Award-winning Professor Laurence Pearl is stepping down as Head of School of Life Sciences after more than 8 years at its helm. He is leaving the position to focus on his research. Prof. Pearl...
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Students scorn School of Life Science
Several disgruntled students have spoken out at their disappointment with the Life Science department with damning comments on how it is run. These students told The Badger of an array of issues...
‘A Brave New You’: Human Enhancement and...
“O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in’t!” -Shakespeare, The Tempest Homo sapiens; our differences in experience...
Swastikas found on Sussex campus
A poster on campus has been defaced by swastikas. The poster, advertising a talk by Yoav and Horit Herman Peled, was titled “the religionization of Israeli society”. Inciting racial hatred, through...
Cut the Rent protest: activists occupy Sussex House through sit...
15 activists from Cut the Rent have occupied Sussex House. Performing a sit-in protest over what they regard as unreasonable actions by the university. The protest took place during a Finance and...
Results for SU election announced
The results are in for this year’s Students’ Union election, which saw 20 candidates standing to be the voice of the student body at Sussex. Turnout for the elections was 17% of the student body, the...
Tuition fee rise fiasco: confusion continues
Sussex is set to raise tuition fees for all continuing home and EU undergraduate students as well as new students in 2017/18. However, to students without a thorough understanding of higher education...
Fees rise for current students
Sussex will see fees rise to £9,250 for every home and EU undergraduate, including current students, those who have already started on £9,000. The announcement was included at the bottom of a press...
Fascist imagery on campus: memetic warfare or Fashthetic...
The Badger investigated the fascist themed stickers found on Sussex’s campus, leading to the online communities of the alt-right and Fashthetic memes. While reporting on the statement released by the...
Hate incident: Nazi imagery found on campus
A sticker containing Nazi imagery has been found at Falmer House. The action has been condemned by the Students’ Union, referring to it as a “hate incident on campus”, whilst pointing out it...
Kitchen fire in East Slope raises safety concerns
A kitchen fire in East Slope has forced students to move out, in a situation an eye witness says: “it’s a miracle no one died.” While no one was harmed in the incident, the witness has...
What of politics and privacy?
Advances in technology have caused a syncretic shift between what is public and what is private. What was once private is now more accessible than it has ever been, as more of what we do and say has...
Sussex in talks with Brighton & Hove buses about...
Luke Richards and Juneyna Kabir Sussex University management have spoken to Brighton and Hove Bus Company in an attempt to tackle overcrowding at peak student times. The transport company has...
Students and staff unite at education demonstration
Thousands of students and staff took to the streets of London to protest at the state of the higher education. In the biggest education demonstration since 2010. Up to 15,000 people marched to the...
IT problems: university extends deadlines, again.
Due to technical issues with the university computer systems, the university has extended deadlines for all taught postgraduates and undergraduates. This is the second time this has happened in about...
Wires Can Do Your Job Better Than You
Recent statements on Artificial intelligence (AI) from governments around the world have speculated on ways the technology could drastically change the world of work. It could happen in ways you may...
Staff shortages “decimate” mental health services
Students have been told the Student Support Unit (SSU) has stopped offering appointments with mental health advisors, due to staff shortages. With one staff member describing the provision of mental...
Badger Live: 2016 US Election
The Badger is going to be running a live blog covering the US presidential election, live from East Slope Bar. Throughout the evening we shall be bringing you our analysis on the events unfolding...
Sussex to expand oversees
Luke Richards Sussex could open a campus abroad in an effort to deal with budgetary constraints according to Vice-Chancellor Adam Tickell. In a wide-ranging interview with The Argus, the Vice...
The Badger’s year in review: 2016
The Badger was proud to break some important stories over the last academic year. In some cases – such as our exclusive investigation into the University’s misuse of disabled parking spaces...