The Spirit of Sussex Award

A huge thank you to all the awardees of 2023 that attended to our Celebration event. We really hope you enjoyed your time and we are very proud to celebrate all your achievements with you.

Congratulations to all our self nomination runners up and winners 🎖️

Thank you to everyone that’s to our graduate panel, our guest speaker for sharing your journey with Sussex and the award 🏆

Thank you to our creative Exhibitors for showcasing your work

And thank you everyone for helping us run our event smoothly.

We hope you continue your journey to participate in your passions and hobbies as graduate. We wish you best of luck for your graduate life 🎓

Each year we host a celebration event & ceremony to recognise the efforts & commitments made by our awardees. This year we’re inviting student artists and creatives to showcase and exhibit at our event on 7 June 2023.
All you need to do is DM or email us on [email protected] with your artwork, photography, crafts, drawing, graphics, painting to be in with a chance of being selected as an exhibitor 🎨🖼️📸

🎤💭Yesterday we co-hosted a Student Rep Development Day with and Student Voice, to provide a space for confidence building, creating community, listening practices for marginalised communities, mapping skills and optimising LinkedIn. Reps then enjoyed plenty of socialising, cake & ceramic painting!

💬“Being far from home, it was a way for me to measure how well I am integrating into the community and culture, without the academic pressure. The award gives you access to a what’s going on in and around Sussex, but it creates room for developing relationships and friendships in a way that’s stress free.” - a recent quote from BA Philosophy & English student, Valerie who recently featured on the podcast!

We are giving them the opportunity to create a 3D hologram using their phones that they can then bring home, plus brain teaser tasks alongside. An incentive is also on offer of a prize draw for a £50 supermarket voucher!

This event will be on Wednesday 29th March, 2-4pm at the Bridge Café, Pevensey II.

The purpose of this event is to engage students in creative activities whilst also gaining feedback on a specific topic in an informal, sociable environment. In this session, we are hoping to gain feedback on the Spirit of Sussex Award as they have seen a reduced engagement with STEM students and wondered why this is the case. So students will be given the opportunity to feedback on this topic if they wish, but want to focus more on giving them the opportunity to participate and create.

Make sure to sign up through the QR code 🥳

🌍🗺️📍One World Week: we hope you’re enjoying celebrating and embracing the diversity, creativity and culture within our university community.

Check out Mahima’s experience with the Award. And to find out more about our spotlight article, make sure to check out our LinkedIn page 💡

Happy Lunar New Year 🧧, wishing you all a wonderful year ahead 🥳
From the SOSA Team

Remember to log in points for participating in cultural activities!!

Here are some of the ways extracurricular activities can help you in your academic studies.

From time management, writing to presenting and critical thinking - being active in your community helps your academic and professional development!

💡📝Yesterday we collaborated with Academic Skills to host “Push your skills: reflecting on your skills & strengths”. Thanks to everyone who came along & engaged with our new Skills & Strength Review tool! 📈📊

Missed the session? Don’t worry, keep your eyes peeled over the next few weeks as we’ll be running repeat sessions soon!

Book your place now! ✨

Come and see us at the Co-Creation Conference today!
18th October 10:00-15:00
Woodland Rooms, Student Centre
Gain 5️⃣points for attending and 🔟points for supporting any sessions with the conference! e.g. panellist, guest speaker, facilitator.