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Fine Art BA(Hons)

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Intro

Our Fine Art BA degree fosters your imagination, investigation, experimentation and communication of creative ideas.  

You will create artworks in dedicated studio spaces, exploring concepts through making. Presenting your work to peers and staff who are experienced arts practitioners, in a supportive environment, is integral to the course and helps you refine your ideas.  

Whether working in collage, sculpture, performance, text or digital media, you’ll enhance your creativity and develop essential skills. We offer specialist workshops with technical demonstrators to allow you to experiment with materials.  

You will gain professional experience through public exhibitions and proposal documents, preparing you for diverse roles in the creative industries.

We offer two other undergraduate courses within our fine art subject area.

  • Fine Art Painting BA(Hons)
  • Fine Art Printmaking BA(Hons)

Key facts

Location Brighton: City campus

UCAS code W150

Full-time 3 years

What are my next steps?

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Open days are the best way to find out about your course, the campus where you'll be based, and get a feel for the University of Brighton.

Book your place: City campus open day 7 June

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  • Top 20 in the UK for art and design, QS World University Rankings® 2025

I chose to study Fine Art was because of the creative freedom the course offers and the student exhibition opportunities. I have been able to make self-directed work exploring concepts and materials that interest me, while also having opportunities to get feedback from my peers and tutors, and my work has been shown in four exhibitions through the university which I have really appreciated

Melanie Woodward, 2023 graduate

students in the arts studio
Explore new techniques and experiment with processes.
Student video installation
Experiment with different media.
Art students in dedicated work space
Work in dedicated studio space.
Student artwork
Exhibit your work in the final-year Graduate Show.
student in a class discussion
Find your own voice in a welcoming and collaborative environment.
Matteo Crescenzi
Matteo Crescenzi with his large-scale sculpture at the Graduate Show

Entry criteria

Entry requirements

A-levels or BTEC
Entry requirements are in the range of A-level BBB–BCC (120–104 UCAS Tariff points) or BTEC Extended Diploma DDM–MMM. Our conditional offers typically fall within this range. We are looking for highly motivated and creative students. We will consider you on an individual basis. Your portfolio is the most important and mandatory part of your application. If your predicted or actual grades fall below the range but you can evidence your thinking, ideas and abilities through a high-quality portfolio we will still consider your application.

Art foundation diploma
Pass. A foundation diploma is not a requirement for entry – it is just one of a range of qualifications that is accepted for admission to this course.

International Baccalaureate
30 points, with three subjects at Higher level.

Access to HE diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. Art and design courses preferred. At least 45 credits at level 3, and 30 credits must be at merit or above.

Studied before or got relevant experience?
A qualification, HE credits or relevant experience may count towards your course at Brighton and could mean that you do not have to take some elements of the course or can start in year 2 or 3. 

English language requirements
IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. Find out more about the other English qualifications that we accept.

International requirements and visas

International requirements by country
Country name
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma (Myanmar)
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malaysia
Malawi
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestinian National Authority
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Syria
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

View our English language courses

For pre-sessional English preparation courses.

Visit our International College

For degree preparation courses.

Visas and immigration advice

Applying for a student visa

Check out our step-by-step guidance.

Portfolio advice 

We are looking for independent, self-motivated and creative individuals who are keen to experiment and expand their fine art knowledge through practical making and thinking. We seek evidence of curiosity about and commitment to fine art and are looking for students who are able to discuss fine art work and critically reflect on their own and others work. The Fine Art course welcomes students whose work embraces different fine art branches, processes, materials and contexts, but also students who are keen to expand and deepen their knowledge of specific fine art forms.

Admission to this course involves reviewing your portfolio. After you apply, we will ask you to share a link to an online portfolio of your work. This enables us to see your potential and understand your approach and motivations.

We will ask you to log on to Student View to share your portfolio link. We will not be able to progress your application to Brighton until you share your portfolio.

  • Find out about the specific requirements for your course.

Creating your portfolio
We’ve put together advice and guidance to help you create and share your portfolio and we run regular online portfolio advice sessions where you can get help from our expert team.


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Contextual admissions

At Brighton, we understand that not everyone has the same opportunities, and some may face extra challenges to meet grade requirements. Every Brighton applicant is treated as an individual and we value creativity, persistence, resourcefulness and big ideas alongside grades.

If you meet our contextual admissions criteria, your offer from us will be at least two grades or 16 UCAS tariff points lower than the standard for your course.

