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| Motto | Be Still and Know |
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| Type | Public research university |
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| Endowment | £21.1 million (2024)[1] |
| Budget | £379.6 million (2023/24)[1] |
| Chancellor | Sanjeev Bhaskar |
| Vice-Chancellor | Sasha Roseneil[2] |
| Visitor | King Charles III |
Academic staff | 2,035 (2023/24)[3] |
Administrative staff | 1,790 (2023/24)[3] |
| Students | 19,220 (2023/24)[4] 17,765FTE (2023/24)[4] |
| Undergraduates | 14,135 (2023/24)[4] |
| Postgraduates | 5,080 (2023/24)[4] |
| Location | ,, England |
| Campus | Campus |
| Colours | White and Flint |
| Affiliations | Universities UK,BUCS,Sepnet,SeNSS,Association of Commonwealth Universities,NCUB |
| Mascot | Badger |
| Website | sussex |
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TheUniversity of Sussex is apublicresearch university located inFalmer,East Sussex, England. It lies mostly within the city boundaries ofBrighton and Hove. Its large campus site is surrounded by theSouth Downs National Park, and provides convenient access to centralBrighton 5.5 kilometres (3+1⁄2 miles) away. The university received itsroyal charter in August 1961, the first of what later was called theplate glass university generation.[5][6]
More than a third of its students are enrolled in postgraduate programmes and approximately a third of staff are from outside the United Kingdom.[7] Sussex has a diverse community of nearly 20,000 students, with around one in three being foreign students, and over 1,000 academics, representing over 140 different nationalities.[8][9] The annual income of the institution for 2023–24 was £379.6 million of which £39.9 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £291.3 million.[1]
Sussex counts five Nobel Prize winners, 15Fellows of the Royal Society, 10Fellows of the British Academy, 24 fellows of theAcademy of Social Sciences and a winner of theCrafoord Prize among its faculty. By 2011, many of its faculty members had also received theRoyal Society of Literature Prize, theOrder of the British Empire and theBancroft Prize. Alumni include heads of states, diplomats, politicians, eminent scientists and activists.
In an effort to establish a university to serve Sussex, a public meeting was held in December 1911 at theRoyal Pavilion in Brighton to discover ways to fund the construction of a university; the project was halted byWorld War I, and the money raised was used instead for books for the Municipal Technical College.
The idea was revived in the 1950s, and in June 1958 the government approved the corporation's scheme for a university atBrighton, to be the first of a new generation of what came to be known asplate glass universities.[5][6] The university was established as a company in 1959, with aRoyal Charter being granted on 16 August 1961.[5][6] This was the first university to be established in the UK since the Second World War, apart fromKeele University. The university's organisation broke new ground in seeing the campus divided into Schools of Study, with students able to benefit from a multidisciplinary teaching environment. Sussex would emphasise cross-disciplinary activity, so that students would emerge from the university with a range of background or 'contextual' knowledge to complement their specialist 'core' skills in a particular subject area.[10] For example, arts students spent their first year taking sciences while science students took arts.This experimental interdisciplinary educational model was famously described by Professor Asa Briggs as pioneering "a new map of learning".[11][6]
The university grew from 52 students in 1961–62 to 3,200 in 1967–68. After starting at Knoyle Hall in Brighton, the Falmer campus was gradually built with Falmer House opening in 1962.[12] The campus was praised as gorgeously modernist and groundbreaking, receiving numerous awards.[13] The student union, as is typical, organised events and concerts, bringing in acts likePink Floyd,Jimi Hendrix andChuck Berry to perform at the University Common Room.[14]
Academically, Sussex was home to figures such asAsa Lord Briggs, Helmut Pappe,Gillian Rose,Jennifer Platt andTom Bottomore. In its first years, the university attracted a number of renowned academics such as SirJohn Cornforth,John Maynard Smith,Martin Wight,David Daiches, Roger Blin-Stoyle andColin Eaborn. Similarly, renowned scholars likeMarcus Cunliffe,Gabriel Josipovici,Quentin Bell, DameHelen Wallace,Stuart Sutherland andMarie Jahoda also became central figures at the university and founded many of its current departments. Additionally, a number of initiatives at the university were started at this time, such as theSubaltern Studies Group, founded byRanajit Guha who was Reader in History at Sussex between 1962 and 1981.[15]
In the late 1960s, the United Nations asked for science policy recommendations from a team of renowned academics at Sussex. The ensuing report became known as theSussex Manifesto.[16]
Sussex came to be identified with studentradicalism. In 1973, a group of students prevented United States government adviserSamuel P. Huntington from giving a speech on campus, because of his involvement in theVietnam War.[17] Similarly, when the spokesperson for the US embassy, Robert Beers, visited to give a talk to students entitled 'Vietnam in depth' three students were waiting outside Falmer House and threw a bucket of red paint over the diplomat as he was leaving.[18][6]
In both 1967 and 1969, Sussex won the television quizUniversity Challenge.[19]
In 1980, Sussex edged out theUniversity of Oxford to become the university with the highest income from research grants and contracts.[20]
In an attempt to appeal to a modern audience, the university chose in 2004 to cease using its coat of arms and to replace it with the "US" logo.[21]
