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This Sussex Life

As everyone who studies or works at the University of Sussex knows, it’s the people who make the place special.

Whatever their background, whatever their role, they each have a story to tell about why they are here.

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Finding Annie Brassey – a PhD student uncovers the photographic journey of a wealthy Victorian traveller

Celebrating Sir Harry Kroto’s Nobel Prize

The year 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the late Professor Sir Harry Kroto FRS achieving the pinnacle of scientific achievement; securing a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Our research

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Parenting in a time of anxiety: Psychologists seek 2,000 anxious parent volunteers for major new study

16 March 2021

Professor Sam Cartwright-Hatton and her team are launching their new online Parenting with Anxiety programme.

Choosing to challenge for International Women's Day on 8 March

5 March 2021

Four Sussex women academics describe how and why they have actively questioned laws, perceptions and behaviours to bring about change.

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Our people

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“Access to university is one of our greatest sites of inequality”: Sussex VC on widening participation

23 September 2022

Professor Sasha Roseneil, Sussex VC, has said that access to higher education remains one of the greatest sites of inequality in the United Kingdom.

This Sussex Life. Rebecca Hart: "I try to make my personal values align with those of the university"

20 September 2022

Rebecca Hart, manager of the Spirit of Sussex Award, earned praise and recognition for her work this year in the University’s Education Awards.

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Our University

Students who have been in care set to benefit from largest ever philanthropic donation for Sussex undergraduates

23 September 2022

A new £600,000 scholarship programme supporting University of Sussex students who have been in care is to be rolled out this academic year.

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University of Sussex becomes accredited Real Living Wage employer

22 September 2022

People who work at the University of Sussex have been guaranteed that they will be paid at least the Real Living Wage.

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