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Clothes Show live

Undergraduate and postgraduate retail students took a coach tour to the Clothes Show Live in Birmingham, stopping at the luxury shopping destination, Bicester Village, en route. At Bicester students and staff had a talk from Miranda Markham from Value Retail, who explained the philosophy behind the luxury outlet. Students learnt that tourism, events and hospitality all play…

Students Investigate Store Formats

Third year undergraduate retail students visited London on a field trip to investigate store formats. They started off in Brixton Village, an undercover market full of of quirky fashion, homeware and vintage boutiques, alongside a whole range of independent eateries. Next stop was Carnaby Street to look at the Christmas windows at Liberty’s world famous department store….

Simon takes the prize

Seven times Paralympian Wheelchair basketball player Simon Munn took the Disability Sports Personality of the Year Award, sponsored by the University of Brighton, at the 14th Annual Sussex Sports Awards. Simon trained with Alex Bliss, Strength and Conditioning Coach based at the university’s Welkin Laboratories in Eastbourne.

Prestigious International Honour for Professor

John Sugden, Professor of the Sociology of Sport and co-founder of Football 4 Peace has been awarded the Honorary Member Award by the International Sociology of Sport Association. The award citation praises Professor Sugden’s cutting-edge research, bold activism in taking on sports powerhouses and driving spirit within the field of sport development and peace. As…

CoSTaLs PhD Students host Postgraduate Conference on Reflexivity

On 2 December, School of Sport and Service Management PhD students Adam Talbot and Jennifer Holland co-hosted with Sheffield Hallam PhD student Rachel Handforth a one day conference on the challenge to using reflexivity in research. This regional postgraduate event was organised on behalf of the British Sociological Association and the Centre of Sport, Tourism & Leisure Studies (CoSTaLs)…

The Question – Tourism

Professor Marina Novelli answers some everyday questions facing the travel industry and travellers: Is there ever such a thing as ethical tourism? After the Brexit devaluation, where should I go on holiday next year? Where are the most exciting undiscovered holiday destinations? Which former no-go country should be my next holiday destination? How is climate change affecting…

The Really Useful PE Book

Two School of Sport and Service Management academics have published their fourth edited book with Routledge. Dr Gary Stidder and Sid Hayes have released The Really Useful Physical Education Book: Learning and Teaching across the 11 – 16 age range with contributions from 16 other University of Brighton PE, dance, sport science and sport coaching staff members….

Sport and Tourism Experts Talks Change

Student Grace Butcher writes about a recent guest lecture: Pete Tyler, Managing Director of Neilson Active Holidays, visited University of Brighton third year Sport Business Management students to discuss strategic change in relation to the sport and tourism industry. Pete has over 25 years of experience in the travel industry and in that time, he has helped…

Love Fighting Hate Violence campaign

An anti violence campaign Love Fighting Hate Violence, has been launched by School of Sport and Service Management lecturers Dr Alex Channon and Dr Christopher R. Matthews. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the important moral difference between sport-based combat, and violence. It seeks to encourage practitioners and fans to reflect on the distinction, and to…

Hospitality students take up the mannequin challenge

School of Sport and Service Management students are taking up The Mannequin Challenge – a viral video craze featuring people imitating mannequins and freezing for the camera while music plays in the background. Our hospitality students produced their film to raise awareness and funds for Hospitality Action; a charity which they all support: