Contact us

Whether you’re a journalist looking for an expert, or a member of staff looking for help communicating your latest research, our media team are on hand to help. Each member of the team is responsible for different schools of study and areas of the university.

Contact the media team

If you're a journalist with a query, please email [email protected] or get in touch with a member of the team directly. You can also call us on 01273 877966. Please use this number for urgent out of hours queries.

Stephanie Allen
Head of Media (Interim)
Institutional lead for press office and social media
[email protected] / 07826 391054

Lauren Ellis
Media Relations Manager
Engineering and Informatics | Life Sciences | University-wide stories
[email protected]

Imogen Harris 
Media Relations Manager (Wednesday-Friday)
Media, Arts and Humanities | Psycholog
[email protected]

Tom Walters 
Media Relations Manager (Youth)
Global Studies | Education and Social Work | Law, Politics and Sociology | Youth-focused media
[email protected]

Vicky Welstead
Media Relations Manager 
University of Sussex Business School
[email protected]

Jonathan Street
Associate Director of Communications 
[email protected]


Contact our internal media team

If you want to communicate information to our staff and/or students, or you are a member of staff and need advice about handling internal communications, email [email protected]


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