The National Student Survey 2026 is now open. Final-year students, tell the world about your time at Sussex. The NSS is a UK-wide survey that helps improve courses and support services for future students. Check your email from Ipsos for your personal link.

People-pleasing can undermine wellbeing. Sussex researcher Dr Mariko Visserman says in close relationships it’s not just the sacrifice, but the motivation behind it, that matters. Understanding why we “people-please” is key. Read more: https://ow.ly/IrBC50Y0KZx @sciencefocus.bsky.social

We are delighted to have six subjects ranked in the top 200 globally in the THE 2026 World University Rankings by subject, including two in the top 100. Learn more: www.timeshighereducation.com/world-univer... #THEWUR

Lifelong diver Eric Smith has received an honorary Doctor of Science from Sussex for his tireless campaign to restore marine life along the Sussex coast. His conservation work led to a ban on trawling on the Sussex coast in 2021, with kelp forests & marine life starting to return. 📹 sussexunderwater

Congratulations to Peter Bennett, who was awarded the Gold Medal for Philanthropy at winter graduation today. His vital work funding new research through ‪@bennett-innovate.bsky.social‬ here at Sussex, is just one of the ways his generosity is helping the world respond to the climate crisis.

Beat #BlueMonday! Research led by Professor Robin Banerjee has found the key to psychological fulfilment lies in being more intentional with our leisure time – highlighting the importance of hobbies that are emotionally rewarding and socially enriching.

1/ I am truly honoured and completely delighted to have won the 2025 Berggruen Essay Prize (English), for my submission “The Mythology of Conscious AI” @berggruen.org @noemamag.com berggruen.org/eu/news/2025...

📡 World-leading precision in radiation detection 💬 Words of the Year – which words will stick? 🧠 Mental health chatbots: better when they feel like a friend? Find out in the next Research at Sussex. 📩 Subscribe today: https://ow.ly/11El50UOFZB

The 2026 Bennett Institute Annual Symposium will be held on 19 February at Bramber House. Staff and students are welcome, and the event is free! Learn more and Register here: https://bit.ly/4qEZrv8 #BennettSymposium #NetZero #EnergyPolicy #SussexResearch

Mental health apps work best when you feel emotionally close to your chatbot, University of Sussex study reveals. As AI wellbeing tools grow, the findings also highlight why safeguards and responsible design matter. Read more: https://ow.ly/WUPs50XSXXC #ResponsibleAI

We are delighted to announce we've won a share of a £10.6 million funding award to continue to host an NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) - driving forward applied research that responds directly to the most urgent health and care issues within our communities. ow.ly/XrHi50XTnEu

We’re excited to announce Professor Anuradha Joshi as the new Director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). Building on her long-standing leadership at IDS, she will lead the institute into its 60th anniversary year. https://ids.pulse.ly/52bb9mouwl

Physicist Dr Josh McFayden has won a major £800k Royal Society grant to explore some of the Universe’s biggest mysteries. Using data from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, Dr McFayden will lead work on the ATLAS and FASER experiments, pushing the search for new physics beyond the Standard Model.

New research from the University is helping improve how support programmes measure the impact of domestic abuse interventions. Sussex researchers identified tools to track key outcomes like family relationships, feelings of safety, & wellbeing for children & adults. Read more: https://bit.ly/3XmuXBP

New independent review of the UK #TradePolicy by the CITP, UK Trade Policy Observatory & Frontier Economics highlights: • Fragmented priorities • Under-resourced trade capacity • Pressures from climate, & digital change It calls for more coherent & evidence-led trade policies tinyurl.com/mryrsjhn#TradePolicy

We’re proud to be part of the newly funded NIHR ARC-KSS programme launching in 2026 🎉 BSMS will lead key themes in Primary & Community Healthcare and Data-Driven Research on Inequalities—driving innovation and improving care across Kent, Surrey & Sussex. Read more: bit.ly/3MabORa

What's really going on with bitcoin's decline? Find out in the next Research at Sussex, a fortnightly round up of groundbreaking research and innovation from the University. 📩 Subscribe today: https://ow.ly/11El50UOFZB

Today is World AIDS Day, marked annually to unite people in the fight against HIV and AIDS. It was founded in 1988 and continues as a way to show strength and solidarity against HIV stigma and to remember lives lost. Find out more about resources and support: https://ow.ly/i6yC50XA2LY

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

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 Chris Sandom Caroline Lucas

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.

We’re pleased to have nine subjects ranked in the UK top 20 of ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025.

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.

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

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

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

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

🌌 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. 📩 Subscribe today: https://ow.ly/11El50UOFZB

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: https://ow.ly/VVjf50XsU9Q 📷: Beth Steddon

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...

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).

• 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. 📩 Subscribe today: https://ow.ly/11El50UOFZB

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/

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.

🔹 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. Subscribe today: ow.ly/11El50UOFZB

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

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.

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.

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/

Sussex has been ranked 27th in the UK in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026.

🌍 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.

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...

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. Subscribe: ow.ly/11El50UOFZB

Sussex's Professor Winfried Hensinger features in this @thetimes.com piece on the emerging quantum sector and its potential for economic gains and job creation: www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

Today we must say goodbye to Jane Goodall. However, for millions like me, her messaging and her work to learn about and conserve chimpanzees will continue. Thank you Jane, for a lifetime of dedication, passion and tireless effort to help us to connect with and protect our cousins.

Learn how the human brain evolved as Sussex psychologist Professor @gillyforrester.bsky.social shows @jimalkhalili.bsky.social how primates tackle survival challenges in Secrets of the Brain. Watch now on iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Dexter Shepherd led a team of fellow Sussex PhD students to design and deliver an AI and electronics course in Malawi, aimed at empowering communities with sustainable, open-source tools that tackle agricultural challenges head-on - and plans to expand the course to more regions.

We have been ranked 8th in the UK for Marketing and Public Relations by the Guardian University Guide 2026! 🏆🎯 #GuardianUniversityGuide #GuardianUniversityGuide2026 #University #SussexUni

We are thrilled to have been ranked 5th in the UK for History of Art by the Guardian University Guide 2026! 🏆🎨 #GuardianUniversityGuide #GuardianUniversityGuide2026 #University #SussexUni

The University of Sussex has been ranked 5th in the UK for Chemistry by the Guardian University Guide 2026! 🏆🧪 #GuardianUniversityGuide #GuardianUniversityGuide2026 #University #SussexUni