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Staff and students engaging with media and art around the Rights of Nature

SSRP Week exhibition highlights importance of arts and media for sustainability

8 December 2022

Recent Sussex Humanities Lab event officially welcomes Media, Arts & Humanities as a partner school to the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme

Student award winners hold up certificate frames and pose for a group picture

Spirit of Sussex Award engages and recognises over 2,000 students

1 December 2022

We now have 1,123 current students participating in the award scheme and 948 award winners between 2020-2022

Financial Detox webinar offers advice and support

24 November 2022

Book your place at the session on Thursday 8 December which will offer suggestions to make your money go further

University of Sussex law students helping a client during a law clinic

University of Sussex re-opens and expands award-winning, free law clinics

4 November 2022

Members of the public can access free legal advice once more, following the re-opening and expansion of Sussex’s award-winning law clinics.

bright colourful SSRP graphics designed in the SDG colours on white background with a blue centred caption reading 'SSRP Week' and the date and location of this series of events below: 7th -11th November 2022, University of Sussex

Time for action: SSRP Week kickstarts new phase for sustainability research with impact

20 October 2022

Coinciding with COP27, the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme is hosting an exciting week of events in November celebrating its Phase II launch

Territorial rights of Amazonian group underway to be officially recognised

7 October 2022

Work by Sussex researchers leads to first step in the Amawaka community of Alto Esperanza gaining official recognition of their territorial rights.

Sussex exhibition marks culmination of Sustainable Futures project

3 October 2022

Sussex project focused on inspiring students from diverse backgrounds to engage with sustainability issues reaches climax with exhibition on campus.

Landscape image of coffee plantations in the region of Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica.

International Coffee Day: SSRP researchers seek to improve communication between coffee producers and technicians

30 September 2022

New report outlines recommendations to improve Costa Rican Coffee Institute’s communication efforts and enhance farm productivity and sustainability

Book by Professor Susie Scott named The Social Life of Nothing

Professor Susie Scott awarded Fellowship of Academy of Social Sciences

28 September 2022

The Academy’s Fellowship is made up of distinguished individuals from academic, public, private and third sectors, across the social sciences

David Ruebain, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Culture, Equality & Inclusion)

David Ruebain receives Honorary Doctorate for contribution to equality

26 September 2022

David is recognised for his outstanding contribution to equality, diversity and inclusion and the furtherance of human rights for disabled people

A close up of a field of wheat in the sunlight

New paper calls for coherent rights-based approach to tackling malnutrition

22 September 2022

Joint University of Zambia, Sussex and IDS research explores the ‘right to nutrition’ in its social, legal and political context

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New Educational Enhancement website launched

16 September 2022

Technology Enhanced Learning is now Educational Enhancement. With the new name comes a new website.

3MT winner Belinda Zakrzewska is awarded a certificate by Jeremy Niven.

Could you present your PhD in just three minutes? 3MT competition returns to Sussex

12 July 2022

Business School PhD researcher Belinda Zakrzewska triumphed in the Three Minute Thesis competition during the Festival of Doctoral Research

A contemporary photograph of Helena Normanton

Teenagers' campaign sees blue plaque for University of Sussex founding funder Helena Normanton

17 June 2022

Lawyer and activist Helena Normanton KC, who helped establish the University, has come to fruition following a campaign by two Brighton teenagers.

Adam Weiler Award: PhD researchers awarded for excellence in impact

15 June 2022

The annual Adam Weiler Doctoral Impact Awards recognise outstanding PhD students across the disciplines enacting real-world change in their research

Showcasing PhDs at the Festival of Doctoral Research

30 May 2022

From 6-10 June, celebrate the incredible PhD research being conducted at Sussex with panels, networking sessions and the Three Minute Thesis final

Pedagogic Revolution showcase event June 2022

Pedagogic Revolution – Showcase event for the newly rebuilt Skills Hub

26 May 2022

New academic skills resource to support all involved in teaching

A person standing in the desert providing a a herd of dromedary camels with drinking water

REF 2021: Sustainability Research With Impact

19 May 2022

SSRP-supported impact case studies contribute to high Sussex scores in Research Excellence Framework 2021

A young person hugging a tree and standing in a forest

SSRP researchers explore the impact of sustainability uncertainties on youth mental health

13 May 2022

SSRP highlights two interdisciplinary youth mental health projects for Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 which aim to strengthen community resilience

Sussex research answers global challenges, as REF 2021 identifies its ‘world-leading’ quality

12 May 2022

A major review has identified the ‘world-leading’ quality of research at the University of Sussex, which tackles the grand challenges of our time.

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