Many of our researchers and academic staff collaborate on international teaching and research ventures in partnership with commercial and not-for-profit organisations, foreign government departments and other universities. These collaborations share the goal of contributing towards economic growth and social wellbeing. Examples of our international collaborations include:
Business management
Helping UNESCO manage innovation in Tanzania
The Centre for Research in Innovation Management (CENTRIM) is providing training in the skills needed to manage innovation, which will facilitate economic and social development in Tanzania, one of the poorest countries in the world.
Environment
Testing energy-saving systems for older buildings in England and France
The Innovation for Renewal (IFORE) project, aims to explore how existing houses can be made more efficient to reduce their carbon footprint. The project which spans the Channel to take in two housing developments, is a first step towards a sustainable, emission-free future for older housing.
Education
Building CPD capacity for practising teachers in Mauritius
A collaborative partnership between the University of Brighton and the Institute of Education (Mauritius) is building Continuing Professional Development capacity through a series of projects to address limited higher education development for teachers.
Building a school in Nepal
A School for Malagiri is a charity which started as a fund raising project within the School of Education, to support the construction of a new school in Malagiri, Nepal for three to eight year-olds. Many young children in this remote rural area do not receive an education, because they are not able to manage the strenuous two hour walk to the local government school.
Healthcare
Bespoke courses for health professionals in China and Thailand
The university’s School of Nursing and Midwifery and Institute of Postgraduate Medicine have created a course in collaboration with commercial training company Innotech Ltd, entitled ‘Introduction to Community Health Care in the UK’. The course has been delivered to health professionals from the Minhang District of Shanghai on a regular basis since 2010.
The School of Nursing and Midwifery, in partnership with the Infant Feeding Consortium community interest company (IFCcic), have recently delivered a bespoke course ‘Infant Feeding and Public Health: Breastfeeding Theory to Practice’ to a delegation of doctors and nurses from Ramathibodi and Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospitals in Bangkok.
Capacity-building in Critical Care Nursing, Zambia
The University of Brighton is working in collaboration with the Lusaka University Teaching Hospital and School of Nursing in Zambia to train over 100 nurses in Critical Care Nursing over the next five years. The same model will then be developed for other specialist areas of nursing.
