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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…

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Business Project Showcase

Eight teams from the University of Brighton Business School recently competed for a cash prize in a Dragons’ Den style competition. Our students were shortlisted from 77 teams and given the opportunity to present their ideas for a new mobile app as part of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car sponsored Business Project Showcase. Teams worked hard for…

Law with Business students finish third in the world at Client Interviewing

Two University of Brighton Students, Chloe Chatton and Fionnuala Richardson, successfully made it to the finals of the International Client Consultation Competition (ICCC) in Ontario, Canada. They were competing against Scotland and New Zealand for first place, with New Zealand just pipping them to the post. Jeanette Ashton, Senior Lecturer in Law at Brighton Business…

Law, neoliberalism and social protest: lessons from TTIP

Multi-disciplinary workshop – 16-17 May 2016 This multi-disciplinary workshop will take place on 16-17 May 2016 at the University of Brighton. It will be followed by a public debate on TTIP in the evening of 17 May, which is part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. The academic workshop will critically discuss the process of negotiation…

Asking the right questions to Canada

University of Brighton law students, Fionnuala Richardson and Chloe Chatton continued to ask the right questions as their outstanding performance gave them victory by an overwhelming clear margin in the National Law Society Client Interviewing Competition in Sheffield on Saturday. The University of Brighton pair had high hopes to continue their winning streak as they…

Jo’s Poster Plight

Jo Wilding’s winning poster. Click to enlarge. University of Brighton Research Fellow Jo Wilding has won the university’s Annual Research Poster Competition with her entry highlighting the plight of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in England. The poster is based on research carried out by Jo and Professor Marie-Benedicte’ Dembour through the university’s Centre for Research on…

Final negotiations

Sarah Jabir and Suzannah Pinkerton have used their knowledge and skills of negotiation to join fellow winning teams from the National Negotiation Competition regional heats last weekend to represent the University of Brighton in the national final. The second year law students competed along with 66 teams from across the country at various regional heats for the…

Point of law gives victory

Left L-R, Chloe Chatton, Jeanette Ashton and Fionnuala Richardson Fionnuala Richardson and Chloe Chatton asked all the right questions as they took victory by a single point in the regional final heats of the Law Society Client Interviewing Competition held at the University of Brighton on Wednesday Feb 10. The University of Brighton pair was pitted…