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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…

We’re partnering with MTD Training for the fifth year running

Over the past four years MTD Training and their sister company Skillshub have offered 12 prizes to our students, and we’re delighted to announce that we’ll be partnering for a fifth year. The prizes have been close to £10,000 worth of Leadership Development Training, Sales Training Courses and access to their eLearning Platform, which has…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Accounting and finance student Lisa starts boxing lessons at Uni of Brighton gym

Lisa is a qualified England Boxing Coach at Brighton & Hove Boxing club, who also studies on our Accounting and Finance BSc(Hons) degree. She has been boxing for around five years and gained her coaching qualification in 2019. “Boxing breaks down a lot of barriers,” says Lisa. She remembers when her foundation year peers found…

Law lecturer gives Black History Month talk on historic relations between West Africa and Portugal

Law lecturer and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead for the School of Business and Law, Dr Adaeze Okoye, gave the final talk of Black History Month to our students and staff. Adaeze is a barrister and solicitor, who was educated in both Nigeria and the UK. She shared with us some of her findings from…

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