Editing University of Brighton (section)

==Campuses and facilities==
The University has four campuses: three in [[Brighton]] – Falmer, City and Moulsecoomb, and one in [[Eastbourne]].<ref>[http://www.brighton.ac.uk/aboutus/ About us – University of Brighton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119052950/http://www.brighton.ac.uk/aboutus/ |date=19 January 2010 }} . Retrieved 2011-22-09</ref>

In 2018, the University of Brighton gained a first class award in the People & Planet's University League table – UK universities ranked by environmental and ethical performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peopleandplanet.org/university-league/|title=People & Planet University League|access-date=5 February 2016}}</ref>

=== Falmer campus, Brighton ===
[[File:Checkland-building-falmer-faculty-of-arts-university-of-brighton.jpg|thumb|right|The Checkland Building at Falmer campus opened in 2009]]

The Falmer campus is approximately three miles from [[Brighton]] city centre. The School of Education, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Sport and Health Sciences, Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research, International Health Development and Research Centre, Social Science Policy and Research Centre, Education Research Centre, the Centre for Learning and Teaching and the [[Brighton and Sussex Medical School]] are all based on this campus.

[[Falmer railway station]] is immediately adjacent, as is the [[Falmer Stadium]], home to [[Brighton & Hove Albion FC]], which opened in 2011.

Facilities on the Falmer campus include a library, computer pool rooms, restaurant and cafe/bar, and the Students' Union<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.brightonsu.com/aboutus/campus/falmer/|title = Brighton Students' Union at Falmer|access-date = 8 February 2016|website = Brighton Students' Union}}</ref> cafe, aka The Hive, and shop. Sports facilities on the campus include floodlit 3G [[AstroTurf]] pitch, netball and tennis courts, a sports centre with fitness suite, two activity studios and a sports hall with six badminton courts, and a new sports pavilion which opened in 2015.<ref>[http://www.brighton.ac.uk/sportbrighton/facilities/brighton Facilities at Brighton – Sport Brighton]. Brighton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-22-09.</ref>

===City campus, Brighton===
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[[File:University of Brighton Faculty of Art and Design, Grand Parade, Brighton (November 2015).JPG|thumb|right|Grand Parade Building, designed by Percy Billington between 1962 and 1967 for Brighton Polytechnic]]
City campus in Brighton city centre is home to the University's School of Art and Media, (formerly the [[Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton|Faculty of Arts)]], the School of Humanities and Social Science, the University of Brighton gallery and Sallis Benney Theatre (presumably named after E. A. Sallis Benney, former principal of the [[Brighton School of Art#20th century|Brighton School of Art]]).{{cn|date=September 2024}} 

The University's archives<ref>[http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/collections Collections at the university.] Brighton.ac.uk/arts. Retrieved 18 October 2011</ref> include the [[University of Brighton Design Archives]], which houses collections from the [[Design Council]] and other British and global design organisations, and the moving image archive Screen Archive South East.<ref>[http://bufvc.ac.uk/archives/index.php/collection/453 Screen Archive South East]</ref> Facilities include the specialist humanities, art and design library at St Peter's House, computer pool rooms, a media centre, a restaurant and cafe.<ref name="University of Brighton Guide 2012">[http://www.brighton.ac.uk/prospective/ University of Brighton Guide 2012.] Brighton.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2011</ref>

===Moulsecoomb campus, Brighton===
[[File:Cockcroft Building, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, Brighton (seen from Birling Close footpath).JPG|thumb|Built in 1962–63 for Brighton Polytechnic (now the University of Brighton), the Cockcroft Building is now one of the university's main buildings.]]
The [[Moulsecoomb]] campus is to the north of Brighton city centre on [[Lewes Road, Brighton|Lewes Road]]. [[Moulsecoomb railway station]] is nearby. It is the largest of the four campuses with over 8,000 students based there in the School of Applied Sciences, School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering and the School of Business and Law.

Teaching and learning resources include rapid prototyping and design equipment including 3D scanners, CNS lathes and laser cutters, clinical skills and molecular biology laboratories, specialist labs for structural dynamics, geotechnics, thermal dynamics, hydraulics and avionics, a flight simulator, real-time trading room, and architecture and interior architecture studios. Facilities include Aldrich Library, computer pool rooms, two restaurants and five cafes.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.theengineer.co.uk/brightons-advanced-engineering-centre-gets-go-ahead/|title = The Engineer|date = September 2015|access-date = 24 February 2016|website = The Engineer}}</ref> The new advanced engineering building opened in September 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/engineering/2017/03/01/a-sneaky-peak-around-our-brand-new-advanced-engineering-building/|title=Advanced Engineering Building}}</ref> and Elm House opened in 2021.

The University of Brighton and [[Ricardo plc|Ricardo UK]] jointly opened the Sir Harry Ricardo Laboratories on 14 November 2006. The laboratories are one of the largest UK research teams dedicated to internal combustion engines, the development of laser-based measurement techniques, fundamental modelling and computational simulation.<ref>[http://www.brighton.ac.uk/shrl/index.php About Us – Sir Harry Ricardo Labs]. Brighton.ac.uk. Retrieved on 22 August 2011.</ref>

The University of Brighton Students' Union has its main offices in Cockcroft Building.

===Eastbourne===

The Eastbourne campus was in the south-western part of the town of [[Eastbourne]], and had almost 3,000 students before its closure in 2024.<ref name="ReferenceB">University of Brighton guide 2012. brighton.ac.uk/prospective. Retrieved 15 November 2011.</ref>

Teaching and learning facilities at Eastbourne campus included exercise physiology laboratories, an environmental chamber, a human movement laboratory and the Leaf Hospital<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.leaftherapy.co.uk/|title = Leaf Hospital, Eastbourne|access-date = 24 February 2016|website = Leaf Therapy}}</ref> podiatry and physiotherapy clinic. Study facilities in Eastbourne included Queenwood library, computer pool rooms, a learning technologies suite, restaurants, and a students' Union shop. Sports facilities included a 25-metre swimming pool, sports hall, artificial outdoor pitch and dance studio.

The University closed this campus in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=University of Brighton confirms Eastbourne campus closure |work=BBC News |date=28 January 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-60166035 |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>

===Libraries===
The University has three libraries spread around its campuses.

* Aldrich Library (Moulsecoomb campus)
* Falmer Library 
* St. Peter's House Library (City campus)

Each library is typically open between 55 and 68 hours per week, including evenings and weekends.<ref>[https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/Pages/Opening-hours.aspx Libraries – University of Brighton]. Brighton.ac.uk. Retrieved on 6 June 2011.</ref>