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In turbulent times, young people see the value in a humanities degree
By Professor Liz James, Head of the School of History, Art History and Philosophy at the University of Sussex
Leaving the EU without a deal could cost almost three-quarters of a million workers in Britain their jobs
A no deal Brexit would threaten jobs around the country but some places will suffer more than others, a UK Trade Policy Observatory study warns.
Smelling the forest, not the trees: Why animals are better at sniffing out complex smells than individual compounds
Animals are much better at smelling a complex “soup” of odorants rather than a single pure ingredient, a new study has revealed.
Spotlight on Dr Mahmoud Maina
Spotlight on Dr Mahmoud Maina, Research Fellow in Biochemistry at the School of Life Sciences
Sussex immunologist’s teaching recognised in national award
Dr Jenna Macciochi has won the prestigious British Society for Immunology Teaching Excellence Award.
Spaces to be uncertain: New initiative calls for conformity to be challenged in the classroom
A new campaign is urging teachers and pupils to be allowed to embrace uncertainty and explore new ways to engage with knowledge.
President Trump is forcing academics to rethink the definition of corruption, according to political expert
President Donald Trump is causing corruption analysts to rethink the very definition of corruption due to his bending rather than breaking of the law.
Sussex tennis ace represents Team GB at international student tournament
Isaac Stoute and Team GB took silver at the Master'U BNP Paribas Tennis tournament in Grenoble from 29 November-2 December.
Sussex academic joins UK-wide consortium to combat serious threat to plant health
A Reader in Ecology at the University of Sussex is to join a major UK-wide research programme into bacterial plant diseases.
This Sussex Life: “I can now out-lift most of the men I know”
Poppy Joshi, Physics student and champion powerlifter, is the first to be profiled in our new This Sussex Life series.