Brighton Business School is a leading European centre for business, accountancy, and management training and education. It has built strong links with both local businesses and with many large national and international companies. These contacts regularly offer placements to delegates and employment after graduation. The school recently celebrated its 25th anniversary and the university has been running business and management courses for nearly 40 years. The school have around 1,500 full-time students, 1,000 part-time students and 120 highly qualified academic staff. The school extensive applied research and consultancy activity ensures that these courses are up to date, relevant and serve the needs of both students and employers. The School has over 70 research-active staff and has an established development programme to support both active and new researchers. Knowledge generation is vital for the school teaching and the school’s research activity keeps courses up to date, interesting and relevant. The latest Research Assessment Exercise (2008) shows that 70 per cent of the school business and management research is of international standing or higher. Twenty per cent of the school research in business and management studies received the top 4-star rating, which ranks the school as one of the top 15 UK business schools in terms of world-leading research outputs.