Fatboy Slim awarded honorary fellowship
The DJ said he was "humbled and fulfilled" to receive the fellowship
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DJ Fatboy Slim has been awarded an honorary fellowship from a university in East Sussex.
The star, who lives in the area, was given the fellowship by BIMM University to recognise the "immense contribution" he had made to the music industry.
Fatboy Slim, real name Norman Cook, said: “I am humbled and fulfilled to receive this honour from BIMM.
"Until now both our careers have run in parallel in the same city, both of us working in the music business, both of us contributing to the arts and also charitable causes in Brighton and the city’s unique talents, but now our relationship is cemented by this event and honour.”
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At the event the DJ announced the launch of the Fatboy Slim Martlets Scholarship.
The collaboration, which involves BIMM Brighton and local hospice charity Martlets, will offer a three-year tuition fee waiver for one student starting their undergraduate degree at BIMM Music Institute Brighton in the 2024/25 academic year.
The initiative is aimed at people from low-income households or groups under-represented in the creative industries.
The DJ said: “Two of the most vital parts of my life recently have been the world of arts and music and my role as an ambassador for Martlets hospice.
"Having a scholarship in our joint name allows one student who wouldn’t normally have access to the start in a career that a degree from BIMM will enable to learn from the best in the business in the name of Brighton's unique and wonderful hospice.”
In 2022 Fatboy Slim ran a DJ workshop in Hove as part of an NHS project to help people with severe mental health problems.
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