News and events from the University of Brighton Alumni Association
Welcome to your new look ebulletin! We hope you have enjoyed a great start to 2012. As promised, we are launching a new oral history project in which we hope you will all get involved – Bygone Brighton. We want your memories, anecdotes, favourite fashions, top tunes, wintery wonders, snapshots and key memories of your time as a student here. Whether you had a quirky tutor, went to the best gig ever, celebrated your 21st at university or even met your spouse here – tell us about it. Contact memories@brighton.ac.uk – we can’t wait to hear from you.
Alumnus award 2012
Warmest congratulations to disability rights campaigner and social media guru, Julie Howell (Library and Information Studies BA(Hons) 1992), our first ever winner of the University of Brighton Alumnus Award.
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New chemistry degrees launched
The university has launched two new degrees to meet demand for more chemistry graduates to support the UK’s economic recovery. Both will offer placements in industry or research laboratories plus innovative teaching methods. Read more...
TV student to promote legendary DJ
A TV production student has been given the chance to promote DJ Fatboy Slim's legendary Brighton gigs. Bobby Thrower, who studying Television Production FdA, will provide promotional ideas and be a member of the production crew for the fifth Big Beach Boutique gigs on 1 and 2 June. Read more…
Nationwide success for enterprising alumnus
The winner of last year’s Student Entrepreneurship Award, Brighton graduate, David Ferguson, has recently signed a deal with B&Q to sell his innovative loft storage solution across the UK.
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Operating at the highest level
Kishan Moosai, a Brighton and Sussex Medical School student, will compete next month in the grand final of a competition to find one of the UK's leading surgeons of the future.
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Help post-apartheid southern Africa
Support scholars on postgraduate short professional courses that directly benefit their community when they return home. You could fund a student in the area of teaching, pharmacy, engineering, medicine or nursing. Take part in our sponsored cycle ride on Sunday 11 March. Read more...
Professional development
The university is committed to continuing professional development and has a range of courses, some part-time and some in the evenings, from business to sport. We have also got a new, unique, masters degree in arts and cultural research. Read more...
