Events Industry Placements Undergraduate | School of Business and Law

Georgia’s placement year

Georgia Byrne is studying International Event Management BA(Hons) with us and decided to take the optional year in industry after the second year of her course. Georgia is working at St Wilfrid’s Hospice and we caught up with her to find out more about her placement and her course to date: “I chose to study event…

All Aboard for the Startup Cruise

On April 4th 2019, I will be stepping aboard a boat from Newhaven to Dieppe and co-facilitating the Startup Cruise. An idea inspired by our award-winning DIAL (Drop-in Action Learning) Project, thirty startups from the UK will explore the innovation and growth potential of their small businesses through a journey of discovery. Arriving in Dieppe…

Alessio Messaggi, Paid Search Specialist at Jellyfish

A visit from the world’s biggest boutique digital marketing agency

In the beginning, there were websites… And in 2019 it is estimated that those websites will account for over 63.6% of all global media ad spend, a sum of nearly $327.28bn. The revolution that was the World Wide Web dominates societal, economic, and political change around the globe and is the fastest growing global economy….

Black and in Business is BACK!!!

Brighton Business School alumni, Marvin Okai and Denzil Lawrence, are back at university to talk about their journey to becoming Chartered Accountants and why they developed their blog Black and in Business to share their experience. After graduation, they created the blog with the aim of providing students with insight into their journey to work….

Celebrating International Women’s Day

At the University of Brighton, we are proud to have an extraordinary talented staff and student community – and we are committed to equality of opportunity. To mark International Women’s Day this year we invited colleagues involved in equality activities and our students to tell us about the women who inspire them. Watch the film:

Maximising Your University Experience

You know the saying, “you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone”? This is the feeling I fear after finishing university. I don’t want to look back on my time at university, facing the competitive job market, and regret not utilising the resources that were available to me. I’ve seen friends graduate in Summer…

The pitfalls of the Ten Year Challenge

Paul Levy, researcher at the Brighton Business School, gives his opinion on the recent 10 Year Challenge trend on social media. You are invited to share two pictures of yourself online – on Facebook, Twitter or another of the manifold social media platforms. One image is of you right now, the other from ten years…

Harley-Davidson and Identity visit discuss event branding

Students from the Brighton Business School and the School of Sport and Service Management and the (based on the university’s Eastbourne campus) were visited by Harley-Davidson, including motorbikes, and Identity group. The afternoon provided an opportunity to meet key figures from both organisations and gain an insight into the importance of events for high-profile brands. Identity…

Marketing student shortlisted for the Sussex Sports Awards 2018 Young Volunteer of the Year

One of our current Marketing Management with Placement Year students was recently nominated as a finalist for the Sussex Sports Awards 2018 Young Volunteer of the Year. Tom Amber, a final-year Business School marketing student, was shortlisted for the award because of his involvement with Woodingdean Wanderers and his volunteer work associated with the University…

Business Management students enter the Dragon’s Den

Last week twenty groups (with 4/5 students per group) of Business Management BSc(Hons) and International Business Management BSc(Hons) students pitched their ideas to twenty members of the Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce to pitch their Business Start-up ideas. Students worked together in teams; to construct their own business start-up ideas. They thought creatively and…