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Pitch for the Planet: The Sustainable COVID Recovery Innovation Challenge

1 July 2021

The University is working to become one of the most sustainable universities in the world and is ensuring that Covid recovery is as green as possible.

Education Awards celebrate outstanding care and compassion towards students

18 June 2021

Hundreds joined Zoom webinar to congratulate nominees and winners in this year's University of Sussex Education Awards.

Tamanda Maggie Gomani, Mandela Scholar, in front of grass and a red brick Sussex campus building

Meet Tamanda, a young woman determined to fight corruption

8 June 2021

Despite the pandemic, Tamanda came to study for a Corruption and Governance MA at Sussex. She aims to use her education to build a brighter future.

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“It’s all about preserving relationships”: law students launch new peer mediation clinic

26 April 2021

Law students volunteering with the university’s award-winning law clinics are launching a mediation service to help their peers to resolve disputes.

A member of the Sussexsport staff team smiles at the Sport Centre reception desk

Campus sports facilities reopening from 12 April

6 April 2021

Sussexsport is counting down to welcome you back.

James Cooper, law student at the University of Sussex

Eco-law: University of Sussex launches environmental justice law clinic

29 March 2021

Law students and experts at the University of Sussex have started a project to advise people in Brighton and Hove on environmental justice issues.

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Sussex Education Awards nominations open

4 March 2021

Submit your nominations for the next Sussex Education Awards.

University of Sussex researcher Cassandra Wiener smiles at the camera with spring daffodils behind her

Domestic abuse: Sussex campaigner succeeds in urging Government to change law

1 March 2021

An expert in coercive control has succeeded in urging the Government to fill a legal loophole which left ex-partners of domestic abusers unprotected.

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Sussex alum Steven Kayuni becomes Director of Public Prosecutions in Malawi

4 February 2021

A former Sussex law student has become the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Malawi.

Get moving with Sussexsport’s free two-week programme of live classes

11 January 2021

Sussexsport's Back 2 Fitness programme gives students and staff a free two-week routine of online fitness sessions.

“A celebration of our staff” – the postponed Sussex Education Awards 2020

2 December 2020

Vice-Chancellor Adam Tickell and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Education and Innovation Claire Smith, hosted the Sussex Education Awards 2020 on the...

Postponed Sussex Education Awards to take place Tuesday 1 December

27 November 2020

A virtual event will celebrate colleagues who embody the spirit of Sussex and our values: kindness, integrity, inclusion, collaboration and courage.

$50,000 funding win for anti-corruption team

8 October 2020

Professor Liz David Barrett, director of the Centre for the Study of Corruption, and her team mates won a prize from the International Monetary Fund.

Voters still in the dark about December’s election campaign spending – new study

28 September 2020

The first major report into online spending in the 2019 election shows a surge in digital campaigning by parties and ‘outriders’.

Help for families in turmoil, as free law advice clinic reopens

24 June 2020

Sussex law students have re-opened their free legal advice clinic to members of the public. People can now access the clinic virtually.

Mainstream feminism is broken, says Sussex expert in new book

26 March 2020

A new book by Alison Phipps, Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Sussex, pulls back the curtain on the #MeToo movement.

Organisers from The Great Escape and Brighton Festival in Falmer House on 5 March

2 March 2020

Festival organisers will be on campus to promote voluntary work placements.

First wave of Deep Transitions Research Unveiled in New Podcast Series

11 February 2020

Deep Transitions researchers report project findings at Sussex in the sound studio, podcasts and dedicated blogs on projects' unique contribution.

Free swim week for Sussex students

21 January 2020

Sussex students can swim for free at Freedom Leisure pools in Brighton & Hove from 27 January to 2 February 2020.

One month of free gym membership for Sussex students, when purchasing a four-month Gold plan

20 January 2020

Sussexsport are offering five months of gym membership for the price of four, if you sign up by Friday 7 February 2020.