In 2011, Sussex celebrated its 50th anniversary and saw the production of a number of works including a book on the university's history and an oral history and photography project. The university launched its first major fundraising campaign, Making the Future, and gathered over £51.3 million.[22]
In March 2011, asex trafficking ring, involving one of the university's Park Village accommodation flats, was uncovered after a university building manager received an email advertising sex services, eventually leading to the conviction of a British woman and 4 Hungarian men forblackmailing foreign women into working in illegalbrothels across the country.[23]
The university underwent a number of changes with the Sussex Strategic Plan 2009–2015, including the introduction of new academic courses, the opening of new research centres, the renovation and refurbishment of a number of its schools and buildings as well as the ongoing expansion of its student housing facilities.
In 2018, the university moved all of its investments out of fossil fuels (known asfossil fuel divestment) after a four-year student union run campaign.[24]
In October 2021 a student campaign called forKathleen Stock's dismissal.[25] In October 2021, the university's vice-chancellor ProfessorAdam Tickell gave his support to Stock who has been accused oftransphobia.The Times reported students have called for Stock's dismissal and claimed that she has been victimised.[26] Following Tickell's statement, the Sussex branch of theUniversity and College Union (UCU) called for an investigation into "institutional transphobia" at the University of Sussex.[26] Students have accused the university management of being "anti-student and pro-transphobia".[27]Taiwo Owatemi, theShadow Minister for Women and Equalities, called UCU's statement "strong and principled".[28]
In 2021, during theCOVID-19 pandemic, Sussex was one of few universities that returned to real-world teaching. Mostlectures at other universities chose to remainonline-only.[29]
In March 2025, Sussex was fined £585,000 by theOffice for Students (OfS), which said it had failed to uphold freedom of speech in its trans and non-binary equality policy statement passed in 2018. The policy stated that course materials should "positively represent trans people" and that "transphobic propaganda" would not be tolerated. The OfS gave the case of Kathleen Stock as an example of the "chilling effect" this had on expression of lawful views. Professor Sasha Roseneil, the university’s vice chancellor claimed "the way the OfS has conducted this investigation has been completely unacceptable, its findings are egregious and concocted, and the fine that is being imposed on Sussex is wholly disproportionate." The university has said that it will legally challenge the penalty in the High Court.[30][31]
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The University of Sussex is situated near the city ofBrighton and Hove, next to theStanmer Park reserve, and extends into theLewes District in its eastern fringe. The closest train station isFalmer railway station, located at about nine minutes from Brighton station. The campus is also close to the medieval town ofLewes and is approximately an hour away from London.[32] Located within theSouth Downs National Park, it is the only English university existing in a National Park.[33]
The campus, designed by SirBasil Spence, is next to the village ofFalmer but mostly within the city boundaries ofBrighton and Hove. It is close to theSouth Downs, which influenced Spence's design of the campus. In 1959, the Basil Spence and Partners company began planning and designing the campus, to be built over a 15-year period. In 1971, 17 buildings had been designed and built winning numerous awards including a medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects and a Civic Trust award.[13] Spence expressed his awe at the beauty of the surrounding region and designed the campus as a stream of low buildings so as not to disturb the natural scenery around. Brick was chosen throughout as it was the dominant material used across Sussex.[13] As the campus developed, Spence connected the buildings by a series of 'green, interlocking courtyards that he felt created a sense of enclosure'.[13]
The campus is self-contained, with facilities including eights cafes/restaurants, a post office, aCo-op Food store, a market, a bank, a pharmacy, a health centre (including a dentist) and childcare facilities.[34] Spence's designs were appreciated by architects; many of the campus buildings won awards. A number of features define these buildings, including the materials used and the fact that many of them have planted and tree-filled courtyards. Thegatehouse-inspiredFalmer House won abronze medal from theRoyal Institute of British Architects.[5] In 1993, the buildings which made up the core of Spence's designs were givenlisted building status, with Falmer House being awarded the highest designation, Grade 1, as a building of "exceptional interest".[35] A number of the original buildings are now Grade IIlisted buildings.[36]
The Meeting House at the University of Sussex is a striking circular chapel designed by Spence and completed in 1966. Built from patterned brick with a dramatic, light-filled interior, it serves as a multi-faith space for worship, reflection, and events. Its distinctive modernist design makes it a landmark on the university’s campus.[37] In 1969 it won theCivic Trust award and was listed in 1993 alongside other buildings on the campus.[35] Inside, adorning the organ loft, is a large, colourful tapestry designed byJohn Piper commissioned in 1976 to celebrate 10 years since the building was completed. It was inspired by the University’s motto ‘Be still, and know’, which is taken from Psalm 46. Its colours echo the honeycomb of coloured glass panes.[38]
Sussex laid claim to being the "only English university located entirely within a designatedArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty".[39] It is now entirely surrounded by the newly foundedSouth Downs National Park.
