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Fine Art BA(Hons)

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Intro

This is a dynamic course that guides you in imagining, investigating, experimenting and communicating your creative ideas.

You will work in dedicated studio spaces to create artworks where thinking is explored through making. Opportunities to present work in progress to your peers and staff allow you to test your ideas in a friendly, supportive environment.

Access to specialist workshops, staffed by technical demonstrators, enables experimentation with a range of contemporary, digital and traditional materials and processes. Staff are experienced arts practitioners working in varied contexts.

Whether working in collage, installation, sculpture, performance, text, or digital media you will enhance your creativity, and develop composition, communication, collaboration and critical skills.

Professional skills are acquired through presenting your artwork in public exhibitions and producing proposal documents. You are encouraged to consider the context of your work through a university-located fine art placement or studio-based artist residency.

The course supports you to research, self-motivate, communicate, collaborate, organise and plan – skills transferable to varied roles within 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)

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Key facts

Location Brighton: City campus

UCAS code W150

Full-time 3 years

Apply now with UCAS for 2023

Art and design courses at Brighton are ranked joint 8th in the UK and in the top 100 globally by the QS World University Rankings® 2022

I feel so grateful to be part of a team where creativity and individual personalities are celebrated and nourished

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Course content

Year 1

In the first year you are introduced to studio practice and 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.

  • Introduction to Theories and Practices of Fine Art

    This module introduces a range of approaches used to think about the relationship between fine art practice and the social and cultural contexts in which art has emerged at various periods. Attention is paid to how artworks and art practices embody changing ideas, meanings, values and effects.

    Students from all fine art areas take part, enabling interdisciplinary dialogue. The module explores historical contextualisation appropriate for studio practice, supporting the development of library-based research and academic skills.

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.

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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 develop the visual, written and spoken communication skills to present your work to varied audiences. There is a greater emphasis on considering the context, form and cultural framing of your work and on the professional skills associated with proposal making, 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. The fine art placement / residency provides opportunities to develop your thinking, planning and negotiation skills to work in new contexts.

The option module allows you to explore topics from across our arts subjects.

Modules

  • Studio Practice 3: Proposals and Public Exhibition
  • Studio Practice 4: Practice-led Research
  • Theories and Practices of Fine Art: Contexts and Specialisms
  • Option module*

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

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Fine art work by student in a group show

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 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, writing a CV and artist statement, and on placing your work in critically informed contexts. This helps you to prepare for postgraduate study and careers within the creative industries.

Modules

  • Studio Practice 5: Consolidating and Situating Practice
  • Studio Practice 6: Public Exhibition and Professional Practice
  • Theories and Practices of Fine Art: Articulation of your critical position.

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
  • bronze casting.

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

  • The Media Centre where you can loan 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

Professor Matthew Cornford

Matthew Cornford 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

Amy Cunningham

Amy is a multidisciplinary artist who explores the glitches and gaps in forms, media and ideas using the singing voice and visual art. She teaches and researches in fine art, music and performance at the University of Brighton, and has exhibited her performance, installation and screen-based work in various galleries and spaces in Europe since 2000. She collaborates widely with researchers, artists and institutions. Read more about Amy.

Susan Diab

Susan Diab is a visual artist (sculptor) and writer with a context- and circumstance-specific practice, meaning that how she works is responsive both to place and to events occurring at the time of working. With a first degree in Modern Languages (French and German) and a second in Fine Art - Sculpture, her practice works across making and writing with both activities often interrelating. She is a founder member of the group artist studio APEC (Art Producing Economic Community), an association of around 15 artists sharing and co-running space in Hove. Read more about Susan Diab.

Dr Mary Anne Francis

Dr Mary Anne Francis is an artist and writer. She studied Fine Art at Central St-Martins and completed at practice-based PhD at Goldsmiths. She exhibits regularly and has shown at venues that include Tate Britain, Towner, and The Whitechapel. Her work is included in many collections (Tate, British Museum, and the London Transport Museum for example). Her writing on art has appeared in publications such as Art Monthly, The Times Literary Supplement and many academic journals. Read more about Dr Mary Anne Francis.

