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Business Benefits

Relationships between our courses and industry are two way partnerships at the University of Brighton. Our students undertake placements and engage with businesses to gain experience and real world knowledge. In turn, businesses benefit from bringing new talent, outlooks and insights into their workplaces. Many of our courses are developed with industry input so that…

The Juggling Act

Christine Blackledge is a second year LLB Law with Business Studies student at Brighton Business School. She juggles four children with her studies and running her home and own will writing business. In an interview with Alison Ferns on BBC Radio Sussex earlier this month, Christine said: ‘I really enjoy it and take it all in, I…

Catching up with graduates at the Careers Fair

This year’s Careers Fair was a chance to meet potential future employers and find out about different career paths. There were over 100 businesses and organisations at the event! Not only were employers and recruitment teams there, but some of our graduates came back to visit us too. Luke Miles, who now works at Toyota,…

Business courses now accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing

The University of Brighton’s business courses have successfully gained Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) accreditation meaning they have met high standards in teaching and learning. Graduates will be exempt from units counting towards CIM professional qualifications. The CIM is the leading professional body for marketers worldwide and exists to develop the marketing profession, maintain professional standards and…

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…

Law students mooting their way to success

Congratulations to final-year Law with Business BSc(Hons) students George Stead and Callum Kirk who defeated Reading University in the semi-final round of the OUP National Mooting Competition. They are now through to the final four pairs in the country. Mooting competitions offer law students the opportunity to practise their oral and written skills. Students argue both…

Brighton Business School Law Network launch

We were delighted to see more than 70 alumni, current students, business people and staff gather for the launch of the Brighton Business School Law Network on 20 March at Mithras House. Professor Aidan Berry, dean for Brighton Business School, welcomed attendees who included judges, lawyers and business experts, before handing over to the evening’s…

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,…

Guest Lecture: The Role of PR in Search Marketing

This week, students taking the Digital Marketing module attended a guest lecture delivered by Simone Stevens and Stephen Baker from Propellernet. Simone and Stephen discussed why earned links and social shares are important, and the differences between traditional PR and digital PR. They shared some practical examples of ‘push’ tactics (proactively building links one-by-one) and ‘pull’…