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Managing Change – M level module

Overview The module is designed to help practitioners and managers develop insight and critical awareness of change management theories and frameworks, and their application to the organisational setting in leading and managing change. The students’ practice settings and experience will provide the context for learning.

Exciting new placement partner

Sport Business Management BSc(Hons) students now have the opportunity to spend their placement with Sport Arabia Worldwide as part of a new partnership. Roger Myall, Sport Arabia Worldwide’s director and founder, graduated from the University of Brighton in 1997 and founded the company in 2006. He visited students in the School of Sport and Service…

Welcome to our new VC

The new University of Brighton Vice-Chancellor, Professor Debra Humphris, takes up her post today, 1 December. Read more.

Orienteering festival

For a blustery winter Monday morning Gildredge Park in Eastbourne was uncharacteristically busy; filled with excited and active school pupils from the local area. The event was the annual Orienteering Festival, led by second year Physical Education BA(Hons) and Physical Education BA(Hons) with QTS students.

Trend Spotting Field Trip

Final year Retail Marketing and Management BA(Hons) students travelled to London to visit an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum and spot retail trends throughout the city. The students were accompanied by their course leader, Hasan Gilani, who also organised the trip. First stop was the Shoe: Pains and Pleasure exhibition at the V&A

Digital Marketing Talk for Retail Students

Digital marketing expert Kaite Waite visited the school to deliver a workshop for final year Retail Marketing and Retail Management BA(Hons) students. During Kate’s workshop, on customer generated reviews,

Hosting the Springboks

The University of Brighton’s Eastbourne campus, along with Eastbourne College and the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, were delighted to host the Springbok team for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The whole community were able to benefit from the South African’s visit from the Welcome Ceremony through to a Touch Rugby Festival for Eastbourne schools. View the story through photographs, news…

P2P wins ATHE/ABTAs Making the Case Award for a Teaching Project

The Peer2Peer (P2P) Capacity Building in Tourism Initiative has won the Association of Tourism in Higher Education’s (ATHE) Making the Case Award for a Teaching Project for Building Leadership and Management Capacity in the Visitor Economy, which is sponsored by the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA).

Euro BA Meeting in Eastbourne

The Steering Group of the European Academy of Hospitality Management, the organisation which oversees the very successful Euro BA programme, met in Eastbourne on 9 and 10 November. Chaired by Dr Steven Goss-Turner, representatives from partner institutions in France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands discussed current issues and future strategy.

Professor Nauright in The Conversation

John Nauright, Professor of Sport and Leisure Management at the University of Brighton writes in The Conversation: A single, permanent Olympic site would help us reclaim the integrity of sport. Read the article