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University of Sussex rides high in new world sustainability rankings

The University of Sussex has been ranked third in the UK for sustainable institutions and 55th in the world for overall sustainability performance in the first ever QS Sustainability Rankings.

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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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University of Sussex announced as education partner for Turner Prize 2023 at Towner Eastbourne

16 November 2022

The University is partnering with Towner on an education programme for the 2023 Turner Prize, which is hosted in Sussex for the first time next year.

Sussex to host the inaugural Death Festival

10 November 2022

A new festival will take place at Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts this weekend, with the aim of encouraging conversations around death

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Shooting for the moon: Sussex graduate announced as new European Space Agency astronaut

24 November 2022

Rosemary Coogan, a recent graduate of the University of Sussex, has been announced as one of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) new astronauts.

This Sussex Life. Physicist Prof Xavier Calmet: "I'm glad I didn't listen to my father."

17 October 2022

Physicist Professor Xavier Calmet describes how the ill advice of his father sent him on a journey to black holes - and a scientific breakthrough.

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Dissection documentary provides invaluable cancer education

20 November 2022

Prof Claire Smith led the anatomists and clinicians who dissected the body of Toni Crews over 12 educational workshops for around 1000 students.

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Climate crisis calls for systemic change to finance: new report

16 November 2022

Sussex and Utrecht researchers from the Deep Transitions project urge a new approach to investing.

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