Access to university facilities

Library facilities

Alumni are entitled to continue to use the university's libraries. Membership is free for one year after graduating from your first University of Brighton course and thereafter graduates can sign up for external membership to the libraries at a discounted rate of £40 per annum – a saving of £30 off the normal rate.

To join, just visit your nearest university library and ask for a membership form stating that you are an alumnus of the University of Brighton. Unfortunately membership does not include access to online journals due to licensing restrictions.

Sporting facilities

The University of Brighton Alumni Association has negotiated, for its members, special discounts for use of the university's sporting facilities. Alumni are eligible to apply for membership to the university's gyms at a discounted rate of £155 per annum (£165 from 1 August) for an annual membership which is a saving of £60 from the community member rate or there is now a new four month membership costing just £60 (£75 from 1 August).

This entitles graduates to visit the university's many sporting facilities with no further cost for gym, swim or climbing wall use and no monthly fees. The university has sports facilities on 3 sites, all with different facilities. Your sports membership card will entitle you to visit any of these sites. Recently £1m has been spent refurbishing the pool at Eastbourne and building a new Performance Fitness Hub. The £7m Falmer Sports Centre has a fantastic gym and the c v equipment at the Cockcroft sports centre has all recently been upgraded. All facilities benefit from state of the art Life Fitness equipment with integrated tv screens, I-pod docking capability and virtual trainer modes.

Facilities include gymnasia, fitness suites with resistance and cardiovascular equipment, studios, sports halls including, badminton courts, volleyball courts, basketball courts, and climbing-walls. There are also outdoor tennis courts, netball courts, and an indoor swimming pool at Eastbourne. A comprehensive classes programme is also available.

Please visit the sport section of the university website for details of our sport and recreation facilities.

Summer accommodation

Self-catering during the summer recess.
The University of Brighton Alumni Association is pleased to offer self-catering accommodation on both the university’s campuses at Brighton and Eastbourne.

Accommodation is available from a minimum of three nights with some dates being restricted to a minimum of seven nights.

In Brighton the prices are £199 for seven nights and in Eastbourne £20 per night (minimum booking of three nights). The bedrooms are single with en suite shower and WC.

For further information and to book your accommodation please go to:
www.brighton.ac.uk/conferences/summer/campuses/