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Centre for Learning and Teaching

About the department

The Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT) supports the professional development of university academic staff. We work with individuals and groups of staff, with schools and faculties, contribute to institutional and national policies.

Our aim is to promote the importance of teaching as a professional activity and to enhance the quality of learning and teaching. We do this through a range of activities, including:

  • courses for both new and experienced lecturers
  • conferences and staff seminars
  • projects and consultancy work for individuals and departments
  • research into learning and teaching in HE
  • developing resources to support learning and teaching
  • assisting staff access support and funding from external bodies such as the Higher Education Academy
  • advising on teaching strategies to support students with disabilities.

Find out more

Centre for Learning and Teaching website

Contact

Centre for Learning and Teaching
University of Brighton
104 Watson Building
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9PH

Email cltadmin@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 643115

Estate and Facilities Management

About the department

Estate and Facilities Management manages the physical environment in which staff and students work, live and learn. Our commitment is not only to provide excellent facilities for the university community as a whole, but to contribute to ensuring an enriching student experience through fit for purpose, high quality buildings and support services.  

We cover a wide spectrum of essential services:
  • Accessibility
  • Amex Stadium
  • Capital projects
  • Cleaning and caretaking services
  • CMIS support
  • Departmental Health and Safety
  • Emergency guidelines
  • Estate strategy
  • Help desk facility
  • Maintenance
  • Post and courier
  • Security
  • Space management
  • Sustainable development
  • Transport and travel

Procurement and developments

Estate and Facilities Management is also responsible for procurement and project management of new property developments. Current examples include the Moulsecoomb campus development, the Advanced Engineering Building and Varley Park student residences.

Contact

Estate and Facilities Management
University of Brighton
Exion 27
Crowhurst Road
Hollingbury
Brighton
BN1 8AF

Campus information

City
Site Manager: Vanessa Dunstall
Tel 07984 622368

Eastbourne 
Site Manager: Richard Cartwright
Tel 07966 211414

Falmer 
Site Manager: Jade Brooker
Tel 07966 211246

Moulsecoomb 
Site Manager: David Heightley
Tel 07775 813018

Evaluation and Policy

About the department

The Evaluation and Policy department (EPD) provides data analysis, sector intelligence and evaluation on a wide range of higher education issues to support staff across the institution in delivering the university’s strategic priorities. We works closely with the University Executive Board to support its planning and enable evidence-driven decision making, particularly in relation to learning, teaching and the student experience.

Key areas of responsibility include:

  • Institutional surveys, including the National Student Survey and Graduate Outcomes survey
  • Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF)
  • Insight and evaluation to support the development and monitoring of the university’s Access and Participation Plans
  • Data analysis to support equality and diversity at the university, including Advance HE’s Athena SWAN and the Race Equality Charters
  • Systematic interpretation and analysis of higher education policy developments to identify risks and opportunities for the university
  • Coordination of external consultation responses on behalf of the university
  • Monitoring, advice and action planning in relation to regulation of the university by the Office for Students.

Contact

Evaluation and Policy
University of Brighton
801 Cockcroft Building
Lewes Road
Moulsecoomb
Brighton
BN2 4GJ

Email epdadmin@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 641042

Finance

About the department

The Finance department supports the university in planning, managing and maximising the value and use of its financial resources, in order to achieve its objectives in a sustainable, controlled and accountable way.

The five divisions of the department provide the following financial support services for the university:

Income and Payments

  • collects tuition fees from students and deals with all other sources of income
  • makes payments to suppliers, as well as reimbursing staff and students for travel expenses, bursaries and other items
  • is responsible for cash management and the university’s investments.

Payroll and Pensions

  • manages the payroll of over 3,000 full and part-time staff
  • oversees staff pension contributions and membership records.

Procurement Services

  • supports and advises on the purchase of supplies and services
  • advises on purchasing procedures and is involved in the negotiation of sector-wide contracts
  • is responsible for university-wide contracts for photocopying, stationery supply and insurance.

