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Experience live-coded music and a celebration of Britain's rave history at Brighton Festival

Brighton Festival is back. The city’s annual celebration of the arts returns from 3–26 May 2025, and once again, the University of Sussex is at the heart of the festival as its official Higher Education Partner.

University of Sussex launches UK's first Climate Justice undergraduate degree

The University of Sussex has today (27 February) launched the UK’s first ever undergraduate level climate justice degree in the social sciences

Vaping misperceptions are misleading young people about dangers, study suggests

Young adults are more likely to give up smoking and switch to vaping if they understand the reduced harm of vaping, according to a new study by researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS).