Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students), Professor Kate O'Riordan, wrote to all taught students earlier today. Below you can read her full message:
Hello,
Your experience is really important to us and it is also important that we hear about this from you. This will help us understand what is going well and what to change. Your tutors use what you tell us to directly shape their approaches to teaching and the way modules are developed. To help give you the best possible teaching and learning experience, please share feedback on your modules through this short Your Voice Module Questionnaire or, if you are a student in the Business School, please use this link.
You can find out more about the questionnaire and how student feedback makes a difference on the Student Hub. Remember you can also book a place for the next open office session I’m running with Students’ Union officer Lewis at the Student Centre on Thursday 28 November. The student spaces survey and the travel plan survey are still open, so please take a few minutes to share your thoughts there too.
We know that experience beyond your course is also very important, and sports and societies will also shape your time at Sussex. This coming week the University of Sussex Student Union (USSU) is hosting a challenge week to support sports teams across the student community. This is to raise funds to directly support student led goals and aspirations.
In other good news, our Business Administration and Sociology courses at Sussex have risen in the Shanghai Ranking ‘Global Ranking of Academic Subjects’. You can read more on the Student Hub and find out about how we are highly ranked globally on our rankings page.
Please read on for your regular update, including:
- Revisions to undergraduate exam board results dates
- Register interest in living on campus again next year
- You could win a £25 Love2Shop voucher to spend over winter break
- Help us build a respectful and supportive campus
- Supporting the global Sustainable Development Goals
- Free event – Michael Attenborough in conversation with Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sasha Roseneil.
Revisions to undergraduate exam board results dates
The University sets the summer examination board results publication dates well in advance and the dates are available to you via your Module Results page in Sussex Direct. These dates have been amended this term, and Sussex Direct will be updated by the end of November. You may need to take account of the change when making plans to return home, start work or book a holiday.
For your information, the new results dates are as follows:
- UG Finalist results date is 18 June 2025 (previously it was 11 June 2025)
- UG Progression results date is 7 July 2025 (previously it was 30 June 2025).
Register interest in living on campus again next year
Current students can continue to live on campus after their first year and applications to live in campus accommodation next academic year will be opening shortly.
There are lots of benefits to living on campus, including cheaper living costs – with bills all included, it’s quicker and easier to get to your lectures, and groups of up to eight students can also apply to live together, so you can still live with your friends!
Register your interest now by emailing housing@sussex.ac.uk and they will send you a link to apply as soon as applications open.
You could win a £25 Love2Shop voucher to spend over winter break
Leave a Whatuni review about Sussex before 3 December and be entered into our latest prize draw to win one of 20 Love2Shop vouchers worth £25 each, which can be spent at over 50 high street brands, both online and in store.
By leaving a review you can also log five Spirit of Sussex Award points under the ‘Co-creation and evaluation’ category.
Help us build a respectful and supportive campus
With the annual 16 Days of activism against gender-based violence starting next week, I encourage you to join a consent training workshop with the Survivors’ Network on 27 November, to help build a respectful and supportive campus.
All students should also complete Consent Matters, our free online course about consent, respect, communication skills and relationships, boundaries and positive intervention. You can access and complete the course on Canvas. Currently 54% students have completed it – let's make it 100%!
Follow @universityofsussexwellbeing for more content and events across the 16 days.
Supporting the global Sustainable Development Goals
Our University’s work to support each of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been outlined in a new report put together by the Sustainability Team. You can find out more in the Annual Sustainable Development Goals Report, which celebrates our collective efforts to address the critical global challenges facing humanity as we strive to be one of the most sustainable universities in the world.
Free event – Michael Attenborough in conversation with Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sasha Roseneil
Join us from 1.30-2.30pm on Wednesday 4 December at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA) as we welcome University of Sussex alumnus Michael Attenborough to campus. Son of former Chancellor Lord Richard Attenborough and nephew to Sir David Attenborough, Michael has had an illustrious career in theatre, including roles at the Young Vic, Almeida Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company.
This event promises to be a rich exploration of his contributions to the arts and the University of Sussex, as Michael will share his experiences, career highlights and personal memories with Vice-Chancellor Sasha Roseneil. Book your place via ACCA's website.
With best wishes,
Kate
Professor Kate O’Riordan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students)