Pro-choice group launches intiatives to protect vulnerable women
An anti-abortion group protesting in Brighton have come under attack from pro-choice residents. Abort67 protest outside the British Pregnancy Advisory…
Higher education is not a 'money-making commodity'
The University of Sussex’s Vice-Chancellor, Michael Farthing, has been appointed the new chairman of the 1994 Group. The group is…
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…
Election results revealed
The 2011 election for student trustees, union councillors and student officers is among the biggest seen in Sussex history with…
Academics at Sussex defend higher education
Hundreds of academics have signed a new white paper, ‘In Defence of Public Higher Education’, published 27 September this year,…
NUS launches Financial Support Commission as student costs soar
A recent National Union of Stu- dents (NUS) study has revealed that the difference between student expenditure and government funding…
Ferris wheel to turn on Brighton seafront
Planning permission was given for a 150ft ferris wheel to be erected on Brighton seafront on 27 April. It is…
Badger saved in East Sussex pool
An intrepid local badger made the newspapers in April after falling into a swimming pool in East Sussex. The incident…
UCU members strike against pension changes and job cuts
On 22 and 24 March 2011, strikes took place on campus after the University and College Union (UCU) voted early…
New proposal to remove oldest module from the English syllabus
The popular third-year English module ‘Modern European Mind’ has been axed from the university’s curriculum following a proposal for academic…
Sex demonstration class at US university causes outrage
A university in North America has received extensive media attention after a sex act was demonstrated live on stage as…
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…
Sussex alumnus at UC Berkeley
Former University of Sussex student John Wilton has been appointed Vice Chancellor of Administration and Finance at the prestigious Berkeley…