Skills | School of Business and Law

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,…

Invest in Your Future: Advice for final-year students from our industry panel

On Tuesday 7 March we held an event for final-year undergraduate students to connect with alumni, postgraduate course leaders and local businesses. We were joined by an expert industry panel for a discussion about the current skills shortage and how this is impacting the workplace. Our panel was made up of: Alex Winter – Human…

Dan Bennett, Gladis Araujo and Kamila Walters in front of Elm House

Guest lecture from Vice President at leading global toy company, Mattel Inc

As part of the University of Brighton’s employability week, we were joined by Global Quality Systems and Supply Chain Vice President – Gladis Araujo – from leading global toy company Mattel Inc. Gladis is responsible for driving digital transformation within the company, and this was a fantastic opportunity for our students to hear from a…

Invest in your future event brings together students, alumni and businesses

Invest in Your Future is all about our final-year undergraduate students. On Tuesday 7 March we’ll be welcoming final-year students, alumni and local business leaders to Elm House atrium. The School of Business and Law’s vision and mission puts learner success and employability at the heart of what we do. Come along and find out…

Digital marketing analysis: A student’s blog on fashion retail giants capturing millennials

This time of year is when lecturers in the School of Business and Law have the pleasure of reading and marking blog posts by students who are studying Digital Marketing (an optional module in their final year). As part of this module students are required to create their own blog analysing how digital technology is…

Polly Jackson: Why should you take a placement year?

Polly Jackson is a first class LLB Law with Business Graduate of 2016 and now a Paralegal at Fox Williams LLB. She kindly agreed to share with us her advice and experiences of taking a placement year while studying law at Brighton Business School. “The first, best and most brutal lesson I learned was how to bounce…

Yazmin Rose: Proud to be a graduate of Brighton Business School

Yazmin Graduated in 2015 with a degree in Business Management. After completing her placement year she was awarded with a career working for Barclays in Canary Wharf. “I am proud to be a Brighton Business Studies student because I was strongly encouraged to take a placement year and without that opportunity I would not be…

Students offering advice on court procedures

University of Brighton student lawyers are to offer free assistance to people who need help with filling forms, may be worried about attending court or need advice on how courts work.

8 Reasons Why You Should Start Blogging at University

Improving your writing When you blog regularly you will start to learn how to write succinctly; an important skill for essay writing. You will establish efficient methods of researching and criticising information. You never want to spend too long writing a blog post and the more you write, the faster you become – a…