Enrichment at BHASVIC

OCTOBER

Thursday 10 October - Professor Martin Elliott Lecture
Friday 25 October - Bhas'o'ween

NOVEMBER

Tuesday 12 November & Friday 15 November - A2 Student Conference
Friday 22 November - Professor Chris Witty Lecture

DECEMBER

Wednesday 18 December - Bhasmas

JANUARY

Thursday 23 January - Futures Fair
Thursday 30 January - Refreshers Fair

MARCH

Tuesday 18 March & Wednesday 19 March - A1 Student Conference
Monday 31 March - Friday 4 April - Culture Week

MAY

Friday 9 May - Leavers Fair
Thursday 22 May - Uni Taster Day

JULY

Monday 7 July - Friday 11 July - Skills Week

Please find below our scheduled residential trips for July 2025. These residential trips all fall in Skills Week, which will take place between 7th-11th July.  Skills week is an opportunity for all A1 students to do work experience, developing important employability skills. Those on a residential trip during this week will not be required to do work experience as they will be developing different transferable skills during the trips.

Below you will find links to the residential trip letters, which will give you the trip itinerary, how to sign-up and costs. Please make sure your young person has registered their interest via the link to the online form in the letter, by midday Sunday 10th November.

The residential trips are only available to the cohorts stated and we are currently unable to offer any bursary funding for any residential trips.

ART HISTORY

November 2024 - 'Ways of Seeing' Conference at the Tate Modern, London

BIOLOGY

December 2024 - Biology in Action at the Emmanuel Centre, London
December 2024 - Conservation Talk at Drusillas Park

DANCE

October 2024 - Jasmin Vardimon Company at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing

ENGLISH

October 2024 - 'A Raisin in the Sun' at the Lyric Theatre, London
October 2024 - 'The Duchess' at the Trafalgar Theatre, London

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

October 2024 - RSPB Pulborough Brook
December 2024 - Conservation Talk at Drusillas Park

FILM STUDIES

November 2024 - 'Get Out' Study Day at Lewes Depot

FINE ART

October 2024 - 'The Shape of Things' Exhibition at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

FRENCH

November 204 - Inter-Cultural Exchange Morning at The English Language Centre, Hove

GEOGRAPHY

December 2024 - London Field Trip

GREENPOWER RACING

September 2024 - F24+ Greenpower electric car race series at Dunsfold Park

HISTORY

October 2024 - Norman Conquests - Pevensey Castle & Battle Abbey
November 2024 - History in Action: Russia & Revolution at the Emmanuel Centre, London

LAW

September 2024 - Supreme Court
October 2024 - Guest Speaker - Lisa Baskott (Magistrate & CEO of 2nd Line of Defence Ltd, the UK’s first female-focused recruitment agency in the private security sector)

MATHS

October 2024 - Senior Maths Challenge

MUSIC

October 2024 - Making Tracks Workshop & Evening Concert at the Brighton Dome

PHOTOGRAPHY

October 2024 - Day of Photography at the Phoenix Brighton Art Space

PHYSICS

November 2024 - UK Space Design Competition at St Bede's Senior School

PSYCHOLOGY

November 2024 - Psychology in Action at the Emmanuel Centre, London

SOCIOLOGY

October 2024 - WOW 'International Day of the Girl' at The National Theatre, London
October 2024 - London Anthropology Day at the British Museum Education Clore Centre
November 2024 - Education in Action at the Emmanuel Centre, London
November 2024 - Guest Speaker - Kaia Allen-Bevan (Racial Justice and Anti-Racism advocate)

Latest information is communicated to students via myBHASVIC, students can also check Student Union - Clubs and Societies.

If you are a BHASVIC student who leads a college society, or you want to set up your own college society, please read the Student Union Society Handbook. If you have any trouble accessing the handbook, get in touch with your Student Union. 