Accounting Information Services

  • provides budget support to schools and departments
  • maintains and develops the university’s main accounting system and provides a helpdesk for support and advice to users
  • provides management and financial information to budget managers, senior management, the Board of Governors and funding bodies
  • prepares the annual budget and financial statements of the university and its subsidiary companies
  • undertakes cost analysis complying with Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) guidelines
  • manages the tax position of the university and provides VAT advice
  • provides financial support to research contracts and a wide range of other income-generating activity.

Financial Planning

  • supports capital funding and projects
  • undertakes financial appraisals and other project work
  • is responsible for financial forecasting and returns to funding bodies.

Contact

Income and Payments
David Hall
Email D.C.Hall@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642722

Payroll and Pensions
Tim Oliver
Email payhelp@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642736

Procurement Services
Julian Wood
Email purchasingservices@brighton.ac.uk |
Tel 01273 642725

Accounting Information Services 
Head of Financial Reporting: Andrew Simpson
Email A.J.Simpson@brighton.ac.uk 
Tel 01273 642743

Head of Financial Performance: James Bradley
Email J.G.Bradley@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 641964

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Financial Planning
Bob Cook
Email R.E.Cook@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642738

Director of Finance: Mike Bewlock
Tel 01273 642720

Deputy Director of Finance: Stephen Osborn
Email S.Osborn@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642723

Executive Personal Assistant: Lesley Saunders
Email L.J.Saunders@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642729

Human Resources

About the department

The department is responsible for the development of the university’s HR policies, strategies and procedures on all aspects of people management, including staff planning, recruitment and selection, pay and conditions of service, management development and employment relations, and via the Equality and Diversity team ensuring equality of opportunity for all staff.

Our HR Strategy has four main strategic themes: recruiting and retaining talent; building high quality leadership and management; developing staff communication and engagement; and building individual and collective performance. 

Departmental Management Team

The Director of People advises the university’s senior management team, is a member of the university’s executive board and attends a number of university committees. The Director of People manages the overall strategy of the department and is supported by the Deputy Director of HR, who deputises for her, drives forward the strategy and is supported by senior managers with responsibilities for divisions of the department, and an administrator.

Employee Relations

This area is responsible for services covering pay and reward, union relationship management, formal negotiating and consultation frameworks, pay and conditions of service, employment legislation impact assessment, policy development and review, performance management, HR advice and guidance, and formal casework management. 

Learning and Development

The Learning and Development team is managed by the Leadership and Management Development Manager who is supported by two Learning and Development Advisers and an Administrator who are responsible for the co-ordination of leadership and management development and training as well as staff induction.

HR Operations

This area is led by the HR Manager (Operations). HR Operations is the largest team in HR and consists of three small teams which work closely together to support managers and staff in a full range of their day to day activities. These teams are as follows: Recruitment and Orientation, HR Support as well as HR Systems, Information and Projects.

Equality and Diversity

The Equality and Diversity team is managed by the Equality and Diversity Manager who is supported by two Equality and Diversity Advisers and an Equality and Diversity Coordinator. The team who are responsible for institutional equalities strategies and policies, equalities charters’ work and staff engagement and awareness activities on equality, diversity and inclusion.

Contact

Human Resources
Room 217, Mithras House
Lewes Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 4AT

Email humanresources@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642837

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Information Services

About the department

Services we manage include:

  • the campus network, which covers 15 sites across Sussex and provides access to university resources and the internet from classrooms, libraries, offices and study bedrooms
  • four site libraries with over half a million library items and electronic information sources available on and off campus
  • an interactive student intranet with personalised home pages, email, course material, file storage, and printing
  • around 860 computers in open-access computer rooms and libraries
  • media centres with projectors, cameras, video and audio recording, video editing, tape copying, TV studios, off air recording
  • photocopying and binding services
  • advice, support, documentation and training to use the equipment.

