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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…

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…

Andrew Grantham and Laura Gelder Robertson

Sustainable business practices workshop

Local business leaders joined us for an afternoon of learning how to build a more sustainable future for their businesses. The sustainability workshop was led by ecopreneur and climate coach – Laura Gelder Robertson, and local sustainability author and one of our business lecturers – Andrew Grantham. “This carbon mission is primarily about resilience. We’re…

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. Our undergraduate and postgraduate tourism…

Tourism professor voted in as Fellow of the prestigious International Academy for the Study of Tourism

Professor Marina Novelli has been voted in as a Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism. This is the highest learned society with membership comprised of just 84 of the most prominent academics contributing to the study of tourism on a global scale. The Academy noted Marina’s ‘long-term contributions to the field…

Fourth-year law student leads mindfulness session as part of wellbeing week

LLB Law student Sara recently finished an internship at London law firm – Universa Law, so understands all about having a busy schedule and needing to unwind. As part of wellbeing week, Sara led a mindfulness session for students and staff. The session started with breathing exercises and then moved on to colour therapy, both…

Lecturer Asher Rospigliosi and BBC presenter Hannah Fry

Principal lecturer interviewed on BBC’s The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Principal lecturer in the School of Business and Law, Asher Rospigliosi, appeared on BBC Two’s The Secret Genius of Modern Life last night. In this episode of The Secret Genius of Modern Life (series one, episode two), BBC presenter Hannah Fry explored the technology behind food delivery apps such as Deliveroo and Just Eat. E-commerce…