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Matthew Day: Proud to be a graduate of Brighton Business School

Matthew Day is a graduate from the University of Brighton Business School (2011) with a 2:1 BSc (Hons) in Business Studies with Finance. Five years on, Matthew is working at Nike’s European HQ in Amsterdam. We caught up with him recently to ask how his University of Brighton degree has assisted him in his career…

Jason Thomas: Proud to be a graduate of Brighton Business School

Jason Thomas is a graduate from the University of Brighton Business School (2011) with a 2:1 BSc (Hons) in Finance & Investment. Five years on, Jason is working for Deloitte, one of the Big Four in Financial Services. His responsibilities’ include: Internal audits, trading reviews, liquidity policy and strategy. We caught up with him recently…

New MSc finance courses

Brighton Business School has launched a new suite of postgraduate finance courses, designed to offer more choice and opportunities to specialise. Finance and Banking MSc With the banking industry undergoing major changes, there has never been a more exciting or challenging time to join the profession. The Finance and Banking MSc will equip you with the…

New trading room

The University of Brighton is investing in a brand new financial trading room. Opening in September 2015, the revamped facilities will use state-of-the-art commercial software to help finance students build real-world skills and conduct important research. Streaming up-to-the-minute data from Thomson-Reuters Eikon, the new trading room allows students to apply what they learn to real events…

OSTC opens its doors to Finance and Investment BSc students

Finance and Investment BSc students have been enjoying a taste of what it is like to work on a fast-paced trading floor. The students were taking part in an open week held in the Brighton office of the financial trading company OSTC. The event was designed to showcase derivatives trading as a career option, while allowing students…

OSTC Brighton v Sussex Trading Challenge

The OSTC Trading Challenge provides a unique opportunity to trade, in a virtual environment, through futures derivatives in a number of products including; commodities, equities and fixed income. The prices, the news, the winning and the losing are real; the positions, profits and losses are imaginary. The Trading Challenge teaches students to make decisions under pressure,…

On small earthquakes in Sussex

By Kevin Turner, Principal Lecturer, Brighton Business School The controversial technique called hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ has transformed US oil and gas output with major benefits for the economy and particularly manufacturing industry. A recent report by the consultancy IHS cited in The Economist [1] predicts a $533 billion boost to US GDP by 2025…

Students impress top employers during speed meetings

By Sandra J. Holmes MA FCA, Senior Lecturer Brighton Business School and the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales (ICAEW) have co-hosted a Speed Meeting event. This was an exciting opportunity for local employers to ‘speed interview’ final year Accounting and Finance BSc(Hons) students who are considering training for their professional Chartered Accountancy examinations. Aidan Berry, Dean of the…