Law Undergraduate | School of Business and Law

Asking all the right questions; the University of Brighton Client Interviewing Competition 2015

The fourth annual Gerard Maye Legal Client Interviewing Competition was recently held at the University of Brighton. The theme, set by the Law Society was Family Partnerships. Two pairs of ‘solicitors’ Marlon Cameron and Debbie Thomas (postgraduate law students) and Chloe Chatton and Fionnuala Richardson (final year undergraduate law students), advised ‘client’ Alex Swetman…

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…

Rewarding outstanding teaching

The 2015 Brighton Students’ Union’s (BSU) Excellence Awards saw Business School staff being awarded for outstanding contributions to the student experience. The Excellence Awards are the only awards at the University of Brighton that are student led, from nominations to judging. They highlight the efforts of staff who students felt had made the most positive…

Introducing the industrial placement team

It has been even busier than usual over the past two weeks in Brighton Business School’s Industrial Placement office. On top of the many visitors and enquiries the office usually receives, students, staff and alumni have been popping by to see one team member in particular. Virginia Goodwill, Industrial Placements Officer, has worked at Brighton…

When Humans Become Migrants

Marie-Bénédicte Dembour is a Professor of Law and Anthropology at the University of Brighton’s Business School. She was born and grew up in Belgium where she first studied law before moving to England to study Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. Marie has long been concerned with studying and advocating for migrants’ rights, an…

2015 Enterprise Competition Is Open

Do you have an idea for an entrepreneurial business, or have you started an entrepreneurial business and would like to win £2250? The Enterprise Competition is open to all University of Brighton students and alumni, individuals and teams and there are three categories: The most innovative product award – for the most innovative idea for…

We’re a top 5 university for world-leading research impact in Business and Management Studies

According to the results of the Research Excellence Framework 2014 (REF), Brighton Business school is top 5 university for world-leading research impact in Business and Management Studies. Professor Aidan Berry, Director of Brighton Business School said ‘We are delighted that the REF 2014 recognises that our professional business school is producing useful research with real-world…