Educational partnerships

The University of Brighton has a vast network of educational partnerships both in the local community and across the world.

We are committed to the promotion of higher education and work closely with schools and colleges in the East Sussex region to raise the aspirations of local students. We also have a number of international partners, based in countries from France to Mauritius, to ensure that we remain a socially engaged institution with globally relevant research.

One of Brighton's most significant and successful collaborations has been with the University of Sussex. Together, we've formed the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), whose undergraduate degree programme is already one of the most competitively sought after in the UK.

Promoting higher education to all

The university has its own team dedicated to working with local communities, schools and colleges in the immediate area. Our aim is to raise aspirations and provide advice and guidance for students of any age.

If you would like to talk to our team about the ways in which we can support your students, please get in touch.

Widening Participation Outreach Manager

Michelle Tarling m.tarling@brighton.ac.uk 01273 641929

Widening Participation Officers

Wendy Heasmer (pre-16) w.heasmer@brighton.ac.uk 01273 644605

Fay Lofty (post-16) f.lofty@brighton.ac.uk 01273 641998

Widening Participation Coordinators

Compact Plus Coordinator – Sian Edwards s.edwards2@brighton.ac.uk 01273 641043
Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator (Moulsecoomb) - Michelle Langan m.langan@brighton.ac.uk 01273 641275
Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator (Grand Parade) – Joanna Tolley j.tolley2@brighton.ac.uk 01273 641662
Widening Participation Coordinator (primary schools) – Vicky Johhson v.johnson3@brighton.ac.uk 01273 641276
Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator (Eastbourne) - Rebecca Hempe r.hempe@brighton.ac.uk 01273 644622
Widening Participation Coordinator (Hastings) Andrea Vance a.k.vance@brighton.ac.uk 01273 641205

Widening Participation Database Coordinator

Christopher Hagan c.j.hagan@brighton.ac.uk 01273 642713

Projects and initiatives

Centre for Learning and Teaching

The Centre for Learning and Teaching works with colleagues across the University of Brighton and partner colleges to improve the student learning experience.

University of Brighton Compact

The University of Brighton Compact is a partnership between the university and local schools.

Students studying at these schools benefit from the support and services we deliver through the Compact no matter which university they are thinking about attending. We aim to make our activities responsive and flexible to individual needs.

STEM Sussex

The university's STEM outreach department, STEM Sussex, works with employers and schools in support of the STEM skills pipeline, raising awareness of STEM career paths involving science, technology, engineering and maths to teachers and young people.

Sussex Learning Network

The Sussex Learning Network (SLN) is a partnership of universities, colleges, training providers and guidance agencies. As one of the first Lifelong Learning Networks, the SLN is leading the way in this exciting and innovative collaboration to make vocational higher education more relevant and accessible for people in Sussex.

Brighton and the south-east

The University of Brighton works with young people in schools and colleges to encourage more students to consider the benefits of higher education. This is especially significant in the Hastings area where educational progression has historically been low. 

Supporting academies

The University of Brighton leads the Hastings Academies Trust, in conjunction with our co-sponsors, BT and East Sussex County Council. We have been the lead sponsor of two secondary academies, The Hastings Academy and The St Leonards Academy, since they opened in September 2011: these have been praised by school inspectors and are among the first to be rated 'good' within two years of opening.

The Trust expanded in 2013 to include three primary academies in Hastings and St Leonards – Dudley Infant Academy, The Baird Primary Academy and West St Leonards Primary Academy - where children are expected to progress into the secondary academies and on into higher education. Another three primary academies joined the trust in 2014 - Hollington Primary Academy, Robsack Wood Community Primary Academy and Churchwood Community Academy.

You can read more about the strategic interventions we have undertaken in this article (February 2014) on the Times Higher Education website: Regeneration through education in Hastings.

The University of Brighton Academies Trust was established in September 2014 to build on our relationships with schools in Sussex with the aim of transforming teaching and learning for the mutual benefit of pupils, academies and their staff, and local communities.

Partner colleges

One of the ways in which the University of Brighton supports widening access to higher education in the region is by validating university-level courses at our partner colleges, which include:

The university also validates degrees taught by the KLC School of Design, London and the PGCE Secondary award for Kent and Medway Training SCITT.

Brighton and the world

International College

The International College is an affiliated college of the University of Brighton which is based at our Moulsecoomb campus. The college provides university preparation courses to students from outside the European Union.

Overseas partners

Our courses are taught at the following international partner universities:

We also work in partnership with a number of other overseas universities to provide student exchange and progression opportunities for our students.

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