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The long walk to fight COVID-19

A University of Brighton Business School graduate with cerebral palsy is helping COVID-19 victims by walking 270 miles – the equivalent of driving from Brighton to Liverpool – and he’s not finished yet. Hamish Patel is raising money to help buy hospital equipment for a small town in Zambia which has scant resources to fight…

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…

BBS undergraduates get creative with a local business

As part of their Creativity in Enterprise module, Brighton Business School first year undergraduates took on the role of business consultants with David Sewell, owner of Pavilion Gardens Cafe, a local business that has an eighty-year history in the city. Located at the west end of the Royal Pavilion Gardens Estate in the centre…

My Placement Experience

At the end of July 2019, I completed a 13-month placement at Bosch Lawn and Garden as a Commercial Marketing and Branding Intern. My role included various tasks and projects such as: creating daily and monthly sales reports, examining competitor information, website content creation, briefing and managing the development of POS, video and photo shoots….

Brighton graduate Jill McDonald appointed CEO of Costa Coffee

Jill’s ‘Americano’ appointment

A University of Brighton graduate has been appointed CEO of the US-owned coffeehouse chain Costa Coffee. Jill McDonald, who graduated in 1986 with a first in Business Studies BA(Hons), has enjoyed a meteoric career rise: she was Chief Executive of McDonald’s fast food chain, Head of Global Marketing for British Airways, Chief Executive of Halfords…

Watch graduation 2019 live

It’s nearly time for the final University of Brighton graduation ceremony for our amazing Brighton Business School graduates, the hall is bustling with activity and there are some incredibly proud family and friends in the audience. But if you couldn’t make it and want to watch the ceremony live then you can still watch…

Enterprising students pitch business ideas at ethical showcase

We challenged first-year business students to come up with ideas for new products/services with an ethical or sustainability element. Our business students embraced the opportunity and endeavoured to pioneer new business ideas that would make a difference to society and the environment. In teams, students developed their ideas as part of an extended project, conducting…