Falmer campus – a new home for sport and health sciences

We’re making changes to our university estate, so we can provide the best environments for our students to live, learn and socialise in, and support our net zero carbon ambitions.

At Falmer, we’ll be making changes to our Watson and Checkland buildings, as well as our sports hall. We'll also be refurbishing our newly acquired sports and fitness centre. These changes are helping get the campus ready for our School of Sport and Health Sciences which will be based on the campus from autumn 2024.

Nursing, diagnostic radiography and paramedic science students are already on the Falmer campus, and they'll be joined by other health sciences students – midwifery, nutrition, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and podiatry – and our sport and exercise students, creating a focused and creative community where you'll be surrounded by likeminded people who you'll learn with and from.

When the work is complete the School of Sport and Health Sciences will share the campus with the School of Education who are already based at Falmer.

Find out more about our Falmer campus

What will it look like?

Aerial photo of Falmer campus showing academic buildings, sport facilities and halls of residence
Aerial photo of Falmer campus showing academic buildings, sport facilities and halls of residence
  • Our new sports and fitness facility will be renovated and upgraded and is expected to include:
    • dedicated areas for paramedics, and strength and conditioning
    • physiotherapy rehabilitation gym space
    • nutrition suite and a podiatry clinic
    • a large cafe space at the heart of the building
    • extensive facilities such as tennis, badminton and squash courts, dance and spin studios, and an indoor swimming pool.
  • Watson Building will be redesigned with labs on the first floor repurposed and space for a virtual anatomy lab. The second floor will be the new home to flexible skills, simulation and teaching rooms for physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry and midwifery.
  • In our current Sports Centre, we're keeping the sports hall, changing areas and seminar room and the rest of the building will be reconfigured to create sports and exercise science lab spaces.
  • We’ll be working on staff spaces in Checkland Building too and Westlain House will remain in its current layout including clinical skills, radiography and simulation spaces.

We'll be adding more information and pictures as they become available. Check back to see the progress!

Where will my subject be taught?

From autumn 2024, the Falmer campus will be home to both the School of Education and the School of Sport and Health Sciences.

Check the list below to see where each subject will be taught.

Subjects

School of Education

  • Checkland building
  • Falmer Sports Centre

School of Sport and Health Sciences

  • New sport and health facility - autumn 2024
    • Occupational therapy
    • Nutrition
    • Dance
    • Podiatry
    • Paramedic science
    • Strength and conditioning
    • Physiotherapy

School of Sport and Health Sciences (continued)

  • Falmer Sports Centre
    • Sport and exercise science
  • Watson building
    • Midwifery
    • Nursing
    • Occupational therapy
    • Paramedic science
    • Physiotherapy
    • Podiatry
  • Westlain building
    • Paramedic science
    • Physiotherapy

Campus map

Getting around

We have university accommodation on campus, and close by at our Varley Park site and the Moulsecoomb campus.
Find out more about accommodation.

During term time, there is a free hourly bus service for Brighton students, running between all of our Brighton campuses and Varley Park.

Varley Park

  • Walking – 1.5m (32 mins)
  • Bus – 2.3m (20 mins)
  • Car - 2.3m (7 mins)

Moulsecoomb campus

  • Walking – 2m (43 mins)
  • Bus – 2.9m (19 mins)
  • Car – 2.9m (9 mins)