Sign up for an advice session for our top tips on preparing your portfolio.

If we make you a contextual offer, you may be eligible for extra financial support through our Brighton Boost cost of living package. Find out about the Brighton Boost.

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Course content

Top reasons to choose this course

  • Gain skills in working with a range of materials and processes, understanding that often through the process of engaging with materials and processes, new discoveries are made.

  • We allow you the space and give you the guidance to think through making and turn ideas into tangible creative outcomes.

  • Lecturers are practising artists who bring a diverse range of skills and experience to your learning.

  • Plan, organise and execute exhibitions for public audiences throughout the course.

  • Learn to communicate ideas in visual, written and spoken forms.

  • Develop tenacity, resourcefulness, resilience and self-motivation – fundamental aspects of sustaining an art practice or working within the creative industries.

  • Space to discuss, articulate and critically evaluate your own and others artwork.

  • Learn to develop professional proposal documents that communicate planned work in visual and text form and include ethical and health and safety considerations.

  • Show a body of work in the university graduate show.

  • Opportunity to apply for an exchange programme with the University of Nagoya, Japan.

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Year 1

In the first year you are introduced to studio practice and will explore the relationship between thinking and making in a supportive and friendly environment. An expansive approach to research enables you to explore different methods of articulating your ideas and documenting your work.

You’ll develop your emerging fine art practice within the studio and in relation to a specific site or sites. There is an emphasis on material exploration and experimentation, and work is challenged through critical discussions and debate, building confidence in articulating your practice.

You will be introduced to key institutions, roles and terms within the expanded world of contemporary art and learn to navigate and discuss complex ideas and issues which increases your understanding and builds a collective vocabulary.

Modules

  • Studio Practice 1: Thinking and Making

    This module is an introduction to studio practice. You will identify key concerns in your practice whilst exploring the relationship between studio practice, thinking and making.

    The module introduces an expansive approach to research, and you'll explore different methods of articulating ideas and documenting work.

  • Studio Practice 2: Making and Site

    This module supports you to develop and explore your emerging studio practice in the studio and in relation to a specific site or sites. Your work is challenged through critical discussion and wide-ranging material exploration and experimentation, which opens up new possibilities for your practice.

    The module stresses the importance of expansive research and changing methods of documentation. Individually and in groups, you will explore new ways of articulating your critical language based on observation and feedback.

  • Contemporary Art Institutional Roles and Terms

    This module will introduce you to key institutions, roles and terms within the contemporary art world, encouraging you to engage with discussion and debates about these.

    This module introduces key institutions, roles and terms within the contemporary art world. Using inquiry-based learning, we meet each week as a group to discuss an institution, role or term from a range of perspectives, for example, what is the practical, ideological, economic and social function of an art gallery.

  • Theories and Practices of Fine Art: Introduction to Global Art Histories and Art Writing

    This module introduces you to global art histories underpinned by art writing and art practice. You'll explore and critique Western art history, indigenous, decolonial, punk, feminist and queer art histories, high and low art theory, art criticism, art journalism and artist's experimental writing.

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. When you have applied to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through Student View.

Fine Art students setting up exhibition

Student hanging exhibition for a show

Year 2

In your second year you’ll continue to advance your fine art practice through explorative and practical approaches. You will develop the visual, written and spoken communication skills needed to present your work to varied audiences. There is a greater emphasis on considering the context, form and cultural framing of your work and the professional skills associated with proposal making, the documentation of artworks and exhibition making.

The second-year public exhibition teaches you to present a resolved work in a group exhibition, to negotiate, to work as part of a team and to practice key roles associated with exhibition making.

Modules

  • Diary Practice: Making Meaning in Times of Global Challenge

    With our world facing unprecedented challenges, including hunger, poverty and climate change, it is critical to rethink how we live, work and learn. In this module you will explore ways in which fine art practices have engaged with these challenges and sought new ways of connecting communities. During the module, you will develop a project that explores an area relating to the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals.

  • Studio Practice 4: Practice-led Research

    This module supports the development and communication of your art practice by providing a framework for you to progress, structure and present practical and research material. You will create work that communicates your art practice, research, fine art placement activity and professional development to produce a presentation that maps your creative process and research.

  • Theories and Practices of Fine Art: Contexts and Specialisms

    This module will explore the theoretical, analytical and critical frameworks in your field of fine art practice. It addresses how characteristics of disciplines, genres and media have been defined and challenged within an expanding and global field of practice. You will be encouraged to think about and articulate your ideas around art and consider alternative viewpoints to the Eurocentric Western cultural traditions within fine art.