Ole Hagen

Ole Hagen 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.

Suzanne Hutchinson

Suzanne Hutchinson is an artist whose artworks have been exhibited widely in venues that include, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, The Hayward Gallery, The Royal Festival Hall, The Barbican, The Crafts Council Gallery, Nicola Jacobs, Fabian Carlsson, and Atlantis Gallery. She has created performance installation works in specific sites working with Glyndebourne Education Department, Northlands Festival and the Unit for Art and Offenders and has directed live and screen performances. Her set and costume designs include work for, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Phoenix Dance Company, David Glass, Call of the Wild, Robin Driscoll and Tony Haase. Read more about Suzanne.

Naomi Salaman

Naomi Salaman 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.

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

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Fine Art at Brighton is 5th in the UK for career prospects, Guardian University Guide 2023

Careers

Prepare for your career 

Across the three years of study, the Fine Art BA(Hons) will enable you to:

  • think through making, turning ideas into tangible creative outcomes, understanding that often through the process of engaging with materials and processes, new discoveries are made
  • gain skills in working with a range of materials and processes
  • plan, organise and execute exhibitions of artwork for public audience
  • 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.
  • discuss, articulate and critically evaluate your own and others’ artwork.
  • plan organise and project manage, your time, your work, resources and logistics
  • develop professional proposal documents that communicate planned work in visual and text form and include ethical and health and safety considerations
  • document artworks to communicate art practice to others
  • work independently and work as part of a team, collaborate with others on shared tasks
  • understand different audiences and contexts when presenting artworks
  • use professional practice skills to be proactive, entrepreneurial and enterprising
  • research and analyse topics through practical and contextual enquiry.
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Placement and studio residency 

Our fine art placements, take place at the university in a different discipline. The breadth of subjects taught at Brighton means there is a variety of choice.

Our studio residency provides space to research a particular subject, take up a live opportunity or plan a project which expands your studio practice.

Whether choosing the Fine Art Placement or the Studio Residency you will develop vital professional practice skills in new environments. This may involve arranging and chairing meetings, researching a particular topic or process, communicating your practice to new audiences, negotiating opportunities or finding connections between art practice and real-life situations.

The studio / fine art placement lasts several weeks and you will develop a proposal that expands your experience with guidance from course staff.

Examples of where placements might take place are: earth and ocean science, midwifery, or web and mobile computing; or in support departments like the Chaplaincy.

Studio residencies may respond to live opportunities, focus on developing external exhibition opportunities or support practical studio research activity.

Fine art students on a work placement

Showcasing your talent 

There are opportunities to exhibit work publicly throughout the course. At the end of your degree you exhibit a body of work in the university’s graduate show, a large-scale exhibition that is the culmination of the final year and a major event open to the public.

Graduating students have also self-funded a major show in London.

Student with art work at graduate show

Further study 

This degree also opens up a range of postgraduate study options. At Brighton, for example, you could progress on to:

  • MA Fine Art
  • PGCE Art and Design.

Professional advice and support 

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and re-discover) 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...

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Employment demand for arts graduates

The British Academy has compiled a report (May 2020) quantifying the demand for arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) skills in the workplace. It helps to answer the legitimate question of what the economic return is on undertaking a degree, both in time and money. 

According to the report:

  • As arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) graduates progress through the first ten years of their career they are able make strong progress up the career ladder into roles attracting higher salaries
  • Arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) graduates are employed in some of the fastest growing sectors including financial services, education, social work, the media and creative industries
  • Of the ten fastest growing sectors, eight employ more graduates from AHSS than other disciplines

This makes AHSS graduates at the heart of some of the most exciting, productive, largest and fastest-growing sectors of the UK economy.

