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2020 news

Please find listings of our 2020 new stories below:

Alison’s leading role for the Fringe

Alison Lapper in a yellow jacket, looking sideways and laughing

University graduate and recipient of an honorary doctorate degree, Alison Lapper MBE, will be the Freedom Season Ambassador for the Brighton Fringe Festival.

29 January 2020

University shares €4m fund to help people manage their care

Dr Theo Fotis at Healthy Futures event

The University of Brighton has been awarded £132,000 to help people manage their own care, at individual and community level.

28 January 2020

How the Nazis persecuted homosexuals

Snowy train tracks leading into a concentration camp in World War 2 Photo by Erica Magugliani on Unsplash

Holocaust Memorial Day is being marked with a talk by a University of Brighton student on the thousands of homosexuals murdered by the Nazis.

27 January 2020

University declares climate emergency

Solar panel array at the university

The university today joined other organisations around the globe in declaring a climate emergency as it set out its sustainability targets through to 2025.

17 January 2020

Royal honour for Sheila

Sheila Flavell speaking at the 2018 graduation ceremony

Sheila Flavell, University of Brighton graduate and a champion for women in tech, received a CBE in the Queen’s new year honours.

15 January 2020

Craig’s creative writing – in his own words

Hands typing on laptop computer photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash

Dr Craig Jordan-Baker doesn’t just teach creative writing – he writes it.

14 January 2020

Joe’s international call up

Joe Murray with team mate

University of Brighton student Joe Murray received his first international cap for Jamaica’s U23’s rugby team.

13 January 2020

Funds available to smaller businesses for apprenticeship training

Group in hard hats and hi-viz

Small and medium sized companies (SMEs) now have direct access to government funding for apprenticeship training from any provider.

9 January 2020

Brighton graduate honoured by the Queen

HRM The Queen

A Brighton graduate and now Projects Coordinator for a Brighton-based national charity received a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen’s New Year Honours.

7 January 2020

Taylor’s dream to join the England Deaf Rugby Team

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An England Deaf Rugby player and University of Brighton student is looking for sponsorship to help him join a team tour of South Africa.

6 January 2020

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