 11 The University of Brighton takes its name from one of the most diverse, energetic – and popular – cities in the UK. There is so much going on, it’s hard to sum the city up in a few words, but it is Brighton’s relaxed and forward-thinking attitude that makes it a compelling place to be. The university is spread across the city from the seafront to the South Downs and also has campuses along the coast in lively Eastbourne and in Hastings.
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The Lonely Planet rates Brighton alongside Cape Town, Rio and Sydney as one of its ten cities with brilliant beaches and says ‘it is a thriving, cosmopolitan city with a Bohemian spirit’. December 2012, www.lonelyplanet.com
Eastbourne and Hastings enjoy rivalry for the title of the sunniest place in the UK, each recording around 2,000 hours of sunshine every year.
05 01. Brighton’s North Laine is packed with quirky independent shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants. 02. Eastbourne on a typical sunny day. 03. The beautifully restored Victorian bandstand on Brighton seafront hosts a variety of bands in the summer. 04. The South Downs national park, an area of outstanding natural beauty. 05. Brighton pier at sunset. 06. Built before the Battle of Hastings in 1066, Hastings Castle overlooks the historic town. 07. Brighton Pavilion, where the temporary winter ice-rink has become a festive tradition.
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a brilliant place to live | www.brighton.ac.uk 13 Situated on the south coast of England, Brighton is vibrant, colourful and creative – a great place to be a student. Home to three of our campuses, it is a lively city just an hour away from London. Dubbed an emerging super-city, Brighton is home to a fast-growing, creative, digital and IT industry and elected the UK’s first Green MP.
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 a number of other events, such as the Brighton Science Festival, Pride, Burning the Clocks, the London to Brighton Bike Ride, the Great Escape, the Brighton Food Festival and the Brighton Marathon.
There’s lots of sport to watch; National teams include Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, Sussex County Cricket, Brighton Blues Rugby Club and Brighton & Hove Hockey Club.
Brighton’s clubs and bars offer some of the best club nights and live music venues in the country: house, drum n bass, indie, rock, metal, pop, RnB, dubstep and jazz, it’s all here.
Shopping to suit everyone, from high street shops in Churchill Square shopping centre to quaint and designer shopping streets of the Lanes to the unique and vintage shops of the North Laine.
14 www.brighton.ac.uk | brighton Wander along the promenade and soak up the atmosphere at one of the cafes and bars, relax on the beach, or have a go at volleyball, basketball and windsurfing.
Get a panoramic view of Brighton’s famous coastline and landmarks from the Brighton Wheel. www.visitbrighton.com www.viewbrighton.co.uk
brighton | www.brighton.ac.uk 15 Our Falmer campus is located on the edge of the South Downs National Park, just four miles from the seafront. Around 7,000 students are based here.
On this campus • Brighton and Sussex Medical School • School of Applied Social Science • School of Education • School of Humanities (literature and language courses) • School of Nursing and Midwifery • Brighton Language Institute
The Checkland Building was designed with the environment in mind. Features include natural ventilation, and green roofs which insulate the building helping keep it cool in summer and warm in winter.
The AMEX Community Stadium, home of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club is next to the 01 campus. The Seagulls have played host to premiership sides including Liverpool, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal.
In the last 10 years we have invested over £60 million in developing and improving our Falmer campus.
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Facilities and support services Transport • Staff and students have access to • The campus is served by several bus Falmer library, computer rooms, a media services and Falmer railway station is centre, a restaurant and two cafes. The close by. Cycle lanes link Falmer with Students’ Union run a shop and cafe. the city centre and our other Brighton • Sports facilities include a floodlit astroturf campuses Moulsecoomb and Grand football pitch, netball and tennis courts. Parade. The sports centre includes a fitness suite, • There is limited permit-controlled car two activity studios and a sports hall with parking on campus. Staff and students six badminton courts. are encouraged to use bikes and public • Great Wilkins and Paddock Field halls of transport. residence provide accommodation for 06 633 students. 01. Checkland Building houses lecture theatres and • Careers, counselling and wellbeing, Watch our campus films. seminar rooms, as well as a large social space. student advice, volunteering, disability www.brighton.ac.uk/campusfilms 02. The neighbouring AMEX stadium is home to and dyslexia, and chaplaincy services are Brighton & Hove Albion. 03. Checkland Building at night. available on campus. 04. The halls at Falmer have plenty of outside • Brighton Language Institute provides space for students to relax. English language programmes for 05. Westlain House has a large restaurant on the international and EU students, who want first floor. 06. The Falmer Sports Centre features up-to-date to improve their English language before gym equipment and facilities. studying a UK university degree.
falmer campus | www.brighton.ac.uk 17 COURSES TAUGHT AT OUR FALMER CAMPUS
UCAS code Course title Full-time Typical entry requirements 2014 entry course length A-levels unless otherwise stated
Education and teaching
X300 Education BA(Hons) 3 years ABB
XQ13 English Education (7–14 years) BA(Hons) with QTS 3 or 4 years BBB. Must include English.
XG1C Mathematics Education (7–14 years) BA(Hons) with QTS 3 or 4 years BBB. Must include maths.
X100 Primary Education (3–7 years) BA(Hons) with QTS 3 or 4 years ABB
X122 Primary Education (5–11 years) BA(Hons) with QTS 3 or 4 years ABB
X1W2 Secondary Design and Technology Education BA(Hons) 2 years Minimum one year full-time study at HE level. with QTS XG11 Secondary Mathematics Education BA(Hons) with QTS 2 years Minimum one year full-time study at HE level.
XF13 Secondary Science Education (Chemistry) BA(Hons) 2 years Minimum one year full-time study at HE level. with QTS
English and linguistics
Q300 English Language BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB. Must include English literature or combined English language and literature. Q390 English Language and English Literature BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB. Must include English literature or combined English language and literature. QQ31 English Language and Linguistics BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB. Must include English literature or combined English language and literature. QP33 English Language and Media BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB. Must include English literature or combined English language and literature. Q320 English Literature BA(Hons) 3 years ABB. Must include English literature.
Q100 Linguistics BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Must include English literature.
Health professions
B780 Paramedic Practice BSc(Hons) 3 years ABB
Media
PQ33 Media and English Literature BA(Hons) 3 years BBB. Must include English literature or combined English language and literature.
Medicine
A100 Medicine BM BS 5 years AAA including biology and chemistry.
18 www.brighton.ac.uk | falmer courses UCAS code Course title Full-time Typical entry requirements 2014 entry course length A-levels unless otherwise stated
Nursing and midwifery
B7L0 Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons) 3 years ABB. A science or social science is desirable. (also at Eastbourne or Hastings) B730 Nursing (Child) BSc(Hons) 3 years ABB. A science or social science is desirable.
B760 Nursing (Mental Health) BSc(Hons) 3 years ABB. A science or social science is desirable.
Psychology
MC98 Applied Psychology and Criminology BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
CL83 Applied Psychology and Sociology BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
Social science
L611 Criminology BA(Hons) 3 years ABB
LM49 Criminology and Social Policy BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
LM39 Criminology and Sociology BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
L435 Criminology and Substance Misuse Intervention 3 years BBB BA(Hons) L200 Politics BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
LL24 Politics and Social Policy BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
LL23 Politics and Sociology BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
L540 Social Science BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
L500 Social Work BSc(Hons) 3 years ABB
L300 Sociology BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
LL43 Sociology and Social Policy BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
Our Paramedic Practice course Some of our courses, notably You can start our nursing courses has been jointly developed by teaching and nursing, have in either September or February the university and the South additional essential entry each year. East Coast Ambulance Trust. requirements. See page 54 for Graduates are eligible to apply more information about specific We welcome a range of for professional registration with entry requirements for these qualifications and experience the Health and Care Professions courses. beyond A-levels, including Council. IB, BTEC and Access course qualifications. See page 52–53 for equivalent entry requirements.
falmer courses | www.brighton.ac.uk 19 Our Grand Parade campus is located in Brighton city centre, in the heart of the cultural quarter. Grand Parade is home to the Faculty of Arts, the University of Brighton gallery and Sallis Benney theatre.
On this campus • School of Art, Design and Media • School of Humanities (history of design, museum studies and philosophy courses)
The University of Brighton gallery and Sallis Benney theatre put on performances and exhibitions throughout the year and host major events during the Brighton Festival, Brighton Photo Biennial and CineCity Film Festival.
The Faculty of Arts can trace 01 its roots back to 1859 when the Brighton School of Art was founded in a room off the kitchens of the Brighton Royal Pavilion.
Fashion and textiles students have been employed on placement in the UK, Europe, the USA and the far east by Alexander McQueen, Chloe, MaxMara, H&M, Abercrombie & Fitch, Donna Karan and Diane Von Furstenberg as well as other high street retail brands and their suppliers.
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Facilities and support services • Nearby, the Phoenix halls of residence • Students at Grand Parade use specialist provides city centre accommodation for art and design facilities including 298 students. letterpress, printmaking and book • The Phoenix nursery provides high binding workshops, performing arts quality childcare for students, staff and and music studios, industrial textile local parents. looms, knitting machines, traditional • Careers, counselling and wellbeing, and digital textile printing, a laser cutter student advice, volunteering, disability and rapid prototyping facilities. Students and dyslexia support, and chaplaincy have personal working areas within the services are provided on campus. studios. 07 • The faculty’s world-class archives include Transport 01. The forge is one of a range of facilities and collections from the Design Council and • The campus is served by many bus equipment used by Faculty of Arts students. a range of other British and global design services and Brighton railway station 02. Humanities students are based at Pavilion organisations and the moving image is a short walk away. Cycle lanes link Parade. archive, Screen Archive South East. Grand Parade with our other Brighton 03. St Peter’s House library. 04. Grand Parade at night. • Staff and students have access to our campuses Moulsecoomb and Falmer. 05. The gallery at Grand Parade is open to students, specialist humanities, art and design • There is no parking on campus. Staff and staff and the public. library St Peter’s House, computer students are encouraged to use public 06. The Students’ Union shop features a range of specialist art materials. rooms, a media centre, a restaurant and transport. 07. Students and staff put on a wide variety of cafe. The Students’ Union run a shop. exhibitions and showcases.
grand parade campus | www.brighton.ac.uk 21 COURSES TAUGHT AT OUR GRAND PARADE CAMPUS
UCAS code Course title Full-time Typical entry requirements 2014 entry course length A-levels unless otherwise stated
Arts and design
W240 Design and Craft BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W290 Design and Craft MDes 4 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W201 Design Futures BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W200 Design Futures MDes 4 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W2N2 Fashion with Business Studies BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W2N1 Fashion with Business Studies MDes 4 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W100 Fine Art Critical Practice BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W120 Fine Art Painting BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W140 Fine Art Printmaking BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W130 Fine Art Sculpture BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W210 Graphic Design BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W220 Illustration BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W610 Moving Image BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W640 Photography BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design or photography foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W2NC Textiles with Business Studies BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview. W2ND Textiles with Business Studies MDes 4 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview.
Museum and Heritage Studies To make sure you can meet our Graphic Design and Illustration students benefit from our full entry requirements visit graduates include children’s relationships with local museums, www.brighton.ac.uk/courses author-illustrator Lucy Cousins and from our links with the Victoria before you apply. and Kate Greenaway Medal and Albert Museum. winner, Emily Gravett. We welcome a range of Faculty of Arts courses are also qualifications and experience taught at our Moulsecoomb, beyond A-levels, including Falmer and Hastings campuses. IB, BTEC and Access course qualifications. See page 52–53 for equivalent entry requirements.
22 www.brighton.ac.uk | grand parade courses UCAS code Course title Full-time Typical entry requirements 2014 entry course length A-levels unless otherwise stated
Humanities
V371 Fashion and Dress History BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
VL12 Globalisation: History, Politics, Culture BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
V352 History of Art and Design BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
V351 History of Decorative Arts and Crafts BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
V370 History of Design BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
LQV0 History, Literature and Culture BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
LV00 Humanities BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
L252 Humanities: War, Conflict and Modernity BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
PD14 Museum and Heritage Studies BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
LV25 Philosophy, Politics and Ethics BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
V350 Visual Culture BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
Media and film
P390 Film and Screen Studies BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
Performance and visual arts
W390 Digital Music and Sound Arts BA(Hons) 3 years ABB
21AL Fine Art: Performance BA(Hons) 3 years ABB
Graduates from our degree in Fashion and Dress History are equipped with a range of skills; historical, visual, interpretative and problem-solving, which provide a good foundation for careers in museum and gallery work, arts administration, journalism, publishing and education.
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On this campus • Brighton Business School • School of Art, Design and Media (architecture, interior design and media courses) • School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics • School of Environment and Technology • School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences • University of Brighton’s International College
Cockcroft Building is being 01 refurbished. This £27m investment is creating brand new teaching and learning facilities for science and engineering at Moulsecoomb.
The Students’ Union, based on the Moulsecoomb campus, offers services and benefits including social events, guidance on welfare issues, and the chance to join clubs and societies.
