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Commuting was a financial decision - the savings were substantial
Katie, postgraduate student, commutes by train from Chichester
University of the Year for Student Retention 2022
We’re incredibly proud to have been named the University of the Year for Student Retention by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.
We’re extremely proud that Sussex has been named the University of the Year for Student Retention by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.
The award singles out Sussex as the best in the country for supporting students to stay the course and complete their degrees.
The guide highlighted:
- the supportive student environment
- our targeted support packages for students in need
- the University’s sector-leading support for students during the pandemic
- the way Sussex lives up to its values of collaboration, courage, kindness, inclusion and integrity.
Our Learn to Transform strategy makes students partners in the big decisions that face the University. Our new Student Connectors initiative employs students to work directly with staff and students on continuous improvements to how we do things.
We have a comprehensive range of events and activities to prepare students for university life, such as summer schools and visits, which provide a solid foundation; our focus then shifts to putting in place the best possible academic support.
Our personal development offer also builds students’ confidence, providing the employability skills that can support students in making informed choices. We also offer paid summer research opportunities, internships and mentoring.
“I’ve noticed that people help each other to study here. It’s fine to show your vulnerability to others, and to say when you don’t understand something.” Marco Abousleiman
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Having lived in campus halls in my first year and in Brighton in my second and third years, I decided to commute from my family home in Chichester for my Masters programme. This decision was primarily financial; the savings were substantial. The most significant advantages of commuting are the financial benefits and home comforts. My 16-25 railcard has significantly reduced costs, making train travel more economical than driving. Though driving is an option, I prefer the train as it’s very frequent, avoids traffic, costs less than fuel and parking combined, and allows me to be productive during the journey. The arrangement has also allowed me to maintain my part-time job back home while enjoying the comforts of home life, including spending quality time with my cat! Certain campus amenities have proven essential to my commuter lifestyle. The microwaves in the library have been lifesavers for heating homemade meals, for instance, significantly reducing daily expenses.
Professor Magnus Marsden, Principal Investigator
Professor Marsden is Professor of Social Anthropology and Director of the Sussex Asia Centre at the University of Sussex. He is a specialist of Muslim Asia and has conducted long-term research in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. His research has been funded by the Leverhulme Trust, a European Research Council Advanced Grant, Research England and the AHRC. His publications include Living Islam: Muslim ReligiousExperience in North West Pakistan (Cambridge, 2005),Fragments of the Afghan Frontier (Hurst, 2012, with Benjamin D. Hopkins), Trading Worlds: Afghan Merchants across Modern Frontiers (Oxford, 2016) and Beyond the Silk Roads: Trade, Mobility and Geopolitics across Eurasia (Cambridge, 2021). He has recently conducted intensive archival research on the history and development of the Karakul fur trade and is working on two monographs that explore the insights of this material for understanding the ongoing legacies of Afghanistan and Central Asia’s history of urban cosmopolitanism.
Email: M.Marsden@sussex.ac.uk
