Business School news : News and events : University of Sussex Business School : University of Sussex

We apologise but broadcast feed images pre 2020 do not have alt-text

Energy experts respond to the Prime Minister's ten point net zero plan

18 November 2020

Members of the Science Policy Research Unit analyse plans unveiled by the Prime Minister designed to reduce UK net carbon emissions to zero by 2050

Calls for British Psychological Society to conduct full investigation into Hans Eysenck research misconduct claims

13 November 2020

New paper urges the British Psychological Society (BPS) to reinvestigate the 1995 complaint it received concerning the work of Professor Hans Eysenck.

Calls for world’s most popular artificial sweetener to be banned in UK under incoming Brexit powers

12 November 2020

Prof Erik Millstone is calling for the UK Government and Food Standards Agency to use post-Brexit powers in the New Year to ban the use of aspartame.

Alumni stories: Online Learning Pioneers

10 November 2020

Sussex currently offers four Online Distance Learning (ODL) Master’s courses. Read about the experiences of three of our first ODL graduates here.

Plenty more phish: Why employees fall for scams and what companies can do about it

3 November 2020

Protective IT controls can give employees a false sense of security and cause them to drop their vigilance, a new study reveals.

Academics and policy makers mobilise to transform innovation in South Africa

2 November 2020

140 experts helped to transform South Africa’s science, technology and innovation systems in a three-day forum, co-organised by Sussex.

SPRU Researchers invited to act as expert group on Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation

28 October 2020

SPRU researchers were invited by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission to act as an expert group on AI and Digitalisation.

New Sussex Innovation Forum to boost region’s sustainability, wellbeing and economy

21 October 2020

Businesses and community groups are being invited to help deliver the innovation required to make Sussex net zero.

Sussex joins consortium to create innovative Centre for Doctoral Training and help transform UK Food Systems

16 October 2020

The University of Sussex has joined a UKRI-funded consortium to help create future leaders to reshape how we make, transport and consume our food.

Brexit tariffs will not help the poorest nations, new study finds

15 October 2020

Exports from the world’s poorest nations to the UK will be lower as a result of Brexit, a joint analysis of the UK’s new tariff plans reveals.

Clean and clear: How being more transparent over resources helps cut carbon emissions

14 October 2020

Countries that sign up to improved financial transparency over oil, gas, and mining revenues benefit from significant reductions in carbon emissions.

Two's a crowd: Nuclear and renewables don't mix. Only the latter can deliver truly low carbon energy says new study

5 October 2020

If countries want to lower emissions as substantially, rapidly and cost-effectively as possible, they should prioritize renewables.

University of Sussex named among best in the country for range of subjects

1 October 2020

American Studies, Art History, Drama, Dance and Cinematics, Criminology and Education ranked top ten in the Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021.

New study reveals flaws in UK Coronavirus testing system after comparison with other countries

25 September 2020

A comparative analysis led by SPRU academics finds room for improvement in the Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, Support (FTTIS) systems of six countries.

Creative graduates more entrepreneurial and as employable as peers, new study finds

21 August 2020

Graduates in creative subjects suffer no deficit in earnings to students of supposedly “higher value” degrees such as biology, languages or psychology

Education Partnership for Promoting High Value Manufacturing Supply Chain Systems

14 August 2020

A new educational partnership offers graduates the opportunity to compete for emerging jobs in high value manufacturing supply chain systems.

Business School news