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Facilities and support services • Sports facilities include a fitness suite • Staff and students use the Aldrich library, with 35 workstations, a sports hall and a computer rooms, two restaurants and climbing wall. five cafes. There are banks and two • The University of Brighton’s International Students’ Union shops. College provides combined academic, • Accommodation, careers, volunteering, study skills and English language counselling and wellbeing, disability and programmes for international students dyslexia support, chaplaincy services, wishing to study for a degree here. and student advice are provided on campus. Transport • The One World nursery provides high • The campus is very well served by bus quality childcare for students, staff and services and Moulsecoomb railway 07 local parents. station is close by. Cycle lanes link 01. Looking north from Moulsecoomb campus • Moulsecoomb Place halls of residence Moulsecoomb campus with the city towards Falmer and the South Downs. has accommodation for 163 students. centre and our other Brighton campuses 02. Inside the labs in Huxley Building. • Students at Moulsecoomb campus use Falmer and Grand Parade. 03. Stanmer Park has beautiful woodland walks. 04. Huxley Building features pharmacy and • specialist facilities including real-time Car parking is limited. Staff and students biomolecular laboratories. trading rooms, digital media suite, a flight are encouraged to use public transport. 05. Mithras House is home to the Brighton simulator, specialist laboratories and Business School, architecture students and some of the most advanced electron many central support departments. 06. The Creativity Centre in Cockcroft Building. microscopes in the south-east. 07. Cockcroft Building and the sports centre.
moulsecoomb campus | www.brighton.ac.uk 25 COURSES TAUGHT AT OUR MOULSECOOMB CAMPUS
UCAS code Course title Full-time Typical entry requirements 2014 entry course length A-levels unless otherwise stated
Accounting and finance
N420 Accounting and Finance BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
N390 Finance and Investment BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
Architecture
K100 Architecture BA(Hons) 3 years ABB
W250 Interior Architecture BA(Hons) 3 years Art and design foundation diploma, portfolio and interview.
Biological and biomedical sciences
C120 Biological Sciences BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Must include biology.
B940 Biomedical Science BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Must include biology or chemistry A-level, and biology and chemistry at AS-level.
Business and management
N200 Business Management BSc(Hons) 4 years ABB
NL11 Business Management with Economics BSc(Hons) 4 years ABB
N2N3 Business Management with Finance BSc(Hons) 4 years ABB
N1NP Business Management with Human Resource 4 years ABB Management BSc(Hons) N2N5 Business Management with Marketing BSc(Hons) 4 years ABB
N103 Business BSc(Hons) 3 years BBB
N1L1 Business with Economics BSc(Hons) 3 years BBB
NN13 Business with Finance BSc(Hons) 3 years BBB
NN16 Business with Human Resource Management 3 years BBB BSc(Hons) NN15 Business with Marketing BSc(Hons) 3 years BBB
N110 International Business BSc(Hons) 4 years BBB
Our Architecture course is My work placement has provided Facilities in the School of prescribed by the Architects me with experience, references Computing, Engineering and Registration Board and validated for my CV and the opportunity to Mathematics include a flight by the Royal Institute of British return there in the future. simulator, and computer games, Architects for part 1 of the Louise Vincent, Business digital media and editing suites. architectural qualification process. Management with Marketing We offer parts 2 and 3 of the BSc(Hons) on a placement at Our Business Management architectural qualification as House of Lords. courses include a one year postgraduate courses. industrial placement.
26 www.brighton.ac.uk | moulsecoomb courses UCAS code Course title Full-time Typical entry requirements 2014 entry course length A-levels unless otherwise stated
Chemistry
F100 Chemistry BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB including chemistry.
F101 Chemistry MChem 4 or 5 years AAB including chemistry.
FB12 Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB including chemistry.
Computing
G610 Business Computer Systems BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
G612 Business Computer Systems MComp 4 or 5 years AAB. Should normally include maths at AS-level.
G560 Business Information Systems BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
G455 Computer Science (Games) BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
G400 Computer Science BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
G404 Computer Science MComp 4 or 5 years ABB. Should normally include maths at AS-level.
I3H4 Creative Computing BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Must include a science or maths at least AS-level.
G456 Digital Media BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
G451 Digital Media Development BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
G421 European Computing BSc(Hons)/DEST Informatique 3 or 4 years BBB. Must include French AS-level or equivalent.
G600 Software Engineering BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years AAB
G602 Software Engineering MComp 4 or 5 years AAB. Should normally include maths at AS-level.
Construction and built environment
K236 Architectural Technology BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
K230 Building Surveying BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
H201 Civil Engineering BEng(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Must include maths at AS or A-level.
H200 Civil Engineering MEng(Hons) 4 or 5 years ABB. Must include maths at AS or A-level.
H2K2 Civil Engineering with Construction Management 3 or 4 years BBB. Must include maths at AS or A-level. BEng(Hons) H2K3 Civil Engineering with Construction Management MEng 4 or 5 years ABB. Must include maths at AS or A-level.
H290 Civil with Environmental Engineering BEng(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB. Must include maths at AS or A-level.
H291 Civil with Environmental Engineering MEng 4 or 5 years ABB. Must include maths at AS or A-level.
K220 Construction Management BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
K251 Project Management for Construction BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
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UCAS code Course title Full-time Typical entry requirements 2014 entry course length A-levels unless otherwise stated
Engineering
H410 Aeronautical Engineering BEng(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB including maths and a physical science.
H415 Aeronautical Engineering 4 or 5 years Check website. (with integrated foundation year) BEng(Hons) H416 Aeronautical Engineering MEng 4 or 5 years AAB including maths and a physical science.
H330 Automotive Engineering BEng(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB including maths and a physical science.
H331 Automotive Engineering 4 or 5 years Check website. (with integrated foundation year) BEng(Hons) H335 Automotive Engineering MEng 4 or 5 years ABB including maths and a physical science.
I3H7 Computer Systems and Communications BEng(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Must include maths to at least AS-level.
I3H6 Computer Systems and Communications MEng(Hons) 4 or 5 years AAB. Must include maths to at least AS-level.
HG64 Digital Electronics, Computing and Communications 3 or 4 years ABB including maths and a physical science. BEng(Hons) HI61 Digital Electronics, Computing and Communications 4 or 5 years Check website. (with integrated foundation year) BEng(Hons) HG6K Digital Electronics, Computing and Communications 4 or 5 years AAB including maths and a physical science. MEng H605 Electrical and Electronic Engineering BEng(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB including maths and a physical science.
H606 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 or 5 years Check website. (with integrated foundation year) BEng(Hons) H607 Electrical and Electronic Engineering MEng 4 or 5 years ABB including maths and a physical science.
H300 Mechanical Engineering BEng(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB including maths and a physical science.
H301 Mechanical Engineering 4 or 5 years Check website. (with integrated foundation year) BEng(Hons) H302 Mechanical Engineering MEng 4 or 5 years ABB including maths and a physical science.
Geography, geology and environment
FF67 Earth and Ocean Sciences BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB. Must include relevant science-related subject.
CFC8 Ecology BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB. Must include relevant subject (biology and geography or environmental science). DP43 Environment and Media Studies BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
F901 Environmental Sciences BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB. Must include relevant science.
L7F8 Geography BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Should normally include geography.
F800 Geography BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Should normally include geography. FF84 Geography with Archaeology BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Should normally include geography or equivalent subject.
28 www.brighton.ac.uk | moulsecoomb courses UCAS code Course title Full-time Typical entry requirements 2014 entry course length A-levels unless otherwise stated
F830 Geography with Geoinformatics BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Should normally include geography or equivalent subject. F600 Geology BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Must include science-related subject.
FF86 Physical Geography and Geology BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB. Should include geography or a science.
Law
M1NC Law with Business LLB(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
M6L1 Law with Criminology LLB(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB
Mathematics
G100 Mathematics BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Must include maths.
G1N1 Mathematics with Business BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Must include maths.
G1N3 Mathematics with Finance BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB. Must include maths.
Media
P300 Media Studies BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
Pharmacy
B230 Pharmacy MPharm(Hons) 4 years AAB including chemistry and one further science A-level.
Product design
W241 Product Design Technology with Professional 3 or 4 years ABB including suitable technology-based subject. Experience BSc(Hons) W242 Product Design with Professional Experience BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB including suitable technology-based subject.
CJ69 Sports Product Design with Professional Experience 3 or 4 years ABB including suitable technology-based subject. BSc(Hons) W243 Sustainable Product Design with Professional 3 or 4 years ABB including suitable technology-based subject. Experience BSc(Hons)
Recent media studies graduates We welcome a range of have gone on to start careers qualifications and experience at the Times Higher Education beyond A-levels, including Supplement, Vogue and EMI. IB, BTEC and Access course qualifications. See page 52–53 for Many of our undergraduate equivalent entry requirements. courses offer the option of a placement year.
moulsecoomb courses | www.brighton.ac.uk 29 Considered the sunniest place in the UK, Eastbourne is a lively seaside town surrounded by beautiful countryside, making it a great place to study. Our campus is located at the foot of the South Downs National Park, less than a 20-minute walk from the beach.
There is a wide variety of restaurants, cafes, traditional pubs, wine bars and nightclubs in the town, along with live music and cultural activities.
Sports range from golf to horse riding, with water sports such as sailing, canoeing, body boarding, windsurfing and power boating all very popular. There’s also a sports park with synthetic athletics track, floodlit all-weather pitches and a grandstand.
The town boasts four theatres, two cinemas, four shopping centres, and is home to the Towner contemporary art museum for south-east England, all within a short walking distance of our campus.
Eastbourne is host to the largest free airshow in the UK. This event sees a vast array of air displays along the seafront and attracts approximately one million people over four days in August.
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.
30 www.brighton.ac.uk | eastbourne 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 2011 and 2012 semi-finalist Jo- Wilfred Tsonga and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki have all played here. Many Sovereign Harbour, with its students work at the tournament, stylish cosmopolitan feel, is and one recent graduate is the largest composite marina working full-time for the Lawn complex in northern Europe. The Tennis Association. harbour offers waterside eateries and alfresco dining, and the independent boutiques and retail shops make the harbour a great shopping venue.
eastbourne | www.brighton.ac.uk 31 Our Eastbourne campus is set in the Meads area of the town. Almost 3,000 students study here, benefitting from the close-knit university community and the excellent facilities available to them.
On this campus • School of Sport and Service Management • School of Health Professions • School of Nursing and Midwifery
All students can use our award- winning student advice and guidance services, which have been awarded the Matrix Standard as a mark of quality.
01 Each term our largest dance studio is transformed into a professional standard dance theatre with an audience capacity of 150. It is fully equipped with lighting, projection, sound system, dance floor and raked seating.
By rail Eastbourne is about 40 minutes from Brighton and half- an-hour from Hastings.
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Facilities and support services Transport • Teaching and learning facilities include • The campus is served by several bus exercise physiology laboratories, an services and is in walking distance environmental chamber, a human of Eastbourne train station. Staff and movement laboratory, sports journalism students are encouraged to use bikes news rooms, sports hall, 25-metre and other alternatives to car travel. Bike swimming pool, gym, artificial outdoor storage is provided on campus. pitch, dance studios and climbing wall, culinary arts studio and the Leaf Hospital podiatry and physiotherapy clinic. Go to page 81 to see a map of • Campus facilities in Eastbourne include where Eastbourne is in relation to Queenwood library, computer rooms, a our other campuses. 07 media centre, a learning and technology 01. Biomechanical analysis of a golf swing in one of suite, restaurants, and a Students’ Union our sport science labs. shop. 02. Welkin halls of residence is close to lectures • Welkin halls of residence provides and the town centre. 03. The onsite swimming pool. accommodation for 354 students. 04. Looking east across Eastbourne. Our campus is • Accommodation, careers, volunteering, in the bottom of the photograph. counselling and wellbeing, student 05. The culinary arts studio provides a rich advice, disability and dyslexia support, environment for students studying hospitality and culinary arts. and chaplaincy services are available on 06. The Towner contemporary art museum. campus. 07. Devonshire Park.
eastbourne campus | www.brighton.ac.uk 33 COURSES TAUGHT AT OUR EASTBOURNE CAMPUS
UCAS code Course title Full-time Typical entry requirements 2014 entry course length A-levels unless otherwise stated
Education and teaching
XC36 Physical Education BA(Hons) 3 years ABB
X1C6 Physical Education BA(Hons) with QTS 4 years ABB
Food, hospitality and retail
N820 International Event Management BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
N221 International Hospitality Management BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
N240 Retail Management BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
N551 Retail Marketing BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
Health professions
Apply direct Occupational Therapy BSc(Hons) Part-time See website for details. 4 years B160 Physiotherapy BSc(Hons) 3 years ABB. Must include biological science or PE.
B985 Podiatry BSc(Hons) 3 years BBB. Must include a science, pref human biology.
Media 4B8D Business Journalism BA(Hons) 3 years BBB 28VW Food Journalism BA(Hons) 3 years BBB 22D9 Travel Journalism BA(Hons) 3 years BBB P500 Sport Journalism BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
Nursing and midwifery
B721 Midwifery BSc(Hons) 18 months 18 months See website for details.
B720 Midwifery BSc(Hons) 3 years 3 years ABB
B7L0 Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons) 3 years ABB. A science or social science is desirable. (also at Falmer or Hastings)
We welcome a range of Our nursing and midwifery The University of Brighton qualifications and experience graduates are eligible for developed and awarded the UK’s beyond A-levels, including registration with the Nursing and first degree in podiatry. IB, BTEC and Access course Midwifery Council. qualifications. See page 52–53 for equivalent entry requirements.
