Undergraduate | School of Business and Law

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…

Applying to study an undergraduate degree at Brighton through UCAS

If you’re a student at a college or school in the UK, you’ll need to apply to study at the University of Brighton through UCAS. Applying with UCAS allows you to choose up to five different courses at different institutions. The main cycle of applications opens in September and the main deadline is in January….

Crown Office Row, Brighton award winners group photo

Celebrating our class of 2022 graduates

On Tuesday 26 July we celebrated our School of Business and Law class of 2022 graduates. Their graduation ceremony was held at the Brighton Centre, opposite the iconic West Pier on the seafront. We then welcomed our graduates to continue the celebrations with us at the Old Ship Hotel. Here we held our Awards for…

Black in Business: Brighton Open Podcast

Brighton Business School alumni, Marvin Okai and Denzil Lawrence, are back talking to us through a new podcast series; BOP (Brighton Open Podcast) about their journey to becoming Chartered Accountants and why they developed their blog Black and in Business to share their experience. Denzil and Marvin “discuss topics relating to our university experiences and…

Client Interviewing: A Professional Insight from Coffin Mew

Our Law LLB students were recently joined by Leon Deakin of Coffin Mew LLP for their second client interviewing workshop. Having studied History as an undergraduate Leon took the Law conversion route to being a solicitor via the PGDL and then LPC at the College of Law London. After some work experience in the larger London firms…

Explore your options through clearing

Good luck to everyone receiving exam results this week! If you’ve had a change of heart about what you want do next, or your exams have gone differently from what you expected, Clearing is an opportunity to assess your options and explore the possibilities. If you need help navigating your way through the Clearing process,…

Helping students achieve that ‘lightbulb’ moment: Rachael Carden

A former English teacher in both the UK and abroad, Rachael Carden is the Course Leader for our four-year International Business Management BSc(Hons). Rachael’s passion is supporting students in achieving that ‘lightbulb’ moment! On which programmes and modules do you teach? I am the Course Leader for the BSc International Business programme and I teach on…

The Bottom Line not The Flat Line: How to evaluate your success and your risks with your PPC Campaign | What Sarah Did

Paid media is the most popular form of digital marketing right now (Kapoor et al., 2016), and as investing in PPC is one of the key marketing channels proposed by Chaffey (2015) and can be integral to your marketing plan. However, before you embark on a PPC campaign, know the hallmarks of success and the…

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…

Network, network, network – top tips from our alumni

We recently spoke with David Williamson, who graduated from Brighton in 2009 in Business Studies with Marketing. David is now working as an Account Manager looking after Capital Markets for network provider, Colt Technology Services. How did you get your job? “After graduating at the University, I joined a small brokerage in Mayfair and worked…