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Fourth in the UK for economics – we’re up in the Guardian 2024 league tables

The results are in and the School of Business and Law has climbed up the Guardian University Guide 2024 league tables. The university overall now stands at 70 in the Guardian’s national league table, up from 92 last year. In the past five years we’ve moved up by more than 40 places. Subject specific results…

Student Lisa shares what it’s like as a mature learner at the School of Business and Law

Lisa was a student on our Business Management foundation year and is now a first-year on our Accounting and Finance BSc. We caught up with Lisa about how she’s found studying with us so far. “I’m so glad I did the foundation year because as a mature student, I needed it. It helped me get…

Accounting and finance student Lisa starts boxing lessons at Uni of Brighton gym

Lisa is a qualified England Boxing Coach at Brighton & Hove Boxing club, who also studies on our Accounting and Finance BSc(Hons) degree. She has been boxing for around five years and gained her coaching qualification in 2019. “Boxing breaks down a lot of barriers,” says Lisa. She remembers when her foundation year peers found…

Students and lecturer looking at data in the Bloomberg studio

Cost of living crisis: Why we need financial experts now more than ever

This week is Talk Money Week, coming at a poignant time in the UK where interest rates have hiked from 0.75% to 3%, and the country is in the middle of a cost of living crisis. But what does a cost of living crisis mean and how did we get here? There have been four…

Economics 2nd in the UK for teaching quality and student experience

Our Economics BSc(Hons) course has achieved high rankings in a number of league tables this year. A huge congratulations are in order for our economics course team for these incredible achievements! We’re second in the UK for teaching quality and student experience according to the Times Good University Guide 2023. The Guardian University Guide 2023…

Not sure if you want to study Accounting and Finance?

Deciding which course to take? Trying to find out what sort of area to study around the Accounting and Finance BSc(Hons) degree? You might find this post handy. The course I chose to study got exemption from ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, AIA and ICEAW. They might sound scary to you but they are a bunch of…

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Black and in Business

After their parents were quick to dispel their idea of becoming professional athletes, Marvin Okai and Denzil Lawrence chose to focus their attention on becoming Accountants. Whilst studying at Accounting and Finance at Brighton, they developed their blog, Black and In Business, to document their journey to becoming Chartered Accountants. Now graduated, they are continuing…

Improving students’ employability with Knill James Accountants

As a Business School we believe it’s vital to work closely with organisations to help improve students’ employability. Each year we hold two annual awards ceremonies, sponsored by a number of our business partners, the summer Prizegiving Ceremony and the autumn Excellence Awards Ceremony. We met with one of our sponsors from our Excellence Awards event this…