34 www.brighton.ac.uk | eastbourne courses UCAS code Course title Full-time Typical entry requirements 2014 entry course length A-levels unless otherwise stated
Sport and exercise
C600 Sport and Exercise Science BSc(Hons) 3 years ABB 2G55 Sport Business Management BA(Hons) 3 years BBB CX6C Sport Coaching BSc(Hons) 3 years ABB
C603 Sport Studies BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
Travel, tourism and events
N840 International Tourism Management BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
N920 International Travel Management BA(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
Dr Gary Brickley is coach to Team GB paracyclists, Sarah Storey, David Stone and Darren Kenny, who won multiple gold medals at the Paralympics in Beijing and London.
The School of Sport and Service Management has been at the forefront of sport education in the UK for over 100 years.
Graduates from School of Sport Some of our courses, particularly Notable School of Sport and and Service Management have teaching and nursing, have Service Management alumni gone on to successful careers additional essential entry include modern pentathlon with companies such as Four requirements. See page 54 for Olympic bronze medallist, Kate Seasons Hotels, Disney, American more information about specific Allenby MBE; Ben Hawes, Express and Virgin Atlantic. entry requirements for these member of the Great Britain courses. hockey team at several Olympic Recent placements for service Games including London 2012; management students include Our nursing courses offer start Dr Stephen Ingham, Head of House of Fraser, Tesco, the dates in February and September Physiology at the English Institute National Trust and Walt Disney each year. of Sport; Peter Keen, Director World, Florida. of Performance at UK Sport; My course was a fantastic Sue Law, Head of Equality and All of our courses in events, choice; I have made some of the Child Protection at the Football hospitality, tourism, travel and best friends, business contacts Association and Flo Pietzsch, retail offer the option of a year’s and ever-expanding industry strength and conditioning coach work experience in industry. These knowledge. It has made me more at the Lawn Tennis Association, placements are generally salaried. employable. who has worked with Heather Callum Kearney, Watson – winner of the US Open Retail Marketing BA(Hons) junior title in 2009.
eastbourne courses | www.brighton.ac.uk 35 Hastings is a historic and beautiful town with a vibrant arts and live music scene. It is home to the largest beach-launched fishing fleet in Europe, the remains of the first castle in England to be built by William the Conqueror, the historic Old Town and a strong local arts community.
Hastings town centre offers a good range of high street shops, restaurants and services, including the Priory Meadow shopping centre. There are local sporting facilities, parks, a cinema and a newly refurbished skate park.
The Old Town is a mix of half- timbered houses, narrow streets and passageways, locally known as twittens. It has a quirky mix of shops that sell vintage pieces and one offs. To the west is St Leonards which features the classical elegance of James Burton’s architecture and the fashionable Norman Road which offers a great collection of antique shops and vintage galleries.
In the 10 years since Hastings was awarded £38 million in regeneration funding by the government, the University of Brighton’s story in Hastings is one of achievement and success, making a local impact that has had national recognition. Our campus is at the heart of the extensive regeneration programme that is ensuring that Hastings and Rother realise their full potential as highly desirable places to live, study, work and visit.
36 www.brighton.ac.uk | hastings Other regeneration projects included the Hastings Creative Media Centre, the Hastings Pier Charity and Station Plaza.
Hastings is home to the Jerwood Gallery, which is the new public home to the Jerwood Foundation’s collection of twentieth and twenty- first century British art.
Annual events in Hastings include Hastings Day, Jack in the Green and Pirate Day. The Hastings Seafood and Wine Festival celebrates Hastings sustainable fishery and fishing heritage, its surrounding vineyards and excellent local food producers.
Our campus is in the town centre, three minutes walk from the railway station and close to a good selection of high street shops, pubs and restaurants. www.visit1066country.com www.1066.net/hastings-week www.hastingsjack.co.uk hastingspirateday.org.uk
hastings | www.brighton.ac.uk 37 Our Hastings campus is in the centre of one of the country’s most historic towns, just three minutes south of the station and about the same distance from the seafront and the shopping district. It is a fast growing and friendly campus of about 1,000 students.
On this campus We teach courses in these subjects: • applied social science • biology • broadcast journalism • broadcast media • business • computing 01 • education • English literature Facilities and support services Our new six-floor building at Priory • maths • Campus facilities in Hastings include a Square provides a new 160-seat • media studies broadcast media centre, including TV lecture theatre and a suite of • radio production and radio studios, a library, computer laboratories supporting science • sociology rooms, a cafe and a Students’ Union courses taught at Hastings. • social history office. • television production. • Accommodation, careers, volunteering, Follow us on Twitter counselling and wellbeing, student @hastingsinfo and like University advice and disability and dyslexia of Brighton in Hastings on 01. Priory Square Building. support, and chaplaincy services are Facebook for regular news and 02. Havelock Road Building. 03. The student cafe at Priory Square. available on campus. information. 04. Burst Radio is run by students for students from the Hastings campus. Transport Go to page 81 to see a map of 05. Inside the new Priory Square Building. • The campus is a three-minute walk from where Hastings is in relation to our 06. The library in the Havelock Road Building. 07. Television Production students learn practical Hastings Station. other campuses. skills alongside theoretical study. • By rail, Hastings is half an hour from Eastbourne and an hour from Brighton. Watch our campus films. www.brighton.ac.uk/campusfilms
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UCAS code Course title Full-time Typical entry requirements 2014 entry course length A-levels unless otherwise stated
Biological and biomedical sciences
C100 (campus code U) Biology BSc(Hons) 3 years ABB. Must include biology A-level, and biology and chemistry at AS-level. XC31 (campus code U) Human Biology and Education BSc(Hons) 3 years BBC including biology, and biology and chemistry at AS-level.
Business and management
N190 (campus code U) Business with Enterprise BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years ABB
Computing
I3H3 (campus code U) Computer Systems with Networking BSc(Hons) 3 years BBB
GN01 (campus code U) Computing and Business BSc(Hons) 3 years BBC
GX03 (campus code U) Computing and Education BSc(Hons) 3 years BBC
GG46 (campus code U) Digital Games Production BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
G453 (campus code U) Internet Computing BSc(Hons) 3 or 4 years BBB
Education and teaching
XQ33 (campus code U) Education and English Literature BA(Hons) 3 years BBC. Must include English.
XL33 (campus code U) Education and Sociology BA(Hons) 3 years BBC
English and linguistics
QP3H (campus code U) English Literature and Media Studies BA(Hons) 3 years BBC
QV33 (campus code U) English Literature and Social History BA(Hons) 3 years BBC
Geography, geology and environment
CX1H (campus code U) Environmental Biology and Education BSc(Hons) 3 years BBC
We welcome a range of Some of our courses, notably qualifications and experience teaching and nursing, have beyond A-levels, including additional essential entry IB, BTEC and Access course requirements. See page 54 for qualifications. See page 52–53 for more information about specific equivalent entry requirements. entry requirements for these courses.
Our Digital Games Production BSc(Hons) offers the option of a year-long industrial placement.
40 www.brighton.ac.uk | hastings courses UCAS code Course title Full-time Typical entry requirements 2014 entry course length A-levels unless otherwise stated
Mathematics
GN11 (campus code U) Mathematics and Business BSc(Hons) 3 years BBC. Must include maths.
GG10 (campus code U) Mathematics and Computing BSc(Hons) 3 years BBC. Must include maths.
GX13 (campus code U) Mathematics and Education BSc(Hons) 3 years BBC. Must include maths.
Media and broadcasting
P501 (campus code U) Multimedia Broadcast Journalism BA(Hons) 3 years BBC
P310 (campus code U) Broadcast Media foundation degree 2 years 160 UCAS tariff points.
P313 (campus code U) Digital Film BA(Hons) 3 years BBC
W612 (campus code U) Digital Post Production foundation degree 2 years 160 UCAS tariff points.
PX33 (campus code U) Media Studies and Education BA(Hons) 3 years BBC
PL33 (campus code U) Media Studies and Sociology BA(Hons) 3 years BBC
P312 (campus code U) Radio Production foundation degree 2 years 160 UCAS tariff points.
P311 (campus code U) Television Production foundation degree 2 years 160 UCAS tariff points.
Nursing and midwifery
B7L0 Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons) 3 years ABB. A science or social science is (also at Eastbourne or Falmer) desirable.
Social science
L541 (campus code U) Applied Social Science BA(Hons) 3 years BBB
LQ33 (campus code U) Sociology and English Literature BA(Hons) 3 years BBC
LV33 (campus code U) Sociology and Social History BA(Hons) 3 years BBC
Radio Production students Rob Greens, screenwriting lecturer present, produce and broadcast on the Broadcast Media course a daily breakfast show, offering an was awarded first prize with his eclectic mix of music and news script Try Harder in the Prequel articles, from our university radio and Sequel to Cannes Short Film studio in Hastings. Script Competition in 2011. www.burstradio.co.uk Joint honours courses develop All students can use our award- subject knowledge in two winning student advice and complementary areas. guidance services, which have been awarded the Matrix Standard as a mark of quality.
hastings courses | www.brighton.ac.uk 41 An A–Z directory of the main ADMISSIONS TEAM Through the careers service you can services and support we offer If you have already applied and want to access careers counsellors who will help find out more about the status of your you develop your career plans and write to our students before, during application, or have other queries specific job applications, and provide CV and and after their time here. to your application, please contact the application checking. A library of careers admissions team. publications and online resources help [email protected] you find out about career paths, sectors, ACCOMMODATION SERVICE 01273 644644 employers, vacancies, further study and The accommodation team provides a free training opportunities. and confidential service to all students. COURSE ENQUIRIES TEAM If you have any questions about our Visits from employers and careers-related There are three accommodation offices, in courses, how to apply, studying at presentations are run throughout the year, Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. These Brighton, or any other general enquiries as well as a placements fair, a teaching offices are open all year. please get in touch with the course fair and the annual careers fair which enquiries team. provide a chance for you to meet potential The team provides advice on finding and [email protected] employers from local, national and renting accommodation in the private 01273 644644 international companies. sector, manages the application and www.brighton.ac.uk/careers allocation processes for halls of residence, BEEPURPLE manages unihomes properties in Brighton Beepurple helps students and graduates CARE LEAVERS & Hove, Eastbourne and Hastings and get their business ideas off to the best We hold the Frank Buttle Trust Quality runs www.yourstudentpad.co.uk, where possible start. Over 1,440 staff, students Mark which recognises our commitment you can search for affordable, safe and alumni have signed up to the to helping care leavers through university. accommodation in the private sector. Beepurple entrepreneurship programme. The support we offer includes guaranteed In the summer the team runs a house- accommodation for the whole of your first hunting support service which can help Beepurple offers free workshops to year of study (including Christmas, Easter you find suitable accommodation in the develop members’ enterprise skills as and summer vacations) and a personal private sector. well as one-to-one business support support and guidance tutor, available on www.brighton.ac.uk/accommodation for anyone looking to develop an a one-to-one basis. Financial help is also entrepreneurial idea, start a company provided. ACTIVE STUDENT or social enterprise or for those who are www.brighton.ac.uk/careleavers VOLUNTEERING SCHEME already trading. Volunteering is rewarding and also www.beepurple.co.uk CHAPLAINCY provides opportunities to gain experience Our team of chaplains are here for and enhance your employability. Active CAREERS SERVICE everyone, irrespective of belief, and Student gets students and not-for-profit Our careers service can help you find part- provide opportunities for friendship, organisations together and can provide time work while you’re at university and support, learning and community you with volunteering placements that are find employment after you graduate. involvement. They can also assist you in safe, supported and fulfilling. finding places of worship in the local area. www.brighton.ac.uk/volunteering www.brighton.ac.uk/studentlife
42 www.brighton.ac.uk | support for you CHILDCARE DISABILITY AND DYSLEXIA Our two nurseries at Phoenix Brewery halls The university’s disability and dyslexia and our Moulsecoomb campus are open team coordinates support for students to children of students and staff, as well as who declare a disability or a specific the local community, for 45 weeks of the learning difficulty. Support is available for year. There are 55 places daily for children all disabled students including dyslexia or aged from two to five years. specific learning difficulties, experience www.brighton.ac.uk/childcare of mental health difficulties, hearing My name is Michelle and I am impairment, mobility impairment, other a Mental Wellbeing Support COMPUTING AND MEDIA disability and long-term medical conditions Officer in the disability team. PCs, macs and printers are available for (for example, diabetes, epilepsy, ME or use in libraries and computer rooms, which chronic fatigue syndrome, and repetitive I work with students with mental are almost all open late in the evening and strain injury) or visual impairment. health problems and Autistic at weekends as well as during the week. Spectrum conditions. I help them The kind of support we offer is individual apply for Disabled Students’ You will be allocated your own lifelong to you and includes ensuring teaching Allowance and implement email address and 10GB of storage space. staff understand the impact that some recommendations such as extra Wireless hotspots are located in many conditions may have on ability to study. time in exams or with assignments. areas around our campuses and provide We can make recommendations to I make sure that students have access to the university’s network as well academic staff about different exam and access to the support that they as free and fast access to the internet. assessment arrangements, provide note- need, when they need it. takers and readers or teaching materials Most rooms in the halls of residence also in alternative formats, mobility assistance The application process for have access points for students with their and orientation training, and support Disabled Students’ Allowance own computers. applications for Disabled Students’ can take four or five months so Allowances. it is important that you apply as Media centres at each main campus offer soon as you have received an offer access to video and audio recording We also support students who may from us. This will make sure that equipment, facilities for editing and acquire an impairment or establish that support is in place before you start. copying and for making presentations in they have a disability during their time lecture theatres and teaching rooms. at university. We arrange screening and We are here to help. www.brighton.ac.uk/is diagnostic services for specific learning disabilities (such as dyslexia) and we Many students put off contacting COUNSELLING have facilities to update diagnostic us until their problems are affecting The counselling service provides a safe psychological evidence to ensure you can their ability to study. By getting in and confidential environment where you access the full range of academic and touch with us early and by getting can discuss your worries and concerns financial support. the support you are entitled to, you with a qualified and experienced www.brighton.ac.uk/disability can minimise the impact of your counsellor. condition and get the most out of www.brighton.ac.uk/studentlife your time here.