We are responsible for IT, library, learning technologies, and print services, in support of all aspects of university activity. The department is divided into three sections:

Library Services

​We provide print and online resources, discovery tools, study spaces, training and support in four libraries located at each of the university campuses. Services are: Libraries, Learning and Teaching, and Research Support.

IT Services

We provide a range of digital infrastructure and IT support services to the university. IT Services is made up of the following sections: IT Services Desk, Telecoms, Business Systems, Network Services, Core Services, Technical Services and Unicard Services.

Learning Technologies and Innovation

We provide a variety of customer-facing technical services for staff and students across the university including: Portal Services, Central Media Services and eLearning Services.

Contact

Information Services
University of Brighton
First Floor, Watts Building
Moulsecoomb
Brighton
BN2 4GJ

Telephone: 01273 642640
Fax: 01273 642666

You can find contacts for libraries, media and computing here.

IT support

For IT support on any campus, contact the Service Desk on 01273 644444, or email them at servicedesk@brighton.ac.uk.

Feedback

If you are unhappy about any aspect of the services you receive from Information Services, or feel that you have been treated unfairly then it's important you let us know. You can find our complaints policy and process here (pdf).

Internal Audit

About the department

The Internal Audit Service (IAS) is responsible for carrying out an independent appraisal of all the institution’s activities, both financial and otherwise. It provides an independent assurance of the university’s internal control framework to the Governing Body and designated officer (the Vice-Chancellor).

The IAS carries out its work through an annual plan of audits and reviews which are approved by the Audit Committee. The audit work undertaken is drawn in the main from the areas of high risk as identified in the university’s strategic risk list. Reports which are produced following audits are discussed with managers and viewed by the university’s senior management team and Audit Committee.

The IAS has no executive role although it does provide advice on the development of new systems and day to day advice on the development of new practices in order to maintain its overview of the effectiveness of internal control arrangements.

The Director of Internal Audit provides an annual opinion to the Governing Body and designated officer on the adequacy and effectiveness of risk management, control and governance, and VFM and the extent to which it can be relied upon.

The IAS also has a responsibly to detect, prevent and investigate matters of irregularity or fraud and to liaise as necessary with external agencies in those investigations. The IAS provides a police liaison role in certain areas of activity between the university and different branches of the police service.

The IAS maintains a dialogue with the university’s external auditors to ensure there is no duplication of work.

Contact

Head of Internal Audit
Barry Frankham

Mithras House
Lewes Road
Brighton
BN2 4AT

Email B.L.Frankham@brighton.ac.uk |
Tel 01273 642724

Assistant Internal Auditor
Ann Baxter

Mithras House
Lewes Road
Brighton
BN2 4AT

Email A.L.Baxter@brighton.ac.uk
| Tel 01273 641778

Marketing and Communications

About the department

Marketing and Communications provides professional services to help colleagues and communities to communicate with one another and with our many different audiences. We undertake a wide range of communication, marketing, recruitment and outreach roles across the university, supporting and reinforcing the student and staff experience.

We are made up of the following teams:

  • creative and digital services
  • external communications and events
  • internal communications
  • international recruitment
  • marketing
  • recruitment and outreach
  • research and enterprise communication
  • study abroad

Our role is to make sure that encounters and interactions that people have with the university are clear and authentic, and that they receive consistent messaging from their very first contact with us that supports and expands their view of the university, and more widely of Higher Education.

Working with colleagues, we underwrite and support the structures of the university and bring these together in new and different ways to optimise the impact of our communications and ensure we reach the broadest possible audiences.

We can help staff and students present themselves visually and verbally, using the best approach, whether for recruitment campaigns, managing projects for research, and economic and social engagement activities, course development and outreach activities.

We have expertise in the full spectrum of media, including the web, press, social media, design and print, campaign delivery, brand development, events, market research, user experience testing and more, providing the most effective solutions to objectives across the university.

