People features
Student inventor of marine bioplastic wins International James Dyson Award 2019
University of Sussex student Lucy Hughes invents award-winning plastic alternative made of organic marine waste.
This Sussex Life. Professor Robin Banerjee. "Kindness is about human connections"
For World Kindness Day, Professor Robin Banerjee, Head of the Sussex Kindness Research network, reflects on what's at the core of human decency.
This Sussex Life: Alice Torjussen, PhD student. "I would love to work with dogs every day"
Alice Torjussen came to Sussex as a foundation year student and, beyond her expectations, is now studying for a PhD in Animal-Computer Interaction.
Sussex law students help mother win discrimination case
University of Sussex's free law clinics re-open to clients, with news that two law students have helped a mother win an employment discrimination case
School of English's spooky reads
Fancy delving into the pages of a chilling read tonight, but not sure where to start? Experts from the School of English have you covered.
This Sussex Life: Gary Railton, avian pest controller. “George acts as a natural deterrent””
Avian pest controller Gary Railton talks about how his Harris’s hawk George helps to prevent gulls swiping people’s lunches on campus.
“People haven’t believed that I am a government minister”
Botswana’s Minister for Trade, Sussex alumna Bogolo Kenewendo, describes her “double trouble” of being young and female.
This Sussex Life: Adam Tickell, Vice-Chancellor: "I never envisaged I would be a vice-chancellor"
Adam Tickell, Sussex's Vice-Chancellor, reflects on his student years, his switch from academia to management, and the joy of swimming in the sea.
This Sussex Life: Jim Endersby, Professor of History:“Science doesn’t become history until it gets out of the lab.”
Jim Endersby, Professor of the History of Science, talks about his new guest lectureship, and the role that we all play in understanding of science.
THIS SUSSEX LIFE Ella Beales, Mass Observation: "This is the history I enjoy."
Sussex graduate Ella Beales is helping to catalogue and digitise Mass Observation, a unique collection of writings of everyday life by volunteers.
THIS SUSSEX LIFE. Martin Gosling: “We have the opportunity to treat all Cystic Fibrosis patients”
Martin Gosling, Chief Scientific Officer at Enterprise Therapeutics, describes the benefits of working with the University of Sussex.
THIS SUSSEX LIFE Dr Sharon Webb, Digital Humanities lecturer: “Pride means a protest"
Dr Sharon Webb, Lecturer in Digital Humanities, is taking part in this year’s Brighton & Hove Pride parade on Saturday 3 August.
THIS SUSSEX LIFE John Giannini, Student Recruitment Assistant: “We don’t do as much as we could”
John Giannini, a Sussex graduate and currently a Student Recruitment Assistant, is taking part in Brighton & Hove Pride’s parade on 3 August.
THIS SUSSEX LIFE Talia Fogelman, American Studies and English: “Pride is a place to mourn and a place to celebrate"
Talia Fogelman, an undergraduate in American Studies and English, is taking part in this year’s Brighton & Hove Pride parade on Saturday 3 August.
THIS SUSSEX LIFE Marco Abousleiman, Law student: “Never before have I felt as comfortable about my sexuality"
Marco Abousleiman, Law with Business and Management undergraduate, is taking part in this year’s Brighton & Hove Pride parade on Saturday 3 August.
GRADUATION: University honours cosmologist who contributed to Cold Dark Matter theory
"Big Bang" cosmologist Professor Carlos Frenk CBE will be conferred Honorary Doctor of Science on 26 July, 2019
GRADUATION: Inspirational historian honored for telling the honest story of empire
Leading social and cultural historian Catherine Hall will be conferred Honorary Doctor of the University on 24 July 2019.
GRADUATION: Honour for social scientist pursuing "mental health-friendly environments"
Internationally renowned social scientist Professor Nikolas Rose will be conferred Honorary Doctor of the University on 23 July 2019.
GRADUATION: Honorary degree for the physicist who sheds light on the past
Professor Ann Wintle, who discovered thermoluminescence, will be conferred Honorary Doctor of Science on Monday 22 July 2019.
The tutors who dare to be different
Winners in the Teaching to Disrupt category of this year's Education Awards share how they are shaking up the classroom.