Enrichment at BHASVIC

First Year Residential Trips – July 2026 (Skills Week: 6–10 July)

During Moving On Day last summer, we informed our new students about the potential residential trips planned for their course in July 2026. We are pleased to announce that all itineraries for these trips have now been finalised.

You will find the trip information letters linked below, which include full details and instructions on how to register your young person’s interest. Please note that places on these trips are limited. We are asking for firm expressions of interest, and places will be allocated once we know the level of demand. If interest exceeds capacity, places may be assigned via a lottery system.

These residential trips will take place during Skills Week, scheduled for 6–10 July 2026. Skills Week is designed to help A1 students gain valuable employability skills through work experience. Students participating in a residential trip during this week will not be required to complete work experience, as they will be developing a different set of transferable skills through the trip activities.

Kindly take note of the following key information:

• Eligibility: Students may only apply for residential trips organised by the department(s) relevant to their chosen courses.
• Application Limit: Due to limited availability, each student may apply for one residential trip only.
• Selection Process: Places will be allocated via a random selection process to ensure fairness.
• Payments: All payments will be made through our BHASVIC ParentPay system. Please ensure your account is activated to avoid disappointment and delays.

The form to register your young person’s interest for a residential trip can be found within each individual trip information letter.

BIOLOGY

December 2024 - Conservation Talk at Drusillas Park
December 2024 - Biology in Action, Emmanuel Centre London
June & July 2025 - Devil's Dyke Fieldwork
September 2025 - Sealife Centre, Brighton
December 2025 - Biology in Action at the Emmanuel Centre, London

COMPUTER SCIENCE, COMPUTING & IT

July 2025 - EVOLVE[2025], Brighton Dome

DANCE

October 2024 - Jasmin Vardimon Company at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing
February 2025 - 'Light of Passage', Royal Opera House
April 2025 - Daphnis and Chloe, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Circa, Royal Festival Hall
May 2025 - 'Theatre of Dreams', Brighton Dome
November 2025 - 'Figures in Extinction' at Sadler's Wells - Nederlands Dans Theater

DRAMA 

December 2024 - '1927:Please Right Back', The Old Market Hove
April 2025 - Daphnis and Chloe, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Circa, Royal Festival Hall
June 2025 - 'Anita's Room' at Brighton Dome
September 2025 - 'Lucia Di Lammermoor' at St Michael and All Angels Church, Brighton
November 2025 - 'Lost Atoms' at the Worthing Connaught Theatre

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
April 2025 - Knepp Estate Rewilding
May 2025 - Wakehurst Place
October 2025 - Juniper Hall
December 2025 - Conservation Talk at Drusillas Park

FILM STUDIES

November 2024 - 'Get Out' Study Day at Lewes Depot
March 2025 - 'Amy' Study Day, BFI London

FINE ART

October 2024 - 'The Shape of Things' Exhibition at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
October 2025 - The National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy

FRENCH

November 2024 - Inter-Cultural Exchange Morning at The English Language Centre, Hove
February 2025 - Intercultural Exchange Afternoon, The English Language Centre

GEOGRAPHY

March 2025 & April 2025 - Rottingdean/ Seaford/ Cuckmere Haven / Birling Gap
November 2025 - Royal Geographical Society, London
December 2025 - London Field Trip

GERMAN

March 2025 - Intercultural Exchange Morning, The English Language Centre
October 2025 - The English Language Centre, Hove

GREENPOWER RACING

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

HISTORY

April 2025 - Arundel Castle
October 2025 - Norman Conquests - Pevensey Castle & Battle Abbey
November 2025 - History in Action: Russia & Revolution at the Emmanuel Centre, London

HISTORY OF ART

November 2025 - Ways of Seeing Conference

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)
June 2025 - Chichester Mock Trial, University of Chichester
October 2025 - London Courts & Middle Temple Dining

MATHS

October 2024 - Senior Maths Challenge
November 2025 - Bletchley Park

MEDIA

December 2024 - Black Panther Study Day, Lewes Depot

MUSIC

October 2024 - Making Tracks Workshop & Evening Concert at the Brighton Dome
March 2025 - Classical Coffee Morning Concert feat. flautist Isaac Skey, Royal Albert Hall
March 2025 - Sussex Symphony Orchestra Dances of Darkness and Light, All Saints Church Hove
March 2025 - 'Sounds of the City', Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
April 2025 - Daphnis and Chloe, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Circa, Royal Festival Hall
September 2025 - 'Lucia Di Lammermoor' at St Michael and All Angels Church, Brighton
November 2025 - 'The Railway Children' at Gyndebourne Opera

PHOTOGRAPHY

October 2024 - Day of Photography at the Phoenix Brighton Art Space
July 2025 - Hove Museum of Creativity
October 2025 - V&A and Tate Britain

PHYSICS

November 2024 - UK Space Design Competition at St Bede's Senior School
March 2025 - STEM Week Volunteering, Brunswick Primary School
March 2025 - UK Space Design Finals, Imperial College London
June 2025 - Diamond Light Source

POLITICS

March 2025 - Politics Conference, The Methodist Central Westminster

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)
November 2025 - Ringwood Social Mobility Conference
December 2025 - Sociology in Action at the Emmanuel Centre, London

SPANISH

May 2025 - Intercultural Exchange, The English Language Centre
June 2025 & July 2025 - Language Outreach to Blatchington Mill School and Varndean School

SPORT

March2025 - Sport Science Labs Day, University of Chichester
April 2025 - Sport and Health Sciences Taster Day, The University of Brighton
June 2025 - Paddle Boarding, Hove Lagoon
June 2025 - Boulder Brighton

TEXTILES

December 2024 - 'Vogue - Inventing the Runway' Exhibition, Central St Martins London
November 2025 - The Barbican Centre, London

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 ENROLMENT FOR 2025-2026 IS OPEN!!! 

Please find links below to our “Starting with Confidence Homework & Enrolment Form”: 

GOLD ENROLMENT & HOMEWORK FORM 

SILVER ENROLMENT & HOMEWORK FORM

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

More than 342,000 young people across the UK started their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award journey in 2024. Participants gave a staggering 5.2 million hours of volunteering as part of their DofE activities – the highest in the DofE’s history, with an estimated value of £33 million. 

At BHASVIC over the last four years: 

-Over 300 students have enrolled in the program 

-200+ have achieved an award 

-A phenomenal 50+ achieving the highest gold award, receiving an invitation to Buckingham Palace to celebrate! 

Students make new friends, learn to set goals and build confidence, resilience and self-esteem. The skills they develop 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 employers.  Participant must complete three sections (Skills / Physical / Volunteering) over a period of 6 to 18 months:  they must do roughly one hour a week towards each section, and these can easily be fit around studying, hobbies and social lives. They also take part in two expeditions.  

For further information, please email us at: dofe@bhasvic.ac.uk 

 Silver Award: Join after Bronze or with No Previous Experience! 

Cost:   £491.5 

Deposit: £155 

Gold Award: Join with a complete Silver Award! 

Cost: £676.5 

Deposit: £176.5 

FUNDING AVAILABLE: Don’t let the cost scare you! 

The college can cover: 

50% of the silver award + ALL travel costs 

40% of the gold award + ALL travel costs 

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