The Gardner Arts Centre, another of Basil Spence's designs, was opened in 1969 as the first university campus arts centre.[40] It had a 480-seat purpose-built theatre, a visual art gallery and studio space, and was frequently used for theatre and dance as well as showing a range of films on a modern cinema screen. The Centre closed in the summer of 2007:[41] withdrawal of funding and the cost of renovating the building were given as the key reasons. Following an extensive refurbishment, the Centre reopened as theAttenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA) in the autumn of 2015, and a public performance programme started in Spring 2016. The centre is now a national arts and performance hub hosting various kinds of performances year-round.
The campus has facilities such as the Genome Damage and Stability Centre; the medical imaging equipment at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS); and the university's Library, until 2013 the home of theMass Observation Archive, which relocated toThe Keep, a purpose-built archive facility nearby.
The university's main library is at the centre of its campus. It was opened by QueenElizabeth II on 13 November 1964.[6] The Royal Literary fund office is based at the Library, providing support for students around academic writing. The Library also houses a research support centre and a research hive for PhD students and research staff.[42] There is also a Skills Hub, training facilities, a support centre, a café and a Careers and Employability Centre.
There are also smaller libraries within individual schools and research centres, as well asThe Keep.
The university holds a number of acclaimed collections and archives, mostly related to twentieth-century literary, political and cultural history. Collections include original manuscripts and first editions byVirginia Woolf,Jane Austen andRudyard Kipling as well as The New Statesman Archive and theMass-Observation Archive.
The university was founded with the unusual structure of "Schools of Study" (ubiquitously abbreviated to "schools") rather than traditional university departments within arts and science faculties.[6]
In the early 1990s, the university promoted the system by claiming "[c]lusters of faculty [come] together within schools to pursue new areas of intellectual enquiry. The schools also foster broader intellectual links.Physics with Management Studies, Science and Engineering with European Studies, Economics with Mathematics all reach beyond conventional Arts/Science divisions."[43] By this time the original schools had been developed somewhat and were:
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There was also theInstitute of Development Studies(IDS). This is still located on Sussex's campus, but is now a separate institution.
In 2001, as the university celebrated its 40th anniversary, the then Vice-Chancellor Alasdair Smith proposed major changes to the curriculum across the "Arts schools", and the senate agreed to structural changes which would create two Arts schools and a "Sussex Institute" in place of the five schools then in place. Corresponding changes would be made in Sciences.[44]
The changes were finally implemented in September 2003.[45] After discussion in senate and the schools, disciplinary departments which had been located across the different schools, were located firmly within one school, and undergraduates were offered straightforward degree subjects. The multi-disciplinarity provided by the school courses was now to be achieved through elective courses from other departments and schools.
In 2009 the university adopted a new organisational structure. The term "Schools of Studies" was retained, but each was headed by a "Head of School" rather than the traditional "Dean".
In 2020 the School of English, School of History, Art History and Philosophy, and School of Media, Film and Music were merged to create the School of Media, Arts and Humanities.[46]
The schools as of 2020 are listed below.[47]
The term "department" has been retained in some cases, where a school contains separate disciplines.
None of these changes have affected theBrighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS).
