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School of Business and Law student on placement

Applications now open for the School of Business and Law placement scholarships

Are you finding it difficult to fund a year-long placement in industry? Maybe you think a placement isn’t the right option for you due to financial barriers? A year’s placement in industry helps our students to graduate with confidence, experience and contacts. Importantly, it demonstrates employability skills and readiness for work. Placements also give you…

Invest in Your Future: Advice for final-year students from our industry panel

On Tuesday 7 March we held an event for final-year undergraduate students to connect with alumni, postgraduate course leaders and local businesses. We were joined by an expert industry panel for a discussion about the current skills shortage and how this is impacting the workplace. Our panel was made up of: Alex Winter – Human…

Maximising Your University Experience

You know the saying, “you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone”? This is the feeling I fear after finishing university. I don’t want to look back on my time at university, facing the competitive job market, and regret not utilising the resources that were available to me. I’ve seen friends graduate in Summer…

Life after graduating with a Law LLB – Rebecca Railton

Rebecca Railton graduated with Law with Business LLB(Hons) in 2015. Rebecca’s now working as an Airport IT Contract Manager for Amadeus IT Group, based in Madrid. We asked Rebecca to tell us how she got her role and pass on any tips to current students. “In 2015 I graduated from Brighton University in LLB Law…

Tania Davies on joining through Clearing and making lifelong friends

Tania Davies successfully graduated in 2016 with a degree in Business Management with Economics, after joining the University through clearing after a sudden change of heart “I am proud to be a Brighton Business Graduate because without the support of the Brighton Business School I would never have secured a position at one of the…

Emerging themes and how to get recruited in the digital industry

On 15 June, twenty Brighton Business School students studying our Marketing and Business degrees attended an Open Day at the Jellyfish Digital Marketing Agency‘s office in Brighton. The visit was the latest event in the ongoing relationship being developed by the Business School with Jellyfish that is enabling students to gain insight from one of The…

Robin Pickering on Rolls Royce and the placements office

Robin Pickering graduated from Brighton Business School with a degree in Business Studies in 2013 after completing a years placement with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. “I am so proud to be a Brighton University graduate because with the first class education I received, and overwhelming support I had from the placements office, I am now enjoying…

Stephanie Barkway on being a successful manager and putting it into practice

Stephanie Barkway graduated from Brighton Business School in 2014 with a degree in Business Management and is now working for an Asset Management company in London as a Development and Marketing Manager. “There are so many reasons why I am proud to be a University of Brighton Business School student but it is mainly because…