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Jasmin’s lockdown tips to stay healthy

On of our law students has become a social media hit during the lockdown by combing study secrets with exercise tips. Jasmin Brown has attracted more than 2,000 Instagram and 430 Youtube followers with her philosophy that a healthy living – including power lifts in her garden – boosts the ability to study. She said:…

Brighton Business School students dominate Santander Ideas Competition

A new online platform that helps researchers to plan, conduct and analyse research has scooped a £1,500 prize. The Santander University of Brighton Ideas Competition was won by Robert Otim, a recent Product Design graduate. Robert’s idea ‘Pipette’ was developed while working in the data and analytics industry. In second place was our very own Brighton Business School student, Mathew Dixon…

From Threat to Opportunity…

When SWOT became TOWS Well, it would seem that Covid 19 has not only turned our lives upside down but in some senses has also caused one particular business model to flip back to front! We all know SWOT don’t we? (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats: the analytical model for making strategic decisions in a…

Connecting with industry at the UoB Connect: Be More event

What do you want to do after graduation? Go straight into job applications or perhaps further studies? Some of you might want to leave thinking about it until the exams are over. But for those who want to get things sorted before graduation, now might be the best time. February should be a relaxing month…

Making the most of enrichment week

Enrichment week. What do students normally do in enrichment week? Go home and have a chilled weekend? Take a short trip? Spend time reading? Or maybe lie in bed watching Netflix all week? Well, I decided to do none of the above and go along to an opening morning in London held by Kreston Reeves,…

It’s students v staff in Radio 4 quiz

Brighton Business School students and staff are amongst the challengers going head-to-head on BBC Radio 4 quiz show The 3rd Degree on Monday 19 August. The show, hosted by writer, comedian and actor Steve Punt, was recorded in front of an audience at the University’s Sallis Benney Theatre in January. The University of Brighton episode…

Zoe Swan on the panel at Legal Cheek conference

Putting wellbeing at the heart of legal education

Zoe Swan, Senior Lecturer in Law and Undergraduate Law Courses Leader at the University, and certified Health and Wellness Coach launched the ground-breaking wellbeing and resilience workshops for first-year undergraduate students earlier this academic year. Thought to be the first timetabled taught content of its kind on law degrees in the UK the classes consist…

Keep sane whilst revising and have regular breaks

When the pressure’s on keep sane – assignment & revision tips

I know we’ve all been chipping away at assignments and projects since October, but we’re finally on the last stretch before we go off gallivanting over the summer break, whether that be a nice exotic holiday or diving straight into the reality of post-graduation life, working that 9 to 5. But before we can think…

Professor Marie-Benedicte Dembour Professor of Law and Anthropology

€2.5 million win for ground-breaking human rights research

Marie-Benedicte Dembour, Professor of Law and Anthropology at the Brighton Business School, has won a prestigious European Council (ERC) funding award worth €2.5 million. The research project will shed light on the way evidence is collected, submitted and used by international human rights courts and aims to provide insight for the future benefit of victims of…

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….