The University of Brighton is a community of 21,000 students and 2,100 staff based on five campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. They have one of the best teaching quality ratings in the UK and a strong research record, factors which contribute to our reputation as a leading post-1992 university.

The University of Brighton has over 2100 staff working on four campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne.

All staff, academic, administrative, support and technical, play a role in supporting students and contribute to the teaching, research and consultancy achievements of the university.The university is committed to equality of opportunity, encouraging professional and personal development and family-friendly and flexible working policies.

The University of Brighton is a strong and distinctive institution. It makes major contributions both to the national system of university education and to its local and regional communities.Since university designation in 1992 the university has experienced a decade of steady progress. Student numbers have grown from 11,000 to over 21,000, and the number of academic awards made each year from just under 3,000 to over 5,500.

External assessments of the quality of teaching and of graduate employment have ranked among the strongest in the country, and the recent national assessment of research found more Brighton staff working at international standards of excellence than in any other ‘new’ university.

The university has an enviable reputation for supporting students as individuals within a new 'mass' system. We have worked hard at improving the quality of our working environment, with nearly £100m of capital development, including new libraries on three of our four campuses.We have cemented productive partnerships with the public service and local authorities, with business and industry, and with academic institutions regionally and internationally.

The Corporate Plan for the next five years reflects an appropriate balance of continuity and change. It reinforces commitments to professional formation and to civic engagement. It seeks to meet new challenges, especially of lifelong learning, of social inclusion, and of knowledge exchange in an information-rich age. It has been constructed following widespread consultation, inside and outside the university.

It links with a number of detailed strategies, policies and plans, the achievement of which will be carefully and transparently monitored. It will lay the foundations for our twenty-first century contributions to higher education in the United Kingdom and beyond.

The University of Brighton is a community of over 21,000 students and 2,100 staff based on four campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne.Growth : We can trace our origins back to the mid-19th century in Brighton and the mid-20th century in Eastbourne. Since university designation in 1992 the university has grown steadily. The number of academic awards made each year - at levels ranging from pre-degree through to professional programmes and doctorates has grown from just under 3,000 to over 5,500 in 2006-7.

Teaching quality : Our performance in a range of external assessments of teaching quality is consistently strong. We are one of only six universities currently rated as 'Category A' in primary education by OFSTED.

Professional focus : Over 93% of graduates, postgraduates and diplomates went into employment or further study and training. The majority of courses are accredited by professional and statutory bodies