We have an exciting range of societies and clubs open to all BHASVIC students to join, including:

• Creative Writing Society
• Model UN
• Women in STEM Society
• Knitting & Crochet Society
• Brighton Period Project

If you are a BHASVIC student, head to Student Union Societies & Clubs, to view the full list and details. 

Example Society Timetable:

The Music Department have launched the following clubs during lunchtimes and after college, please contact the Music Department with any questions.

 - Woodwind ensemble - Mondays

 - Soul band - Mondays

 - String ensemble - Tuesdays

 - Jazz band - Tuesdays & Fridays

 - Salsa band - Wednesdays

 - Choir - Fridays

 - Viol consort - Mondays

See times, rooms and further details for college Music Clubs (student access only): Music Clubs at BHASVIC

 - Table Tennis

 - Badminton 

 - Basketball

We are pleased to announce the launch of BHASVIC’s online student magazine B-Mag. You can access it from the main BHASVIC homepage- just click on the B-Mag button in the top menu bar. You will find fiction pieces and articles on a range of topics, written, subedited, and illustrated by students in their first and second year. The magazine needs more keen authors, and students interested in photography, fine art or graphical illustration.

If you’d like to get involved, please contact Anna Wexler on TEAMS.

DofE Twilight Sessions

First Session: Monday 23 September 2024

FIND OUT MORE DETAILS (BHASVIC STUDENT ACCESS ONLY): Duke of Edinburgh Award

The DofE Awards is a non-competitive scheme that is open to all young people!

Through their DofE, students make new friends, learn to set personal goals and push boundaries. They build confidence, resilience and self-esteem, which benefits their mental health and prepares them for their post-college life.

The skills they develop and harness such as problem-solving, team-working and self-motivation will allow them to stand out when applying for university or jobs. They achieve an award (silver or gold) that is recognised by top employers.

For more information, please visit: www.dofe.org.uk

Every young person’s DofE programme is personal to them:  they must complete three sections (Skills / Physical / Volunteering) and activities for each section take about one hour a week so they can fit around studying, hobbies and social lives.

Each section will take between 3 and 18 months to complete (depending on the level). The college will provide guidance and support on how to complete each section. Participants can either choose to continue an activity they already do or discover something completely new. For more details about programmes and timescales visit DofE.org/do.

For example, for your volunteering or skills section, you can join our weekly baking group and help distribute the baked goods to the Brighton Food Network! Please see recent DofE Success stories on BHASVIC News

DEADLINE FOR ENROLEMENT

6 OCTOBER 2024

Silver Award: If you are new to the scheme, you will be able to complete your Silver Award. This is a fantastic opportunity to get to know people and challenge yourself to complete the four sections and includes two wonderful compulsory expeditions in 2025 (comprised of three days and two nights): the Practice in April and the Assessed in May. 

Gold Award: If you have previously achieved the Bronze Award you may choose to go straight to Gold or move onto Silver. If you have your Silver, you will progress to Gold. Gold compulsory expeditions (comprised of five days and four nights) will take place in 2025, the Practice in April and the Assessed in May.

Gold Award also includes a five-day Residential work experience.

To understand what is involved for your young person and plenty more information, check out:

• Do DofE - Basic Information - The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
• Parents-Info-Booklet-A4.pdf

For any further information, please contact:

Laetitia Key

DofE Manager

dofe@bhasvic.ac.uk

SEPTEMBER 2024

At the beginning of every academic year, we host Action Your Potential for both our first and second years. Action Your Potential run workshops on helping students build resilience, prepare for exams, tackle procrastination and anxiety and help build positive mental health.

Their sessions in September focused on GCSE to A Level wellbeing management (first years) and exam stress management (second years).

A big thank you to Andrew and the team for hosting these talks.

BHASVIC Freshers & Enrichment Fair returned this September... the ultimate welcome to BHASVIC and college-life! 

With a wide range of over 40 student societies for students to get involved in, including LGBTQ+ Society, Pi Society, Feminist Society and Creative Writing Society, there is something on offer to suit everyone.

