Faculty of Business and Law
The Faculty of Business and Law offers an interdisciplinary, industry-focused education combining business, digital technologies, law and justice subjects to prepare students for successful careers.
The Faculty of Business and Law brings together a broad range of disciplines spanning business, digital technologies, law, policing, criminology and forensics. The Faculty combines the University of Winchester Business School, the Department of Digital Technologies, the Department of Law, and the Department of Policing, Criminology and Forensics, creating an interdisciplinary environment that reflects the needs of modern society and a forward-thinking university.
The Faculty is designed to bring together core academic disciplines while developing interdisciplinary linkages with other Faculties across the University. It provides a framework for understanding contemporary social, economic, digital and legal challenges.
Students and Programmes
The Faculty has UK, European and international students studying across undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes on both full- and part-time basis.
Subject areas include Accounting and Finance, Economics, Business Management, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Project Management, Events Management, Fashion Marketing, Law, Policing, Criminology and Forensics.
Teaching and Student Experience
The Faculty provides an industry-ready experience. Students engage with the professional community through real-life casework, project-based modules, placements and volunteering opportunities. Many programmes include a period of employment or work-based learning, enabling students to apply knowledge in professional settings.
Teaching is designed to ensure graduates develop essential employability skills, confidence and agility. Students benefit from exposure to real workplace environments and are supported in defining their future career goals.
Facilities
The Faculty offers a range of specialist facilities across its subject areas, including moot courts for legal training and extensive criminology and forensics facilities. These include teaching, research and linguistics laboratories, a dedicated crime scene house and a DEFRA-licensed taphonomic facility for decomposition research. Digital technology laboratories and computing resources support teaching in computer science and related disciplines.
Research and Knowledge Exchange
Research and knowledge exchange activities across the Faculty span a wide range of areas, from responsible management, sustainable tourism and digital innovation to applied mathematics, criminal justice and forensic investigation.
Researchers engage in impactful work addressing contemporary challenges, including areas such as criminology, forensics, law, policing, business innovation and digital transformation.
Professional Engagement
The Faculty maintains strong connections with industry, employers, public services and professional bodies. Students benefit from engagement with external partners through placements, projects, live briefs, guest lectures and community initiatives.
Departments
The Faculty comprises:
- Winchester Business School
- Department of Digital Technologies
- Department of Law
- Department of Policing, Criminology and Forensics
Faculty Leadership and Roles
- Faculty Dean: Bill Davies
- Associate Dean (Academic Experience and Student Outcomes): Christopher Hull
- Director of Faculty Operations: Lisa Simpkin
- Faculty Postgraduate Research Degrees Lead: Sakib Anwar
- Head of School, School of Law: Dr Emma Nottingham
- Head of Department, Business School: Dr John Richardson
- Head of Department, Finance and Computer Science: Salih Kirmizi
- Head of Department, Policing, Criminology and Forensics: Simon Fox