Cuts to youth services reversed: campaigners rejoice
Brighton and Hove Council have reversed the decision to cut youth service funding after a campaign led by the young…
Why students should strike for free education
#StudentStrike: WTF is going on? On the 10th of September the National Executive Council (NEC) of the National Union of…
Growing concern over higher education spending proposal
The grant of The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will experience a cut of 13 percent this year.…
NCAFC plans protest
A national day of action is being organised to take place on Wednesday 23 November by the National Campaign Against…
Sussex student sentenced to 15 months
A second year Politics student at the University of Sussex has been sentenced to 15 months in prison following a…
A.C. Grayling’s new venture undermines education
Anyone walking past Chichester 1 in the evening of last Wednesday, 2 November would have been staggered at the interruption…
Sussex students take to streets of London
Two bus-loads of University of Sussex students will be joining students from across the country for anti-education cut protests…
Labour proposals may cause some students to ‘overpay’ fees
The issue of tuition fee increases remains active, as the Labour Party proposes cutting the coalition tuition fee cap of…
Birmingham students arrested
Three Birmingham university students were arrested on Friday 16 September after hanging a banner outside the Liberal Democrat conference which…
A student mother pleads: don't close our nursery
The potential closure of the University of Sussex childcare facilities is putting student-parents under considerable stress and is raising key…
Interview with future union president David Cichon
In your campaign, you pledged to increase democracy, transparency and representation and to create a more inclusive union. What have…
University cost cuts hit families as campus nursery faces funding collapse
Students and staff whose children use the University of Sussex Pre-School and Nursery have been informed that the facility will…
In politics and protesting, everyone's a loser
I was among the thousands of disaffected students protesting against the Government’s rise in tuition fees in spirit last term;…
Students occupy lecture hall in protest of increasing tuition fees
An estimated 200 students and staff gathered in Library Square last week for a rally followed by a march that…
Council cuts of £3.5m threaten cyclists
Cuts of £3.5million to Brighton and Hove Council will cause a dent in road safety measures, filtering down to the…
Funding cuts are a strange decision
I’m watching Michael Gove at the Conservative conference. He’s saying that every child should have the chance to succeed. I’m…
Student Life Centre – first impressions
The Badger explores student reactions to campus’ new advice and support centre
'Stop The Cuts' must stay on track
At the time of writing, an occupation of the Arts A2 lecture hall is underway. As of late, occupations have…
Final year students: how you can help stop the cuts? Students should hold off taking part in the National Student Survey until management listens to our concerns
The National Student Survey (NSS) is an annual survey of final year undergraduate students. USSU is asking final year undergraduates…