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University of Sussex releases plan to become one of the world’s most sustainable universities

The University of Sussex has outlined ambitious plans to achieve a net zero carbon footprint of its entire operations within 15 years.

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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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Prof Sasha Roseneil, Sussex’s new Vice-Chancellor, joins the University’s Pride procession

5 August 2022

New Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sasha Roseneil, will be joining the University in the Community Pride Parade, to celebrate diversity in our community.

Professor Sasha Roseneil joins the University of Sussex as its first woman Vice-Chancellor

1 August 2022

Professor Sasha Roseneil, a globally-recognised interdisciplinary social scientist has taken up post as the University of Sussex’s Vice-Chancellor.

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Our people

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Professor David Storey, OBE elected as Fellow of the British Academy

26 July 2022

Professor David Storey, OBE, Emeritus Professor of Enterprise at the Business School has been elected Fellow of the British Academy.

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Sussex chemist’s Nobel Prize commemorated with blue plaque at University of Sussex

17 June 2022

A former University of Sussex Professor and Nobel Prize winner has been commemorated with a Royal Society of Chemistry blue plaque on campus.

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Public invited to take part in largest ever scientific study into perception

6 July 2022

Sussex neuroscientists from the team behind the Dreamachine launch The Perception Census, a study into the unique ways we each experience the world.

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New study reveals impact of plastic on small mammals, as four out of seven species identified as ‘plastic positive’

1 July 2022

Researchers investigating the exposure of small mammals to plastics found traces in the faeces of more than half of the species examined.

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