support for you | www.brighton.ac.uk 43 ENGLISH LANGUAGE SUPPORT IN TOUCH ONLINE You can also use our ASK online study The Brighton Language Institute, based on Social media lets us all share information guide to get hold of study support the Falmer campus, provides pre-arrival and talk to each other, and we want to materials, whenever you want them. English language courses to help you be part of that conversation with you. As studentcentral.brighton.ac.uk meet our entry requirements and prepare well as our main accounts, which anyone www.brighton.ac.uk/ask for study here. The institute’s English can like or follow, we have groups and Language Support Programme is offered pages for new students, current students, SUPPORT WITHIN YOUR SCHOOL during your first year of study and consists graduates and loads more – so that you If you have concerns about your studies, of term-time lectures, classes and tutorials. get the information you need at the time you can talk to your course leader, a It is designed to consolidate and develop that you need it. course tutor or your allocated personal your existing language skills and help you tutor. You will also have a Student Support complete your day-to-day academic tasks. When you have accepted our offer of a and Guidance Tutor in your school; they www.brighton.ac.uk/learnenglish place at Brighton, you’ll be invited to join offer initial advice on a range of topics, and our Facebook campus groups where you can point you at other university staff who HEALTH can chat with other new students and find can help you in more detail. We provide on-site medical facilities at out more about where you will be studying. www.brighton.ac.uk/ontherightpath/ Moulsecoomb and Eastbourne, and can www.brighton.ac.uk/socialmedia contactus recommend GPs in other areas. More information about university medical LIBRARIES STUDENT ADVICE SERVICE services, including surgery times, is Our libraries are located close to The student advice service can provide available online. classrooms and lecture theatres, and you with information, advice and support www.brighton.ac.uk/studentlife staff are on hand to help you find and use covering issues on a financial, personal the most appropriate resources. There and practical level. This service is are 1,500 workspaces in total and our confidential, non-judgemental and free of Before you arrive, visit libraries have long opening hours including charge. Staff can all offer general advice, www.brighton.ac.uk/studentlife evenings and weekends. but our advisers are also specialists in for the latest advice about www.brighton.ac.uk/is particular areas, and can give detailed immunisations and measles, advice. mumps and meningitis. Additional ONLINE STUDY AND SUPPORT routine immunisations may be Studentcentral is our online learning We provide financial advice and money required for certain courses – we environment. It combines elearning management skills, information about will tell you if this is the case. and social networking and will help you additional sources of funding, advice manage your workload and your social and information about claiming benefits, life. You can access ebooks and journals help with issues such as transferring, IMMIGRATION AND VISA ADVICE and other study materials tailored to your withdrawing and intermitting from your We provide specialist advice and course, an online library, email, news course, international student support and assistance to international students before feeds, blogs, urgent announcements general advice. and during their time at the university. relevant to you – and you can connect with www.brighton.ac.uk/immigration other students. STUDY SUPPORT Your personal tutor will keep an eye Before you start university, you will receive on your overall academic and personal your university email account and access welfare and advise you about other to a special area on studentcentral. From sources of help in the university. there you will be able to view personalised new student information including important dates, checklists and FAQs.
44 www.brighton.ac.uk | support for you We provide members with a wide range Brighton SU’s elected officers are the of benefits and discounts, including: formal link between students and the ongoing access to one-to-one careers university and contribute to the policies of advice and guidance from the university’s the union. careers service; business advice for those thinking of starting their own business; A board of trustees ensures that the continued access to the university’s union is run for the benefit of its members libraries and sports facilities; fee reduction and includes the officers, other students for postgraduate courses at the university and external trustees. Brighton SU also (terms and conditions apply); and many employs permanent members of staff to other services. provide professional expertise, skills and support to elected student representatives. You can also benefit from the Alumni Advice Network while you’re still a student Brighton SU works with the student and we are happy to put students in community to provide an exciting Study skills sessions are provided contact with alumni to discuss career year-round programme of student-led free on each campus for anyone who paths and opportunities or to just gather entertainments and events, as well as might need to boost their skills in essay some advice about being at university. helping societies to hold cultural and preparation, time management, taking www.brighton.ac.uk/alumni religious events for festivals such as Eid, notes, memorising information, writing Diwali, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year and and editing, presentation or revision UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON Christmas. techniques. The ASK online study guide STUDENTS’ UNION on studentcentral also provides access to Brighton Students’ Union (SU) is a A course rep system enables students comprehensive study support materials cooperative student organisation. All to give constructive feedback on their around the clock whenever you need it. students enrolled at the University of experience of learning, teaching and www.brighton.ac.uk/ask Brighton automatically become members resources at the university. This feedback of the union: a vibrant community of is used to inform university and union UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON 22,000 students spread across five developments to ensure students’ needs ALUMNI ASSOCIATION campuses. Brighton SU focuses on and expectations are met. Each year, around 6,000 students empowering students and enriching the graduate from the University of Brighton student experience. Students can take part in sports clubs, and we enjoy connections with around societies, volunteering opportunities, 115,000 alumni across the globe. The SU is a registered not-for-profit charity, student employment opportunities, Many of our alumni volunteer to help independent of the university, and is student media, student enterprise, student prospective and current students by student owned and led. Recent awards, elections, campaigning, academic course becoming mentors and offering placement including Santander’s Most Enterprising representatives, campus representatives, opportunities. Community Project Award for its Food Co- community initiatives, social events op and NUS Promotional Campaign of the and activities, lobbying and training Membership of the official alumni Year (NSS), demonstrate the success of opportunities. association is free to former students and Brighton SU’s innovative and enterprising offers a lifelong link to the university and work. Brighton SU encourages students to the friends you’ll make while you’re here. campaign for change, learn new skills, Our friends and family programme also Brighton SU provides a wide range of have fun and enjoy the many opportunities helps your supporters to be a part of the resources, representation, activities, to make new friends. wider university community. services and opportunities to the student www.brightonsu.com. community, all devised and delivered by students for students.
support for you | www.brighton.ac.uk 45 Student representation and campaigning
Brighton SU is a member of the National Union of Students (NUS), which represents over five million students in the UK and campaigns on their behalf.
Getting involved with things You can use the sport and fitness facilities Brighton SU Council is formed of student outside your course at the at any of our locations no matter where officers elected by you and is the formal you study or live. Different campuses link between students and the university. university will add to your have different facilities or deals with Each officer is responsible for an area skills and experience. local providers so check the website for of the student experience: democracy, what’s on offer: www.brighton.ac.uk/ wellbeing, academic, campus and sportbrighton. If you travel between sites community, and activities and events. Sport and fitness for university-run clubs then we’ll help with transport. There are places on the board of trustees Sport Brighton is run in partnership by the for four students, who, along with the university and our Students’ Union and can We also support elite athletes at elected officers and external trustees, help you take part in whatever sporting national and Olympic level through our make sure the union is run for the benefit activity you like at whatever level, whether sports scholarships, our sports science of its members. you want to compete, keep fit or just have consultancy and our status as a satellite fun. You can take part in fitness, health centre for the English Institute of Sport. A network of course representatives and wellbeing classes, join one of more make sure that feedback on the learning, than 60 clubs and societies (or we’ll help See www.brighton.ac.uk/scholarships for teaching and facilities on your course is you set up your own), enter competitions the latest information. used by the university and the union so and challenges or get involved in coaching that students’ needs and expectations are or volunteering. met.
46 www.brighton.ac.uk | your experience You can volunteer to take on one of these roles, or you can become involved in specific student campaigns.
The union is run for the benefit of students, by students like you. For more information about how you can take an active role, visit www.brightonsu.com.
Societies, clubs and events
Brighton SU also works with the student community to create a year-round programme of events from cinema nights and club nights to black-tie balls, as well as helping societies to hold cultural and religious events for festivals such as Eid, Diwali, Hanukah, Chinese New Year and Christmas.
There are over 100 student societies covering a huge range of activities and subjects. If you think there’s something missing, it’s really easy to start up your Volunteering, mentoring and A lifelong link own society. entrepreneurship Even when you graduate you’ll still be able Societies reflect the diversity of students at We can help you to: to access our sports, library and careers the University of Brighton and cover many • work with local organisations and services through our alumni association. different interests and hobbies including connect with issues you care about And you can benefit from the alumni faith groups, community engagement, as part of your course through the network while you’re a student. We are fundraising, informal sport and games, community engagement module in touch with 115,000 alumni worldwide art and performance, campaigning and • volunteer in the local community – and many offer mentoring and placement politics. We also have a range of academic improving your CV and feel-good factor opportunities to our students. societies, which create a community • work with a professional mentor to gain around their course or school and through employability skills and confidence See www.brighton.ac.uk/alumni. their society offer social opportunities, • work on your business ideas with our career development, academic support entrepreneurial network. and fundraising. For more information on our careers service or our links with community organisations, visit www.brighton.ac.uk/careers and www.brighton.ac.uk/cupp.
your experience | www.brighton.ac.uk 47 48 www.brighton.ac.uk | all about all about | www.brighton.ac.uk 49 HOW TO APPLY
Applying through UCAS to start the application. You can copy and paste personal statements and Applications for full-time undergraduate references. You can apply for up to and foundation degree courses are five courses. You cannot express a submitted online to the Universities and preference at this stage – list them in the Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). order in which they appear in the UCAS Please use UCAS online (www.ucas.com) directory. to apply for full-time undergraduate degree • The standard fee for up to five choices is courses, foundation degrees, integrated £23. For one course only, the fee is £12. engineering foundation courses, and (If you apply for further courses at a later nursing and midwifery pre-registration date, you will have to pay an extra £12.) diploma and degree courses. Our UCAS institution codes are: Special application procedures • University of Brighton (BRITN) B72 • Brighton and Sussex Medical School For some courses, the application (BSMS) B74. procedure differs. Please check the specific course description provided Deadlines for UCAS application online and in our prospectus for any other Brighton and Sussex Medical School instructions. 15 October 2013 Applying directly to the university University of Brighton Applications for preparatory English UK and other EU students – language courses and part-time degree 15 January 2014 courses should be sent direct to the International students – 30 June 2014 university.
Completing your form Please visit www.brighton.ac.uk/ • Log onto www.ucas.com prospective and www.brighton.ac.uk/ • Select Student log-in learnenglish for more information. • Click on Register • Read and accept terms and conditions If you decide to apply for more than one • Select the option applying ‘through course, please note that you need to fill school’ or ‘as an individual’. in a separate application form for each • Follow the online instructions to register course you select. your details. • Choose a password and set a security Applying to Brighton and Sussex question and answer (this should be a Medical School simple question that you will remember). You can specify up to four choices for • The system issues your username. courses which lead to a professional • The username and password are used qualification in medicine and may add one alternative course. Medical school applications must reach UCAS by 15 October 2013.
50 www.brighton.ac.uk | how to apply Offers Personal details We may need to request further If you have applied via UCAS, official information before your enrolment can be decisions and any associated conditions completed. The university is registered with of an offer will be made available the Office of the Information Commissioner online through the UCAS Track facility. – in the context of preventing fraudulent Notification of decisions on applications applications, we may disclose information made direct to the university will be to relevant government departments, sent by post. Many courses require an police forces, examining bodies, the interview, but being invited does not Student Loans Company and associated guarantee an offer. All offers are made on authorities. the understanding that the information supplied is complete and correct and your acceptance of an offer means that Need help? you undertake to observe the rules and If ever in doubt, get in touch – I’m Ailish and along with the regulations of the university. we’re here to help! rest of the enquiries team, I’m Tel 01273 644644 here to guide you through the International students may require a or visit www.brighton.ac.uk/ application process and help Confirmation of Acceptance of Studies undergrad/apply. you get ready for life at the (CAS) number, which is needed for a University of Brighton – no successful visa application. The university Keep in touch matter which course or campus will provide you with the CAS number once Email [email protected] you’ll be studying on. you have accepted an unconditional offer Telephone 01273 644644 of a place. As your first point of contact, Follow @uniofbrighton on we can answer questions about Enrolment Twitter for up-to-date admissions application procedures and information throughout the cycle. deadlines, courses and entry At the beginning of each academic year, requirements, and open days and all students enrol entitling you to attend Like universityofbrighton on visits. your course, use university facilities and Facebook for updates and be a member of the Students’ Union. This information. As well as answering your queries cannot be completed until all fees have by phone and email, we also share been paid or their payment guaranteed inside information about life on (for example by notification of an award of the Sussex coast on Twitter – funding from Student Finance England). @uniofbrighton.
You will also need original documentation Once you’ve accepted your offer, (not photocopies) confirming your identity, we’ll contact you to activate your entry qualifications and, if you have a student account. This means that scholarship or sponsor, written before you arrive here you’ll be confirmation. If your application is able to meet other new students successful, we will send full details about online, prepare for your course, enrolment and payment arrangements. read FAQs and ask us your own questions.
