What an absolute pleasure the first term at Dv8 Sussex has been! There’s been a continuous buzz of non-stop, action packed creativity and there was no better way to share everyone’s hard work and achievements than to host an end of term showcase (planned by our very own Live Events students) to celebrate. This year FRESH […]
(Photographs taken by Brighton Intermediate Media Production students Oscar, Kay and Chris.) Each year the Fashion & Design students begin their first term at Dv8 Sussex with a creative Trashion project, this year called ‘What a load of junk’. The purpose of this project is to make garments/dresses out of recycled items that are usually […]
Dv8 Sussex Open Day Brighton & Bexhill campus: Tuesday 13th March 2018, 6-8pm We are giving you the chance to visit our Brighton & Bexhill campuses to get a flavour of what we do and how we do it. You’ll be able to: Have a tour of the centre and check out our facilities and equipment Meet our […]
What better way to celebrate the student’s tremendous hard work than to throw two Dv8 End of Year Showcases?! The Bexhill show was hosted in their own beautifully atmospheric performance space on Tuesday 28th June. The Showcase was planned and executed by our passionate Live Events students, with a comedy duo assigned (students from the Music Production course) to […]
We passed the Matrix, hoorah! What is The Matrix and what does it mean? For those of you wondering, the Matrix has nothing to do with Neo and Trinity! In fact, The Matrix Standard is an award to recognise how well we offer information, advice and guidance (IAG) to our staff, students, partners, employers, parents and anyone else accessing or working within […]
Beginning Monday 21st March, we held our very first Dv8 work experience week. This saw our students from both Brighton and Bexhill placed with businesses around East Sussex (with the majority in the creative sector) for 2 days of the week, alongside practical workshops and our very own Creative Careers Day; a stellar line up of industry professionals […]
Brighton Media Production students, and the entire Bexhill campus, met BBC South East presenter John Young for Enterprise Express last week. When John isn’t out in the blustery cold of the South Coast and reporting to us live from the early hours, he’s in schools teaching young people invaluable employability skills and techniques to enhance their […]
In February 2016 we launched the first wave of our new Paid Internship Programme (PIP); an exciting opportunity for young people aged 16-18 to get a taste of what the real working world is like. It’s a 6 month opportunity to learn essential skills in CV writing, presentation, and interview techniques, increase confidence, knowledge and employability in […]
This year we launched our first Advanced Live Events group. The course includes all of the nitty-gritty production and planning from Intermediate, but takes students that step further in to the working events industry. Our budding event enthusiasts aren’t just running a single event, they’re hosting the ever first fully youth led Brighton Fringe Venue this coming […]
Our Intermediate Live Events group put on an absolutely smashing show to end the year. Tie-ing in with the release of Star Wars, The Force Awakens, Live Events chose a space galactic themed Christmas party for the students. On arrival at The Synergy Centre, we were met by a “dark Santa” and had a lucky Christmas present dip! Hula […]
When our Advanced Media Production group joined the course at the end of September, they were told that after a few months they would have an amazing opportunity to work alongside an inspirational Marketing Agency on a real, live project. Today they met Guy Pattison, CEO of Long Run Works, and were introduced to What […]
Intermediate Fashion student Isaac Raymond may well have only joined our Fashion ranks a few months ago, but he was already designing when he was twelve years old, and learnt to sew at the age of five! Over the last nine months, Isaac has been making a documentary with the BBC on his work as a […]
The first week of term saw both our centres in Brighton and Bexhill teeming with new and returning happy faces! We’re so excited for the year ahead, and we’re going to share as much of our journey with you as we can. Here’s just a small sample of all the busy things that went on last week… Media […]
A lot of us know the feeling of waiting anxiously for A level results day. Some of us await our results without knowing what the next step is now college has come to an end. Two years ago I was one of these uncertain and anxious people. Early into my second year at BHASVIC I […]
Brighton’s Live Events & Promotions students organised an amazing show at Otherplace at The Basement in the heart of Brighton. A brilliant celebration of the varied programme on offer in Brighton we were treated to film screenings, photography exhibitions, live music performances and a fashion showcase. Students’ work was duly celebrated by tutors, parents and […]
Our Bexhill campus saw out their year with a 3 hour long audio extravaganza that ranged from intricate electronic DJ sets to full on stage invasion anthemic metal. We bid a slightly teary farewell to some students who had been on an amazing 3 year journey with us and sent friends, family, staff and students […]
Have we got a jam packed, treat of a staff spotlight for you! Today we are introducing all round wonder woman, Jane Caley – Student Support Tutor. Jane originally grew up in Watford, before moving to her current residence in St Leonards on Sea, via a long stint living and working in London. Not initially confident […]
When: Wednesday 2nd September at 11am – 1.30pm Location: Dv8 Brighton Whether you’re interested in Digital Marketing, wanting to find out what an Apprenticeship is really like, or just exploring what alternatives to university there are, our Apprenticeship Information Session is a great way to find out if this path is the right one for […]
Last year, Fresh Egg were excited to take on James Wardleworth as one of their Social Media & Digital Marketing Apprentices. James excelled in all aspects of his role, and one year on, has been offered a permanent position among their ranks of the digital media eggsperts. Here is James’s apprenticeship experience… What made you apply for […]
Last Saturday, our Live Events & Promotion students hosted Urban Stages in the heart of the Pavilion Gardens to showcase the young, and emerging musical talent in the South East. Serena O’Connel (Live Events & Promotion student and aspiring journalist) had this to say about the event… “Urban Stages was held on Saturday the 13th of June to […]
Our latest industry professional to visit and inpsire us at our Brighton centre was Senior Creative Producer Rebecca Dawson from Recipe. Rebecca shared with us an extensive and dynamic tale of how she rose the ranks from a university graduate, up to Creative Producer at Disney, and further to her current position in London. Rebecca began her creative endeavours […]
At the end of March two of our talented Live Events students got a taste of what it’s like to create and manage their very own show. In the term before their Easter holidays they were given the opportunity to put all the skills they’d learnt over the first two terms into practise. After brainstorming what kind […]
Here’s a visual catch up of everything that’s happened in March we didn’t have time to blog about!
0Gi3mo visited Music Production Level 1 & 2 to deliver an engaging lyric writing/rap workshop. Media Production students interviewed and filmed Green Party MP Caroline Lucas about cuts to the youth service. The lovely folks at Right Here Brighton & Hove ran a stress and positive mental health workshop for our students. Paul and Sam from […]
As part of our Fashion group’s suit project, they were super lucky to receive a visit from renowned Brighton-based tailor, Gresham Blake. Their mission is to explore, reinvent and redesign all aspects of what we think we know of the humble suit. On Gresham’s arrival he shared his back story and how he first got […]
We have a two brilliant new opportunities at Dv8 Sussex! We are re-imagining education and reinventing the workplace for young people with Re:Generate, a project bridging the gap between education and industry. The project is about working with with businesses to create real-life enterprises that small teams of young people will have the opportunity to […]
