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University of Sussex academics join campaign urging Boris Johnson to push for critical COP outcomes

21 October 2021

Benjamin Sovacool joined fellow climate and ecology scientists, environmentalists and MPs in presenting a letter to the home of the UK Prime Minister

Sussex energy experts respond to UK Government's major net zero policy announcements

20 October 2021

Experts within our Science Policy Research Unit analyse new proposals regarding the UK's energy supply and heating within homes

"My heart aches for my family"

8 October 2021

University of Sussex Chevening Scholar Hadia faced the most difficult decision of her life when she left Afghanistan.

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Students partner with Mental Health Foundation for digital campaign

5 October 2021

Sussex students teamed up with the Mental Health Foundation for another online campaign to raise awareness around mental health during Welcome Week.

This Sussex Life. Alumna Sara Osterholzer: "People are fed up with sacrificing themselves to big corporates."

20 September 2021

Sussex alumna Sara Osterholzer is co-founder The Good Business Club and will be one of the University’s first Entrepreneurs in Residence.

This Sussex Life - Student, Stella Saunders: “I’d always been a ‘land’ person. Now I’m passionate about the sea.”

8 September 2021

Biology undergraduate Stella Saunders has been surveying kelp fields off the Sussex coast as part of her Junior Research Associate project.

This Sussex Life. James Hirschfeld, Professor of Maths: "I've never felt a need to leave Sussex."

2 September 2021

Professor James Hirschfeld has been a member of the University of Sussex maths department since 1966.

This Sussex Life: Sam Waugh, Sustainability Manager: “Only 2% of the population is more extrovert than me.”

11 August 2021

Sam Waugh, Sustainability Manager, talks about her love of strategy and comedy, and her vision to create one of the world’s greenest universities.

Sing when they’re winning, seethe when they’re losing: my first two weeks at the University of Sussex and Euro2020

19 July 2021

As interim Pro-Vice Chancellor Culture, Equality and Inclusion, over the past fortnight I have been meeting staff and students here.

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Sussex academics respond to UK's Transport Decarbonisation Plan

14 July 2021

UK Government continues to avoid major issue of behavioural change warns University of Sussex Business School energy policy experts

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The former Apprentice contestant whose next big thing is electric cars

12 July 2021

Former Apprentice contestant Jenny Garbis is studying at Sussex and has turned her attention to researching what stops people buying electric cars.

This Sussex Life. Pattie Gonsalves: “I don’t know anyone who didn’t lose at least one person to Covid.”

3 July 2021

Psychology doctoral student Pattie Gonsalves talks about her experience of the second wave of Covid-19 in India and what she has done to help others.

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Education academic elected new Vice-President of literacy charity

30 June 2021

Jo Tregenza, Senior Lecturer in Education, has been named the new Vice President of the United Kingdom Literacy Association.

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Scientists unveil new sound blind which reduces noise while allowing air to flow freely

24 June 2021

A hospital trial to reduce stress of noise to patients and medical staff begins for winner of Armourers & Brasiers Venture Prize seed funding award.

This Sussex Life. Professor Mary Agnes Krell: "Coming to Sussex was the best decision I ever made."

8 June 2021

Professor Mary Agnes Krell, artistic director of the University’s first Festival of Ideas (9-12 June) talks about how Sussex continues to inspire her.

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.

This Sussex Life. PVC Professor Keith Jones: "Sussex's challenge is to define its purpose."

6 May 2021

Professor Keith Jones, Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Enterprise), talks about Size and Shape – and reflects on his ‘ping-pong pom’ career journey.

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Sussex researcher, Josh McFayden, whose work is "in search of a new force of nature” wins prestigious prize

5 May 2021

Dr Josh McFayden, a physics researcher at the University of Sussex, is the sole 2021 winner of a prestigious prize from the Institute of Physics.

Laura McDermott, ACCA Director: "We're moving to a place of healing."

22 April 2021

As Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts prepares to reopen for May, its Creative Director, Laura McDermott, reflects on the past year.