Free University Brighton is both a protest against the growing marketisation of education and a practical response. It is inspired by the free school movement of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries, the 1960s Anti-university, the Occupy movement and other contemporary free universities around the world.  It aims to create more democratic educational experiences where teachers and students learn from each other. What’s on offer is decided by local people and placed into the heart the community by making use of existing public spaces.

Creating alternative education accessible to all, regardless of income. Providing space to think critically about the world and how it could be otherwise.