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how to apply | www.brighton.ac.uk 51 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The University of Brighton is committed The UCAS tariff to enabling as many people as possible to benefit from higher education. Our UCAS (Universities and Colleges flexible admissions policy allows your Admissions Service) is the central application to be considered on its organisation that processes applications merits. for full-time undergraduate courses.
We welcome applications from students The UCAS tariff is a points system that with qualifications and experience beyond translates students’ achievements across the traditional A-level route. Relevant different types of qualifications into one experience may also be regarded as numerical format, so that different types equivalent to formal qualifications. and volumes of achievement can be compared. General minimum entry requirements It enables admissions tutors to make For undergraduate degree courses offers that take into account the breadth Two A-levels or BTEC national certificate or of qualifications. See the table on the next diploma plus at least three GCSE subjects page for a summary of the tariff. (must include mathematics and English) minimum grade C or a pass in an Access BTEC to HE diploma course with at least 45 credits at Level 3. The university welcomes applications from students with BTEC diploma qualifications For foundation degree and certificate in relevant subject areas, as well as courses students with BTEC diploma qualifications One A-level or BTEC national certificate or held in combination with A-levels and other diploma plus at least three GCSE subjects qualifications. (must include mathematics and English) minimum grade C or a pass in an Access We know that students with BTEC to HE Diploma course with at least 45 qualifications are prepared for an applied credits at Level 3. approach to learning, which is relevant in many of our courses. Offers will normally exceed these minimum requirements. Conditional offers will usually BTEC results are released in July, before be expressed in terms of grades to be the A-level results, and are sent to the obtained, rather than UCAS tariff points. university by UCAS. We will then review your offer and results and your status on UCAS Track will change; this can take a few days. If you have your BTEC results but are waiting for additional qualification results, eg A-level, you may not be able to confirm your place at university until you have all of your results.
52 www.brighton.ac.uk | entry requirements Access courses Entry requirements will vary by course but IB student can expect to receive The university welcomes applicants conditional offers for between 30–36 IB studying Access to HE diploma courses points. approved by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). We recognise that Access courses Credits provide students with the essential study skills and subject knowledge required to Relevant professional, commercial or Open successfully progress onto our degree University credits may be acknowledged courses. as equivalent to sections of a course which then do not need to be repeated. Our Access entry requirements vary Applicants must be able to provide depending on the course, but the evidence of some A-level equivalent study minimum requirement for Access courses – and may still be advised to undertake a is to pass with at least 45 credits at level 3. preparatory course. For some undergraduate degree courses you may be asked to gain a number Qualifications not on the UCAS tariff of credits at higher grades (ie merit or distinction) and/or achieve a number of Admissions tutors accept many other level 3 credits in specified subjects such as qualifications which give access to higher maths or science. education. Applicants offering work-based qualifications, such as NVQs, should International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma be able to provide evidence of relevant background knowledge and ability to study The university is very happy to receive at university level. Whilst individual course applications from students studying the IB requirements vary, all qualifications – UK Diploma. The breadth and depth of study and international – are considered. afforded by the qualification is an excellent preparation for studying a degree in higher education. In addition, the opportunity to complete an extended essay provides a good foundation for the independent study and research elements of your degree course.
Entry requirements – approximate equivalent qualifications
A-level UCAS tariff points BTEC International European Irish Leaving grades Baccalaureate Baccalaureate Certificate AAB 340 points including AA at A-level DDD 36 points 80 per cent A1, A1, A1, A2, B1, B1
ABB 320 points including AB at A-level DDM 34 points 77 per cent A1, A1, B1, B1, B2, B2 BBB 300 points including BB at A-level DDM 32 points 75 per cent A2, B1, B2, B2, B3, B3
BBC 280 points including BB at A-level DDM 30 points 73 per cent B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C2
entry requirements | www.brighton.ac.uk 53 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Entry requirements for healthcare Before starting an initial teacher education professions, nursing, midwifery and course you will need to: medicine courses • complete a medical questionnaire • provide a satisfactory Disclosure and To study at the medical school, or for Barring Service (DBS) certificate nursing, midwifery and other healthcare • successfully complete the compulsory courses, you will need to: professional skills tests in English and • undergo a vaccination programme maths. • demonstrate that you are fit and healthy by either a health declaration or The selection procedures for all initial occupation health assessment teacher education courses include an • provide a satisfactory Disclosure and interview. Visit www.brighton.ac.uk/ Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced education for up-to-date information Disclosure certificate. on entry requirements for initial teacher education courses. In addition to these entry requirements, students wishing to study nursing, For the two-year BA degree courses midwifery and paramedic practice must A-level equivalent qualifications are not also: sufficient. You need either an HND or • have completed 10 years general foundation degree equivalent qualification education or at least 120 credits in a relevant area of • complete a literacy and numeracy test higher education. during your interview • meet NHS funding requirements, no self- Education placements funded applicants can be considered • provide evidence of study within the last The university will seek placements five years (desirable) for students on initial teacher training • complete a physical fitness test with courses with partners in the south-east South East Coast Ambulances Trust region of England. The university is not (Paramedic Practice only). liable for failure of placement providers, but in such circumstances will make Entry requirements for initial teacher alternative arrangements for you. It is education courses the responsibility and obligation of the student to arrange travel to and from the To study on an initial teacher training placement; most students will be able to course (ie a degree with QTS or a PGCE), claim travel expenses. you need to meet entry requirements determined by the government. At the time of going to print, these include GCSE minimum grade C or equivalent in mathematics, English language and, for primary, a science. You must also be able to read effectively and communicate clearly in spoken and written standard English.
54 www.brighton.ac.uk | entry requirements UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON COMPACT
The University of Brighton Compact is As well as all the services we provide a partnership between the university through the Compact, as a student who and post-16 schools, colleges and is eligible for the Plus programme you will students. Through the Compact, also get access to a range of events and students can access a range of activities: activities and support with their UCAS • subject taster lectures and workshops application, no matter which university • summer and Saturday schools you are thinking about applying to. • opportunities to shadow our students • one-to-one support with writing your Our Compact partners are mostly in personal statement Sussex but we also work with some • help in preparing for interviews. partners in other parts of the south-east. You can find out if your school or college Plus programme students who go on to is part of the Compact agreement, and study at the University of Brighton may also check whether you are eligible for the also be eligible for a Compact bursary and Carl Griffiths, Compact Liaison enhanced programme of activities through opportunities to work part-time for the Officer and Cat Walsh, Compact Compact Plus, by visiting www.brighton. university. Plus Programme Coordinator ac.uk/compact. Am I eligible for the Plus programme? We run the University of Brighton Through the Compact we offer: Compact and the Plus programme • impartial information and advice to help To join the Plus programme your school which provide students, parents you make a strong application to higher or college must be a Compact partner and staff at schools and colleges education of the university, and you should meet with impartial advice and support • talks and workshops about how to our eligibility criteria. Visit www.brighton. through activities such as talks and choose the right course and write a ac.uk/compact/plus to see full details. workshops. One of our Compact personal statement that does you justice team may visit your school or • advice on student funding and finance Applying to the University of Brighton college to provide guidance • advice for parents and carers through the Compact about higher education, writing a • opportunities to visit the University of personal statement or submitting a Brighton If you and the course you are applying for strong application to university. • resources provided on our website. are eligible you should put one of these references in box 3, column F of your We also run a wide range of Additional benefits if you apply to the UCAS form: subject tasters at the University University of Brighton • COMPACT for the University of Brighton of Brighton. The Plus programme • If you meet our entry requirements you Compact provides extra support and can benefit from guaranteed standard • COMPACT PLUS for the University of special activities such as student offers or interviews for many university Brighton Compact Plus. shadowing designed for groups of courses. students who are currently under- For Compact enquiries please represented at university. Additional support through the Compact contact [email protected] or Plus programme 01273 642813. For the Plus programme www.brighton.ac.uk/compact contact [email protected] or We recognise that not all students have 01273 641043. the same opportunities, and for some people progression to university is more challenging. Students from groups that are currently under-represented in higher education can receive enhanced support through the Compact Plus programme.
university of brighton compact | www.brighton.ac.uk 55 TYPES OF COURSE
The range of undergraduate course Foundation degrees options at the University of Brighton Foundation degrees are vocational includes honours degrees, foundation qualifications that can be studied full or degrees, professional qualifications and part-time. Most foundation degrees involve top-up degrees. two years of full-time study.
Honours degrees They are designed with help from These courses involve three or four years employers, and you will be equipped with of full-time study and lead to qualifications the skills needed to flourish in a range such as BA(Hons), BSc(Hons), BEng(Hons) of exciting careers. Foundation degree and LLB(Hons). graduates can continue studying and top up to an honours degree and at our Many of our honours degree courses partner colleges across Sussex. involve work-based learning – through workshops, short placements or up to a For more information about foundation year in the workplace (usually your third degrees and studying at a partner college, year) where you apply the skills learned at visit www.brighton.ac.uk/partnercolleges. university in real situations, gain valuable experience that looks great on your CV Professional qualifications and make important contacts in industry. Many of our courses incorporate a professional accreditation. This may mean More than half our students also achieve a that graduates are licensed to practise, for professional registration or exemption from example, as a nurse; are eligible to apply professional exams when they graduate. for membership of a professional body; or are exempt from professional exams. Integrated masters degrees Some degree courses include an Engineering foundation year additional year of masters-level study. Brighton has one of the longest-running These courses are available in the subject and most successful engineering areas of engineering (MEng), pharmacy foundation courses in the UK. (MPharm), chemistry (MChem), arts and design (MDes and MFA) and computing It is offered as an integrated foundation (MComp). year on the following degrees: • Aeronautical Engineering BEng(Hons) Top-up degrees • Automotive Engineering BEng(Hons) If you have an HND, foundation degree • Digital Electronics, Computing and or professional qualification you can often Communications BEng(Hons) top this up to an honours degree. Top-up • Electrical and Electronic Engineering degrees typically involve a year of full-time BEng(Hons) study but there are some that have been • Mechanical Engineering BEng(Hons). specially developed to be studied part- time whilst you are working.
56 www.brighton.ac.uk | types of course INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
We have a thriving academic International Students’ Society community of over 22,000 students, and more including almost 3,000 students from more than 100 countries outside You can meet other international students the UK. This rich mix of nationalities in the International Students’ Society and cultural backgrounds gives the (ISS) and share your interests in over 100 university a truly international feel. different national, interest, charitable and religious societies on campus. The ISS is We are here to help run by international students and organises social events, cultural activities and outings We value the contribution that students throughout the year. You will automatically from around the world make to the be part of the ISS for your campus. university community. We offer all our students a range of support designed to Find ISS University of Brighton make the transition into student life as on Facebook. I’m Alicia and you might meet easy as possible. See pages 42–45 for me or one of my colleagues from more on student support. Orientation programme the International Office, Richard, Andrew and Jo, in your country. Specific support for students paying The orientation programme is held during We visit education exhibitions, international fees includes: the week before the start of term to give schools, colleges and agent • the opportunity to apply for a range you a chance to settle into life at the offices, where you can meet us. of University of Brighton scholarships, university and in the UK, if you have just including dedicated international arrived. During the programme, you will We do individual counselling scholarships see where you will be studying, meet sessions and run pre-departure • free membership to the International university staff, look for accommodation briefings to answer those last Students’ Society (ISS) if you have not already done so and minute questions you may have. • guaranteed accommodation for all first make new friends. Information on Our visits are a good chance for year international students when they accommodation, immigration, health, your family or sponsor to meet with have firmly accepted an academic offer finance, travel and social activities is part a university representative in your and applied for a residence place by of the programme. You can also attend own country. 8 August sessions covering adapting to study in • free orientation programme, including the UK and information about English Going overseas for study is a big accommodation during the programme; language and culture. decision to make, and it’s our job • a buddying scheme to match new to give you advice and information international students with a current The programme is free for all students you need to make a well-informed student when you arrive in the UK paying international tuition fees. We can choice. We can talk to you about • English language support during your meet you at London Heathrow or London the university, courses, fees, first year as a student, and Gatwick airports and arrange free travel on scholarships, living expenses, • if you are moving to the UK to start to the university for you, on a designated application procedures, student your course we also offer a free London day before the programme. All international life and the city of Brighton as well Heathrow or London Gatwick transfer students who have firmly accepted an as give general advice on studying to the university at the beginning of the unconditional offer from the university will in the UK. You can contact us in orientation programme. be sent information on the orientation the International Office if you’re not programme. able to meet us in your country The university has campuses www.brighton.ac.uk/orientation and we’ll help you in any way in Brighton, Eastbourne and we can. Hastings. Each location has a distinct character but wherever www.brighton.ac.uk/ you’re based, you’ll be studying international by the sea.