The Doctoral School supports PhD student and Post-docs across all schools and departments and supports PhD students and Post-Docs through the Sussex Research hive, the Researcher Development Program, funding schemes as well as its own partnerships.[50]
The current and fifthChancellor of the university isSanjeev Bhaskar, who succeededLord Attenborough in 2009.[51]
| Name of Chancellor | Period |
|---|---|
| Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley | 1961–65 |
| Hartley Shawcross | 1965–85 |
| Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond | 1985–98 |
| Richard Attenborough | 1998–2009 |
| Sanjeev Bhaskar | 2009–present |
The university has had nine Vice-Chancellors:
| Name of Vice-Chancellor | Period |
|---|---|
| John Fulton | 1961–67 |
| Asa Briggs | 1967–76 |
| Denys Wilkinson | 1976–87 |
| Leslie Fielding | 1987–92 |
| Gordon Conway | 1992–98 |
| Alasdair Smith | 1998–2007 |
| Michael Farthing | 2007–16 |
| Adam Tickell | 2016–21 |
| David Maguire (interim)[2] | 2021–2022 |
| Sasha Roseneil[2] | 2022–present |
In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, Sussex had a total income of £379.6 million (2022/23 – £380.1 million) and total expenditure of £291.3 million (2022/23 – £345.1 million).[1] Key sources of income included £224.6 million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £222.2 million), £37.3 million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £39.9 million), £39.9 million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £42 million), £7.8 million from investment income (2022/23 – £7.4 million) and £4 million from donations and endowments (2022/23 – £5.3 million).[1]
At year end, Sussex had endowments of £21.1 million (2022/23 – £16.4 million) and total net assets of £505.5 million (2022/23 – £414.7 million).[1]
The university, a member of the Erasmus charter, offers over 400 Undergraduate programs, over 210 Postgraduate taught programs and over 70 PhD programs. It is research-led, with around 1,000 teaching and research staff of which around 300 are research-only staff. Additionally, there are over 1200 PhD students at the university distributed across the different Schools. The university fees are at £9,250 per year for home fee status undergraduates, the highest a university can charge in the United Kingdom.[52]
| National rankings | |
|---|---|
| Complete (2026)[53] | 43 |
| Guardian (2026)[54] | =52 |
| Times / Sunday Times (2026)[55] | 45 |
| Global rankings | |
| ARWU (2025)[56] | 201–300 |
| QS (2026)[57] | 278 |
| THE (2026)[58] | 201–250 |
The University of Sussex was ranked 30th in the UK and 201 - 250th in the world by theTimes Higher Education World University Rankings 2024.[59]The Times/Sunday Times placed the university 45th nationally in 2026. The university was ranked 43rd in the UK by the 2026Complete University Guide. The university was ranked 278th in the world according to theQS World University Rankings 2026.[60]
The Complete University guide 2018 ranked Sussex as sixth in the UK for Graduate prospects and 1st in the South East (graduates getting into employment or further study immediately after graduation).[61]
In subject rankings, it was ranked 1st in the world for development studies in 2021. Ranked 29th in the world in the 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings for thesocial sciences, 11th in Europe and 7th nationally.[62] It ranked as 49th in the world for Law and 48th for Business and Economics.[7] In the same year, it ranked 4th in the UK for Sociology, 7th for Geography, 4th for Politics and International Relations, 10th for Psychology and 2nd for Communication and Media Studies by the Times Higher Education rankings by subject.[62]
The university also ranked in the top 100 in the world for the social sciences in theCWTS Leiden Ranking 2016 and in the top 150 in the world for Social Sciences in theAcademic Ranking of World Universities 2016 and 90th best in the world for Psychological Sciences in theU.S. News & World Report.[63][64]
The QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2016, 2017 and 2018 placed the University 1st in the world forDevelopment Studies.[65][66] Further, it ranked in the world's top 100 for Anthropology, Sociology, Politics and International Studies, History, Geography, English Language and Literature and Communication and Media Studies in the QS 2018 rankings.[67] Other top 150 subject rankings in the world include Education, Economics and Psychology.[68]
In 2017, Sussex's research income was around £65 million.[69] This primarily came from funding body grants and research grants and contracts.
In addition to being home toInstitute of Development Studies, Sussex has over 40 university research centres, over 15 strategic research centres and many smaller research clusters.[70] IDS is ranked as 1st in the UK, 2nd International DevelopmentThink Tank and 4th university affiliated Think Tank in the world (out of 8,000 think tanks ranked) by theUniversity of Pennsylvania Global Go To Think Tank Index Report 2017.[71]
Sussex research centres include SPRU, theScience Policy Research Unit, which is ranked as 3rd best Science and technology Think Tank in the World (out of 8,000 think tanks ranked by the University of Pennsylvania Global Go To Think Tank Index Report 2017)[71] Other notable centres include theSTEPS Centre, the Centre for American Studies and the Sussex European Institute.
