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Nestled in the South Downs, we're a UK university located just 10 mins from beachy Brighton and an hour from London.

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This weekend, our short film 'Everybody’s Garden' will be part of the main screening at the @activistswb.bsky.social Film Festival in Reading. 🎬🎉 The project, led by Dr Karis Jade Petty, is making heritage more inclusive for sight-impaired visitors.

🎥 Watch the full video: youtu.be/P29rXlRnZXM
November 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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University of Sussex scientists have begun a research project to measure the amount of carbon captured by different natural landscapes. Read more about the Nature Sense initiative: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr43yzq62rgo

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University of Sussex project to measure carbon capture levels in soil
The number of species of earthworms is being measured as part of the research, the university says.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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We’ve been ranked joint first in the world in ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025 for research impact in Physics.
Four other academic subjects - Business Administration, Sociology, Economics, and Political Sciences - also feature in the global top 100.
Students walk onto campus through the iconic Falmer House building
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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We’re pleased to have nine subjects ranked in the UK top 20 of ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025.
aerial view of Sussex's campus
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Four of our subjects - Business Administration, Sociology, Economics and Political Science - have been ranked in the top 100 of ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025.
Beautiful blue skies over Sussex's iconic Falmer House building
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Join Professor Matthew Agarwala on 24 November for an online Masterclass on how studying sustainability can open doors to careers in finance, consulting, policy, tech, and more.

📅 Book your place: https://ow.ly/hPhM50XvJpk
Making a Living, Making a Difference: Careers in Sustainability 24 November 2025 | 12:00 UK Time | Online Professor Matthew Agarwala Bennett Chair in Sustainable Finance at the Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration University of Sussex Business School
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Today marks Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual observance that honours the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of violence. Join us for an afternoon of reflection, solidarity, and connection for all staff and students: https://ow.ly/eIja50XuzkU
Trans Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance 2025
Transgender Day of Remembrance takes place on Thursday 20 November. The week leading up to Transgender Day of Remembrance is Trans Awareness Week
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November 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Why don’t apes talk?

Professor Gillian Forrester looks beyond speech to gesture, tools and cognition, and what this reveals about the origins of human language.

Read more: https://ow.ly/CmWs50Xtnj1

#WednesdayWisdom

Professor Gillian Forrester crouches beside a chimpanzee, observing their hand gesture.
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Congratulations to Professors Dave Goulson, Felix Creutzig, Florian Kern, Ian
Scoones and Benjamin Sovacool for being named in the Clarivate Analytics Highly
Cited Researchers List 2025. Find out more here: https://ow.ly/KfXF50Xu5SC
List of world’s most highly cited researchers features Sussex academics
This year’s Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list included four Sussex academics plus one from the Institute of Development Studies
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November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🌌 Can we wave goodbye to a scientific ‘blind spot’?

Find out in the next Research at Sussex, a fortnightly round up of groundbreaking research and innovation from the University.

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Artist’s impression of gravitational waves as curved ripples moving through a colourful cloud of gas and dust in space.
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Enchanting Forest, a major new project from Forests Without Frontiers, launches at Brighton Dome on 20 Nov. It brings together artists, ecologists and University of Sussex researchers to explore how music and nature restoration can amplify each other:
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📷: Beth Steddon
Nicoleta with the New Note Orchestra
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Want to study quantum from day one?
Sussex’s new MPhys in Quantum Technology is the first UK degree where students join an active quantum research group from day one: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/underg...
Physics (Quantum Technology) (research placement) MPhys at the University of Sussex
Choose from more than 200 courses and broaden your horizons at a highly ranked university in vibrant Brighton on England’s south coast.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party and MP for Brighton Pavilion, as the University's first Professor of Practice in Environmental Sustainability at the Sussex School for Progressive Futures (SSPF).
Caroline Lucas appointed as new Professor of Practice at the University of Sussex
Caroline Lucas has been appointed by the University of Sussex as its first Professor of Practice in Environmental Sustainability.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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• Why are rare bats at risk on our roads?

• Sussex physicists shed light on a cosmic mystery

• How did language develop?

Find out in the next Research at Sussex, a fortnightly round up of groundbreaking research and innovation from the University.

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Close-up of a barbastelle bat tucked into a rocky crevice, ears folded forward. NOvA neutrino experiment’s giant grid-like particle detector, held by two yellow gantry arms, at Ash River, Minnesota. Professor Gillian Forrester crouches beside a chimpanzee, observing their hand gesture.
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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We're proud to officially launch ResearchPlus in Parliament today 🎉

ResearchPlus is a collaboration between 10 research focussed unis with a common goal – to advance economic growth, prosperity, and societal wellbeing.

https://researchplus.ac.uk/new-collaborative-of-research-focused-universities/
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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On the anniversary of one of history’s greatest near misses, we spoke with nuclear researcher Will Faulkner about Vasili Arkhipov, the Soviet officer credited with preventing nuclear war in 1962.
Photo of Vasili Arkhipov, text reads: 'On this day 63 years ago a Soviet officer's refusal to comply with his captain prevented nuclear war What will help people make good decisions in the crises of the future?'
October 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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🔹 Royal Navy sea trials: did Sussex’s quantum navigation work at sea?

🔹 What is consciousness? And could AI have it?

Find out in the next Research at Sussex.
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Tom Coussens sits in a ship’s cabin monitoring two laptops wired to a green quantum magnetometer test rig during Royal Navy sea trials.
October 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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New study shows your nose knows stress! Thermal imaging reveals your nose temperature drops up to 6°C under pressure as blood flow shifts to your eyes & ears. Prof Gillian Forrester says the “nasal dip” could help measure stress recovery & identify anxiety or depression risk. More: ow.ly/nGt650XbOq2
thermal image of person's face responding to stress
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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40 years ago, Sussex Professor the late Sir Harry Kroto FRS made one of the most important scientific discoveries of the 20th century: C60, or Buckminsterfullerene. The breakthrough won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, with his legacy living on across the world and at Sussex.
Sir Harry Kroto and the C60 Nobel Prize at the University of Sussex
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October 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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A team at the Sussex Centre for Quantum Technologies has secured a £250,000 grant for their work on quantum magnetometers. The devices use variations in the Earth’s magnetic field to pinpoint their location, allowing ships, land vehicles & aircraft to navigate even without satellite signals.
The team with the equipment on the London Underground
October 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Sussex has been ranked in the top 150 universities in the world for research quality in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026.

Discover how our research is making a global impact: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/
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October 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Sussex has been ranked 27th in the UK in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026.
Photo of sunset reflecting on Falmer House, text reads: '27th in the UK - Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026'
October 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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🌍 Sussex has been ranked in the Top 50 in the world for International Outlook in the Times Higher Education World Rankings 2026!
This reflects the strength of our international community - staff, students and partners from around the world who make Sussex a truly global university.
Photo of brick arch on campus with trees in the background, text reads: 'Top 50 in the world for International Outlook – Times Higher Education World Rankings 2026']
October 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Dr Pratik Mishra is raising awareness about labourers under extreme heat in India. His research combines ethnography, temperature sensors, and intervention trials in garment factories, to push for policies that protect vulnerable workers from heat stress. Read more: www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/glob...
Pratik Mishra: Working to bring attention to those labouring under extreme heat in India
Welcome Dr Pratik Mishra, a British Academy-funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow working within the Department of Anthropology.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Will quantum sensors guide boats when GPS fails?

Could AI change care for hard-to-treat cancers?

Which project just received a landmark UK investment in LGBTQIA+ heritage?

Find out in the next Research at Sussex.
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Yellow coastguard boat navigating through rough sea waves.
October 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM