Clare Prust

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,…

Criminals are using antique weapons due to a loophole in UK law

W. Scott McGill/Shutterstock.com Helen Williamson, University of Brighton Antique guns are increasingly cropping up in violent crimes due to a lack of control around the sale, transfer and ownership of firearms made before 1939. Between 2008 and 2016, four fatalities were linked to the use of antique weapons, while the number of antiques recorded in…

Head of school joins national council for business schools

We’re delighted to announce that Professor Toni Hilton, our head of school, has been elected to serve on the Chartered Association of Business Schools’ (Chartered ABS) Council. Chartered ABS acts as the voice of the UK’s business and management education sector by supporting “members to maintain world-class standards of teaching and research, and help shape…

Accelerating innovation and insights for the digital future

University of Brighton’s Business School is proud to be one of five UK universities chosen as the first of SAP’s Next-Gen Chapters in the EMEA region. We will be working closely with the SAP University Competence Center based in Technische Universität München to support other SAP University Alliances members in the UK to equip students…

Brighton Business School Partners with MTD for a 2nd Year

We’re delighted to announce that multi-award winning training company MTD will be sponsoring our prize giving for the second year running. Like last year, they have kindly offered to provide two student prizes in the form of public training courses for the 2018/2019 academic year. The 2 prizes consist of a 2-day Essential Management Skills…

Paige Hall receiving her Skillshub prize from Suzanna Baynard, Finance Manager at MTD

Microlearning Platform Offers a Student Prize to Brighton Business School

We are delighted to announce that microlearning platform, Skillshub will be offering a 12-month subscription to one of our students for the second year running for the 2018/19 academic year. Skillshub are microlearning experts that specialise in the delivery of short online learning sessions that allow you take immediate action. Their library of online resources…

Three Peaks Challenge

On 11 and 12 August this year the MSc/PG Dip HRM programme leader Dr Penny Simpson undertook the Three Peaks Challenge in a team of five for the charity Dreams Come True. “The Three Peaks Challenge is attempting the three highest peaks of Scotland, Wales, and England in 24 hours including the transportation. “We started this attempt at…

Conference examines working life

We are all set to host the ninth annual Art of Management Organisation conference, focusing on the word ‘performance’ as a catalyst to explore and understand the complexity of working life. Artists, performers, researchers, consultants, educators and more – 170 delegates from around the world in total – will contribute to the four-day event, which…

New student?

Congratulations to everyone who’s received an offer. If you’ve had your place confirmed, you’ll be able to enrol from today. There are a few things to do before you get here, including the first stage of your enrolment and getting started with your email account and course materials. Once you’ve enrolled online, you’ll also be…

Alumni stories: Client services marketing at GiffGaff Gameplan

Clare Quinn is Electronic Customer Relationship Manager at giffgaff gameplan. After graduating from the University of Brighton with a degree in International Business, she worked as an Office Manager for a creative marketing agency, before moving into client services. Now working to save people money at giffgaff gameplan, we spoke to Clare about her career…