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Black and in Business is BACK!!!

Brighton Business School alumni, Marvin Okai and Denzil Lawrence, are back at university to talk about their journey to becoming Chartered Accountants and why they developed their blog Black and in Business to share their experience. After graduation, they created the blog with the aim of providing students with insight into their journey to work….

Maximising Your University Experience

You know the saying, “you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone”? This is the feeling I fear after finishing university. I don’t want to look back on my time at university, facing the competitive job market, and regret not utilising the resources that were available to me. I’ve seen friends graduate in Summer…

The pitfalls of the Ten Year Challenge

Paul Levy, researcher at the Brighton Business School, gives his opinion on the recent 10 Year Challenge trend on social media. You are invited to share two pictures of yourself online – on Facebook, Twitter or another of the manifold social media platforms. One image is of you right now, the other from ten years…

Increasing business acumen with a Brighton MBA: Andrea Masala

We recently caught up with Andrea Masala, a Product Manager for Dover Precision Components, who studied a part-time MBA with us, graduating in 2017. As a skilled engineer, Andrea talks us through how the MBA helped him obtain a broader organisational understanding to help gain his current role and has also provided some top tips for…

Harley-Davidson and Identity visit discuss event branding

Students from the Brighton Business School and the School of Sport and Service Management and the (based on the university’s Eastbourne campus) were visited by Harley-Davidson, including motorbikes, and Identity group. The afternoon provided an opportunity to meet key figures from both organisations and gain an insight into the importance of events for high-profile brands. Identity…

The influences on the increase of upper degrees

A research report on grade inflation authored by economist Dr Ray Bachan from Brighton Business School and commissioned by Universities UK on behalf of the UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment (UKSCQA) has been published on the Universities UK website along-side a UK-wide consultation document. Ray is also our course leader for our Finance and Investment BSc(Hons). The…

From graduate to Managing Director

Brighton Business School graduate, Rosanna Woods, has been appointed Managing Director UK of Drooms, considered the leading provider of data rooms in Europe. Ms Woods, who was awarded a BA(Hons) in International Business in 2009 and an MSc in Marketing from the University in 2011, joined Drooms in 2015 and prior to her new position,…

Client Interviewing: A Professional Insight from Coffin Mew

Our Law LLB students were recently joined by Leon Deakin of Coffin Mew LLP for their second client interviewing workshop. Having studied History as an undergraduate Leon took the Law conversion route to being a solicitor via the PGDL and then LPC at the College of Law London. After some work experience in the larger London firms…