A second year Politics student at the University of Sussex has been sentenced to 15 months in prison following a charge of violent disorder, after he was…
Anyone walking past Chichester 1 in the evening of last Wednesday, 2 November would have been staggered at the interruption of the customary quietude on campus. That…
[caption id="attachment_11922" align="alignleft" width="460" caption="London Demonstration in March Photo: www.andyworthington.co.uk"][/caption] Two bus-loads of University of Sussex students will be joining students from across the country for…
[caption id="attachment_11610" align="alignright" width="368" caption="Milliband at recent party conference Photo: guardian.co.uk"][/caption] The issue of tuition fee increases remains active, as the Labour Party proposes cutting the coalition…
Three Birmingham university students were arrested on Friday 16 September after hanging a banner outside the Liberal Democrat conference which read “Traitors not welcome, Hate Clegg, Love…
[caption id="attachment_10411" align="aligncenter" width="551" caption="Many parents, both staff and students, rely on the nursery to provide childcare during the university week. Photo: Anna Evans"][/caption] The potential closure…
[caption id="attachment_10199" align="aligncenter" width="579" caption="The Badger news editor Jamie Askew talks to future union president David Cichon."][/caption] In your campaign, you pledged to increase democracy, transparency and…
[caption id="attachment_10156" align="alignleft" width="555" caption="The nursery and pre-school face possible closure due to cuts. Photo: Polina Belehhova"][/caption] Students and staff whose children use the University of Sussex…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="601" caption="Student protesters campaigned in London against a hike in fees last November. Photo: The Oxbridge Research Group"][/caption] I was among the thousands of…
An estimated 200 students and staff gathered in Library Square last week for a rally followed by a march that ended with an impromptu occupation of Fulton…
Cuts of £3.5million to Brighton and Hove Council will cause a dent in road safety measures, filtering down to the already minimal protection provided for cyclists. Those…
I'm watching Michael Gove at the Conservative conference. He's saying that every child should have the chance to succeed. I'm struggling to understand how cutting higher education…
[caption id="attachment_8353" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="Students demonstrating against cuts as this weekend saw the fourth general strike in France since the beginning of September. Photo: http://educationactivistnetwork.wordpress.com"][/caption] Last week…
[caption id="attachment_8315" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Are students being helped properly?"][/caption] It was the most devastating blow of the savage cuts announced by management last autumn. The University of…
At the time of writing, an occupation of the Arts A2 lecture hall is underway. As of late, occupations have not been a rarity on campus thanks…
[caption id="attachment_7496" align="alignleft" width="425" caption="Many third year students are being encouraged by the union to boycott the National Student Survey in protest about the cuts to education…
The University of Sussex is moving ahead with a £29 million project to replace older teaching buildings on campus. This is despite the backdrop of cuts of…
Business secretary Lord Mandelson has declared that the government is to cut university funding in England by a total of £398m for 2010/11. The reduced allocations will…
[caption id="attachment_6403" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="Students and staff met after the protest to discuss the most effective strategy to combat redundancies and service cuts. (Photo: Mark Jenner)"][/caption] For…
In the recent proposals 11 out of 16 Student Advisors are to be made redundant. I am a Student Mentor and part of the Arts mentoring service…