Future skills demand

According to the report:

  • With the challenges the world is facing – climate change, global pandemics, the growth of populism – the UK needs the insights of the arts, humanities and social sciences (AHSS) as much as those from science, technology and engineering (STEM)
  • Evidence within the report shows that Arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) graduates are central to these challenges and changes – they will be vital in giving us the tools to examine and explain human behaviour, understand how society functions, learn from the past and apply those lessons to the present, and analyse the drivers and implications of a changing world and how different countries, places and cultures interact.

Entry criteria

Flexible admissions

When you apply to Brighton we want to hear about who you are. Grades are never the whole picture; we're interested in things like creativity, resourcefulness, persistence and the capacity to think big and find new ways of doing things. And we recognise that not everyone has the same background. That's why we treat everyone who applies as an individual. We recognise many qualifications and we care about all of your achievements and the experiences you've had that set you apart.

Find out more

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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.

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

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Morocco
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Portugal
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Slovenia
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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.

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For English language preparation courses.

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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.

What should I include in my portfolio?

You should prepare an online portfolio of 15–20 examples of your art work that specifically reflect your interest in joining the Fine Art course and that show evidence of your creative process and making skills. To demonstrate your enthusiasm for the fine art subject area your portfolio should contain self-motivated investigations and include independent projects in addition to examples of any work resulting from set briefs. How you research and critically reflect on topics within sketchbooks, models and through preparatory studies is as important as providing examples of your completed artworks. Your portfolio should focus on work and forms of work that you are actively interested in and demonstrate what themes, materials, processes and related research excites you when making artworks.

Whatever form/s your work takes, whether it is hand crafted or digital or a combination of both, we look at your portfolio to evidence the ways in which you develop ideas in practical forms. The personal statement you include with your application should demonstrate your ability to articulate ideas about your art works and show your enthusiasm for practical and intellectual enquiry.

Following portfolio selection there will be an opportunity to meet staff in an online Q+A forum to discuss any queries you may have about studying fine art at Brighton.

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Find out more about how to create and submit your portfolio.

Fees

Course fees

UK (full-time) 9,250 GBP

International (full-time) 15,300 GBP

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 you may be expected to pay, and what is included in your fees, 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.

Info

The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2023–24.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

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 exhibition and learning facilities in the Grand Parade main building where you will also 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.

Grand Parade exhibition space

Accommodation

Brighton: City campus

We guarantee an offer of a place in halls of residence to all eligible students.

Halls of residence
We have halls of residence across Brighton in the city centre, Moulsecoomb, Varley Park and Falmer. All rooms are self-catered.

  • You'll be prioritised for accommodation in the halls that are linked to your teaching base, subject to availability.
  • City campus is linked to Phoenix halls, Mithras halls and Moulsecoomb Place.
    • Phoenix halls are a short walk from City campus in the centre of Brighton.
    • Mithras hall and Moulsecoomb Place are located on the Moulsecoomb campus, around two miles from City campus. Public transport in the city is excellent.

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

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 less than 40 minutes to Eastbourne. There are also 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

As well as being supported to succeed, we want you to feel good too. You'll be part of a community that builds you up, with lots of ways to connect with one another, as well having access to dedicated experts if you need them. Find out more.

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Sport at Brighton

Sport Brighton

Sport Brighton brings together our sport and recreation services. As a Brighton student you'll have use of sport and fitness facilities across all our campuses and there are opportunities to play for fun, fitness or take part in serious competition. 

Find out more about Sport Brighton.

Sports scholarships

Our sports scholarship scheme is designed to help students develop their full sporting potential to train and compete at the highest level. We offer scholarships for elite athletes, elite disabled athletes and talented sports performers.

Find out more about sport scholarships.

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Programme specification

The programme specification is the approved description of each course. They give a detailed breakdown of the content and structure of the course, and are updated following course changes.

Programme specification

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