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For the second year running, and with with an Impact Factor of 3.3 and the highest citation count in its category, the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) has been ranked No.1 in the world in Ethnic Studies in the 2025 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate). Our very own Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR) Director Prof Paul Statham has been Editor-in-Chief since 2013, and a number of Sussex Geographers are involved in the journal as Deputy Editors, Associate Editors, Editorial Assistants and peer reviewers. Congratulations to the SCMR editorial team and all affiliated colleagues.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies ranked number one in Ethnic Studies in the Journal Citation Reports The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS), edited and hosted by academics at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR), has been ranked

*Geography Uncharted*
A free one-day conference at Sussex University for anyone interested in exploring Geography beyond A Level.

Your hosts: Dr Olivia Taylor (Admissions Tutor), Professor Mike Collyer (Head of Department).
Date: Tuesday 7 July 2026
Time: 10am-2pm

We’ll cover research / impact / geographical skills.

You’ll also:
*enjoy three exceptional lectures from our faculty designed to link to key concepts from the Geography A Level syllabus and show how Geography at University differs
*experience a university campus
*meet current Sussex Geography students
*enjoy a campus tour from the student perspective
*strengthen UCAS applications with meaningful extracurricular engagement.

GEOGRAPHY UNCHARTED: the big questions of our time with Sussex Geography A free one-day conference at the University of Sussex for anyone interested in exploring Geography beyond A Level

Congratulations to JoAnn McGregor (Professor of Human Geography) for her leading involvement in the repatriation of 45 objects from Brighton Museum's C19th ethnographic collection to Botswana. This is the outcome of JoAnn's collaborative research in the Making African Connections project.

Brighton & Hove Museums to repatriate 45 artefacts to Botswana - Museums Association Return of collection was requested by Khama III Memorial Museum in 2022

The results are out: Sussex Geography remains ranked in the top 100 in the world. To find out more, please visit:

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025

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