  • Studio Practice 3: Public Exhibition

    This module supports you in advancing your art practice, ideas, methods and materials, introducing you to working in specific contexts through explorative, practical approaches. You will develop articulation of your studio practice in visual, written and spoken forms, present your work in public exhibition and practice professional development skills to document your work. You will also create proposal documents for public exhibition that consider inclusive, safe and ethical working methods.


 

 

Final year

In your final year you’ll develop and consolidate your art practice and extend your technical skills base through the creation of a body of work. Research situates your practice in relevant contexts, and professional skills are developed to support future ambitions.

You will synthesise your previous learning, test your ideas practically, write proposals and work towards a final degree show exhibition. There is a strong emphasis on documenting your practice, your artist statement and placing your work in critically informed contexts. This helps you to prepare for postgraduate study and careers within the creative industries.

Modules

  • Theories and Practices of Fine Art: Articulation of Your Critical Position

    In this module you will continue to work with increasing independence, expanding and refining your work in relation to theory and practice. The practical aspects of this module give you a foundation to explore, develop and shape your independent and reflective positions on art. You will identify a focused area of investigation and articulate an in-depth body of work which demonstrates an understanding of the theories and issues that underpin your subject.

  • Studio Practice 5: Consolidating and Situating Practice

    In this module you will further develop your technical skills and studio practice along with your research skills to enable you to produce work informed by its theoretical contexts. You will document, collate and present images and an artist’s statement that communicate your practice and research. You will also develop professional skills to support your future ambitions.

  • Studio Practice 6: Planning and Completion of Degree

    Representing the culmination of your studies, this module will help you integrate and build on your previous learning through planning, writing proposals and working towards your final degree show exhibition. You will articulate your artwork, practice and research in an artist’s statement suitable for the public exhibition. The module will also prepare you for postgraduate study or a career in the fine art or creative industries.

Facilities

The course has its own studios and you will have access to a fabrication workshop and skilled specialist technical demonstrators. Within the workshop areas it is possible to work with a broad range of materials and processes including:

  • woodworking
  • metalworking
  • plaster casting
  • concrete casting
  • metal casting
  • plastics
  • clay and stone
  • mould making
  • maquette making
  • sewing.

Alongside the course-specific facilities you will have access to central services such as:

  • the Media Centre where you can borrow cameras, video projectors, monitors, media players and audio equipment to experiment with ideas or to use for exhibitions and crits
  • the TECH HUB – a team of technical demonstrators based in Grand Parade who provide specialist creative software support including Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects etc), Rhino, Blender and C4D, as well as web and blog-related software. They manage digital manufacturing services within the School of Art and Media, including laser cutting, 3D printing, CNC routing, plasma cutting and 3-axis CNC milling. They also have VR headsets and 3D scanners. The TECH HUB has its own dedicated PC suite with all of the software they support as well as standard university programmes.

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Meet the team

Alice Fox, course leader

Alice has worked for many years with inclusive performance and visual arts alongside some of the world’s most socially excluded groups, in particular people with learning disabilities and elders. She often works internationally, training NGOs, cultural, health and education sector professionals. She has delivered inclusive arts projects for Tate Exchange, The National Gallery and The British Council in Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam and Nepal. Read more about Alice.

Professor Matthew Cornford

Matthew is an artist who has worked on a wide range of art projects in response to specific contexts and situations. He has had work and projects exhibited in Europe, North America and at galleries in the UK including Camden Arts Centre, ICA, John Hansard Gallery, Photographers Gallery, De La Warr Pavilion and Wolverhampton Art Gallery. For a number of years Matthew Cornford has worked with John Beck researching the cultural history of British art schools, giving talks at galleries and universities. In 2019 their exhibition The Art Schools of North West England opened at the Bluecoat, Liverpool. Read more about Matthew.

Ole Hagen

Ole works in sculpture, drawing, performance and moving image, often staging theatrical tableaux for the camera. His work explores selfhood, introspection and perception in the context of cultural narratives relating to the distinction between the physical and the mental, the material and the immaterial. Ole employs humour and hyperbole to exaggerate the apparent gap between subject and object in order to question orthodox materialist paradigms. Read more about Ole.

