Students’ Union cancel Summer Ball
The Students’ Union have cancelled this years’ Summer Ball after a major backer pulled out. Permission for the event to…
Go Green Week: a full range of campaigns
Fossil Free Sussex staged a protest urging the university to make good on its promise to divest. The University committed…
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…
Students’ Union forced to defend gender inclusive language policy
Sussex’s Students’ Union has been forced to defend their gender inclusive language policy after inaccurate press coverage. The Sun and…
Sussex students vote to boycott NSS
Sussex students have voted to boycott the National Student Survey in a Students’ Union referendum. 62% of the 964 students…
Sussex students vote against renaming President role
Sussex students voted against renaming the title of President in a referendum on the issue this week. 65% of the…
USSU plans third referendum on renaming President role
Sussex’s Students’ Union will hold another referendum on renaming the role of President for the third year running. Students will…
Satire: Media Compliance Supervisor
A badger. Photo: via Flickr. Glenn Houlihan We’re looking for someone to make sure student media complies with SU policy.…
EU Referendum: Sussex students say stay
Students have voted to give Sussex’s Students’ Union (UUSU) the green light to campaign for the remain side in the…
New Students’ Union Officer Team Elected
The new Students’ Union officer team has been elected, with the lowest voter turnout since 2012. Only 3601 students voted,…
Students don’t want a wealthy Vice-Chancellor, says survey
The Students’ Union has released a report summarising the values that Sussex students say they want to see in the…
Halal burger blunder: SU issue apology
The Students’ Union has apologised for selling non-halal beef burgers to Muslim students in Falmer Bar, East Slope and The…
The Students’ Union – or the Soviet Union?
Warning: Criticism Of The Students’ Union Giant banners bearing the leaders’ omniscient faces leer across buildings. Dissenting press is censored,…
President of Sussex UKIP society decries Anarchist ‘totalitarianism’
As the president of a UKIP society at what is, in general, a very left-wing university, I’m well aware…
Autumn Catwalk
Holly Cooper Dunva Kamal; 3rd year International Relations Coat: Debenhams A-line skirt: American Apparel Jumper: H&M Fur hat: Topshop Knitted…
The Israeli boycott referendum is overdue
I write this article as a response to last week’s “The Big Debate” piece by Messrs. Saelens, Corn and Jasper.…
Students decide not to decide
The Students’ Decide Meeting (formerly Annual General Meeting – AGM) was adjourned last week as not enough students turned up…
Cosmo on Campus without permission
This issue occurred last year, when Cosmo magazines were found to have been distributed in Falmer Bar and other…
Election results revealed
The 2011 election for student trustees, union councillors and student officers is among the biggest seen in Sussex history with…
Freshers’ Seafront festival comes under criticism
Some students have been left dissatisfied with the organisation of this year’s freshers’ events. At universities up and down the…