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Pre-disposition to dementia can be countered by a lifetime of learning, socialising, exercise, says 60-year study

23 September 2022

Dementia can be avoided or delayed, even among those more pre-disposed to it, claims a new study based on researching people in the UK over 60 years.

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“Access to university is one of our greatest sites of inequality”: Sussex VC on widening participation

23 September 2022

Professor Sasha Roseneil, Sussex VC, has said that access to higher education remains one of the greatest sites of inequality in the United Kingdom.

Students who have been in care set to benefit from largest ever philanthropic donation for Sussex undergraduates

23 September 2022

A new £600,000 scholarship programme supporting University of Sussex students who have been in care is to be rolled out this academic year.

A cartoon of an old gene struggling up a mountain and a new gene hiking up with energy.

Study shows that young genes adapt faster than old ones

22 September 2022

A study from Sussex and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology shows that the age of a gene determines how fast they adapt.

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Black Cultural Archives host University of Sussex’s inaugural event for its 'Black at Sussex' programme

22 September 2022

The first event in the 'Black at Sussex' programme takes place at the Black Cultural Archives, Brixton.

Portrait photograph of Business School graduate Husain Alogaily. Winner of the Global Peer-Leader Award

Business School graduate wins Global Peer-Leader Award for farming financial app ‘Agrilink’

21 September 2022

Business School recent graduate, Husain Alogaily has won the Global Peer-Leader Award for designing a financial app proposal for farmers in Africa.

The Coast is Queer, 7-9 October, taking place at the ACCA on Sussex campus

The Coast is Queer LGBTQ+ literature festival returns in October

14 September 2022

Brighton and Hove's festival celebrating LGBTQ+ literature returns for its third year, with three days of exciting events taking place on campus.

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“Education provides a beacon of hope for those striving for social mobility.”

7 September 2022

The Stuart Hall Scholarship enabled Armeen Haque (Digital Media, 2021) to leave her native India and study for a Masters at Sussex. This is her story.

"The greatest period of my life"

6 September 2022

Sussex alumni reflect on their time at Sussex during the 60th anniversary reunion weekend.

Sasha Roseneil speaks at Alumni Reunion Weekend

60 years of “distinctive, courageous, authentic Sussex”: past students gather for celebration weekend

5 September 2022

To close the year-long 60th anniversary celebrations, Sussex welcomed 400 alumni to the Falmer campus for the Alumni Reunion Weekend.