Campus power outage update – buildings reopening today
Posted on behalf of: University of Sussex
Last updated: Friday, 8 May 2026
The message below was sent today (8 May 2026) by Jim Andrews, Chief Operating Officer and University Secretary, to all staff and students:
Dear all,
We are pleased to confirm that overnight works to restore power across campus have been completed successfully. Following safety and critical systems checks by our facilities team, all affected buildings are now cleared for occupation and will reopen as normal today.
Affected buildings - Pevensey 1, Falmer House, Sussex House, Library, Sports Centre, Attenborough Centre, Silverstone, Arts A, B and C, IDS, the Meeting House, Accelerator building, and Jubilee multistorey car park - will all be open and accessible by 9am today.
The facilities team will be supporting colleagues and students with any remaining issues this morning, and I’d like to thank the team who worked late into the night to resolve the outage.
Jim Andrews
Chief Operating Officer and University Secretary