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School of Sport and Health Sciences

The School of Sport and Health Sciences provides a stimulating learning experience, motivating and inspiring our students to become critical thinkers and highly-skilled professionals.

We offer a wide-range of sport-related and health-related undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees as well as a programme of continuing professional education for health professionals. Our subjects include nursing, midwifery, occupational therapy, paramedic science, physical education, physiotherapy, podiatry, sport coaching, sport management, sport science and sport studies.

All courses taught by the School of Sport and Health Sciences will be based on our Falmer, Brighton campus from the academic year 2024-2025. Students applying to start this course in September 2023 will move to our Falmer, Brighton campus from September 2024. Students starting from September 2024 onwards will be based in Falmer throughout their studies. 

On the edge of the South Downs National Park, the Falmer campus is also home to our School of Education and the Brighton and Sussex Medical School and right next door to the Amex Stadium, home to Brighton & Hove Albion FC. 

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Facilities

Our innovative facilities will develop your professional skills and experience throughout your studies.

They include:

  • the Leaf Hospital our own fully-staffed podiatry clinic where students gain practical experience treating patients throughout their degree
  • BASES-accredited sport and exercise science labs
  • clinical skills and simulation suites
  • extensive sports facilities including a swimming pool, climbing wall, gyms, an artificial training pitch and dance studios
  • daily living suite and practical skills rooms.

You can find out more about the facilities for your subject on our facilities website.

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Partnerships

Regulatory and professional bodies

  • Advance Higher Education Academy
  • British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES)
  • Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
  • Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)
  • College of Paramedics
  • Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Ofsted
  • Royal College of Occupational Therapists
  • Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS)
  • The Royal College of Podiatry
  • World Federation of Occupational Therapists

Relationships through association with NHS Trusts

  • Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Children's Trust
  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust
  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Sussex Community NHS Trust
  • Sussex Partnership NHS Trust
  • Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust

Patient and public involvement

We are committed to the common values of the NHS constitution where patients come first in everything the NHS does. These values include respect and dignity, compassion and working together for patients.

The work of our service user and carer involvement strategy group helps students understand the patient experience, what it is like to be a patient or client receiving health and social care, and how this affects family and friends who may also be giving some of that care.

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Equality charters

Athena Swan

The School of Sport and Health Sciences is committed to advancing equality and diversity by transforming our culture to have a real effect on the lives of our staff and students.

We are actively involved in promoting Gender Equality via the Athena Swan equality charter with an action plan related to our existing bronze awards.

Other areas of activity aim to foster Race Equality, Equality for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions, as well as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender equality.

Read our Athena Swan action plan (pdf).

Athena Swan Bronze Award

Our subjects

  • Allied health professions
  • Nursing and midwifery
  • Professional development in health
  • Public health
  • Sport and exercise
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Come to an applicant event

Our applicant events are a great way to learn more about your course after you have applied, to get to know us better and make sure we are the right university for you.

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School offices

School of Sport and Health Sciences
University of Brighton
Hillbrow
Gaudick Road
Eastbourne BN20 7SP

We also have offices in the following buildings:

Robert Dodd Building
49 Darley Road
Eastbourne BN20 7UR

Westlain House
Village Way
Falmer
Brighton BN1 9PH

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Phone: +44 (0) 1273 644087
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