UNIVERSITY students have been celebrating graduations in-person this week for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Students from the University of Brighton celebrated at the Brighton Centre in Kings Road and posed on the seafront in their graduation gowns.

The university held ceremonies which have seen 3,500 students able to celebrate their achievements.

The first event was on Tuesday and the final ceremony is today.

Those stepping up to receive their degrees range in age from 19 to 76 and include people from 105 countries.

Among those graduating this week is Sarah Beth Parker, who earned a BA in primary education.

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She also received the prestigious Diana Award in 2021, which is named after the late Princess Diana and celebrates achievements by those aged 9-25, for her work promoting British sign language (BSL) in both the university and wider community during her time at Brighton.

Now working as a primary school teacher, Sarah Beth said: “I loved my time at Brighton. I met some lifelong friends, I loved my course, and it was great to meet so many like-minded people. Setting up and running the Brighton BSL society was definitely the highlight of my time there. We achieved so much and I'm so proud to see that it's still going strong.”

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