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Sustainable Sussex Fortnight - Get Involved!

8 April 2024

We’re bringing you over 2 weeks of sustainability events, activities and more for this year’s Sustainable Sussex Fortnight.

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Volunteer as a Sustainability Auditor!

8 April 2024

Receive IEMA-approved training on sustainability auditing and put your newfound skills into practice by auditing the University's Green Impact teams!

Photograph of double winner of Startup Sussex 2024, Shuaib Karmani, pitching at the grand final

Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems MSc student receives double award in annual Startup Sussex competition

27 March 2024

Startup Sussex 2024 saw the first ever live pitches and awards ceremony

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SSRP devotes annual funding call to support platform grants for innovative sustainability research

26 March 2024

Sussex researchers: Apply by 5 June for seed-funding between £20-30k and develop platform grants for scaling up cutting-edge sustainability research

We’re hiring Sustainability Interns!

15 March 2024

Are you passionate about sustainability, and currently a second, third, or final year undergraduate at Sussex? Apply to join our team by 31 March!

Transforming Taiwan: Sussex collaborates on innovation for a green future

13 March 2024

Staff from TIPC at the University of Sussex Business School visited Taiwan to learn about policy interventions for net zero and sustainability.

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It’s Megga March!

12 March 2024

Win prizes for simply getting outside for just 10 minutes through the MEGGA March BetterPoints campaign!

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Stage Three of Development for the Sussex Forest Food Garden

11 March 2024

The third stage of planting for the Sussex Forest Food Garden involved the creation of a herb and a large Mediterranean garden.

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Join Sophia the AI Robot and Global Leaders at the Business School’s Festival of SustAInable Education 8 May 2024

6 March 2024

A unique opportunity for faculty to shape the future of education at the University of Sussex Business School

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Try cycling to campus with 25% off Beryl bike hire

4 March 2024

Don’t have a bike? You can now hire one with a 25% student discount.

What exactly are equitable partnerships for sustainability research?

22 February 2024

Join SSRP for a deep dive into Equitable Research Partnerships at their event on 29 Feb chaired by Pro-VC for Global & Civic Engagement Robin Banerjee

Carbon labelling comes to campus – starting with Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts

21 February 2024

We are introducing carbon ratings at ACCA cafe to answer the call from one in five people for better information about the choices they are making.

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Precious Bottles: A pilot program to recycle PET bottles at Sussex

20 February 2024

Calling all students to participate in an exciting project to transform plastic waste into something good

Ashéninka Professor Luzmila Casique Coronado (second from right) with students on the Bilingual Educators Program at UCSS-NOPOKI, December 2023

International Mother Language Day: UCSS & Sussex publish first guide for teaching "Ashéninka" in Peruvian Amazon

20 February 2024

A new bilingual language grammar guide is helping to preserve the cultural and linguistic importance of Peru’s Ashéninka people

Sussex collaborates with other UK universities in proposing new cash market to stop financing fossil fuel expansion

19 February 2024

Sussex is among sixty leading institutions calling on finance companies to offer more sustainable products and avoid investing in fossil fuels.

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Pitch for the Planet: Win up to £5,000 to bring your sustainability innovation idea to life

19 February 2024

Bring your innovative sustainability idea to life through Pitch for the Planet 2024

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Pitch for the planet is back!

30 January 2024

Win up to £5,000 to bring your innovative sustainability idea to life.

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Call for research presentations on "Exploring Sustainability for Children and Young People"

26 January 2024

Exciting opportunity for Sussex, IDS & BSMS researchers to speak at workshop on what issues matter to young people in the context of sustainability

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Arts Piazza Cafe introduces new socially responsible coffee: Cafe Queero

22 January 2024

There's a new socially responsible coffee at Arts Piazza. Celebrate with a free upgrade to large all week

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Exploring ‘Wicked Sustainability Problems’ at Sussex

15 January 2024

This research workshop series explores key sustainability challenges through 'wicked problems,' piloting a potential cross-campus module.