The university is one of the UK ESRC's 21 Centres for Doctoral Training, the only institutions accredited in 2010 and capable of receiving ESRC doctoral studentships and funding. The system was updated in 2016 and Doctoral Training Partnerships were established to replace the DTC. In this respect, Sussex is now a member of the Consortium of the Humanities and the Arts-South East England (CHASE) and theSouth East Network for Social Sciences.[72][73]
The results of the Research Excellence Framework 2014 show that 98% of research activity at Sussex is categorised as 'world-leading' (28%), 'internationally excellent' (48%) or 'internationally recognised' (22%) in terms of originality, significance and rigour.[74]
Sussex has a number of research collaborations with other Higher Education institutions as well as governmental and non-governmental organisations and institutes around the world. For example, the Harvard Sussex program is a long-standing research collaboration between Sussex andHarvard University focusing on public policy towards chemical and biological weapons. The CBW Conventions Bulletin is a quarterly newsletter published by the HSP.[75] Sussex-Cornell Partnership, the Sussex-Bocconi-Renmin Intrapreneurship Hub and the Sussex-Lund Partnership in Middle Eastern and North African Studies are recent examples. Sussex also co-coordinates the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts.[76] Sussex is also one of the eight universities of theTyndall Centre network.[77]
In Europe, Sussex is one of the collaborating institutions of thePaul Scherrer Institute, the largest research institute in Switzerland, focusing on issues of technology and the natural sciences.[78] Sussex is involved with many projects with the EU and with European countries. For example, BAR research is an Anglo-French collaboration between the Sussex, the East Sussex County Council and three French universities.[79]
Nationally, Sussex is involved in a number of partnerships including the Nexus Network (A partnership between Sussex,University of Cambridge and theUniversity of East Anglia) and CIED (a collaboration between Sussex,Oxford University andUniversity of Manchester).[80][81] The university is also a partner of theMetropolitan Police, withDemos (UK think tank) andPalantir Technologies.[82]
In recent years,[when?] the institutes for the study of consciousness science, Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT), the institute for the study of corruption and the Middle East studies institute were opened at the university. The university also has a Genome Damage and Stability Centre, a nuclear magnetic resonance facility and a purpose-built apparatus in cryogenic research.[83]
In terms of policy, Sussex is highly involved with the UK government, the UN and governments around the world. For example, the university is aUN Habitat partner.[84] Nationally, the UK Trade Policy Observatory was set up at the university to offer the UK government, the UK industry as well as the public advice in addressing trade issues resulting from Brexit.[85] The university is also one of the UK government's partner institutions on the Arctic Research Program.[86] Similarly,SPRU andIDS are involved in policy recommendations with countries on all five continents.[87]
In 2016, the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) was set up as a collaboration between the university and the governments of Sweden, Norway, Finland, South Africa and Colombia to research social and economic issues.[88]
The university is also home to a number of academic journals from theIDS Bulletin to The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS),[89] Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, The World Trade Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, International Journal of Innovation Management, Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, European Journal of International Relations and the Child and Family Social Work Journal, among many others.[90][91][92][93][94][95][96]
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| Domicile[100] and Ethnicity[101] | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| British White[a] | 49% | ||
| British Ethnic Minorities[b] | 21% | ||
| International EU | 3% | ||
| International Non-EU | 27% | ||
| UndergraduateWidening Participation Indicators[100][102] | |||
| Female | 54% | ||
| Independent School | 9% | ||
| Low Participation Areas[c] | 10% | ||
New students entering the university in 2021 had an average of 133 points (the equivalent of AAB at A Level).[99] According to the 2023Times andSunday Times Good University Guide, approximately 11% of Sussex's undergraduates come from independent schools.[103]
Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) results from a partnership between theUniversity of Brighton and the University of Sussex. The school, the first medical school in theSouth East outside London, gained its licence in 2002 and opened in 2003. The Guardian ranked the medical school as 16th in the UK in 2018.[104]
TheInstitute of Development Studies offers research, teaching and communications related to international development. IDS originated in 1966 as a research institute based at the university. It is financially and constitutionally independent under the status of a charitable company limited by guarantee.
TheCentre for Research in Innovation Management, a research-based school of theUniversity of Brighton, dates from 1990. It was located in theFreeman Centre building but has now moved to the University of Brighton campus.
The Sussex Innovation Centre, an on-campus commercial business centre, opened in 1996. It provides services for the formation and growth of technology- and knowledge-based companies in the South East. It offers a business environment to over 40 companies in the IT, biotech, media and engineering sectors.
