University of Brighton news - 2013 archive Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://live-brighton-uni.cloud.contensis.com/about-us/news-and-events/news/2013/index.aspx?SyndicationType=2 2026-04-16T06:43:28Z

Inaugural lecture from Professor Jonathan Chapman

2013-12-19T16:57:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/meaningful-stuff-designing-longer-lasting-material-experiences.aspx

Top consumer brands are researching products that people want to keep for longer – a move that could herald the end of the throwaway society

2013-12-19T16:49:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/time-to-bin-the-throwaway-society.aspx

The University of Brighton will provide close to £5m financial support to students starting undergraduate courses in September, 2014

2013-12-19T16:35:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/new-bursaries-to-help-lower-income-students.aspx

A common virus is linked to high blood pressure in older people, new research has found

2013-12-19T16:17:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/virus-linked-to-high-blood-pressure.aspx

Stardust that passes unnoticed through the Earth has been turned into music at the University of Brighton

2013-12-12T15:48:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/the-cosmic-concerto.aspx

A new multi-million-pound support scheme will provide extra help for 40 University of Brighton STEM postgraduate students

2013-12-11T14:24:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/new-25m-support-scheme-for-postgraduates.aspx

A University of Brighton student is playing a key role for Team GB in this week's World University Winter Games in Italy

2013-12-10T16:14:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/world-championships-for-sam.aspx

Two University of Brighton students have scooped a national award for their film on Brighton's culture and fashion

2013-12-05T11:21:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/fashion-and-culture-on-film.aspx

University of Brighton alumnus and world gold medallist Faye McClelland has been crowned Disabled Sports Personality of the Year

2013-12-04T15:20:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/sports-personality-award-for-faye.aspx

Lord Lieutenant, Peter Field opens the university's second academic building in Hastings

2013-12-04T14:08:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/lord-lieutenant-opens-7.5m-academic-building-in-hastings.aspx

The Brighton and Sussex Medical School is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year

2013-11-26T14:19:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/medical-school-celebrates-tenth-anniversary.aspx

A university graduate is making frames for photos of newborn babies using their placentas – and she is already receiving orders from parents

2013-11-25T10:27:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/babies-in-the-frame.aspx

The University of Brighton is to benefit from a share in £350m of new funding announced to support postgraduate Centres for Doctoral Training

2013-11-22T14:11:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/major-funding-boost-for-next-generation-of-heritage-scientists.aspx

Inaugural lecture from Professor Guy Julier

2013-11-15T16:19:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/zombies-and-pirates-practising-design-culture-in-the-21st-century.aspx

Gatwick Airport has donated more than 20,000 used toothbrushes to help the University of Brighton build Britain's first house made almost entirely from thrown-away rubbish

2013-11-13T10:13:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/airport-donates-20,000-toothbrushes.aspx

Two students have designed a new website to enable deaf people to find trusted traders who can communicate with them

2013-11-12T15:23:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/students-design-website-for-deaf-people.aspx

New research is underway to identify people most at risk from cardiovascular disease and to find new treatments to protect them from heart attacks and strokes

2013-11-08T15:17:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/screening-could-prevent-heart-disease-deaths.aspx

BBC TV anchorman Nicholas Owen gave top tips on how to become a successful newsreader during a talk to media production and journalism students at the University of Brighton in Hastings this week

2013-11-08T10:30:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/bbcs-nicholas-owen-talks-to-our-students-in-hastings.aspx

A research programme aimed at tackling social disadvantage has been recognised nationally by the Chief Medical Officer for England

2013-11-05T16:08:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/university-praised-by-chief-medical-officer.aspx

The first academic study of LGBT life the city of Brighton and Hove, discusses how equalities legislation was experienced on the ground in the New Labour era by LGBT people

2013-10-28T14:28:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/new-book-reveals-how-equality-laws-did,-and-didnt,-progress-lgbt-rights.aspx

A University of Brighton scientist has won a global award for his work in pharmaceutical science

2013-10-28T11:47:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/global-award-for-university-scientist.aspx

Are buildings made from old toothbrushes the future? Should architects look to create more buildings out of waste matter rather than materials that damage the environment?