Contact

Marketing and Communications
University of Brighton
Room 230 Mithras House
Lewes Road
Brighton
BN2 4AT

Departmental Administrator
Sue Carr-Hill
Email Sue.Carr-Hill@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642661

Director of Marketing and Communications
Elizabeth Sanz
Email Elizabeth.Sanz@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642604

Media relations
Ken Young
Email K.Young2@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 643022

Publications and corporate identity and web
Beth Leese
Email E.Leese@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642606

Corporate merchandise
Sue Carr-Hill
Email Sue.Carr-Hill@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642661

Corporate events
Hugh Jones
Email events@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 643226

Marketing
Gill Ure
Email marketing@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 643225

Advertising
Email marketing@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642605

Open days
Message our enquiries team
Tel 01273 644644

Recruitment and Outreach
Wendy Marshall
Email studentrecruitment@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 644644

International Office
Email our international team
Tel + 44 (0)1273 642409

Widening Participation
Email compactplus@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 641043 / 641225

Study Abroad
Mary Jones
Email studyabroadoffice@brighton.ac.uk
Tel + 44 (0)1273 643440

Occupational Safety and Health Services

About the department

The Occupational Safety and Health Services department is responsible for:

  • preparing and issuing safety policies and codes of practice
  • developing and implementing a health and safety strategy in accordance with the aims and objectives of the university corporate plan
  • reporting on health and safety to the Board of Governors
  • advising on all aspects of health and safety in the university
  • promoting best working practices and reducing ill health across the university.
  • safety auditing within the university
  • liaising with external organisations on matters of health and safety
  • accident investigation and reporting
  • disseminating safety information and guidance
  • the provision and maintenance of fire fighting equipment
  • responding to incidents
  • advising the Safety Committee on all aspects of health and safety
  • facilitating and providing safety training courses.

Please see here for our Health and Safety Policy (pdf).

Contact

Occupational Safety and Health Services
University of Brighton
Exion 27
Crowhurst Road
Hollingbury
Brighton, BN1 8AF

Departmental administrator
Tel 01273 643144

Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

About the department

The Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement department is responsible both for initiating and developing ongoing meaningful relationships with alumni (former students) and friends of the University of Brighton and also for the generation of philanthropic income from a range of external sources to help support the current priorities and future ambitions of the institution.

The collective term 'alumni' is used to describe the constituency of former students of the University of Brighton, Brighton Polytechnic and its associated colleges. The term 'friends' is used to refer to all other individuals and organisations with an interest in or association with the University of Brighton.

As part of the department's alumni engagement activities, it manages the alumni association. Via the association, it offers a range of benefits and services to our graduates worldwide and also produces an annual magazine which is sent to all contactable alumni across the world and also to our growing community of friends.

The department acts as a point of contact between former students and the university, helping graduates keep in touch with the university as well as with each other.

The department can provide organisational support for faculties and schools wishing to interact and engage with their alumni. In addition, it is responsible for coordinating fundraising and sponsorship activities across the institution with the objective of increasing the levels of philanthropic income received.

Contact

Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement 
University of Brighton
Mithras House Room 209
Lewes Road
Brighton
BN2 4AT

Tel 01273 642600

Director of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement
|Tel 01273 878382

Fundraising and sponsorship activities, including stewardship
giving@brighton.ac.uk|

Alumni engagement, communications and events
alumni@brighton.ac.uk|

More information

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  • The Brighton Effect magazine

Planning and Performance

About the department

The Planning and Performance department (PPD) provides information, evidence and benchmarking required to support the University Executive Board’s decision making on institution-wide strategy and planning.

The department has responsibility for the management, oversight and delivery of all aspects of the academic and professional services planning cycle. It also provides analysis and insight to enable joined-up academic and business planning – advising on the strategic development of the university’s size and shape. A key area of responsibility is leading the development of business intelligence to deliver management information to support effective planning, monitoring and delivery of institutional strategic priorities.

