Eastbourne campus applicant event

Hillbrow Sports Centre, Denton Road, Eastbourne BN20 7SR
Wednesday 26 April 2023, 11.30am–5.30pm

This applicant event will cover courses in:

  • Sport and exercise science
  • Strength and conditioning
  • Exercise, health and rehabilitation
  • Sport studies
  • Sport management
  • Sport coaching
  • Sport integrated foundation year

You can arrive at the event anytime between 11.30am–2pm, but check the time of your subject session and try to arrive at least 20 minutes before this to allow time for registration and to get to your subject session on time. You can go on a campus tour and accommodation tour before or after your subject session so you may want to time your arrival time to factor this in.

Check your programme and book your place

This applicant event is for students who have already applied to the University of Brighton. We have restricted capacity, so we will not be able to accommodate those who have not booked online in advance.

Before the event

If you would like to change or cancel your booking, please log in using your University of Brighton student number. Places at our applicant events are limited, so it's important to let us know if you can't make it.

If you have any requirements such as an accessible parking space, signer or hearing loop, let us know by emailing studentrecruitmentevents@brighton.ac.uk.

Guests

You’re welcome to bring guests with you on the day. They can attend subject sessions, tours and student experience talks with you as well.

What do I need to bring with me

  • Your programme, either printed or on your phone.
  • Your barcode – this is in your programme and we’ll also email it to you.
  • Comfy shoes for tours!
  • Payment method, if you want to buy food/drink from our campus cafes although we will also provide free tea and coffee at the event. Please note all University of Brighton campuses are now cashless.
Aerial photo of Eastbourne

Getting here

This applicant event is taking place at our Eastbourne campus.

Here's a map for our Eastbourne campus.

By car: a car park will be available at Trevin Towers (Gaudick Road, BN20 7SP) and at our Hillbrow building car park (BN20 7SS). If these are full, there is free on-street parking in this area. Parking is free during your visit, please ignore all signage in the car park as you will not be fined.

By bus or train: National Express run a service between Eastbourne and London Victoria. Trains take 90 minutes from London and run regularly. Hillbrow is a 25-minute walk from Eastbourne train station. The 3 or the 3A bus will take you from Eastbourne town centre to the campus.

By bike: cycling from Eastbourne centre takes around 10 minutes.

Your arrival

When you arrive at our campus the first thing you’ll need to do is register at the event.

We will need to see your barcode upon arrival – you can find this in your programme, and we will also send this to you via email before the event.

Registration

Your registration point is: Hillbrow Sports Centre, Denton Road, Eastbourne BN20 7SR.

You can register from 11.30am–2pm but check the time of your subject session in your programme and try to arrive at least 20 minutes before this to allow time for registration. You can go on a campus tour and accommodation tour before or after your subject session so you may want to time your arrival time to factor this in.

View your programme - use your University of Brighton student number to log in, which you’ll find in your booking confirmation email.

About your applicant event

Our on-campus applicant events vary by subject, but typically include a subject session, student experience talk, campus tour and accommodation tour. You can also find out more about student life through our advice desks which are available 4–5.30pm.

We recommend you allow around four hours for your in-person applicant event, and more time to explore Brighton or Eastbourne.

Subject session (1–2 hours)
Your chance to meet an academic and current student from your subject area, find out more about the subject and ask them questions.

Student experience talk (30 minutes)
Hear about what it’s like to study and live here, and what campus is like.

Campus tour (1 hour)
Take a tour of our university and student facilities. You can also see virtual tours, including student common areas on our virtual tours page.

Accommodation tour (30 minutes)
Take a tour of our accommodation. You can also see virtual tours of our halls of residence on our virtual tours page.

Food and drink
Free tea and coffee will be provided on the day and our campus cafes will also be open, serving food and drink.

Wifi
Free guest wifi is available on campus

School of Sport and Health Sciences courses will be taught at our Falmer, Brighton campus from the start of the academic year 2024–2025. This means that you will start your course in September 2023 at our Eastbourne campus, but from September 2024 onwards you will be based at Falmer campus.

As well as coming to find out about your subject at our Eastbourne campus at the applicant day you can also visit our Falmer campus and go on a campus tour. We’ll invite you to book a Falmer campus tour when booking opens soon, but save the date for now, Wednesday 3 May. Note that your Falmer campus tour will be a chance to look around the campus with a student and will not include subject information.