Eloise Calandre

Eloise is an Artist and Senior Lecturer specialising in photography and moving image. Her research practice is underpinned by photography. She works both independently and collaboratively toward interactive public projects and exhibition. Read more about Eloise.

 

 

Caleb Madden

Caleb’s interests lie in critical noise theory and its potential for aiding novel approaches to the production and analysis of contemporary art. Incorporating a number of strands which emerge from, and often lead back to speculative philosophy, his research aims to elaborate an understanding of the way art practices expand possibility space within the social imaginary. Read more about Caleb.

Jayne Lloyd

Jayne is a Senior Lecturer and an artist and researcher who works across sculpture, drawing and performance in her own arts practice and in the development and realisation of inclusive arts projects. Read more about Jayne.

James Murray

James is an artist, researcher and educator. His studio work combines manual techniques with automated processes. His work has been the subject of international solo, group and two-person exhibitions at venues including Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne; the Brighton Centre for Contemporary Arts; Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke; and Rule Gallery, Denver, USA. Read more about James.

Naomi Salaman

Naomi is an artist, curator and lecturer. Her work investigates art practice, pedagogy and cultural institutions using historical, critical and feminist perspectives. Her interests are in contemporary art, image/text, the history of vision, the art school, art education and art theory. She has a doctorate in visual arts practice on the history of the art school and art theory. Read more about Naomi.

Daniel Campbell Blight

Daniel works on various forms of the essay, fiction and poetry, and has written for magazines and journals including 1000 Words, Aperture, Foam, frieze, the Guardian, Philosophy of Photography, Photoworks and Vogue Italia. His book, The Image of Whiteness: Contemporary Photography and Racialization, was published in 2019. Read Daniel’s full profile.

Technicians on the course include: Helen Stuart and Louise Gregory.

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Ainoa Burgos Gonzales, graduate

Careers

What can I do with a fine art degree?

With a Fine Art degree, you can pursue a variety of careers, such as:

  • professional artist
  • curator
  • art conservator
  • gallery assistant/manager
  • art teacher
  • arts administrator
  • cultural programme coordinator
  • set designer
  • costume designer
  • art critic/writer
  • art consultant
  • art dealer
  • gallery owner
  • community arts worker
  • public art project manager
  • art therapist.
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Professional advice and support 

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and rediscover) your strengths and what matters to you. We are here for you throughout your university journey as you work towards a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Connect with our careers team

  • Find part-time work that you can combine with your studies.
  • Find, or be, a mentor or get involved with our peer-to-peer support scheme.
  • Develop your business ideas through our entrepreneurial support network.
  • Get professional advice and support with career planning, CV writing and interview top tips.
  • Meet potential employers at our careers fairs.
  • Find rewarding volunteering opportunities to help you discover more about what makes you tick and build your CV.

Whatever your career needs, we are here to help. And that’s not just while you are a student – our support carries on after you’ve graduated.

Find out more about our Careers Service...

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Fees and costs

Course fees

UK (full-time) 9,535 GBP

International (full-time) 17,250 GBP

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2025–26.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

Find out more

  • Brighton Boost – cost of living help for our new undergrad students. Find out about how we can help with your study, accommodation or travel costs and more...
  • Fees, bursaries, scholarships and government funding info for UK and international undergraduate students
  • Student finance and budgeting while studying
  • Read our student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf) for more on University of Brighton tuition fees.

What's included

You may have to pay additional costs during your studies. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. A summary of the costs that are included and any extras that you may be expected to pay while studying a course  in the School of Art and Media in the 2022–23 academic year are listed here.

  • Typically, practice-based courses incur more costs than text-based subjects. For many courses you will need to budget for the cost of specialist materials, equipment and printing and are likely to spend between £50–£300 per year.
  • For some courses you may also need to budget up to £100 for specialist personal protective clothing which, with care, will last for the whole of your course and beyond.
  • For most courses you will have the opportunity to attend field trips and off-site visits, for example to galleries, exhibitions and studios both in the UK and overseas. These are optional and are not required to pass your course. The amount spent would be based on location and number of trips taken, and typically range between £100 and £700 across the duration of your course.
  • You will have access to computers and necessary software at City campus and Moulsecoomb campus and at other locations across the university. Specialist equipment is provided to cover essential learning. Students may choose to buy their own specialist equipment, these may include cameras, or computers and software, university/student discounts are available for some equipment and software. Budgets can range from £50–£2,000. Buying specialist equipment is best undertaken in consultation with our academic and technical staff. This expenditure is not essential to pass any of our courses.
  • For some courses you will need to budget up to £200 for printing and publishing. Photography courses may incur higher costs (£500–£2,000) when printing and framing images of professional standard for public presentation.
  • Course books, magazines and journals are available in the university libraries. You do not need to have your own copies, but if you wish to, you should budget up to £200 over your course to buy them.
  • For courses in which there is an optional placement year, you will need to budget for living costs (rent, food, travel etc) in that city/country, as if you were on site at the university.
  • For some courses you will need to budget up to £150 for stationery.
  • Final-year graduation shows are opportunities to present your final, independent project work to the public. Practice-based courses will typically incur higher costs. Depending on the specific nature of your final project you will need to budget between £20–£2,500.

