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1 Who we are
Organisational information, locations and contacts, constitutional and legal governance.
Legal framework
The general regulations include information on powers and responsibilities in respect of academic awards including programmes of study and title and level of awards
Governance structure
The organisation, function and purpose of the university's management structure and constituent parts as shown in:
How the university is organised
Published information on the organisation and role of individual units of the institution as shown in:
Management structure
Details of the university’s leadership structure, which includes:
Location details
Maps and directions
Contact
Student activities
Students' Union, activities, events and student societies
2 Spending
For information on tuition fees please see our pages for
Alternatively, please see our guidance on fees and finance
The University's financial audit records are included in the Financial statements, which are published annually. This page also includes the Vice-Chancellor’s expenses.
Financial Audit reports
These are included in the university’s Financial statements.
Capital programme - available on request
Financial regulations and procedures - available on request
Staff pay and grading structures
Please see our benefits and facilities page for information on
Register of Suppliers
For a copy of the Register of suppliers, please contact procurement on purchasingservices@brighton.ac.uk
Procurement and tender procedures and reports
Please see our working with us pages for information on procurement and tender processes including:
Contracts
Research
3 Priorities
The annual review is covered in the documentation with the Financial statements
Please see our strategic plan Distinctively Brighton 2035 and the supporting strategies
Available on request
Please see our teaching quality page
For information on internal audit, please see the information provided on our support departments page
See the business pages for information on
See the careers page for information on:
Sustainability governance and policies
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies, strategy and objectives
regulations and key documents as part of the student contract
For information on the university’s equality policies, charters and networks, please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion pages.
4 Decision making
Board of Governors including minutes of recent meetings
Available on request – please contact individual schools
5 Policies and procedures
Term dates
Published information on internal procedures and policies to ensure academic quality and standards:
Award ceremony information
Published information on compliance with internal academic and teaching standards.
Information on quality and standards of learning, teaching as exemplified by feedback from students, graduates and employers
Learning and teaching strategy - available on request
See 1.3 in the 'who we are' tab.
Information on the regulations and policy for student assessment, the conduct of examinations, examination boards, external examiners and related matters.
Tuition fees and how and when to pay them.
Details of how the university collects and processes your personal information.
6 Lists and registers
6. Information held in registers required by law and other lists and registers relating to the functions of the authority.
The university is not aware of any legal requirements to hold publicly available lists on registers.
7 Services
Published information relating to all areas of the maintenance of individual student records including security and retention policies.
Information on the conduct of disciplinary hearings. For example:
Learning, development and support including:
8 Compliance statistics
Information about the number of requests we've handled and how we responded.
TEF Silver awarded for the quality of our teaching and student outcomes
We are in the top 4.3% of institutions globally, Center for World University Rankings 2025
Race Equality Charter Silver awarded for our pledge to advance representation, progression and success for minority ethnic staff and students
We are ranked 14th in Stonewall's top 100 employers for commitment to equality for LGBTQ+ staff and students
We were awarded Athena Swan Silver for advancement of gender equality, representation, progression and success for all
We are a Disability Confident employer, committed to ensuring opportunity for progression for all
Signed to the Disabled Student Commitment, an initiative to improve support for disabled students
EcoCampus Platinum accredited for our environmental sustainability, compliance and processes