School of Business and Law

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School of Business and Law student on placement

Applications now open for the School of Business and Law placement scholarships

Are you finding it difficult to fund a year-long placement in industry? Maybe you think a placement isn’t the right option for you due to financial barriers? A year’s placement in industry helps our students to graduate with confidence, experience and contacts. Importantly, it demonstrates employability skills and readiness for work. Placements also give you…

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MJ Tuttle

From placement year to permanent position for marketing student MJ

Postgraduate student MJ recently completed our Marketing (Branding and Communications) MSc. As part of her master’s degree, she completed a 12-month placement year at Brandwatch, working as a marketing intern on the Growth Marketing Team. We caught up with MJ to find out more about her placement and what she got up to in her year…

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Angela with course leader Liz Hawkins

Marketing grad joins NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme

Angela studied on our Marketing Management BSc(Hons) degree, and has recently started a graduate role at the NHS. In her first year, Angela will work as a Patient Safety and Governance Coordinator and in her second year as a Digital Business Graduate. What role did you apply for? I applied to the NHS Graduate Management Training…

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Illustration of Heidi

Destination marketing through film and literature

Last week, students on our Destination Marketing module learned about historic fictional literature figure, Heidi. Heidi is epitomised as the curly haired Swiss girl running through the Swiss Alps. She is the immortalised character of author Johanna Spyri, who created Heidi in the late 1800s. Onna Rageth, a senior research associate at the University of…

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Dr Surbhi Sengal

New role championing local businesses for senior lecturer

Senior lecturer Dr Surbhi Sehgal has been appointed as the new course leader for our MBA course and Senior Leader Apprenticeship. Surbhi is also a new expert speaker on the Help to Grow: Management programme, and is looking forward to engaging with professionals who wish to advance their career or grow their business. Successfully completing…

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Student laughing in Elm House

Project support for local organisations from our students

Are you a local business or community group looking for support on a project? Our students could provide just the support you’re looking for. Every year, School of Business and Law students on our Developing Professional Practice in Business module take part in local projects around Brighton & Hove. A team of students could help…

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AI industry panel event

How to use AI in higher education and the workplace 

Technology is forever changing and artificial intelligence (AI) is central to the conversation around what’s next. Earlier this month our Marketing Management BSc course leader Liz Hawkins organised an industry panel event for a discussion on AI, titled ‘How to use AI and get away with it’. “AI will fundamentally change the world for marketing,…

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Students in seminar in Elm House

We’re partnering with MTD Training for the sixth year in a row

Since 2018 we’ve been partnering with MTD Training to offer valuable prizes to our students. We’re delighted to announce this partnership will continue for a sixth year! MTD Training have now gifted a total of 15 prizes to our students. These prizes include Leadership Development Training, Sales Training Courses and access to the Skillshub eLearning platform,…

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Undergraduate annual law lecture

The future of the legal profession, event insights from law student Eve

Freshers week at the University of Brighton isn’t typically synonymous with deep discussions about the future of the legal profession, technology and AI, but the second annual undergraduate law lecture proved to be an exception. While I’m sure a significant number of the 200 attendees would rather be getting ready for a night out to…

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