On Friday 27th January, we warmly welcomed Founder, A&R and co-owner of Brighton-based independent record label Tru Thoughts, Robert Luis. Rob joined our Music Production, Live Events and Media Production students to give a thorough and personal account of his inspirational journey into the music industry, and what our students can do to make it there too.
Fashion & Design student Thomas was asked in his English lesson to produce a piece of creative writing using persuasive techniques. He sure put those techniques to good use, just have a read of this fantastic piece about his experience studying at Dv8! [one_half] [/one_half][one_half_last] “Young people should join Dv8 because of its energetic, passionate and […]
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 […]
There’s only one way to end the year at Dv8, and that’s with a celebratory showcase extravaganza! The Live Events team put together an engaging evening of live entertainment, showreels and smiles. We had electrifying guitar solos, captivating and beautiful acoustic sets, dynamic media films, exhibitions of deep and thoughtful photography work and 3D artist profiles, and […]
The sheer amount of wonderful and imaginative work being produced in the classrooms is somewhat overwhelming. That’s why we’ve put together this blog, ‘A day in the life of a Dv8 student’ to give you just a small glimpse of the magic our students are surrounded by and a part of each day. We want every student to […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
