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Inspiring journeys to work

Chris Gilpin on Industrial Placements

Chris graduated in 2008 with a degree in Business Studies with Marketing after successfully completing a placement year working in industry. “I am very proud to say that I am a Brighton Alumni.  Since leaving the Business School I have started out in a career in Marketing for a number of large Medical Device companies and…

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Professor Tim Brady wins literature award for work on project management in work and society

University of Brighton Professor, Tim Brady, has co-authored a prize winning book that is drawing high praise for its insights on how project management-based approaches are permeating different areas of life and transforming work and society. The book, ‘Managing and Working in Project Society – Institutional Challenges of Temporary Organizations’ has been awarded the prestigious…

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Ula Al rashd on international study

Ula finished her third year of studying as part of an exchange programme in which she attended Brighton Business School. She graduated with a BA Honours in International Business. “Currently I am working for an international company called TIE Kinetix in the Netherlands, and my current position is Marketing Specialist.”

Professional bodies, postgraduate and alumni networking event

Our long-standing relationships with industry and professional bodies enable us to ensure our courses reflect what is happening in the real-world, benefiting students with access to the latest research and regular networking opportunities. The Brighton Business School, along with the CMI, ACCA, CIPD, CIM, CIMA, CII, IFA, IOD, SESCA and The Law Society are launching…

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Lauren Wheatley on using theory in practice

Lauren Wheatley graduated from Brighton Business School with a degree in Business Management in 2014. During this degree, Lauren completed an industrial placement for a year at IBM. “My current job role is PMO Delivery Analyst for a global pharmaceutical company. I coordinate and manage a $250m business transformation and IT Systems implementation project across…

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£1,000 prize for graduate

Eleanor Weston, a Brighton Business School graduate has won £1,000 for her essay on the NHS. Eleanor Weston’s ‘Should the NHS be free to every citizen regardless of health choices’ took the undergraduate award in the Institute of Business Ethics’ student essay contest.

Osho Frankland 2016 prizewinner

Recognising graduate talent through business sponsorship

We are immensely proud of our students and aim to recognise and reward those individuals who excel in their studies. Each year we hold two annual awards ceremonies, the summer Prizegiving Ceremony and the autumn Excellence Awards Ceremony. We are privileged to have close relationships with many local and national organisations, who kindly sponsor prizes…

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Chris Payne on starting his own company

Chris graduated in 2013 with a BA Honours in Business Management with Finance. Since graduation he has started his own business, Payne Games, in Sussex. “I joined the National Lifesaving Academy as the Business Development Manager, we won the Social Enterprise Award in the Lewes District Business Awards. I then decided to start my own…

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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…

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How sci fi-inspired innovation treads a fine line between dystopia and utopia

Paul Levy, University of Brighton The race is on to bring a jetpack to market. New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft has a jetpack which is due to go on sale this year and US-based JetPack Aviation is working on a more streamlined offering. So aviation junkies with the cash to spare will soon be able to…

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