University of Sussex Business School

The University of Sussex Business School was proud to be represented at the National Teaching Fellows Conference, where student voice played a central role. 👏

Second-year Management student, Kristabel Lanham-New and Associate Professor, Alison Bailey shared insights on TASK (The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge Transforming Academic Skills and Knowledge), highlighting how it is being embedded to support sustainability-focused learning and real-world skill development.

Kristabel, offered a compelling student perspective, and the session demonstrated the value of students as active partners in shaping their education—earning strong feedback from delegates.

👉Read the full story here: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/news-and-events/news?id=70874

Researchers at the University of Sussex Business School have designed, led and completed the judging of a major global innovation challenge exploring one of science's toughest questions:

How do we identify genuinely novel research?

Working with partners, the Science Policy Research Unit created one of the largest datasets ever assembled on research novelty. Through this, AI systems designed to identify innovative research papers were tested.

The winning tool, LLM-Evaluated Novelty and Significance (LENS), developed by the team from Jülich Research Centre, Germany, was found to match expert assessments of novelty more closely than any other competing indicator.

The findings could help funders, publishers, and universities identify promising research earlier.

Read more: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/research/news?id=70891

Refugee status is a legal circumstance, not an identity.
Teachers, marketers, entrepreneurs, business coaches — the range of experience and talent in the room at our entrepreneurship workshops was evident.

This Refugee Week, we spotlight our collaboration with The Launchpad Collective, supporting skilled refugee professionals as they pursue employment and entrepreneurship. https://youtu.be/0AS6M9QeUIE?si=l8qfzurpOVGIn49R

How do we foster classroom learning for real-world impact?

Students on our Management MSc programme recently worked on a live project for the University of Sussex Sustainability Team. This was part of their Business Analysis and Consulting module.

Working with a real client, they explored the potential for a Repair and Re-use Hub on campus, supporting Sussex's commitment to sustainability and reducing waste.

Acting as consultants, the students researched the idea, identified opportunities and challenges, and presented recommendations that will help shape the project's next steps.

Initiatives like this give our students the chance to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-world business challenges while building skills in analysis, teamwork, and working with clients.

Are you thinking about a career in marketing?
We’ve been ranked 15th in the UK for Marketing by the new Complete University Guide 2026.
Visit our campus and talk to our academics about our range of marketing courses this Saturday, 6 June, 9.30am to 4.30pm at our University of Sussex Open Day.
For more information about the Open Day event and our marketing degree courses, see the links below:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/undergraduate-open-day-june-2026-tickets-1985269601821 https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/study/undergraduate

How does violent crime affect the people who live nearby, even when they are not direct victims?

New article co-authored by Richard Dickens and George MacKerron, economists at the University of Sussex Business School, found that people living near where a violent crime occurred had increased stress levels.

Using nearly 50,000 real-time wellbeing responses from residents in the Thames Valley region in England, the study provides new evidence of the wider impact of violent crime on the mental health of local communities.

The findings contribute to a growing understanding of the social costs of crime. It could help inform policies aimed at improving well-being and community safety.

Learn more insights from the research: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-explores-effect-violent-crime-individuals.html