Course General Description

Brighton has a strong photographic culture and consistently produces award-winning, highly successful graduates. The emphasis is on the creative exploration of photography as a contemporary art practice and this established course enables you to develop your own creative practice through the learning of technical, creative and analytical skills. You’ll be based in the Edward Street media centre with high-spec facilities, working in an experimental and critical environment, learning with an expert course team, and benefiting from visiting lectures from leading practitioners. You’ll explore traditional analogue processes and digital technology, experiencing a wide range of photographic methods and technologies. The staff team will help you to build a strong creative practice through theoretical understanding and experimentation with innovative practices to develop your own personal style, realising your creative vision.

School General Description

A part of Brighton since 1859, the university has been guided by its original ethos to become the diverse, multidisciplinary institution that it is today. With 21,555 students studying across five campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings, the university community demonstrates civic responsibility across the south coast and beyond. The university is defined by a commitment to social relevance, steering its curriculum and research projects away from the ivory tower and toward the fulfilment of public good as a trusted partner.This not only involves active engagement with a local and global community but includes a coordinated effort toward creating an equal and sustainable environment within the university. This is based on the shared values of engagement, diversity, participation, collaboration and sustainability.The university courses, from undergraduate to research level and from the humanities to the natural sciences encourage students to apply their academic knowledge to the world beyond university in order to become active, fruitful members of their local communities.The university endeavours to remain a trusted partner, believing that by building strong, effective and mutually beneficial relationships we are collectively stronger and better able to tackle the real-world issues that we all face.