Want to make a difference to the planet and boost your career prospects? Green skills can help you do both. From understanding climate policy to finding practical ways to tackle environmental challenges, they’re increasingly valuable to employers and can help you make a difference in the world of work.

Green skills are the skills, knowledge, attitudes and values needed to tackle environmental challenges. At the University of Sussex, you can develop these in lots of different ways, from analysing policy and understanding how power works to learning how to work with nature. Exploring how we got here, and how we can create change, helps you build a broad and diverse understanding of sustainability.

Developing green skills also means learning to work collaboratively, embrace uncertainty and navigate complexity. It’s about working across different perspectives, staying positive and finding hope in the face of environmental challenges. Along the way, you can explore your own values, work out what matters to you and decide what you want to work towards.

Green skills are in high demand. Jobseekers with green skills or a green job title have a 54.6% higher hiring rate than the overall workforce. Organisations want the next generation of employees to help them work more responsibly, and Sussex graduates are well placed to make a difference.

To explore modules focused on green skills and discover other ways to get involved across campus, visit the University of Sussex Student Hub or find out more about how green skills are taught.

The University of Sussex is ranked 1st in the world for Development Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. It has held this top global position for ten consecutive years (2017–2026), achieved in close partnership with the Institute of Development Studies (IDS)