School of Business and Law

Economics: the study of choice under a constraint

Recently, the furlough scheme ended and fuel caps rose. Changes to stamp duty, VAT on holidays and other support packages provided by the government also ended. Regardless of your thoughts on how the government handled the crisis, the pandemic has transformed how we think within our businesses, our economies and our societies. This thought process…

Local law firm wins UK award for University of Brighton partnership

Family Law Partners has picked up a Business Impact award from Innovate UK for its Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) work with the University of Brighton. The Family Law Partners’ KTP project drew on the university’s artificial intelligence expertise to develop a novel triage style system to improve the company’s work in the area of family…

Brighton Works Week and the Virtual Careers Fair 2021

We help students get as much as they can out of their time here, so that they can go on to find – or to create – work that excites and rewards them. Our careers focused events give students the opportunity to meet employers, make connections and vitally, learn how to stand out from the…

Black History Month Events

This month, and every month, we celebrate Black history and Black activism. We’re inviting students and staff to join us for a series talks. We’re an anti-racist university, and we’ll continue working with you and for you in tackling racial inequality. By standing together as one community, we can create lasting change. As part of our commitment, we’ve…

Energy crisis: creating lots of small suppliers was always a bad idea – now taxpayers will foot the bill

Lawrence Haar, University of Brighton A handful of small energy suppliers in the UK have collapsed in recent weeks because they have been caught out by the massive rise in wholesale gas and electricity prices – and dozens more are in danger of going the same way. If they fail, the government is hoping that…

Spotlighting potential consumer risks from new energy retail companies

Earlier this month it was announced that two UK energy suppliers, PfP Energy and MoneyPlus Energy, were ceasing to trade, leaving 100,000 homes without an energy supplier. Ofgem, the industry regulator, will choose a new supplier for all the customers affected, but Dr Lawrence Haar argues that flaws in the business model of many new…

University of Brighton students urged to go global as funding for international work and study scheme is confirmed

Students will be supported to study and work abroad following the university’s successful bid for funding from the government’s new Turing Scheme. Canada, Japan, the United States, Hong Kong and Malaysia are among the destinations where Brighton students will be funded to take up life-changing education and training placements – alongside European neighbours including Germany,…

Our new home

We’re excited to announce that Elm House, the new home for the School of Business and Law, is complete and ready for the new academic year. As you can see from the images below it’s going to be an exciting place to study. You can learn more about the exciting developments on the Big Build…

Kick start your career with a £1000 award

Need help kick-starting your business idea? Looking for your first graduate job? Paying off your student loan? There are three £1000 awards available for University of Brighton 2021 graduates! Including anyone that has or will graduate in 2021. All you need to do to be in a chance of getting an award is: Sign up…

What if I don’t get the grades for my choice of uni?

Are you concerned about not getting the grades you need for your choice of uni? Well, don’t be, there are options available to you! If you don’t get the grades for uni You can always apply through Clearing if you don’t get the grades you wanted: there are a range of qualifications, academic and vocational…