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Working in the UK during your course If you would like to know more about either English language tuition or the test, please Our careers and work placements service contact us. can help you find work that fits around www.brighton.ac.uk/learnenglish your studies. Our immigration and visa specialists can advise you on the work Please refer to the UKBA website for your visa allows and help you through the further details about their requirements. visa process itself. www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk www.brighton.ac.uk/careers [email protected] Academic entry requirements Our International College, located on our Help meeting our entry requirements Moulsecoomb campus, provides subject specific and study-skills tuition to students English language proficiency from outside the European Union, to help Our degree courses are delivered and you meet our academic requirements and assessed in English. The UK Border prepare for university study here. Students Agency (UKBA) and the university at our International College are guaranteed will need you to meet their English progression to our courses when they language requirements for your chosen successfully complete their preparation course. Please check individual course programme at the required level. descriptions to confirm the English www.brighton.ac.uk/ubic language entry requirements that apply to you. The University of Brighton’s International College is a trading name of Kaplan The UKBA requires prospective students Brighton Limited (registered number who have not studied and been examined 07331979) whose registered office is at in English to provide evidence they have 2nd Floor, Warwick Building, Kensington met the language requirement through a Village, Avonmore Road, London English language support secure English language test (SELT), with W14 8HQ. The International College is an approved test provider. This evidence an affiliated college of the University of English language support is available is required before we can issue you with Brighton. to all international students in their first a Confirmation of Acceptance of Studies year of study. The English language or CAS number. Please note that SELT Cost of living support programme offers a series of results are only valid for two years from the term-time lectures, classes and tutorials. time the test is taken. You cannot apply for Living costs vary according to individual It is designed to consolidate and develop a Tier 4 visa using test results older than circumstances. As a guide, the British your existing language skills to help you two years. Council estimates that the living expenses complete your day-to-day academic tasks. of an international student living outside www.brighton.ac.uk/learnenglish As an alternative, the University of London are likely to be around £800 per Brighton’s Language Institute can deliver month. This includes basic living expenses its own English language test. such as accommodation, books and bills but not course tuition fees. The Language Institute also offers a range www.brighton.ac.uk/studentlife of academic pathway English courses, including pre-sessional courses aimed at different language levels.
58 www.brighton.ac.uk | international students International student tuition fees
2013–14 Fee each year Undergraduate Classroom based From £10,900 Laboratory/studio-based From £12,900 Industrial placement year £1,760
The fees listed above are for students Alternatively, you can choose to pay your starting their course in 2013. fees in up to six monthly instalments (October through to March). Fees can be Fees for 2014–15 courses will be paid on-line or by bank transfer, or you can published later in 2013; check pay by a recurring card agreement. www.brighton.ac.uk/money for I’m Greg and I am an the most up-to-date information. Our tuition fees are generally subject to international student adviser small annual inflationary increases within based in Student Services. The standard fees that international regulatory limits (where applicable). students pay are determined by the type of Contact the university’s finance Moving to a new country to study course. Some courses have non-standard department on +44 (0)1273 642959 or is a rewarding experience which fees. Please confirm the fee for your by email at [email protected] for comes with lots of benefits for course at www.brighton.ac.uk/courses. details about deposits, online or credit your life and your career. Before card payment, or bank transfer. you start, you need to complete a International students tuition fee deposit number of requirements, and that’s All international students are required Should I be paying international fees? where I can help. It’s my job to to pay a deposit of £1,000. Deposit help you understand how to apply payments must be paid before we can If you are not sure if you should pay fees for a visa to study in the UK, and issue you with your CAS number and must at the international rate, we will contact the immigration process. be paid before 31 August 2014 for courses you during the application process to starting in September 2014. complete a fee assessment form. All cases Once here, many of our students are judged in accordance with the UK decide to stay longer to undertake Paying your fees if you are a fully government’s guidelines and are treated further study in the UK. If you find self-funded student fairly and equally. yourself falling in love with Brighton You are liable to pay tuition fees from the and the UK, I’ll be able to help you first day of your course following enrolment Scholarships for undergraduate understand the criteria and the here. Tuition fees, for courses starting in international students processes you need to complete September must be paid by 1 November in order to apply to extend your each year. You can apply for a five per University of Brighton international student visa. cent discount (rebate) if your annual scholarships are worth a £4,000 reduction tuition fees are paid in full by 1 November in tuition fees for each year of your course. We know that your family will also of the relevant academic year. Eligibility 40 scholarships are offered each year. have lots of questions; so whether conditions apply. For the latest information about they’ve got questions about scholarships, the criteria for application finance, visas or life in the UK, I’m and how to apply, visit www.brighton. here to help them understand what ac.uk/international/scholarships. to expect.
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In recent years, major changes have Part-time students been introduced to the university Most part-time courses are charged on tuition fee, student loan and student a pro rata basis according to the number funding systems. More details and the of credits taken so your fees will vary latest information can be found on our depending on how many modules you website www.brighton.ac.uk/money. take each academic year, and their credit value. Tuition fees for UK and EU students If you are entering higher education for The tuition fees shown in the table below the first time and are studying part-time are for UK and EU students starting a at the equivalent of 25 per cent or more university course for the first time in the of a full-time course, you can take out a academic year 2013–14. Tuition fees government student loan to cover the cost are generally subject to a small annual of your tuition whilst you are studying. increase in line with regulatory limits (where applicable). Part-time students should contact Registry ([email protected]) for specific advice Fees for 2014–15 courses will be about part-time fees. published in autumn 2013; check www.brighton.ac.uk/money for Students on health professions and the most up-to-date information. nursing courses Most students on health courses If you are eligible for a tuition fee loan then including nursing, midwifery, podiatry and you will not need to pay tuition fees up physiotherapy do not pay their own tuition front. See information about the student fees. Fees for these courses are paid by loan for tuition fees on page 62 for more the NHS. details. See www.brighton.ac.uk/money for more University of Brighton tuition Fees per information. fees 2013–14 year Students from the Channel Islands and Undergraduate course £9,000 Isle of Man Island students pay fees at the same rate Industrial placement year £750 as UK and other EU students. You should Brighton and Sussex £9,000 contact the educational authority on your Medical School island for advice about financial help with tuition fees.
Full-time students International students If you are entering higher education for the Please see page 59 for advice about first time, you can take out a student loan tuition fees for international students. to cover the cost of your tuition fees. See page 62 for eligibility and other details. What’s included in our tuition fee?
A salaried industrial placement year is an The professional and applied nature of option in the second or third year of many many of our courses can mean additional of our courses. costs are involved. For example you may need to have a health or criminal record check.
60 www.brighton.ac.uk | money Other courses require the use of specialist Concerned about money? materials and field trips. Where these costs are incurred as a mandatory requirement If you are concerned about your financial of the course they are covered by the situation at any time when you are a tuition fee. student here, please contact the Student Advice Service. Our service is confidential These costs are specific to each course; and non-judgemental. you can find out more from the school providing your course. 01273 642888 [email protected] Additional course costs More online help and advice You may incur additional costs depending www.moneysavingexpert.com/students on the optional modules or activities you www.ucas.com/students/studentfinance choose, for example for field trips or materials. These costs are not included in Student funding bodies your tuition fee and you will need to pay for If you normally live in England these in addition to your fees. Student Finance England 0845 300 5090 Please check directly with the school that www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance provides your course about these possible additional costs before you apply so that If you normally live in Scotland you can budget accordingly. Student Awards Agency for Scotland 0300 555 0505 General study costs www.saas.gov.uk
Whatever course you choose you should If you normally live in Wales expect to pay some additional study Student Finance Wales related costs on top of tuition fees. It is a 0845 602 8845 good idea to budget for the cost of books, www.studentfinancewales.co.uk photocopying and printing for example. If you normally live in Northern Ireland Living costs Student Finance Northern Ireland 0845 600 0662 Where you choose to live and how you www.studentfinanceni.co.uk live will play a big part in determining how much money you will need while you are If you are from a country of the EU studying. Student Finance Services 0141 243 3570 You will also need to consider costs like www.sfengland.slc.co.uk/full-time-study/ accommodation, travel, clothes, food, eu-students/how-and-when-to-apply. phone, insurance and your social life. See aspx our website for advice about costs of this kind, and living on a student budget. www.brighton.ac.uk/moneymatters
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Depending on your circumstances Funding available for UK full-time undergraduate students table you could be eligible for financial support from the government or from Household income Non-repayable Maintenance loan Total the University of Brighton. Please maintenance grant for living costs check our website for the latest advice and further details. We have 25,000 3,387 3,862 7,249 summarised the help available below, 30,000 2,441 4,335 6,776 using 2013–14 figures to show how the 35,000 1,494 4,808 6,302 system works. 40,000 547 5,282 5,829 42,620 50 5,530 5,580 GOVERNMENT FUNDING 42,875 0 5,555 5,555 45,000 0 5,341 5,341 Full-time student from the UK 50,000 0 4,836 4,836 The government’s funding package for 55,000 0 4,331 4,331 UK students starting courses in 2013 60,000 0 3,826 3,826 includes student loans for tuition fees and 62,132 0 3,610 (+) 3,610 living costs and grants that do not need 65,000 0 3,610 3,610 to be paid back. Full-time undergraduate students who are normally resident in the Source: www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy-information/student-support-information-notices.aspx UK and who are studying a university-level The table above reproduced from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills course for the first time are eligible for this website, illustrates the kind of support available to students living away from home and package. studying outside London.
Student loan for tuition fees Maintenance loan for living costs Non-repayable maintenance grant Eligible students can get a loan to cover This loan is available to help you with living Depending on your household income you the cost of tuition, which they start to costs such as food, accommodation and could also be eligible for a maintenance pay back from the April after completing travel whilst you are studying. For students grant. You can use this grant to help with or leaving their course, and they are starting in 2014 a loan of up to £5,555 living costs such as food, accommodation earning over £21,000 a year. Students a year will be available to students living and travel. This grant does NOT need to starting courses in 2013 are not required away from home and studying outside of be paid back. The amount you receive to make any repayments until after April London. Students continuing to live in a as a grant is based on your household 2016. Any outstanding loan will be written parents home whilst studying can borrow income. off 30 years after it becomes eligible for up to £4,418. repayment. See our website for advice on Students with a household income of up how the repayment system works. The amount you can borrow to help to £25,000 will be entitled to a full grant of www.brighton.ac.uk/money with living costs is determined by your £3,387 a year. Students with a household household income. income of between £25,000 and £42,600 will be entitled to a grant of between £3,387 and £50.
62 www.brighton.ac.uk | money Extra support Part-time students from the UK Additional support is available in the form of supplementary grants for students with Part-time students no longer have to pay disabilities, for students with children or tuition fees up front. If you are an eligible other dependants, and for care leavers. part-time student who is studying for at least 25 per cent of the time of a full-time Disabled students’ allowances course, you can apply for a student loan Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) are of up to £6,750 a year to cover the cost of extra financial help available to disabled your tuition whilst you are studying. students studying on a full and part-time basis. DSAs do not depend on income Part-time students are eligible for the and do not need to be repaid. Disabled Student Allowance but they are not eligible for government grants or loans Advice for students with existing to help cover living costs. qualifications I’m Nicolette and I’m a member Government policy means that if you Part-time students are eligible to be of the Student Advice Service, already have a degree or other higher considered for financial support from the based at our Grand Parade education qualification and you choose to University of Brighton. Please see campus. study for another qualification at the same www.brighton.ac.uk/money for details. or lower level (ELQ) you will not normally I run drop-in sessions every day, be eligible for government funding such Students from another EU country where I provide students with as grants, and living cost and tuition fee EU students from outside the UK who advice on anything and everything loans. meet the eligibility criteria can take out that’s affecting them. I also refer a loan to cover the cost of tuition whilst queries to specialist colleagues, The Student Support Regulations they are studying. You will not generally for instance international advisers make an exception for students taking be entitled to help with your living costs who help with visa queries and courses in medicine, dentistry, veterinary through UK government loans and grants. dedicated housing and debt science, architecture, social work and advisers based in the university. undergraduate Initial Teacher Training Students from the Channel Islands and (ITT). Students will continue to be eligible Isle of Man A major part of my job involves for loans for living costs, even if they Contact the education authority on your money issues. I give talks on the already hold an equivalent or higher level island for advice about help with living importance of budgeting and run qualification. costs. regular workshops to help students successfully complete applications If you have concerns about whether this Students on health professions and for funding like student loans. issue could affect you please contact nursing courses [email protected]. These courses have separate tuition fee The Student Advice Service is and funding arrangements. The funding here to help all students at the package includes a non-means-tested university. Our services are free reduced rate maintenance loan, means- and confidential. By getting in tested NHS bursary and a non-means- touch with us early, students can tested grant from the NHS. reduce the impact of all kinds of issues on their wellbeing and on their studies. I find this aspect of my job the most rewarding.
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Student loan repayment Proposed student loan repayment system table
This is how the student loan repayment Salary Amount of salary from Monthly repayment system works for students starting courses which 9 per cent will be in 2012 and later. deducted £25,000 £4,000 £30.00 • Students will be required to pay back their student loans when they are earning £30,000 £9,000 £67.50 over £21,000 a year. Repayments are £35,000 £14,000 £105.00 set at nine per cent of income above £40,000 £19,000 £142.50 £21,000 and start once they have completed or left the course. So for £45,000 £24,000 £180.00 example, on a salary of £25,000, the £50,000 £29,000 £217.50 nine per cent would apply to £4,000 £55,000 £34,000 £255.00 of income. This would equate to a £60,000 £39,000 £292.50 repayment of £30 per month. Source: www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/@educ/documents/ • If salary falls below £21,000 repayments digitalasset/dg_201963.pdf stop – for example because of a career break or a period of unemployment. Repayments start again when earnings What is the rate of interest on a student How do I apply for student funding? go over £21,000. loan? You don’t need to wait until you have been • Loan repayments will be deducted from • Whilst a student is at university and up offered a place at university to apply for salary, normally through the tax system. until the April after they leave university or your student funding. You can apply online • Any outstanding loan will be written off college, interest on the student loan will at www.gov.uk/apply-online-for-student- 30 years after it becomes eligible for be applied at inflation (RPI – Retail Price finance. repayment. Index) plus three per cent. • From the April after leaving university or We strongly recommend applying early The following table, reproduced from college, interest will be applied at RPI for for your student funding. You will need to the Department of Business, Innovation graduates earning below £21,000. make sure that you have sent in all the and Skills website, illustrates how the • For graduates earning between £21,000 evidence Student Finance England require. government proposes the repayment and £41,000 interest will be applied Don’t wait for them to ask for evidence to system will work. between RPI and RPI plus three per support your application. The quickest and cent on a gradual scale depending on safest method of applying is online. If you income. are sending documents in the post, make If you delay applying for funding • For graduates earning above £41,000, sure you send them recorded delivery and you should be aware that your interest will be applied at RPI plus three mark each document with your customer student finance may not be per cent. reference number. available to you at the start of term and you will need to make Check what the processing times are for adequate provisions for this. applications and if you haven’t heard, phone Student Finance England regularly for updates on your application. Contact them on 0845 300 50 90 and ensure you have all your paperwork to hand.