Nationally, the university has a number of partner institutions across the UK includingBellerbys College,British and Irish Modern Music Institute (BIMM), University Centre Croydon (UCC, also known asCroydon College), Highbury College Portsmouth, International Study Centre (Study Group), Roffey Park Institute, University of Brighton andWest Dean College. These partnerships include both validated courses (designed and delivered by the partner institution but awarded and quality assured by the university) and franchised courses (designed and assessed by the university, but delivered by another institution).[105]
Study Group works in partnership with the university to provide the University of Sussex International Study Centre (ISC).[106] It offers a course of academic subjects, study skills and English-language training for students who wish to study a degree at the university but who do not yet possess the necessary qualifications to start a degree. The ISC course provides students with English-language and academic skills to start at Sussex the following year. In 2018, ISC announced that they will increase their postgraduate and undergraduate offerings by adding 50 new courses across the pre-masters and pathway options on offer.[107]
TheBritish and Irish Modern Music Institute offersBA courses in Modern Musicianship – validated by the university – at its centres in London, Berlin, Hamburg, Brighton, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham.[108][109]
Internationally, the university has over 160 partner institutions including theUniversity of British Columbia,University of California,George Washington University,Georgetown University,University of Massachusetts Amherst,University of Michigan Ann Arbor,University of North Carolina Chapel Hill,University of North Carolina at Asheville,University of Pittsburgh,Purdue University,University of Rochester,State University of New York,University of Texas at Austin,University of Washington,Kyoto University,Peking University,Korea University,National Taiwan University (NTU),Université Grenoble Alpes,Aix-Marseille Université,Paris-Sorbonne University,Sciences Po Aix,Sciences Po Paris,University of Strasbourg,Freie Universität Berlin,Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and theLudwig Maximilian University of Munich.[110] These are institutions where there are formal agreements for student exchange, research collaborations, staff and faculty mobility and study abroad schemes.[111][112][113]
Sussex Students Union is the main body responsible for the representation of Sussex students. It runs two bars (Falmer Bar, which once hosted bands such asThe Who, and Northfield Bar), two shops, a cafe and a number of other outlets and schemes (such as the buddy scheme).[114] There are 261 student clubs and societies at Sussex, all functioning under the Student Union.[115]
Like many campus universities, many of the students studying at Sussex live in the city. Students are highly involved in Brighton's life, from its cultural scene to community service. In 2016, Sussex won the AGCAS award for Student engagement.[116]
In 2017, Sussex was ranked as top in the UK for political scene (tied with Cambridge, Oxford, Manchester, Goldsmith and LSE).[117]
A wide range of support is offered by the university, with key student support services (e.g. financial, counselling, careers, exceptional circumstances, disability support) offered via the Student Centre,[118] which replaced the Student Life Centre in 2022.[119] The building also acts as a hub for a wide range of student opportunities, such as employer fairs, academic skills workshops and wellbeing- and community-building activities.
All students at Sussex have access to a wide variety of Careers and employability support,[120] in addition to the opportunities embedded in their degree programme. The Spirit of Sussex Award also encourages students to build their employability by recognising and recording their co-curricular achievements and skills.[121]
Like most UK Universities, Sussex deliver a number of initiatives to improve equality of opportunity for home-fees students from underrepresented backgrounds to access and succeed in undergraduate higher education.[122][123] These are delivered by teams including Widening Participation,[124] who work with local schools and colleges, and many teams within the Student Experience division.[125]
The University was previously known for its First-Generation Scholars scheme, an award-winning initiative to support students from lower-economic backgrounds and those who are the first to pursue higher education in their families.[126] In 2017, Britain's Labour Party leaderJeremy Corbyn met some First-Generation Scholar students during his visit to the university.[127] More recently, the Sussex Access Programme supports students from a diverse range of backgrounds including mature students, care-experienced and estranged students, and many others.[128]
At undergraduate level, Sussex runs a Junior Researcher scheme in which undergraduate students can receive funding and spend 8 weeks during their summer vacation doing research alongside Sussex researchers and academics.[129] Additionally, a number of independent bursaries for undergraduates to conduct research projects exist within Schools and research centres. In parallel, a competitive International Junior researcher scheme exists to allow students from Sussex's institutional partners, such asGeorgetown University, TheChinese University of Hong Kong, and theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz to receive funding and come to Sussex to work on research projects alongside researchers and academics.[130] Additionally, a number of research groups and networks incorporate advanced undergraduate students into their projects offering them the opportunity to both shadow and actively participate in ongoing research at the university.[131]
