Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

School of Business and Law

BHM – Talks

“Law lecturer and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead for the School of Business and Law, Dr Adaeze Okoye, gave the final talk of Black History Month to our students and staff.” Blogpost _SBL Recordings Historicity of business and legal relations between West Africa, Portugal and Britain (Lagos 1472-1960)

International Women’s Day – book your place

Join us on Tuesday 8th of March at the Atrium and in rooms 103/104 for the whole programme or attend parts of it that fit with your schedule. Follow this link to make your booking (IWD booking)

Celebrate with us at Elm House

    International Women’s Day – 8th March    Event Schedule 13:00 Introduction Professor Toni Hilton (Head of School) 13:05 Keynote speaker – Ada Obioha (Entrepreneur & Managing Director of ADAVIRTUAL) 13:30-13:45 – questions Break and Lunch 14:15 – 15:15 Round table with Professor Debra Humphris VC, Rosemary French OBE(Chair), Professor Toni Hilton, Ada Obioha,…

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Toni Hilton will open our International Women’s Day event

Professor Toni Hilton   Toni Hilton is Professor of Marketing and Dean of the School of Business and Law at the University of Brighton.  Prior to this appointment she was Dean of the Glasgow School for Business and Society. Toni has worked in higher education for over three decades and has held senior academic leadership positions…

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Rosemary French, OBE, will be with us to celebrate International Women’s Day

Graduating from Edinburgh University, Rosemary joined the multiple retail sector to become a Buying and Marketing Director. At 34 she became Managing Director in the manufacturing sector supplying retail and wholesale worldwide. In 2001 Rosemary switched to business support and economic development as the CEO of Business Link Surrey and latterly the Gatwick Diamond Initiative.  …

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Professor Debra Humphris

Professor Debra Humphris, our Vice-Chancellor, will be with us on the 8th of March for a roundtable event to celebrate International Women’s Day at Elm House. Join us too.

Our IWD Keynote Speaker Ada Obioha

Ada Obioha is the founder of ADAVIRTUAL, a virtual administrationand operations support company based in Sussex. ADAVIRTUAL was started by Ada back in 2015 on a dining room table whilst on maternity leave and after a career which spanned several years working as a project manager and business analyst in the public and private sectors….

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Virginia Goodwill, BEM

Virginia will represent our professional and support staff at our roundtable event. Join us too Virginia joined the University of Brighton in 1995 as Industrial Placements Officer on a temporary contract to cover 9 months maternity leave. Initially she worked solely on the iconic Bsc (Hons) European Business with Technology degree which entailed the UK…

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Dr Gowri Nanaykkara will join our roundtable event

Dr Nanyakkara will join us on the 8th of March to celebrate International Women’s Day Dr Gowri Nanayakkara is a government lawyer currently attached to the Ministry of Justice (UK) litigation team. Prior to joining the Government Legal Department, she was working as an academic attached  to University of Kent, University of Liverpool and Canterbury…

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British Gas will sponsor our female students’ prize

British Gas will sponsor our female students’ prizes. Who will win? Join us on the 8th of March from 1-4 pm at Elm House and you will discover.

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