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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…

Meet marketing grad Ollie who now works for the Uni of Brighton

Meet Ollie, one of our Marketing Management BSc(Hons) graduates who now works in the marketing and communications department here at the University of Brighton. Ollie is the Marketing Campaigns Officer in the Careers and Employability team. We sat down with Ollie to find out more about what his course was like, his current job and…

Marketing MSc grad joins the Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme

Richard is one of our Marketing (Digital Marketing) MSc graduates. He’s recently started working as a project manager at a construction company via the university’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). We caught up with Richard about his graduate role, how he’s finding it and how his course helped him prepare for the working world. “My current…

Organic Kitchen pitching at The Tiger's Pen

Business students pitch to local entrepreneurs at The Tiger’s Pen

The Tiger’s Pen is a unique opportunity for students to practise their pitches and get valuable feedback from local business leaders about their business ideas. The concept was founded by Sonny Cutting from the Sussex Business Show, who each year dedicates his time to hosting the event with the School of Business and Law. This…

Emma Thurlow, Business and Sales Manager at the Brighton Centre

Guest lecture on business tourism and events in Brighton

Business and Sales Manager at the Brighton Centre, Emma Thurlow, visited Elm House to speak to our postgraduate tourism and events students. She spoke to master’s students on our Globalisation, Society and Culture module about the value of business tourism and events to Brighton’s economy. The Brighton Centre is the oldest purpose-built convention centre in…

Resus Rangers team and Rachael Carden at the Sussex Business Awards

Resus Rangers wins sponsored Start-up of the Year award at Sussex Business Awards 2022

The School of Business and Law sponsored the Start-up of the Year award at the Sussex Business Awards on 1 December. Resus Rangers was announced as the winner of this category at a glitzy ceremony in the Grand Hotel, hosted by Natasha Kaplinsky. Supporting the Sussex Business Awards aligns with our vision to shape and…

Tourism and events students visit market-leading international travel event

Our tourism and event students recently visited the World Travel Market (WTM) at ExCel London on a field trip. WTM is the market-leading international travel event that unlocks business opportunities for inbound and outbound tourism professionals. The annual event is one of the largest corporate business events of its kind. Students were joined by Jamie…

Students and lecturer looking at data in the Bloomberg studio

Cost of living crisis: Why we need financial experts now more than ever

This week is Talk Money Week, coming at a poignant time in the UK where interest rates have hiked from 0.75% to 3%, and the country is in the middle of a cost of living crisis. But what does a cost of living crisis mean and how did we get here? There have been four…

Former tourism student gives guest lecture on destination marketing organisations

Lyn Trapano, a former tourism student, visited our current cohort to talk about the purpose of destination marketing organisations. Lyn graduated from the University of Brighton in 2001 and now works as the Partnership and Visitor Services Manager at Visit Brighton. She came and spoke to our first-year International Tourism Management BSc students about statistics…