At postgraduate level, Sussex offersMA,MS,MRes,PGCert,PGDip, CLNDIP andLLM degrees.[132] All master's degrees are research based and master's students are incorporated with PhD students in the different research centres, clusters and networks across the university and many master's degrees are based in research centres instead of being based in University departments.[133] Further, student research mobility schemes are in place to allow students to conduct research at other institutions across the world. The university has a number of research-oriented funding schemes (scholarships and fellowships) for master's students, including a Sussex Graduate Scholarship for current undergraduate students at the university. There are also country scholarships for postgraduate students applying fromIndia,Nigeria,Pakistan,Malaysia andVietnam.[134]
In 2023-247, there were 17,765 students at Sussex, with just under 14,000 undergraduates and 4,000 postgraduates[135]. In total, there are around 5,500 students from outside the UK[135], the majority of whom are postgraduates. One in five of its undergraduates study abroad at some point of their education: the majority of its undergraduate courses offer a study abroad year and/or placement.[7]
Sussex students may also spend a year abroad as part of their degree, in a variety of European institutions through the Erasmus+ programme, as well as North America, Asia, Central and South America, Australia and North Africa.[136]
English Language courses for speakers of other languages are provided by the Language Institute. "English in the Vacation" gives intensive practice in spoken and written English. An International Foundation Year offered by the ISC (Sussex University International Study Centre) offers direct routes to Sussex degrees.[137]
The Sussex International Summer School runs for four and eight weeks starting in July, providing intensive courses. It is predominantly attended by foreign students.[138] The ISS trips office provides excursions to prominent cities, theatres, and activities.[139] Sussex is also home to the Fulbright Sussex Summer institute, a four-week academic program on British culture designed for American Students.[140]
The International Study Centre, run byStudy Group International at Sussex offers international Foundation courses, pre-masters and an International Year 1 scheme to prepare students for their degrees.[141] The centre also offers a "Pre-masters" degree for international students.[142]
The Sussex Student Union also runs a series of events in support of international students at Sussex. The union has aBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions policy in all its shops, bars and cafes.[143]
Overall, there are nine on-campus university managed accommodations, one off-campus university managed block of flats, one off-campus university managed study lodge and a number of university houses within Brighton and Hove.[144] Around 5000 undergraduate and postgraduate students live in University-managed accommodation,[145] but many live in private accommodation or with family members.
After the initial campus opening, accommodation on campus was expanded in the 1970s with the construction of Kulukundis House, for students with physical disabilities, and the unusual split-level flats of East Slope,[146] a development that included a social building with a porter's office and bar. Two newer accommodation areas were completed in the 2000s: one next toFalmer railway station, named Stanmer Court,[147] and the other next to East Slope, opposite Bramber House, known as Swanborough.[148] Northfield was constructed at the top end of campus, beyond Lewes Court, and opened in September 2011.[149] In 2017, the old East Slope buildings were demolished to create up to date accommodation (also called East Slope) and a new Student Centre, which opened in phases between 2021 and 2022[150][151]
In 2020, the university announced that they plan to replace Park Village and Park Houses (excluding Norwich House) with the new West Slope development, as well as creating new facilities including a new library, cafe, supermarket, additional study spaces, and flexible green space. The first phase is projected to be completed by autumn 2022 and this work is projected to be fully completed by 2025. The new accommodation will provide approximately 1000 additional bedrooms.[152] The university's Sustainability Action Plan released in June 2021 includes plans for increasing the energy efficiency of campus housing and ancillary facilities in an effort to reachnet zero by 2035. The plan includes upgrading building energy management systems by August 2022 and assessing if theBREEAM Excellent environmental construction standards are sufficient for new construction by December 2022.[153]
The university has two sports centres on its campus: the Sussex Sports Centre and the Falmer Sports Complex. There is also one sports shop within the sports centre and one in the Falmer sports complex.[154] The Falmer sports centre alone has over 40 acres of playing field.[155] The university also has agreements with Freedom Leisure, granting its students access to sports centres across West Sussex.
