Share your views
Completing a survey on behalf of the place you graduated from means more than simply filling out a form. As a Sussex alum, taking a moment to share your views can have a significant influence on the our future development and reputation.
Shaping our future
Our new 10-year strategic plan was crafted with input from University leadership, faculty, staff and, crucially, our many alumni around the world, who contributed through open forums and an online survey.
The Sussex 2035 strategy has been approved by Council and the survey is now closed. Thank you to all our alumni who took the time to share their views and help shape the future of Sussex.
Support global rankings
Worldwide university rankings programmes like QS and the Financial Times use data from a variety of surveys, in combination with other factors, to determine how highly universities rank compared to one another. Depending on the career path you’ve taken since graduation, you may have the opportunity to help shape global rankings by sharing your views.
QS Employer Survey
If you are involved in hiring decisions at your organisation (excluding higher education institutions), you can register for the QS Employer Survey. If eligible, QS may invite you to participate in the survey.
QS Academic Survey
If you are involved in teaching and/or research at a higher education institution (other than Sussex), you can register for the QS Academic Survey. If eligible, QS may invite you to complete the survey.
Business School ranked courses
Several postgraduate courses within the University of Sussex Business School receive individual subject rankings from QS. If you are a graduate of one of these ranked courses, you will be contacted by the Alumni Relations team six months after you complete your course to provide your employment details.
These surveys are important for your course’s QS ranking, and we need a certain level of participation for the data to be accepted. This means it’s important that you complete this survey when you receive it.
If you are an MSc Management graduate, you may also be contacted by the Financial Times three years after you complete your course with their own ranking survey. In addition to improving your course’s global rank, participating will also grant you two months’ free FT.com subscription, courtesy of the Financial Times.
Graduate Outcomes survey
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) carries out an annual survey of graduate outcomes among recent alumni of UK universities. Most graduates receive an invitation to participate in the survey about 15 months after they complete their studies. This 10-minute survey provides invaluable information for universities to improve their courses for future generations.
If you’ve completed your course at Sussex within the last 15 months, keep an eye out for information from HESA about the Graduate Outcomes survey. You can also read more about the Graduate Outcomes survey.
Global Alumni survey
Our Development and Alumni Relations (DARO) team periodically survey our worldwide alumni community to help us better understand how you’d like to stay connected with us and with each other. Our 2022 Global Alumni survey received more than 8,000 responses.
As a member of your alumni network, you will receive an exclusive invitation to participate when our Global Alumni survey is next opened. When the time comes, take this opportunity to share your feedback and help shape our future engagement plans. In the meantime, you can view some of the highlights from our 2022 survey.