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Life as an event professional at a London startup

How do you think it feels to be living your life as an event professional at a London startup? Brighton graduate Felicity Cator has offered us a glimpse in to her world… “Don’t you just sit around drinking coffee and playing video games all day?” I was jokingly asked by a rather cynical family friend, when…

Pioneering Brighton alumna returns to Brighton

Dr Madeleine Orr is to host a research seminar on her work in Sport Ecology, which has seen Forbes list her among the leading young people in sport for 2021. After graduating in 2015 with a Masters in Event Management from the University of Brighton, Dr Orr did a PhD at the University of Minnesota. She then…

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Arts for community development – curating art in support of La, Ghana

On Saturday 12 December, Lorenzelli Gallery (Milan, Italy) presented ‘Exit through the gift of life’, by Serge Attukwei Clottey’s (1985 – Accra, Ghana). The collection, curated by Professor Marina Novelli, our Professor of Tourism and International Development and Academic Lead for Responsible Futures Research and Enterprise Agenda, was Clottey’s first photographic exhibition. ‘Exit through the gift of life’ addresses two…

Join hospitality students online at the Student EXPO Hospitality 2030

On Friday 15 January, our Hospitality students are taking part in an online Expo looking into the future of the hospitality industry. As part of one of their final year modules, our students have developed concepts and solutions to aid growth within the hospitality industry. One of the teams, Employeorium, have developed an on-demand employment…

Creative teaching and teaching creativity

As we continue to offer blended-learning to our students, two of our undergraduate lecturers, Midgie Thompson and Paul Levy have introduced an innovative approach to engaging students studying our second-year optional module, Creativity in Enterprise. Pre-Covid, this module was delivered in the traditional way of the lecturers sharing knowledge and experience in the classroom. With reduced…

Dr Ioannis Pantelidis joins Be Inclusive Hospitality advisory board

Dr Ioannis Pantelidis, Principal Lecturer on our International Events and Tourism courses, was recently invited to join the Advisory Board of Be Inclusive Hospitality. Be Inclusive Hospitality is a not-for-profit organisation founded by Lorraine Copes in November 2019 and incorporated in July 2020. The organisation promotes Inclusivity in one of the largest industries of the service…

Why I decided to start a new course in a new university

When I was in sixth form, I was overwhelmed with information on choosing the right course and pathway for me. After weekly sessions on personal statement writing and multiple trips to UCAS exhibitions, I thought to myself – ‘I’ll just do what I’m good at’ that way, you can’t go wrong, right? So, for me,…

Starting your course in 2020?

You’re going to have a brilliant time here and we can’t wait to meet you! To help you feel like you already Belong at Brighton our students and staff have created some information so you can get to know your school before you join us in the autumn. We’ll also be in touch over the summer…

COVID-19 and UK tourism – Dr Nigel Jarvis

Dr Nigel Jarvis, a researcher and lecturer on our Tourism, Hospitality and Events undergraduate and postgraduate courses, talks about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the UK tourism industry, and the financial impact it will have.

Kickstarting tourism in Kenya after Covid-19

Brighton Business School has joined forces with the Sustainable Travel and Tourism Agenda (STTA) – Kenya to support small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) hit by the pandemic. With tourism badly hit by coronavirus, the project aims to help SMEs reignite the sector in a sustainable way, with research taking place to assess best practices…