The university competes in the following sports, usually with both men's and women's teams:
TheFalmer Stadium, home toBrighton & Hove Albion F.C., is located near the Sussex campus. A mutual relationship of benefits, including potential usage of the stadium's sporting facilities by the university, was established very early on.[156]
In 2018, the university had 42 sports teams competing in theBUCS.[157]
The Sussex Sports centre also runs a number of courses, from Yoga to Cycling challenges, as well as fundraisers, children's activities and specialized workshops for students and staff. The university also offers sports scholarships, including ones for basketball and Hockey.[52]
University Radio Falmer (abbreviated toURF) is one of the first student radio stations in the country, founded in 1976.[158] It now broadcasts viadigital audio broadcasting[159] and via the internet.[160] The station is unplaylisted, and broadcasts twenty-four hours a day from its studio in the Grade I listed Falmer House.URF also publishes student articles, interviews and news on its website.[161] It won a bronze award in the "best scripted programming" category in the 2008 UK Student Radio Awards.[162] Alumni of the station include the formerBBC Radio DirectorHelen Boaden,[163]Sky News journalist Kit Bradshaw,[164] andBBC News presenterClive Myrie.[165]
The Badger is the Union's fortnightly newspaper and is written and designed entirely by Sussex students. The paper is available to students and staff during term-time, covering news and sport on campus, as well as comment pieces, features, lifestyle and arts coverage. It also publishes content online.The Badger began in October 1995, having formerly been known asUnionews since the 1970s. The paper has since covered a variety of stories, including several on-campus occupations and the expulsion of five Sussex students for involvement in protests.[166]
University of Sussex Student Television (abbreviated toUniTV) is a student television channel, launched in September 2010. UniTV is a member of NaSTA (National Student Television Association) and has won 7 NaSTA awards in the past three years.[167]
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In the sciences, Sussex counts among its past and present faculty five Nobel Prize winners: SirAnthony Leggett,[171] SirPaul Nurse,[172]Archer Martin,[173][174] SirJohn Cornforth[175] and SirHarry Kroto.[176]John Maynard Smith,FRS, founding father of Sussex Biology was honoured with theCrafoord Prize[177] and theKyoto Prize[178] for his contributions to Evolutionary Biology.
The university has 15Fellows of the Royal Society. These includeGeoffrey Cloke (Inorganic Chemistry);Michael F. Land (Animal Vision –Frink Medal);Michael Lappert (Inorganic Chemistry);John Murrell (Theoretical Chemistry);Laurence Pearl (Structural Biology) andGuy Richardson (Neuroscience). Additionally, two of its faculty have received theLeontief Prize:Michael Lipton andMariana Mazzucato.
In the Humanities and Social sciences, there are ten members of faculty who have the distinction of being Fellows of theBritish Academy. Staff with FBAs includeDonald Winch (economics),Peter Burke (historian),Craig Clunas,Peter France,Barry Supple,Margaret Boden,Pat Thane,John Barrell.[179]
Other prominent academics on the staff of the university have included:Geoffrey Bennington;Homi K. Bhabha (postcolonialism);Ranajit Guha (founder of Subaltern studies);Jonathan Dollimore (Renaissance literature, gender and queer studies);Katy Gardner (social anthropology);Gabriel Josipovici (Dante, the Bible);Jacqueline Rose (feminism, psychoanalysis);Nicholas Royle (modern literature and theory; deconstruction);Alan Sinfield (Shakespeare, sexuality, queer theory);Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow (Cosmologist);Brian Street (anthropology);John D. Barrow (Cosmologist);Leon Mestel (Astronomer);Gavin Ashenden (Senior Lecturer in English, University Chaplain, broadcaster and Chaplain toQueen Elizabeth II);[180]Keith Pavitt (science and technology policy), andChristopher Freeman (Economist).
Current notable staff (in addition to a number of those mentioned above) include philosopherAndy Clark, economistRichard Tol, psychologistAndy Field, neuroscientistAnil Seth, biologistDave Goulson, sociologistGerard Delanty, development economist SirRichard Jolly, astrophysicist and writerJohn Gribbin, historianRobin Milner-Gulland, scholarEdward Timms, authorGabriel Josipovici, geographerMelissa Leach, psychologist DameLesley Fallowfield, psychologistBrian Bates, biologistLaurence Pearl, historianMaurice Howard, sociologistJennifer Platt, DameDenise Holt, policymakerAndy Stirling, political economistMick Moore, pharmacistBugewa Apampa, anthropologistPhilip Proudfoot and experimental physicistAntonella De Santo.
The university's coat of arms was officially granted on 15 March 1962. It built on Sussex's history and features two Saxon crowns and asable (black) dolphin. The arms also features sixmartlets, a mythical bird without feet that traditionally represents continuous effort, as per the traditional emblem of East and West Sussex counties. On either side of the arms are two pelicans, head bowed down, each standing upon a book and supporting a staff.[181]
Since 2011, the coat of arms is only used by the graduation team and on official university degrees. For all other purposes, the US logo is used.
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