2013-10-22T10:20:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/architecture-lecturer-to-talk-at-tedxbrighton.aspx

University of Brighton student Emma Brooks dressed in a fisherman's jumper for an audience with the Prince of Wales

2013-10-21T15:43:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/student-wins-royal-approval.aspx

Sportsmen who wear flashy, bright boots are signalling that they masculine, cocky, and excellent at their sport, according to new research at the University of Brighton

2013-10-17T10:22:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/are-you-in-step-with-your-shoes.aspx

The University of Brighton has been selected to join two multi-million pound initiatives to nurture the next generation of arts and humanities researchers

2013-10-15T16:04:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/university-chosen-for-two-postgraduate-funding-initiatives.aspx

New research reveals emerging category of high growth businesses fusing technology and arts skills to deliver extraordinary results

2013-10-15T14:41:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/new-research-reveals-emerging-category-of-high-growth-business.aspx

The University of Brighton is collaborating with the BBC in the forthcoming new series of Autumnwatch

2013-10-11T16:06:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/university-joins-bbcs-autumnwatch.aspx

Inaugural lecture from Professor Gordon Ferns

2013-10-11T10:24:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/at-the-heart-of-the-matter-a-calculated-risk.aspx

The University of Brighton has appointed award-winning contemporary fiction author Isabel Ashdown as Writer in Residence

2013-10-09T16:17:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/writer-in-residence-appointed.aspx

A University of Brighton lecturer's pioneering project to build a house out of waste won an environmental award at the annual Argus Achievement Awards last night

2013-10-07T15:46:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/the-award-winning-house.aspx

The Dean of Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) has decided to step down from his post at the end of December 2013

2013-10-01T15:11:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/professor-jon-cohen-dean-of-brighton-and-sussex-medical-school-to-step-down.aspx Alf Le Flohic

Dr Gary Bilotta has been seconded as a Research Fellow by Defra to support the Chief Scientific Adviser and Strategic Evidence and Analysis Team

2013-09-30T11:17:00Z 2025-03-20T14:59:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/dr-gary-bilotta-to-support-the-work-of-the-chief-scientific-advisor.aspx

Alumnus Faye McClelland won her fourth world title in a row after sitting out most of the year studying for her University of Brighton finals

2013-09-28T11:50:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/gold-for-faye.aspx

An expert in tissue regeneration from the University of Brighton has been elected president of The European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) and will use his role to promote regenerative medicine

2013-09-27T10:32:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/brighton-expert-to-head-european-scientific-body.aspx

A clinical trial led by researchers at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School finds a less painful method of administering Herceptin for women with breast cancer

2013-09-24T12:24:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/herceptin-by-injection-is-quicker-and-preferred-say-breast-cancer-patients.aspx

Inaugural lecture from Professor Nat Chard

2013-09-23T11:14:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/drawing-uncertainty.aspx

Scientists at the university have created new tools for analysing the multitude of viruses that infect bacteria in the gut

2013-09-18T14:50:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/new-tools-to-understand-viruses.aspx

A University of Brighton graduate's cycle-safety innovation has attracted the attention of a global TV network as it is about to go on sale to the public

2013-09-11T14:02:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/a-blaze-of-publicity.aspx

Inaugural lecture from Professor Graham Dawson

2013-09-10T14:12:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/afterwards-legacies-of-war.aspx

The University of Brighton is forging closer ties with one of Malaysia's leading research universities to share expertise in the fields of nanotechnology, green energy and green technology

2013-09-04T11:40:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/forging-a-world-class-research-partnership.aspx

Additional research funding from the UK's innovation agency for a new engine with the potential to reduce carbon emissions in heavy-duty vehicles

2013-09-04T11:06:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/cutting-emissions.aspx

A University of Brighton graduate has struck gold at the 2013 World Championships in South Korea

2013-09-03T15:14:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/rowing-to-gold.aspx

How do medics on ward rounds avoid spreading MRSA and other infections among patients without having to take time out to use hygiene dispensers?

