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SSRP contributes to high international sustainability and development rankings

29 April 2022

With its SDG-focus and numerous research partnerships, the SSRP has helped Sussex achieve high international rankings in two different assessments.

Interdisciplinary Research Award goes to innovative SSRP project on sustainable agriculture & podcasting in Syria

28 April 2022

SSRP-funded project focussing on capacity-building and setting up a Syrian Farmers Podcast led by Dr Barbu wins Interdisciplinary Research Award 2021

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̽��ѡ rises even higher among the world’s best for helping to deliver global sustainability

27 April 2022

The University has climbed up to joint 37th in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Impact Rankings 2022 out of more than 1,400 institutions

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Alumni donations are supporting our Law Clinics, which help those who are unable to access legal aid.

27 April 2022

“Your service was a lifeline. It really did feel like we had proper legal support and weren’t just left to fend for ourselves.”

A group of people standing and sitting in a forest and raising their fists in solidarity

‘It’s easy to kill one person, it’s difficult to kill a movement’

25 April 2022

A video created by SSRP researchers and Not1More activists during COP26 in Glasgow focusses on environmental defenders and climate justice.

Co-create with Student Connectors in 2022/23

21 April 2022

Find out how to set up a student/staff collaborative projects in term one of 2022/23.

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HEIF fund co-sponsored by SSRP: new projects address critical challenges 'from Covid crisis to net zero'

11 April 2022

A set of newly approved projects, funded through HEIF and co-sponsored by the SSRP, address Covid-19 recovery and climate change in an integrated way.

New University Identity and Access Management System

4 April 2022

The new system will make it quicker to log in to applications and increase security around our most important data

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̽��ѡ professor plays important role in new ban on smacking children in Wales

29 March 2022

Emeritus Professor of Law, Heather Keating, is calling for England to follow Wales and Scotland on a legal ban of the smacking of children.

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Indigenous students win scholarships to support their research projects in the Peruvian Amazon

25 March 2022

In collaboration with the Intercultural Amazon University in Peru, SSRP researchers launched a special scholarship programme for indigenous students.

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“I felt supported every step of the way" - Mark Comeda, Student Connector

25 March 2022

Find out about how students and staff co-created Welcome Week 2021.

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Victims’ Commissioner calls for redefinition of victims’ role during lecture at ̽��ѡ

25 March 2022

Dame Vera Baird QC, argued for the introduction of statutory rights for victims of crime and an overhaul of their role in the criminal justice system.

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Don’t miss the Sussex Festival of Ideas!

24 March 2022

With the 2022 Festival only a few days away excitement is building for this two-day celebration of the transformative power of the arts and humanities

More honesty and fewer statues - Gary Younge debates how we remember and who

22 March 2022

Award-winning author and broadcaster concludes the second Sussex Festival of Ideas by debating one of the most pressing cultural questions of our time

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Spring round of Researcher-Led Initiatives Fund opens on Monday

18 March 2022

Doctoral and early-career researchers can apply for up to £750 to organise their own activity for the research community at Sussex

An overhead shot of the JRA posters exhibition showing academic posters on display boards, a crowd milling around them.

Junior Research Associate Scheme open for applications

16 March 2022

Become a JRA supervisor this summer to support undergraduate research at Sussex and help widen participation in postgraduate study

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Student and staff co-creation at heart of Sussex Festival of Ideas

16 March 2022

Students and staff working together on two-day celebration of the transformative power of the arts and humanities

Light coming through the coloured windows of the Meeting House

Sussex Festival of Ideas celebrates the transformative power of the arts and humanities

9 March 2022

Join in a two-day celebration of the transformative power of the arts and humanities, co-created by student and staff in Media, Arts and Humanities

IWD 2022: SSRP project addresses social, legal and environmental implications of menstrual health

7 March 2022

In celebration of IWD, the SSRP spotlights the recently funded Luna Connection project which explores the various aspects of menstrual health.

Photo collage of different SSRP projects

SSRP provides funding to help researchers re-engage with partners in the Global South

3 March 2022

The Sussex Sustainability Research Programme is making small grants available to eight exciting, interdisciplinary sustainability projects.

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SSRP contributes to high international sustainability and development rankings

Interdisciplinary Research Award goes to innovative SSRP project on sustainable agriculture & podcasting in Syria

̽����ѡ rises even higher among the world’s best for helping to deliver global sustainability

Alumni donations are supporting our Law Clinics, which help those who are unable to access legal aid.

‘It’s easy to kill one person, it’s difficult to kill a movement’

Co-create with Student Connectors in 2022/23

HEIF fund co-sponsored by SSRP: new projects address critical challenges 'from Covid crisis to net zero'

New University Identity and Access Management System

̽����ѡ professor plays important role in new ban on smacking children in Wales

Indigenous students win scholarships to support their research projects in the Peruvian Amazon

“I felt supported every step of the way" - Mark Comeda, Student Connector

Victims’ Commissioner calls for redefinition of victims’ role during lecture at ̽����ѡ

Don’t miss the Sussex Festival of Ideas!

More honesty and fewer statues - Gary Younge debates how we remember and who

Spring round of Researcher-Led Initiatives Fund opens on Monday

Junior Research Associate Scheme open for applications

Student and staff co-creation at heart of Sussex Festival of Ideas

Sussex Festival of Ideas celebrates the transformative power of the arts and humanities

IWD 2022: SSRP project addresses social, legal and environmental implications of menstrual health

SSRP provides funding to help researchers re-engage with partners in the Global South

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̽��ѡ rises even higher among the world’s best for helping to deliver global sustainability

̽��ѡ professor plays important role in new ban on smacking children in Wales

Victims’ Commissioner calls for redefinition of victims’ role during lecture at ̽��ѡ