Contact

Planning and Performance
University of Brighton
801 Cockcroft Building
Lewes Road
Moulsecoomb
Brighton
BN2 4GJ

Email ppdadmin@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 641042

Research, Enterprise and Social Partnerships

About the department

The department for Research, Enterprise and Social Partnerships is the first port of call for academics, businesses, public sector organisations, community groups, and social enterprises, looking to work with the university – particularly on research collaboration, product and service innovation, consultancy, facilities hire, bespoke short courses, skills development and regional and public engagement.

The department includes:

  • Research and enterprise project development and project management services
  • Knowledge Transfer Partnership Programme
  • Green Growth Platform
  • Community University Partnership Programme
  • Contracts and Intellectual Property (IP)

Contact

Research, Enterprise and Social Partnerships department
University of Brighton
4th Floor Watts Building
Lewes Road

Research collaboration, consultancy, facilities hire and short courses
Email KnowledgeExchange@brighton.ac.uk
Tel +44(0)1273 641039  

Product and service innovation for SMEs via the Knowledge Transfer Partnership Programme
Email ktp@brighton.ac.uk 
Tel +44(0)1273 642424 

Expert research and enterprise legal services via the Contracts and IP team 
Email r.ose@brighton.ac.uk 
Tel +44(0)1273 642368

Administrative support to the five Brighton Futures leads
Email FuturesAdmin@brighton.ac.uk
Tel +44(0)1273 643720

Environmentally friendly business development via the Green Growth Platform
Email GreenGrowthPlatform@brighton.ac.uk
Tel +44(0)1273 641949 

Community partnerships via the university's Community University Partnership Programme 
Email cupp@brighton.ac.uk
Tel +44(0)1273 643004 

Regional and public engagement, general business enquiries
Email D.Parsons@brighton.ac.uk
Tel +44(0)1273 641039

Vice-Chancellor's Office

About the department

The vice-chancellor of the university, Professor Debra Humphris, is the chief executive of the university, and is responsible to the Board of Governors for all aspects of the management of the institution, and for the leadership of its staff.

The members of the University Executive Board work with a small team of administrative staff, with most members of the administrative team having a particular working relationship with one member of the University Executive Board, under the overall leadership of the office manager.

The senior line management responsibility of the University Executive Board covers both the academic work of the university and the central support departments. Colleagues in the VC’s Office therefore receive enquiries across a wide range of topics.

The department also encompasses the Legal and Governance team – which includes the legal services and information compliance and Sussex Learning Network and University Apprenticeships.

Contact

Vice-Chancellor's Office
University of Brighton
8th Floor Cockcroft Building
Lewes Road
Brighton

Vice-Chancellor enquiries
Jane Wiggins
Email J.M.Wiggins@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642001

Deputy Vice-Chancellor enquiries
Lisa Jones
Email L.S.Jones@brighton.ac.uk 
Tel 01273 642007

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) enquiries 
Fiona Marquet
Tel 01273 642003

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Operations) enquiries
Jane Wiggins
Email J.M.Wiggins@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642001

Director of Campus Development enquiries 
Lesley Saunders
Email L.J.Saunders@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642729

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students) enquiries 
Teresa Hampton 
Email T.J.Hampton@brighton.ac.uk 
Tel 01273 642005

Director of People enquiries
Jan Berry 
Email J.B.Berry@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642833

Director of Finance enquiries
Lesley Saunders
Email L.J.Saunders@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642729

Registrar and Secretary enquiries
Lisa Jones
Email L.S.Jones@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642003

Deputy University Secretary
Andrew Wilson
Email  A.V.Wilson@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642404

Head of Data Compliance and Record Management 
Rachel Page
Email R.J.Page@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642010

Data Compliance and Records Officer
Katie Warrener
Email K.Warrener@brighton.ac.uk
Tel 01273 642010

Legal and Governance Officer
Nicolas Teasdale
Email N.Teasdale@brighton.ac.uk

Sussex Learning Network
Email s.williams@sussexlearningnetwork.org.uk 
Tel +44(0)1273 642532

Apprenticeships
Email : Apprenticeships@brighton.ac.uk
Tel : 01273 643098

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