We were also lucky to have local organisations and charities there to offer the students fun activities and freebies, including a chance for the students to win free pottery from The Painting Pottery Cafe and a free game of laser tag at LaserZone.

A big thank you to all students and organisations for their involvement!  

Who exhibited at the Fair?

• BHASVIC Student Union
• Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group
• NHS
• LaserZone
• YMCA
• The Painting Pottery Cafe
• The Wave Project
• All BHASVIC Clubs & Societies 

& many more...

Students can find out more about the college clubs & societies via the Events Hub.

JANUARY 2024

On the Thursday 18 January 2024 we welcomed over 100 exhibitors to provide advice, give talks and run workshops, helping our students explore the huge range of options for their future. ITV even came along to capture the event and speak to some of our students about the challenges they may face. Thank you to all involved and great to know our students are feeling confident that the education, support and guidance we are giving them will help them to succeed.

OCTOBER 2023

The Student Union hosted their annual BHAS'o'WEEN to bring the college together to celebrate Halloween before the half term break.

To get students in the spooky spirit, there were treats, with a Halloween themed bake sale, the SU raised over £100 - this will be given to the student's chosen charity, and a cross-college fancy dress competition with frighteningly fantastic prizes for the winner and runners up! 

In the afternoon, the SU screened A Nightmare Before Christmas for students!

The Student Union hope BHAS'o'Ween was a great way to end a very busy first half term and to get everyone in the Halloween vibe!

JANUARY 2024

We hit refresh for our January Refreshers Fair!

Students came along to explore our exciting range of enrichment opportunities and support services offered at BHASVIC!

• Student Union
• Clubs & Societies
• Curriculum Activities
• Student Services & Welfare
• NHS Sexual Health Team
• Young Carers Project
• Sussex Police

Progression Week in May is an essential part of the first-year study programme at BHASVIC and is the perfect opportunity for students to engage in research and activities about their options for life after BHASVIC and to start making progress towards those destinations. It follows on from our A1 into A2 transfer process  where students chose their preferred “tutorial pathway”: either UCAS, Employability and Enterprise (E&E), Oxbridge, Medics, or Visual Arts.

Progression Week is a combination of online activities and in-person workshops. There will be essential information on topics such as how to make applications to UCAS, medical school, Oxford or Cambridge, art foundation, employment, apprenticeships and more. Applications to conservatoires of music will be mentioned as part of the UCAS sessions. Students will also have time for independent research and, if they have made suitable arrangements, to attend open days or similar events in person or online. 

We hold trips to either University of Sussex or University of Brighton for all students on the UCAS pathway. This trip gives the students a 'taster' of like at university and in a subject that they have interest in.

For further information go to Events and Communications.

Past Enrichment:

MedSoc brings together students who are exploring entry into medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine.  There are weekly meetings covering diverse topics from First Aid to medical ethics, infectious diseases to work experience.  The aim is to support students through the complex application process and to develop the skill sets that will see them succeed at interview. 

OCTOBER 2024

We were delighted to host Professor Martin Elliott, who gave a talk on his extraordinary life so far to our Medical students, alongside Varndean College, BSMS and Cardinal Newman College. He is currently Provost of Gresham college, and spent the majority of his life at Great Ormond Street Hospital, finally becoming Co-Medical Director. Our students came away incredibly enthused and excited by their potential career path.

One student wrote: "I think that “inspiring” doesn’t give enough credit to Professor Elliott. I was totally awe-struck by his breadth of knowledge and experience let alone his passion and empathy. I cannot comprehend how he was able to pass so much onto us in under an hour; anyone would be incredibly fortunate to study under him."

Please see a sample of curriculum clubs offered at BHASVIC:

• Maths and Science Olympiads
• IT competitions
• Drama clubs
• Physics Society
• Philosophy Society
• Law Society
• Biology Society