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Showcasing the value of Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fellowships

13 May 2025

Feedback from our academics on the KE and Impact Fellowships

Catalonia is building a vison for a resilient landscape: Agroforestry

Transformative Innovation can help tackle local sustainability challenges, says Business School at UNECE forum

2 May 2025

Side event with UNECE, EC and Government of Catalonia unpacks role of innovation in addressing regional challenges and improving lives of citizens.

All ears: new study reveals dogs ‘eavesdrop’ on humans

14 April 2025

A study from scientists at Sussex and the University of Lincoln shows that dogs may be able to understand human speech better than previously thought.

Two females work to secure fencing around young plants in the Forest Food Garden.

Planting, mulching and mimicking mega-beasts in March: We’re back in the Forest Food Garden!

17 March 2025

Around 20 volunteers from across campus worked with FFG students to plant, learn, get to know each other, and try food that will result from the FFG.

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

13 February 2025

Brighton Festival is back. The city’s annual celebration of the arts returns from 3–26 May 2025, and Sussex is the official Higher Education Partner.

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Professor Anke Schwittay talks about her research with Student Housing Cooperatives

11 February 2025

Professor Schwittay new Associate Dean for Global & Civic Engagement for the Faculty of Social Sciences discusses her work with Student Housing Coops

Green United School Conference to be hosted by Sussex in February

16 January 2025

John Parry is part of a Sussex team working with Green United and the South Downs National Park Authority to host the Green United School Conference’.

Michael Attenborough on stage at the ACCA in conversation with Professor Sasha Roseneil

"The three years I spent here were the happiest of my life so far."

6 January 2025

Michael Attenborough was in conversation with Vice-Chancellor Professor Sasha Roseneil in December about his life and Sussex.

Sussex staff and Community Ambassadors stand in front of the Materials Recovery Facility with high visibility jackets and helmets on

Recycling right this winter: behind the scenes of the Hollingdean materials recovery facility

11 December 2024

Seeing first-hand how recycling works and better equipping our community with the knowledge to recycle right.

“Every Pagan ritual is about peace”

6 December 2024

Erin Johanson, Sussex’s first Pagan chaplain, talks about what the winter solstice means to her - and her journey to Paganism and Sussex.

ESRC showcases Sussex-led impact case study

4 December 2024

The ESRC highlights a 4yr Sussex-led national impact case study showing how The Innovate Project is helping improve children's social care systems.

Rebecca Stephens is standing and speaking in an obviously formal venue with plush wallpaper and banners and others seated at long tables to either side of her.

Parliament event is latest step in Rebecca Stephens' drive to get animal and domestic abuse addressed in tandem

28 October 2024

Senior Social Work Lecturer speaks at event in Parliament to highlight the importance of considering pets in situations of domestic abuse.

Dan Sumner and four students from the English For Refugees course

University of Sussex’s English For Refugees Scheme receives further funding from Brighton and Hove City Council

24 October 2024

Brighton & Hove City Council to fund English for Refugees, allowing 15 students from forced migrant backgrounds to access English language classes

Images of the three speakers at the Queer Fantastical (re) Imaginings Panel, Friday 11th October 2024

University of Sussex to host UK's biggest festival of LGBTQ+ literature

25 September 2024

The Coast is Queer festival of LGBTQ+ writing is at the University of Sussex’s Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts from 10-13 October 2024.

Dinner for local residents prepared by volunteers

Volunteering for the East Brighton Food Co-op

18 September 2024

The East Brighton Food Co-op (EBFC) is located on Baker Street and opened its doors in 2019 during the Covid 19 lockdown

Speakers Alice Eldridge (Professor of Sonic Systems), Thomas Nowotny (Professor of Informatics), Mari Martiskainen (Professor of Energy and Society), and Paul Statham (Professor of Migration).

Achieving the Impossible: A Celebration of Research

12 August 2024

Sussex academics share insights on fuel poverty, multiculturalism and migrant integration, climate-conscious AI, and eco-justice.

Staff and Students gather together on Brighton's pebble beach with litter picking equipment.

Sussex Staff and Students Clean Brighton's Coast

24 July 2024

Brighton Beach, with its stunning coastline and vibrant community, played host to an inspiring Sussex staff beach clean event this Plastic Free July.

"We could feel the earth coming back to life"

17 July 2024

Isabella Tree, award-winning conservationist, was conferred Honorary Doctor of Science at the University of Sussex’s Summer Graduation 2024.

A white wooden sign post with black painted letters reading 'Polling station'

UK General Election sees two Sussex alumni join new Labour Cabinet and a further ten alumni elected to Parliament

9 July 2024

12 alumni have been elected as MPs across five political parties, with Dr Peter Kyle retaining his Hove and Portslade seat and joining the Cabinet.

A yellow flag hangs from a lampost outside the Royal Pavilion. The text reads 'University of Sussex, Ground Breaking Research, Using AI to support young people's mental health, Impossble Unitll it's Done, Sussex.ac.uk/impossible

Hello yellow: Sussex research shines bright across the city

2 July 2024

Spot the messages on lamp posts, billboards and buses, inspiring us to see that any challenge is only #ImpossibleUntilDone