Apply online at www.gov.uk/ student-finance.
64 www.brighton.ac.uk | money It is a package made up of a cash bursary, Access to architecture, pharmacy and UNIVERSITY OF reduced fees and discounts for university teaching bursaries BRIGHTON FUNDING services including accommodation. The These bursaries from the university are University of Brighton care leaver’s bursary designed to support students on specific University of Brighton bursaries is funded by the National Scholarship courses and from lower income families Programme. who wish to pursue careers in these The University of Brighton provides a range professions. These are cash bursaries. of bursaries to students ordinarily resident It does not need to be repaid. It is available in England. A bursary is money or other to full-time students. They do not need to be repaid. They are support awarded on the basis of financial available to full-time students. need that does not have to be paid back Widening access bursary when you complete your course. Our This bursary is for students from families Find out more bursaries can help you to cover the cost with a household income of up to and To find out if you are eligible for a bursary, of fees, books, equipment, university including £25,000 a year (this is also the how to apply and more about payment accommodation, travel, study aids, income level at which families qualify for procedures visit our website. childcare and other study-related costs. free school meals). www.brighton.ac.uk/money
The financial support we provide through This bursary is a package made up University of Brighton scholarships bursaries is carefully targeted. University of a cash bursary, reduced fees and of Brighton bursaries provide support to discounts for university services including The University of Brighton provides a young people leaving local authority care, accommodation. The University of range of scholarships which recognise students from low-income families and Brighton widening access bursary is and reward academic and sporting merit. students from neighbourhoods where funded by the National Scholarship There are also dedicated scholarships for fewer people than average go to university. Programme. international students. We also provide bursaries for students from lower income families studying It does not need to be repaid. It is available Merit scholarships architecture, pharmacy and teaching. to full-time students. These scholarships recognise outstanding academic performance in end-of- Depending on your circumstances you If you are a part-time home or EU student year assessments. In 2013, 50 merit could be eligible for more than one you may be eligible for a fee waiver based scholarships worth £1,000 were awarded bursary. on the course load you are taking. to eligible students at the end of years 1 and 2 of their course. We also provide a bursary for eligible Part-time widening access bursary students from EU countries outside the The part-time bursary consists of a pro Sports scholarships UK. rata fee reduction of up to £2,250 in the We are committed to developing sporting first year of your course. You would qualify excellence among our students. The For eligibility criteria and further for £2,250 off your fees if you were to take sports scholarship scheme is designed to details of our bursaries visit 75 per cent of the modules of a full-time help students develop their full sporting www.brighton.ac.uk/bursaries. course. potential by giving them the necessary flexibility and support to train and compete Care leaver’s bursary EU widening access bursary at the highest level while achieving an This bursary is for students who are under This bursary is for EU students that qualify academic qualification. the age of 25 and who have been cared for a tuition fee loan from (EU) Student for by a local authority for at least 13 Finance. If eligible a £3,000 fee waiver is The scheme includes: weeks since the age of 14 and/or are living applied in year 1 of the course. • elite athletes scholarships in supported accommodation and eligible • talented sports performers scholarships for a Foyer university bursary. • disabled athletes scholarships.
www.brighton.ac.uk/scholarships
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We have provided this general Accommodation breakdown of typical living costs for a student at Brighton to help you plan All costs quoted are for 2013. your budget. These are some of the Weekly cost Annual costs Contract (weeks) costs you can expect to pay as an undergraduate on a full-time course. Catered halls £138–£159 £5,382–£6,201 39/40 weeks These costs are provided for guidance Self-catered halls £125–£150 £4,875–£6,500 39/40/50 weeks only and depending on your lifestyle you may need more or less. The cost of halls includes electricity, heating, water rates and the internet where available. You will need to buy a TV licence if you want to watch TV in your room. If you are in catered halls you will also need to budget for the cost of food at weekends and We run a website – during holidays. Price details of individual halls are provided at www.brighton.ac.uk/ www.brighton.ac.uk/ accommodation. moneymatters which contains online budgeting tools, shopping Average weekly Average annual Contract (weeks) and recycling advice and news cost cost bulletins to remind students when to apply for loans and funding. Unihomes (house From £90 to £120 Varies from £4,140– 46 weeks and flats leased to approx weekly £5,520 the university by equivalent private owners)
Rents for unihomes include contents insurance but do not include utility bills unless otherwise stated in your contract. You will need to buy a TV licence if you want to watch TV and also budget for utilities, food and travel.
Average weekly cost Average annual cost Private accommodation £95 £4,940
Rents for private accommodation do not include utility bills or insurance unless otherwise stated in your contract. Contracts are generally for six or 12 months. You will need to buy a TV licence if you want to watch TV and budget for utilities, food and travel.
Utility bills
All costs quoted are for 2013. Average monthly cost Average annual cost Gas and electricity £60 £720 Water rates Television licence Council tax Not applicable if the housing is solely occupied by students
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All costs quoted are for 2013. Brighton One week Term (three month) Annual Bus £10.50 Student £110 Student Saver £350 Student Saver Saver
Eastbourne Four weeks 13 weeks 52 weeks Bus £44 £132 £528
Hastings Four weeks 13 weeks 52 weeks Bus £42 £126 £460
Additional costs per week
Halls Off-campus Phone £5–£10 £5–£10 Contents insurance £0 £1.50 Food, domestic items, toiletries £20–40 £40 Clothing £10 £10 Laundry £5 £5 Books and equipment £5 £5 Entertainment £10–£50 £10–£50
Tea/coffee/cappuccino £0.70/£1.40/£1.50 Meal from canteen menu £2.80–£4.00 Soup and roll from the canteen £1.55 Lined writing pad £1.90 Ring binder folder £1 Box file £1.90
Based on information provided by University of Brighton student ambassadors.
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University of Brighton help and advice Our student advice service provides tailored financial advice relating to your specific circumstances as well as information on money management.
Once you are a student here we can guide you through the eligibility criteria and application processes for grants, student loans and other funds. There are a number of additional funds to help students in certain circumstances and we can help you access these if you are eligible.
We can also help you minimise financial I’m Andrew Keeffe and I’m the stress by coaching you on money university’s Community Liaison management techniques. We offer regular and Housing Advice Officer. one-to-one sessions and group workshops across all our campuses. I have over 10 years of experience in the housing and support field Help online and it’s my job to make sure our students have access to advice On our website you can find practical and support they may need information and advice to help you to resolve housing and other maximise your income and minimise community issues they encounter. your expenditure. The site has useful information on: Students can phone or email me, • funding and fees come to one of my regular drop-in • welfare benefits sessions or book a face-to-face • advice on debt appointment with me. I make sure • how to live on a budget I get out to each of our campuses • student discounts regularly so I am as accessible to • part-time work. as many students as possible.
Find out more visit www.brighton.ac.uk/ Students are often also referred to moneymatters. me by the Students’ Union, and by my colleagues in Accommodation and Hospitality Services. I also work closely with the university’s community liaison manager. The university works with local councils and agencies such as Environmental Health Service to encourage good relations between our students and other members of the local community.
68 www.brighton.ac.uk | money WHERE TO LIVE
We understand finding the right type of Brighton & Hove City Council and Hastings accommodation is very important. We Council also run landlord accreditation have university accommodation offices schemes to promote good standards of in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. rented accommodation. Whatever your We care about where our students live query, the accommodation team are here and our aim is to ensure everyone has to support and advise students taking this access to well-priced, good quality option. accommodation that’s right for them. Unihomes – university-managed We are here to help all students houses and flats and provide advice and guidance We manage more than 300 rooms in throughout your time studying here. If shared houses and flats in Brighton & you have any queries please contact the Hove, Eastbourne and Hastings. These accommodation team and we will be properties are privately owned but we have happy to help. signed a contract with the landlords to manage the properties on their behalf. This These are your accommodation options. means that you deal with and pay your rent to the university. These properties are Living at home made available to returning students at If you are local to the area, you may prefer the start of the new year and to first years to continue living at home – you won’t be joining the university in September. alone if you choose this option – around a quarter of our students studying for a Living in halls of residence first degree live at home. You can still join We have more than 2,000 places in halls in all the campus activities and you’ll have (self-contained student blocks) in six plenty of chances to make new friends. locations in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. We offer different types of hall If your home is a commutable distance accommodation, many with catered from the university and benefits from packages at some of the best prices in the good transport links you should confirm south-east. the contact time required for your course before you apply for a hall place. Some Our aim is to offer all first year students find commuting from home easier undergraduate students who meet and more cost effective. our application criteria a place in halls. However, due to high demand for places Living in a rented flat or house on our courses, we regret we are unable Around 40 per cent of our first years live to guarantee a place in halls for everyone in private sector accommodation and who applies. If you are not offered a place many students prefer the independence in halls we can help you secure private and flexibility this offers. If you opt for this sector accommodation. path you get to choose your location, type of housing and the people you live with. Homestay We have our own private sector database Homestay enables you to live with a local called www.yourstudentpad.co.uk for the household. This could be with a family, exclusive use of students. It has details of a couple or a single person, and can be landlords who have registered with us and catered or self-catered. Many students met our Code of Standards. choose homestay accommodation because it provides a supportive home environment as you settle into university life.
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The accommodation service is part Contact us of Accommodation and Hospitality Services. We are accessible and We’re open from 10am–4pm, friendly and work to support all Monday–Friday, throughout the year. University of Brighton students at all stages of their academic career. Brighton 01273 644100 • We have three accommodation offices, in [email protected] Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. Eastbourne • We provide a free and confidential 01273 643810 service to all students. [email protected] • We have a Housing Advice Officer who Hastings can provide information and advice about 01273 644631 living in private rented accommodation. [email protected] • We offer advice on finding and renting accommodation in the private sector. Find out more • We manage the application and allocation processes for our halls of www.brighton.ac.uk/accommodation residence. There’s more online about our • We manage unihomes properties in accommodation service, living in halls, Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne and unihomes and the private sector. Hastings. • We run www.yourstudentpad.co.uk www.yourstudentpad.co.uk where you can look for affordable, safe Housing advice and accommodation accommodation in the private sector. to rent exclusively for students from the • We provide a house hunting support universities of Brighton and Sussex. service which can help you find suitable accommodation in the private sector. Sussex Police Liaison Officer PC • We work with the local councils to Lee Cook works full-time with the ensure students have access to good university, across all five of our quality housing in the private sector. campuses. • We provide housing advice and support to all our students.
We are part of and support the Universities UK Student Accommodation Code. The code covers, among other matters, health and safety, maintenance and repair, and relationships between managers and student tenants. www.thesac.org.uk
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Many of our students prefer the Sussex students, you will need to contact independence and choice offered by us at [email protected] for accommodation in the private rented the password before you can access it. sector. House hunting guide We produce a house hunting guide Key facts with advice on finding and renting • More students choose to live in the property in the private sector. Read this private rented sector than any other at essential guide before you begin your the University of Brighton. accommodation search, it’s packed with • Living in the private sector offers genuine useful information to guide you through the independence, choice of location and process of choosing the right home. type of accommodation and choice of housemates. Download the house hunting guide from • You can choose accommodation that www.brighton.ac.uk/accommodation. Beki Gowing meets your budget. Textiles with Business Studies • You will need to pay a deposit and rent House hunting service BA(Hons) up front. Our house hunting service gives you the opportunity to get housing advice and I didn’t get into halls in my first meet other students who are interested in year. I didn’t know anyone at We are here to provide you with help sharing private sector accommodation. Brighton so I used the message and guidance whenever you need it. boards on www.yourstudentpad. We recommend always getting in touch Once your student status is confirmed, we co.uk to form a house hunting with us first if you are considering renting will give you access to a special group with four other girls. in the private sector and using University of Brighton Facebook group www.yourstudentpad.co.uk rather than where you can meet the accommodation We found houses on studentpad commercial letting agents. team as well as other first year students and other websites. We arranged who are also looking for private sector to look at six houses in Brighton, Our code of standards for landlords accommodation. and agreed on one in Hanover. We require all landlords who register and After talking it through with my advertise properties with us to sign up to Subject to demand, we also hold drop-in parents I paid my first month’s our code of standards. The code requires sessions called meet-ups in Brighton, rent and deposit (thanks student landlords to commit to high standards of Eastbourne and Hastings so that you overdraft) in at my bank the next behaviour towards tenants and good levels can form groups with other students and day. of safety and security in their properties. have staff on hand for advice and support. Private sector rental lists will also be My first year was amazing. I got to We expect all our students to be respectful available on these days. live close to campus, which was to the communities in which they live at handy as I had loads to carry to all times. Find housemates and friends online university every day. The house Once you have accepted an offer from was close to town so I didn’t Online help – us you’ll be invited to join our campus have to pay for taxis home after a www.yourstudentpad.co.uk Facebook groups where you can chat with night out. The private sector can Studentpad is an online student other new students, and from June 2014 seem daunting, but there are lots accommodation service providing you will be able to access studentcentral, of positives, including choosing comprehensive advice about housing our online learning environment. where you live and who you live matters as well as details of houses, with. flats, lodgings and halls available for rent You can also get advice from our current in and around Brighton, Hastings and students about what it is like to live in Eastbourne. This is a service exclusively Brighton, Eastbourne or Hastings before for University of Brighton and University of you get here.
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What it costs Popular areas to live The cost of rented accommodation will depend upon where you live, facilities and Brighton the number of tenants sharing. • Brighton & Hove is a compact city with excellent public transport links. This 2013 average rent levels means our three campuses are easily Brighton accessible from across the city and you • 1-bed flat £160 per week have lots of choice about where to live. • Shared house £95 per person per week Eastbourne Eastbourne • Our Eastbourne campus is located in • 1-bed flat £135 per week the Meads and easily accessible by • Shared house £75 to £80 per person foot, bike or public transport from the per week town centre and the Old Town. There is lots of private rented accommodation in Hastings different areas of the town. • 1-bed flat £130 per week • 4-bed house £85 per person per week. Hastings • Our Hastings campus is in the town What else to budget for centre, close to the railway station, Over and above rent, you should also shopping centre and beach. St budget for: Leonards, where Robert Tressell Hall is • a deposit, payable to your landlord in located, is within comfortable walking advance and cycling distance of this campus • heating, lighting and other utilities and also has its own railway station. • contents insurance for your belongings There is a good choice of private rented • TV licence accommodation for students living in • food and travel costs. Hastings.
Council tax You will be exempt from paying council tax if you live in halls of residence or in a house or flat wholly occupied by full-time students. The council will need to see a certificate from the university confirming details of your student status.
We expect all our students to be respectful to the communities in which they live at all times.
72 www.brighton.ac.uk | accommodation UNIHOMES
Unihomes are houses and flats leased What it costs to the university by private owners. • From around £4,200 to £6,000 a year We sign a contract with the owners to depending on the package as some manage the properties on their behalf. rents are all inclusive. This means that students living in • From approximately £90 to £120 per unihomes deal with the university and week. pay their rent directly to the university. • All rents include broadband internet provision and personal belongings insurance cover of up to £5,000. Key facts • Payment of the first instalment of rent is • Like private rented accommodation but required in advance. you deal with the university rather than a • No damage deposit required. private landlord. • The property reaches our high safety What else to budget for standards. • Electricity, gas, water and any other • Also offered to returning students. household costs. • Food and travel.
The accommodation team manage over 300 rooms in shared houses and flats We are working to increase the in Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne and number of flats and houses Hastings. we offer through the unihomes scheme. All unihomes meet high safety standards and are regularly visited by university staff. For more information on cost They are also close to our campuses of living, money matters and and are well served by public transport. budgeting please see page 66–68. Unihomes vary in size, but typically have three to five bedrooms with shared bathroom facilities, kitchen and communal areas. Good if you prefer to live in the wider community, close to local amenities and facilities.
Rooms vary in size and are let on individual 46-week contracts which run from September to July.
Like living in the private sector, students choosing a unihome do so on the understanding that the household has a collective responsibility to arrange and pay for the supply of utilities like gas and electricity.
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76 www.brighton.ac.uk | accommodation OPEN DAYS 2013–2014
Open days are an opportunity for you to tour the campus, attend subject presentations, view the facilities and have a look at our student accommodation.
Open days for 2014 entry 5 October 2013 Eastbourne campus, Hillbrow Physical education with QTS, sport and exercise science, sport studies, sport business management, sport coaching, sport journalism, international event management, international hospitality management, retail management/marketing, international travel management, international tourism management. 12 October 2013 Brighton: Moulsecoomb campus Accounting, business, finance, international business, law, architecture, interior architecture, computing, mathematics, construction, civil engineering, built environment, building surveying, engineering (mechanical, aeronautical, automotive and electrical), product design, geography, geology, environment, media, life sciences, pharmacy. 19 October 2013 Eastbourne campus, Darley Road Nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, podiatry and occupational therapy. 26 October 2013 Brighton: Falmer campus Education, teaching, nursing, paramedic practice, literature, language, linguistics, media, social sciences, criminology, social policy, social science, substance misuse intervention, politics and psychology. 30 October 2013 Brighton: Grand Parade campus Humanities. History of art and design degree programmes: visual culture, history of design, society and culture, history of decorative arts and crafts, museum and heritage studies, fashion and dress history, film and screen studies. 2 November 2013 Hastings campus Applied social science, business, computing, education, history and joint honours, broadcast journalism, broadcast media, digital post production, radio production, television production. 6 November 2013 Brighton: Grand Parade campus Graphic design and illustration. 13 November 2013 Brighton: Grand Parade campus Fine art, critical practice, painting, printmaking, sculpture, performance, photography, moving image, digital music and sound art. 20 November 2013 Brighton: Grand Parade campus Fashion and textiles. Design and craft. 27 November 2013 Brighton: Grand Parade campus Photography, moving image, digital music and sound arts. Graphic design and illustration. 15 March 2014 Hastings campus Applied social science, business, computing, education, history and joint honours, broadcast journalism, broadcast media, digital post production, radio production, television production. 10 May 2014 Hastings campus Applied social science, business, computing, education, history and joint honours, broadcast journalism, broadcast media, digital post production, radio production, television production.
Faculties and schools hold subject-specific open days too. Check the website for details. Enquiries 01273 644644 • [email protected] • www.brighton.ac.uk/opendays
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This timeline provides you with general days include subject and finance Brighton courses that involve an advice about what you need to do and talks and student-led tours of our interview as part of the selection by when as you go through the process accommodation and facilities. When process include arts and design, of becoming a full-time undergraduate you visit, try to make time to look humanities, medicine, nursing, student here. around the local area as well as our pharmacy, physiotherapy and campus. Book online at teaching. Make sure you confirm the full www.brighton.ac.uk/opendays. details of the deadlines and Like us on Facebook University of processes that relate to your September Brighton and follow us on Twitter application by checking our @uniofbrighton to keep in touch and website and those of UCAS and UCAS applications for courses get news, advice and reminders. the relevant student funding body, starting in 2014 are accepted from eg Student Finance England. mid-September onwards. December
Narrow down your shortlist of Complete your online UCAS 2013 universities and begin your UCAS application. The official deadline for In the spring application. You should do this UCAS applications for 2014 entry is online at www.ucas.com. 15 January. However many schools You will have shortlisted your and colleges set an earlier deadline universities and courses in the Book on to university autumn date. You should check whether subject areas that interest you. open days. Book online at your school or college does this. UCAS listings of courses available www.brighton.ac.uk/opendays. in 2014 became available from May. You will have visited university October 2014 websites and read prospectuses, January research courses, teaching and We hold university open days in learning approaches, facilities, October and November across 15 January is the main UCAS student support and university all our campuses. These open deadline for applications for locations. days include subject and finance courses starting in 2014. talks, and student-led tours of our Meet our education liaison team. accommodation and facilities. When Apply for student funding. To ensure You can come and talk to us at an you visit, try to make time to look that you receive funding by the start HE fair or if you live in London, the around the local area as well as our of your course, make sure that you south-east or the Channel Islands, campus. See www.brighton.ac.uk/ apply early to the relevant student we may be visiting your school or opendays for more details. funding body, eg Student Finance college. See our website for details England. You do not need to wait www.brighton.ac.uk/prospective. 15 October is the UCAS deadline until you have been offered a place for applications to the Brighton on a course to apply for funding. and Sussex Medical School. Over the summer Find out more about student life November at Brighton. Between January and You may have attended open days May many courses at Brighton hold at universities that interest you, Attend interviews. University post-application open days. These there are also more open days in the interviews generally take place events are smaller than our autumn autumn. between November and March. events and give you an opportunity to see the facilities you will use on At Brighton there are open days for your course, talk to tutors, and meet all courses at all of our campuses students and other people who have over the summer. These open applied for the same course.
78 www.brighton.ac.uk | timeline We make offers to students from June Our house-hunting service runs September 2013 onward. However, in August and September for most offers of places are made in Log on to studentcentral. Once you students looking for private rented the spring term. This is a very busy have accepted an offer of a place accommodation. period for us, when we are dealing here you’ll get access to our online with thousands of applications every learning environment. Studentcentral Log on to studentcentral. Once you week. If you haven’t heard from can help you manage your workload have confirmed your place, you can us and you have concerns, please and your life once you’re here. use studentcentral to confirm when contact the admissions team – we Before you arrive you have access and where you will need to be during are here to help. to a special area on studentcentral the first week of your course. with personalised new student February information including important September dates, checklists and FAQs. You can You can start our nursing courses in also use the new student discussion Some courses start before the February and September each year. board and meet other new students official beginning of the university’s online before you arrive. autumn term. You can check UCAS Extra runs between the start date of your course on February and June and provides Final deadline for international studentcentral. applicants who are not holding student applications for any offers with a further chance to undergraduate courses is in June. As the first day of autumn term apply for courses which still have approaches, we’ll post more vacancies. The UK and EU application deadline information on studentcentral about for our halls of residence is also in what’s going to be happening during March June. To confirm deadlines and your your first week, including enrolment eligibility for halls please visit www. processes. Think about your accommodation brighton.ac.uk/accommodation. options: we will send you our Make sure you attend welcome accommodation guide. If you are August week, held in late September, where eligible to apply for halls you can do you will complete your university so online from March, we’ll contact The application deadline for our enrolment, begin your course, attend you to tell you how to do this. halls of residence for international induction activities and enjoy the Find out more www.brighton.ac.uk/ and BSMS undergraduate students events the Students’ Union puts on accommodation. in August. Once you have all your for new students. results we will confirm your place on April a course here. Key In April and May you will have to If you haven’t done quite as well make your first (firm) and second as you needed to you may still be Students (insurance) choice of course and able to secure a place at Brighton university and confirm it with UCAS. through UCAS Clearing, which takes University of Brighton place in mid-August. May UCAS If you have applied, we will confirm We send out invitations by email whether you have a place in halls. to apply for a university halls of residence place from mid-February. If you have not heard from us by May, please contact us while there is still time for you to apply.
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A I A–Z course finder 02 Immigration 44 Produced by Marketing and Accommodation service 42, 70 International students 57 Communications Admissions enquiries 42 L Photography by Andrew Weekes Alumni association 45, 47 Libraries 44 and Jim Holden Applying through UCAS 50 Living here 69 Printed by Sterling, B Living in our halls 74 registered to environmental Beepurple 42 Living in the private sector 71 standards ISO 14001 Brighton 14 M September 2013 Budgeting 66 Map 75–76 C Money 60 Care leavers 42 Moulsecoomb campus 24 This guide is available Career-focused 08 O Careers service 42 Offers 51 in alternative formats Chaplaincy 42 Open days 77 on request. Childcare 42 P Compact 55 Private sector accommodation 71–72 Computing and media 43 Professional approach 08 This guide was printed in Counselling 43 S September 2013. The University Course finder 02 Social media 44 of Brighton makes every effort Courses at Eastbourne 34 Sport and fitness 46 to ensure the accuracy of this Courses at Falmer 18 Student Advice Service 44 guide and will take all reasonable Courses at Grand Parade 22 Student life on a budget 66 steps to provide the courses and Courses at Hastings 40 Studentcentral 44 services described in it and in Courses at Moulsecoomb 26 Students’ Union 45, 46 supplementary documentation. D Study support 44 It cannot, however, guarantee Disability and dyslexia 43 Support for you 42 their provision in the event of E T circumstances beyond its control Eastbourne 30 Timeline 78 (such as lack of demand, changes Eastbourne campus 32 Types of course 56 in government policy or industrial English language support 44 U action) but in such an event, will Enrolment 51 Unihomes 73 make reasonable effort to provide Entry requirements 52 V a suitable alternative. In accepting Excellence awards 06 Visa advice 44 any offer of a place, you consent F Volunteering 42, 47 to incorporation of this notice as Falmer campus 16 W a term of contract between you Fees and costs 60 Where to live 69 and the university. All students are Funding 62, 64 required to abide by the university’s Funding, University of Brighton 65 regulations which are available on G request. Grand Parade campus 20 H Hastings 36 Hastings campus 38 Health 44 How to apply 50 How to find us 81
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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 road and rail from Brighton, with Eastbourne and Hastings between 30–60 mins further along the coast. The M23 connects Gatwick to Brighton and the London-Brighton rail link passes West through the airport which has its own Sussex station.
Heathrow international airport is on the M25 which connects with the M23 at junction 7. There is a direct coach link to 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.
Central Gatwick Heathrow London international international airport airport 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
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Central contact details
University of Brighton Mithras House Lewes Road Brighton BN2 4AT email [email protected] telephone (01273) 644644 fax (01273) 642607 international code (+441273)
UCAS institutional codes University of Brighton (BRITN) B72
University of Brighton Hastings campus (BRITN) B72 campus code U University of Brighton Guide Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) B74
There’s more online... Please refer to the website, www.brighton.ac.uk/courses for up-to-date course information.