Lisa Wood

Winners of 2020 Brighton Law School heats

Negotiating their way to London

Students studying law at Brighton Law School flexed their negotiating skills against each other in an effort to win a place at the regional heats of the CEDR National Negotiating Competition in London on the 22nd February. The competition pits pairs of students against each other to negotiate a number of challenging fictional scenarios. Students…

Sheila Flavell speaking at the 2018 graduation ceremony

Brighton Business School graduate receives royal honour

Sheila Flavell, University of Brighton graduate and a champion for women in tech, received a CBE in the Queen’s new year honours. Sheila, who received a Marketing MA and an MBA from the university’s Brighton Business School, is Chief Operating Officer of FDM Group, the Brighton-based international professional services company and global leader in the…

Students from Sussex and Brighton go head-to-head at the annual mooting competition.

All rise for the annual Brighton & Hove City Intervarsity Mooting competition

The annual Brighton & Hove City Intervarsity Mooting Competition was held at University of Sussex and LLB Law students Natasha Charlesworth and Paige Macrae represented University of Brighton in the competition. The competition is hosted alternately by each university and this year the competition was held in the mooting room at Sussex’s Falmer campus. The…

Brighton graduate Jill McDonald appointed CEO of Costa Coffee

Jill’s ‘Americano’ appointment

A University of Brighton graduate has been appointed CEO of the US-owned coffeehouse chain Costa Coffee. Jill McDonald, who graduated in 1986 with a first in Business Studies BA(Hons), has enjoyed a meteoric career rise: she was Chief Executive of McDonald’s fast food chain, Head of Global Marketing for British Airways, Chief Executive of Halfords…

University of Brighton pro-bono legal clinic open for business

A new pro-bono legal clinic at the University of Brighton will provide legal advice for members of the public on issues such as business, housing, employment and more. The clinic was launched by Brontie Ansell, Senior Lecturer in the Brighton Business School, and will see law students giving free legal advice to clients under the…

Student Katy Croft graduated with her degree and a CIM Level 6 award

Marketing students achieve record CIM Diploma awards

In an outstanding effort 21 final year Marketing BSc(Hons) students were awarded both their BSc degree AND their CIM Level 6 Diploma in Professional Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. The University also received a ‘Letter of commendation’ from the CIM for the excellent standard of results achieved by students for the Driving…

It’s students v staff in Radio 4 quiz

Brighton Business School students and staff are amongst the challengers going head-to-head on BBC Radio 4 quiz show The 3rd Degree on Monday 19 August. The show, hosted by writer, comedian and actor Steve Punt, was recorded in front of an audience at the University’s Sallis Benney Theatre in January. The University of Brighton episode…

Watch graduation 2019 live

It’s nearly time for the final University of Brighton graduation ceremony for our amazing Brighton Business School graduates, the hall is bustling with activity and there are some incredibly proud family and friends in the audience. But if you couldn’t make it and want to watch the ceremony live then you can still watch…

MSc Logistics and Supply Chain spring visit to Liz Earle

Each spring the MSc Logistics and Supply Chain students go on a field trip to industry to witness first hand some of the challenges organisations encounter in bringing their products to market. This time the students visited Liz Earle, a natural beauty products company located on the Isle of Wight. A short boat ride off…

Brighton Sailing Club hosts postgraduate social evening

It’s not all work and no play when you’re studying at Brighton Business School and with the longer days and warmer evenings upon us we decided to take advantage of the weather and host a social evening for postgraduate students. As is befitting for one of the UK’s most vibrant cities by the sea students…