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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
From the likes of video editors at Latest TV, to technical SEO specialists at Wonderlabs, working in partnership with Sussex Coast College, we’ve helped place budding digital media enthusiasts all across Sussex with a wide variety of employers. We wanted to let you all know about the fantastic news surrounding our new Advanced Social Media & […]
Recently we visited the London Design museum and the focus was on powerful women and how they expressed themselves through fashion. It’s pretty common that iconic women have iconic outfits that no one will let go. Here are three inspirational women and their styles and how it shaped who they are. If you were to […]
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 […]
We had a treat in store for our Level 1 Media Production students yesterday as we were fortunate enough to have professional photographer Neal Grundy come in to share his top photography tips. Neal told students how he got into the industry, and ran a little afternoon photoshoot workshop. Over the last 14 years within the photography industry, Neal’s talent […]
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 […]
Earlier this month, our Media Production students took an exciting and exclusive trip to the Latest TV studio for a guided tour. (See images below). We are currently working in collaboration with the Latest TV for Media Production’s current project, another example of students being given real world opportunities. Our Media students have been commissioned to create […]
There’s more to our courses than their titles might suggest. Embedded within each course are sessions working on Maths and English (Functional Skill or GCSE dependent on their prior level), showing how these essential skills are relevant to everything within education and the outside world. The key to this is having tutors just as passionate about these subjects […]
At the start of December we let you take a sneaky look at some back stage photos that the media group were producing in collaboration with other members of the college. A month down the line, we can now release the end result! In case you missed the blog before that explains what the project was, […]
It’s that time again when we let the world know about our wonderful and accomplished tutors! This week we are making the world aware of the wonder that is our Level 1 Music tutor Matt Perry (no, not Chandler from Friends, someone much more interesting and less sarcastic). Matt has been making music for many years and […]