2013-08-29T10:11:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/a-handy-solution.aspx

Two University of Brighton graduates have won top awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

2013-08-15T12:13:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/graduates-scoop-architecture-awards.aspx

More students have given the University of Brighton top marks in a national poll, and nearly 90 per cent said they would recommend the university as a place to study

2013-08-13T15:50:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/top-rating-in-student-survey.aspx

Scientists at the University of Brighton have won a £100,000 grant to look into how mathematics can help doctors better understand deformities in the human spinal cord

2013-08-13T10:46:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/can-mathematics-help-unlock-secrets-of-the-spine.aspx

A University of Brighton scientist has helped the World Health Organisation (WHO) to write future policy on sanitation safety planning

2013-08-08T12:22:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/helping-world-health.aspx

One of the country's top charity consultants has heaped praise on the University of Brighton's Community University Partnership Programme

2013-08-05T12:33:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/high-praise-for-cupp.aspx

Receiving a PhD was a family affair for Lubinda Mbundi, one of the first students to benefit from the University of Brighton's Pestalozzi scholarship scheme

2013-08-02T14:06:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/its-a-family-affair.aspx

Field hockey players can suffer bone-crunching vibrations when stick meets ball but a young designer has invented a way to soften the shudders

2013-07-31T14:44:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/new-stick-takes-the-strain.aspx

A University of Brighton crime expert who criticised police tactics used in recent demonstrations is to take part in a live debate organised by Sussex Police

2013-07-30T11:00:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/crime-expert-in-public-debate-on-protest-policing.aspx

Albion in the Community makes Brighton and Hove's pulse beat that much quicker – but it doesn't always receive the recognition it deserves

2013-07-26T11:10:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/dick-knight-honoured.aspx

An academic who has helped thousands of students over a period of 10 years received a standing ovation at an awards ceremony

2013-07-25T14:10:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/a-decade-of-dedication.aspx

Liver-disease patients are dying because of poor alcohol relapse rates after they leave hospital, according to a study published today

2013-07-24T12:27:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/high-alcohol-relapse-rate-blamed-for-poor-survival-in-liver-disease-patients.aspx

More than 5,000 University of Brighton students are graduating with prospects for their future employment looking good

2013-07-22T14:52:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/on-course-for-employment.aspx

Leading contributors to the worlds of education, science, literature and health will receive honorary awards from the University of Brighton.

2013-07-19T10:35:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/brightons-honorary-graduates-announced.aspx

Schoolchildren brought along their old toothbrushes to help build Britain's first house made almost entirely from thrown-away waste

2013-07-18T11:12:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/dont-throw-your-old-toothbrush-away.aspx

The university has teamed up with industry and with academics in Russia, Italy and France in a £1.3m project to help design more efficient fuels

2013-07-10T13:44:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/international-research-to-improve-engine-performance.aspx

An expert in water quality at the university, was interviewed by BBC's FOCUS science magazine after tens of thousands of fish died in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro's Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon

2013-07-09T17:14:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/carnage-in-the-olympic-lagoon.aspx

University research shows rescued hedgehogs stand as good a chance of surviving when released into the wild during winter as they do being kept in captivity

2013-07-08T12:18:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/hedgehogs-beat-the-odds.aspx

The Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) is hosting an international conference on the interaction between comics and healthcare

2013-07-05T14:14:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/medical-ethics-explored-through-comics-at-international-event.aspx

A University of Brighton organisation that has helped hundreds of community groups is celebrating its 10th birthday.

2013-07-05T13:56:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/a-decade-of-help.aspx

Business owners and senior managers can learn how to counter what is estimated to be a billion-pound threat posed to their businesses by cyber attacks

2013-07-03T11:28:00Z 2017-09-11T15:12:00Z https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/news/news-listings/2013/fighting-the-billion-pound-cyber-threat.aspx