You can chat with our enquiries team if you have a question or need more information. Or check our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships as well as more information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

Location and student life

Campus where this course is taught

City campus

City campus is located at the heart of central Brighton.

The facilities for making and designing, the theatre, galleries, workshops, studios, archives and the independent arts organisations based on site provide a unique and inspiring environment where creativity thrives.

St Peter’s House library and Phoenix halls of residence are close to the Grand Parade main building where you will find the student centre with careers, counselling, student advice service, and disability and dyslexia support. Edward Street provides extensive teaching and gallery space for media, photography and film.

Also on site are Screen Archive South East and University of Brighton Design Archives.

Brighton Pavilion, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, the iconic pier and beach are a very short walk away. The independent shops and businesses of the North Laine and Kemptown, and Brighton main line station, with frequent express services to London, are 10 minutes walk.

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Accommodation

We guarantee an offer of a place in halls of residence to all eligible students. So if you applied for halls by the deadline you are guaranteed a room in our halls of residence.

Brighton: City campus

Halls of residence
We have self-catered halls on all our campuses, within minutes of your classes, and other options that are very nearby.

You can apply for any of our halls, but the options closest to your study location are:

  • Phoenix halls are in the heart of the city, a short walk from City campus – and from the seafront.
  • Varley Park is a popular dedicated halls site, offering a mix of rooms and bathroom options at different prices. It is around four miles from the city centre and is easy to get to by bus.

Want to live independently? We can help – find out more about private renting.

Phoenix Brewery Halls Accommodation

Accommodation for City campus is in the nearby Phoenix Halls

Student kitchen in Phoenix Halls

Student kitchen in Phoenix Halls

Relaxing in nearby Pavilion Gardens

Relaxing in nearby Pavilion Gardens

Local area

One of Time Out's 50 best cities in the world

“Brighton has… all the important parts of a sprawling cosmopolitan metropolis (connections to London in under an hour, an array of properly excellent restaurants, energetic late-night spots) … with the easy-breezy beachy attitude to life that makes you feel welcome in an instant.”
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About Brighton

The University of Brighton is at the heart of our city’s reputation as a welcoming, forward-thinking place which leads the way when it comes to the arts, music, sustainability and creative technology. Brighton is home to a thriving creative community and a digital sector worth £1bn a year. Many of the work-based learning opportunities offered on our courses such as placements, live briefs and guest lectures are provided by businesses and organisations based in the city.

We provide support and venues for key events in the city’s arts calendar including the Brighton Festival, the Festival Fringe, the Great Escape, the Brighton Digital Festival, Brighton Photo Biennial and the Cinecity Brighton Film Festival. Other annual highlights include Pride, the Brighton Marathon, and Burning the Clocks which marks the winter solstice. Our own Brighton Graduate Show transforms our campus into the largest exhibition space in the South East as we celebrate the outstanding talent and creativity of our students.

As a student you’ll get lots of opportunities to experience these events at first hand and to develop your skills through the volunteering and other opportunities they offer.

You'll find living in Brighton enriches your learning experience and by the end of your course you will still be finding new things to explore and inspire you.

It's only 50 minutes by train from Brighton to central London and there are daily direct trains to Bristol, Bedford, Cambridge, Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth and Southampton.

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Maps

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Support and wellbeing

Your course team

Your personal academic tutor, course leader and other tutors are all there to help you with your personal and academic progress. You'll also have a student support and guidance tutor (SSGT) who can help with everything from homesickness, managing stress or accommodation issues.

Your academic skills

Our Brighton Student Skills Hub gives you extra support and resources to develop the skills you'll need for university study, whatever your level of experience so far.

Your mental health and wellbeing

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