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Spotlight on Researchers: Tiffany Murphy

26 March 2025

TW: themes of sexual violence. Introducing PGR Tiffany Murphy's work on how theatre can responsibly engage with stories of sexual violence.

International Women’s Day 2025: Empowering Women through Research at the School of Education and Social Work

7 March 2025

For International Women's Day, we are highlighting important research being conducted by - and for - women in the School of Education and Social Work.

Spotlight on Researchers: Sarah Stephens

29 January 2025

Introducing the work of PGR Sarah Stephens who has created a digital legal assistant as part of her research into access to justice.

Daisy Stewart-Darling, Sussex Digital Humanities Lab & The Living Coast Artist in Residence 2024

10 May 2024

Five minutes with Daisy Stewart-Darling, SHL Digital's AiR 2024 selected amongst a large number of proposals from artists across the South East.

Photograph of double winner of Startup Sussex 2024, Shuaib Karmani, pitching at the grand final

Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems MSc student receives double award in annual Startup Sussex competition

27 March 2024

Startup Sussex 2024 saw the first ever live pitches and awards ceremony

two wheels or 'sprays' pictured in the top right and bottowm left hand corner mimicking the colours of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. On a light blue background the words 'Round 9 Scaling up Sustainability Research' in dark blue are to be seen.

SSRP devotes annual funding call to support platform grants for innovative sustainability research

26 March 2024

Sussex researchers: Apply by 5 June for seed-funding between £20-30k and develop platform grants for scaling up cutting-edge sustainability research

What exactly are equitable partnerships for sustainability research?

22 February 2024

Join SSRP for a deep dive into Equitable Research Partnerships at their event on 29 Feb chaired by Pro-VC for Global & Civic Engagement Robin Banerjee

A menstrual pad can be seen in the centre with the words Environmenstrual Week written in red on it

Breaking the silence: citizen science project breaks period stigma and promotes sustainable menstrual health

17 October 2023

This Environmenstrual Week we are spotlighting an SSRP project which uses citizen science to advance sustainable menstrual health amongst adolescents

Adam Weiler Award: PhD researchers awarded for excellence in impact

15 June 2022

The annual Adam Weiler Doctoral Impact Awards recognise outstanding PhD students across the disciplines enacting real-world change in their research

Women's Safety and Street Harassment

29 March 2021

Dr Hannah Mason-Bish speaks to Allison Ferns from BBC Radio Sussex on the subject of women's safety and street harassment.