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The University of Sussex offers the following outreach and engagement opportunities for schools, students and teachers:
Events and lectures
Masterclasses
The University of Sussex offers Masterclasses which are designed to complement what is being taught in schools and colleges. Find out more
Visits to and from schools
The University of Sussex offers school and college visits by arrangement.
If you are interested specifically on topics closely related to Geography and the research expertise of the geography department, they can offer the following:
- A number of different workshops/activities on climate change impacts and adaptations, including work on tipping points and the carbon cycle. These are tailored to fit several of the key topics at A-level, for example ‘Water and Carbon Cycles’, ‘Hazards’ and ‘Ecosystems under stress’. There are both physical and human geographers that deal with this issue, so they can also address both population and environment topics.
- Activities and workshops focused on the A-level topic ‘Coastal systems and landscapes’ using work undertaken by colleagues in the local area.
- The department is extremely strong on migration geographies so can offer workshops on diaspora, migration, refugees, transnational communities which connect to ‘Changing places’, ‘Contemporary urban environments’ and ‘Population and environment’ A-level topics.
- The department also has a key research strength in sustainable development with activities that connect to the ‘Population and environment’ and ‘Global systems and global governance’ topics.
Open days
Led by Sussex students and graduates, University of Sussex campus visits are a great way to find out what it's like to study at university. They'll take your group round their campus, learning resources and facilities. The visit can also include higher education talks and masterclasses. Most visits take place between 10am and 2pm. Your students can bring lunch, buy food from one of the cafés or you can pre-order lunch vouchers. Book your visit.
Alternatively you can find out more about open day dates using our Directory of Open Days or from the University of Sussex website.
Summer schools
The University of Sussex runs the Sussex Inspires programme aimed at improving access to higher education.
Scholarships, funding and opportunities
The University of Sussex are happy to run a ‘Student finance explained’ workshop which is a guide to student finance and budgeting. More details of these events can be found on their website along with details of scholarship and funding opportunities for students.
Teacher CPD and resources
Please contact the Department of Geography at the University of Sussex if you are interested in training activities to support Geography teachers.
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