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At the screening of ‘The Mauritanian’ at the University of Brighton on April 28, 2023: Andy Worthington, Law Lecturer Sara Birch, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Steve Wood, and Lottie Newcombe and Hannah Klein, the two law students who organised the event.

University welcomes former Guantanamo detainee to meet with law students

Former Guantanamo detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi was welcomed to meet with law students at the University of Brighton. On 28 April 2023, over 100 students and guests attended an event organised by law lecturer Sara Birch and two second year law students, Hannah Klein and Lottie Newcombe (members of the Brighton University Amnesty Society) in…

Guest lecture and research exchange with leading critical event scholar

The Tourism, Hospitality, and Events Research Excellence Group welcomed Professor David McGillivray from the University of West Scotland to conduct a guest lecture and research exchange on critical event studies. Professor McGillivray is a leading scholar in the field, with extensive expertise in critical event studies. He is the co-editor of the Routledge Critical Event…

Uni of Brighton and Uni of Sussex intervarsity mooting final

The intervarsity moot finale took place on Tuesday 7 March at the University of Brighton. Our mooting competition allows Brighton Law School students to compete against other law students in a mock trial, where two sides argue a point of law in front of an acting judge who decides which side wins. Our mock judge…

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…

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 construction company the IPC Group 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….

Take your career to the next level with a postgraduate degree

Explore your future study opportunities at our upcoming postgraduate open evening on Thursday 16 February. You can talk to lecturers and researchers about postgraduate course options at the School of Business and Law. Join us at Moulsecoomb campus on Thursday 16 February between 5:30pm and 8pm. What to expect A welcome talk and a finance…

Law students and lecturer Gillian Keenan

Congratulations to our winning law student negotiators

Our Brighton Law School students took part in the negotiations competition final on Tuesday 10 January. Four teams of law students competed against each other and our judges were solicitors Jay Barnett and Lydia Goodward from DMH Stallard. Congratulations to our winner – Tom McCanlis, and our runners up – Laura Verity and Irina Do…

Rethinking travel, tourism and events in the era of global challenges event 16 Feb

Expert tourism, travel and events panel event join us next month

Join us for a panel discussion on global challenges facing the travel, tourism and events sector. Our panel is made up of business leaders from Booking.com, Airbnb, easyJet, Intrepid Travel, A Greener Festival and the Sustainable Travel and Tourism Agenda in Kenya. Travel, tourism and events are often associated with being the victim and/or the…

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