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Two students from SBU Sixth were selected to attend the ‘Start Up, Scale Up’ event with some of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs last week (Thurs 24 April). Ivy Okonkwo and Abdulsalam Keji were invited thanks to their success so far on their courses, and they made the most of the opportunity, speaking with guests including […]

Skills on both sides of the interview table were put to the test by SBU6 Business students this week. The students were engaged in the ‘Recruitment and Selection’ module and developed an innovative exercise to put their learning into practice. Each member of the group wrote a job description for a Finance or Business role,

60 SBU Sixth students took an educational trip to Geneva, Switzerland, this March. The visit was planned to mix educational and cultural experiences, taking in museums, the United Nations headquarters and museums, as well as allowing some time for exploring. A highlight for all was a visit to world-famous science research centre, CERN. Students got

SBU6 students ran a wide range of events last week (1-4 April) in the lead-up to the Spring break. Each event was devised, planned and managed by Business students, who are completing a course module in managing professional events. On Wednesday, one of the groups organised a recruitment fair, open to students from across the

Health students at SBU Sixth had a very special visitor on Tuesday 11 March. Pioneering nurse, health educator and sickle cell specialist Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu visited our campus in Brixton, where she met student and staff leaders, toured health facilities and gave a wonderful hour-long question-and-answer talk to students from all our health and

International Women’s Day 2025 is on Saturday 8 March. The theme this year is ‘Accelerate Action’. To mark the week leading up to the day itself, our students have had various International Women’s Day talks and tutorials. Some of our female staff also share their achievements, and their take on both IWD and the #AccelerateAction

Students in SBU Sixth’s Business & Finance groups enjoyed a guest masterclass from global data and digital company Business Critical Solutions last week. Account consultants Grace Hellyer and Baboucar Badjie delivered a presentation about BCS, the Data Centre market and opportunities to help companies develop their digital capabilities in a fast-moving world. As an industry

SBU Sixth students in Engineering, Business and Health all enjoyed a busy week exploring apprenticeship opportunities just before the February half term. On Monday (10 Feb), apprenticeship experts from London South Bank University gave sector-focused talks to students from each subject area. LSBU provides the training for thousands of apprentices each year, in dozens of