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1855 Student reviews
My best experience is being welcomed in a big community where you can find like minded people and life long friends. The university life and experience is one of the best parts of university and being able to study subjects that spark up interests within ourselves and the societies are inclusive and great for finding people. My worst aspect of University was anxiety of meeting new people but with university support, it was easier.
I am a mature student, so my views will differ from younger students. The education experience is poor, the quality of teaching and resources leaves much to be desired. Online resources are poorly organised at best, confusing and broken at worst. Student life is terrible, societies feel non existent. The campus has a miserable feel, and is far from the town, leaving you at the mercy of campus based businesses if you need food etc.
The facilities and student life on campus is not very good. The sports societies are very exclusive and not many are open to students who want to participate for fun.
I love studying at Sussex. I’m an international student here and I love how open they are to students from abroad. They really made me feel welcome and whenever I had any questions, I immediately got help from someone.
University can be really difficult especially in the first few months, and the will to keep going can be hard if you don’t have a support system
The university can help with any problem of a student. Nothing to add for improvement
Expensive, off campus and on campus living
Great uni that provides the support needed when you ask for help. Lots of study places to go to outside of the library.
Beautiful campus! But one times hard to find extra support especially with lots of strikes happening
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18-24 years
First gen student
Good uni, maybe listen to students more.
18-24 years
Facilities are good, some places are a bit old, but I'm looking toward to see the new student centre.
18-24 years
First gen student
Good student life + lots of opportunities
18-24 years
I love the uni but feel like there could be better clubs/ bars/ shops on campus
18-24 years
First gen student
Student support could be a lot better with reply times regar-ding mental health issues
18-24 years
First gen student



best: we have a beautiful campus, so many restaurants/cafe/bars and more. And so many extra facilities and great lecture halls and rooms. Our accommodation is great too and gets cleaned weekly. worst would probably be that already we have a good location being close to Brighton, there isn’t really anything to do in Sussex itself.
18-24 years
First gen student
the campus is nice
18-24 years
Lovely campus, very green and welcoming.
18-24 years
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Supportive community and loads of great study spaces. Less interest ion with lecturers or student advices ok my course compared to others and almost all socialising happens in Brighton, would be better if there was more on campus
The course is far from what I thought it would be, apparently the first year is always just setting the groundwork and it gets more interesting later on. I haven't met my tutor in person yet as they have been abroad the whole term
The accommodation would be great if it was properly looked after. The lights, the freezer, oven, extractor fan and sink have all broken and door handles have fallen off. We've lost hot water and heating and the time it takes for repairs to happen is dreadful. I haven't had a plug in my sink since moving in and it still hasn't been replaced