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University named among the world’s best for helping to deliver global sustainability

The University has been ranked 41st in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Impact Rankings 2021 out of 1,115 institutions.

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Giving babies a better start

Thanks to research at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), the outlook for premature babies around the world is much brighter.

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New rankings place University among top 250 in the world

8 June 2021

The University has risen 20 places in the latest edition of the QS World Rankings and now sits 226th out of 1,300 institutions globally.

The harrowing reality of life as an LGBTIQ+ refugee: Brighton exhibition set to open

7 June 2021

A free exhibition about the experiences of LGBTIQ+ refugees will open at the Brighton & Hove Jubilee library between 12 and 24 June 2021.

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Fadi Zaghmout, Sussex alumnus and novelist: "I'm tired of reading the same patriarchal narrative."

13 May 2021

Fadi Zaghmout, a Sussex alumnus and novelist in Jordan, is one of the 21 finalists for the UK Study Alumni Global Awards.

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University of Sussex experts respond to today's Queen's Speech

11 May 2021

Our academics have been responding to the Environment Bill, reform of the Judicial Review process and plans to simplify government procurement.

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UK builds first modular quantum brain sensor and records signal

11 June 2021

A team of scientists at the University of Sussex have for the first time built a modular quantum brain scanner, and used it to record a brain signal.

Alzheimer’s research ‘world first’: blood oxygen levels could explain why memory loss is an early symptom

28 May 2021

Scientists record oxygen levels in the hippocampus and provide experimental proof for why it is vulnerable to damage, a precursor to Alzheimer’s.

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New rankings place University among top 250 in the world

The harrowing reality of life as an LGBTIQ+ refugee: Brighton exhibition set to open

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Fadi Zaghmout, Sussex alumnus and novelist: "I'm tired of reading the same patriarchal narrative."

University of Sussex experts respond to today's Queen's Speech

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UK builds first modular quantum brain sensor and records signal

Alzheimer’s research ‘world first’: blood oxygen levels could explain why memory loss is an early symptom

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University named among the world’s best for helping to deliver global sustainability

Giving babies a better start

Our University

New rankings place University among top 250 in the world

The harrowing reality of life as an LGBTIQ+ refugee: Brighton exhibition set to open

Our people

Fadi Zaghmout, Sussex alumnus and novelist: "I'm tired of reading the same patriarchal narrative."

University of Sussex experts respond to today's Queen's Speech

Our research

UK builds first modular quantum brain sensor and records signal

Alzheimer’s research ‘world first’: blood oxygen levels could explain why memory loss is an early symptom

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