This week, we were incredibly grateful to hear from Curtis and Ryan from East Sussex College about their HND Games course based in Hastings. Curtis spoke about the progression option to our students and also brought a Microsoft Hololens 2 and Oculus Quest 2 for our students to try out! If you are a current […]
Each year our Live Events & Promotion Intermediate (Level 2) students are given a brief to create a Christmas party for Dv8 students, staff, friends and family. It’s not enough for this to be just a Christmas party, it needs to have an original theme, a great line-up of acts, a variety of fun activities, plus […]
Bexhill Live Events students kicked off the start of term with a tour of De La Warr Pavilion to find out about all the varied events they put on including Music, Comedy, Exhibitions, Talks & Tours, Family Events and Film / Live Broadcasts. It gave the students real insight into the workings of a local venue […]
Dv8 Sussex, Bexhill Taster Session – Thursday 8th September: 10am-1pm Our centre in Bexhill is running a Taster Session on Thursday 8th September. The session will run from 10am-1pm and is designed to give any young people interested in joining Dv8 the chance to visit the centre, meet the staff and engage in a simple and […]
Summer Task information We are really pleased that you have chosen to join a course at Dv8 Sussex in September. Each year we ask our course teams to devise small summer tasks for you to complete before joining the course. This is to give you the best possible start and to keep you thinking and […]
Distrikt at Brighton Fringe 2016 After months of meticulous planning Distrikt Brighton launched on Friday 27th May and brought to life its programme of interesting and varied theatre and performance. The first ever youth-led Brighton Fringe venue, Distrikt represents 8 months of hard work from Dv8 Sussex’s Live Events & Promotions students aided by the expert […]
Creative Careers Day 2016 Thursday 24th March, 10.45am – 3pm Dv8 Sussex Brighton Centre & Rialto Theatre On Thursday 24th March we celebrated our annual Creative Careers Day at our Brighton campus and the Rialto Theatre. We welcomed a stellar line-up of exciting industry experts for a day of talks, panels, Q&As and workshops. […]
On Tuesday 2nd February Brighton’s Live Events & Promotions students were given the opportunity to watch the set up for a Jason Derulo show at The Brighton Centre. The magical industry contacts of our Live Events tutor Anne-Marie (it’s all about networking people) opened all the doors to give the students a keen insight into […]
Media Students help out The School Bus Project On Wednesday 4th November we welcomed Kate and Stephanie from The School Bus Project to Dv8’s Brighton centre. Together with Children of Calais & LASER network of Coop schools The School Bus Project are converting buses into mobile schools that will provide vital education & support for […]
Tips, tricks and techniques to get you into work When : Monday 14th Dec 4.30 – 5.30pm // Friday 11th Dec 11.30 – 12.45pm (continuing alternate Monday’s/Friday’s thereafter) Location : Dv8 Sussex, Queen Square, Brighton, BN1 3FD Are you looking for work and aged 16 – 18? We have plenty of fully paid jobs waiting for the […]
On Wednesday 21st October Dv8 Sussex students from our Brighton and Bexhill campuses showcased the amazing work made during their 4 week induction period in a series of performances, screenings and displays at Brighton’s Synergy Centre. Best of all, the event was organised brilliantly by our very own Live Events & Promotions students! Here’s a […]
Dv8 Sussex is in Fashion… Three weeks in and all our courses are off to a flying start. We can hardly get the music group out of the studio when we want to lock up the building. The Live Events students have been out to Brighton Dome and are deep into arranging our Fresh first […]
Ever wondered what it would be like to work in a creative industry? What kind of jobs are out there? And how do you even get into them? Or maybe you’re simply interested in Music, Fashion, Media, Digital or Live Events and want to meet some inspiring people? On the 12th June 2015 Dv8 Sussex are bringing […]
On Thursday 30th April Dv8 Bexhill opened its doors for the first of a new season of taster sessions. Being a specialist music college we thought giving young people the chance to explore their ideas and creativity in a fun and informal environment was a better way to meet us than an open day. The […]
Tezz from Live Events pulls off an amazing evening of entertainment… On Saturday 18th April Live Events student Terriane Goodwin (Tezz to you and me) put on a charity gig in memory of her friend Alex Jackson at Brighton Youth Centre in Kemp Town. Running from 7pm – 9pm the event wasn’t just your regular […]
On a (thankfully) sunny day, after spending two terms learning a variety of techniques and approaches, our Media Production students were ready to showcase work of their own creation. Concentrating on the styles of band photography and music journalism they created a startling range of images using Dv8 Sussex’s own Music Production students as their models. […]
A couple of years ago two fresh-faced young men joined our music course in Bexhil with a chequered history in education and a dream of making music. Last week they were both accepted onto an exciting training programme at the amazing Audio Active which will give them the skills they need to begin the journey […]
Christmas may be a distant memory now, no more leftovers in the fridge, decorations begrudgingly taken down, but we wanted to take you back to a time before the first present had been opened and tell you all about the awesome Christmas show we had at Bexhill. Yes it’s taken us a while to put […]
Being a student at DV8 comes with a lot of obstacles. In our first 8 weeks at Dv8 Sussex, we have found ways to overcome these and have now become T.A.L.C, the Dv8 survivors! Starting at the beginning of your day at Dv8, not forgetting to get out of your pyjamas, come prepared with college […]
It happens more than often when you stare at your blank page expecting for the optimum design to draw itself. It’s also common to begin bruising your temple with your pencil, forcing concentration and just chucking every idea into the trash. Even the best artists have frustrating days but nothing brilliant comes by just swatting […]
Today, my class took a visit to a Worthing museum. We were shown the archives with the curator and we were fortunate to be shown all the beautiful designs that survived through history until now – the earliest being 1750. During the discussion around the historical outfits, we were apprised about the facts connected to […]
Exciting times are afoot for Dv8 Sussex’s Bexhill music students as a series of industry lead events began last week. Staying true to Dv8’s belief that the best teachers are those who do what they teach, these events are all designed to give Bexhill’s future music stars a chance to meet and learn from people […]
