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Prioritising your wellbeing this Wellbeing Week 2023

This week (13 – 19 November) is Wellbeing Week here at the University of Brighton! We’ll be holding lots of wellbeing activities that you can get involved in and sharing resources to support good mental health and wellbeing while studying with us. The School of Business and Law has an ask for help culture, so please…

Students chatting to the employability team

How we support you

Here in the School of Business and Law, we promote an ask for help culture. There’s so much support available to help you academically, with your employability, as well as support for your physical and mental wellbeing. Our Teaching and Learning Lead, Sarah Cork, shares some advice for students: “Take control of your journey. It’s…

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…

Guest lecture: Analysing Eurovision as a destination marketing campaign

Our students have been looking at the Eurovision Song Contest as a case study to evaluate how events and festivals are used for destination marketing purposes. Guest lecturer – Dr Catherine Baker from the University of Hull, spoke to our students about the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool earlier this year. Catherine leads on the…

Elm House, home to the School of Business and Law

Guest lecture: How to plan a PR campaign

A few weeks ago our students were lucky enough to attend a guest lecture on planning a PR campaign. Flo Powell, joint Managing Director at award-winning B2B PR agency Midnight Communications, was kind enough to speak to our business entrepreneurship students about how to plan and execute a PR campaign. Flo’s key tip for our…

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,…

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,…

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…

Postgraduate annual law lecture from leading barrister

The School of Business and Law welcomed Nicholas Griffin KC (King’s Counsel) to speak to our law students about justice and law. His guest lecture, titled: Justice and the law in the wake of disaster, gathered a large group Brighton Law School students and staff. The keynote talk focused on Nicholas’ experience of working in…

Silver Award 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework

Brighton uni secures national silver award for teaching excellence

We’ve been recognised for the quality of our teaching and student outcomes in a UK-wide evaluation of higher education institutions. The university has secured a silver award in the national Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). This award confirms that the student experience and student outcomes across all of the university’s undergraduate provision, including apprenticeships, are “typically…