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Bangor students win vote to fight fees

As reported in last week’s edition of The Badger, students at Bangor University were to hold a referendum on Thursday 16 October on whether to support the Campaign to Defeat…

Street violence in Brighton

“Students wandering home drunk, being loud and drawing attention to themselves render themselves vulnerable.” West Street, 2am on a Friday night: Groups of clubbers emerge onto the streets and wait…

Think global, act local

Your correspondent says the Education Not for Sale campaign “caters to the desires of a relatively small number of people in the developed world,” and suggests we should focus on…

Government plans university mergers

Universities may need to merge to survive the economic downturn, according to the British government. David Lammy, the new higher education minister, has claimed that in the face of economic…

‘Dr Death’ banned from Sussex

Euthanasia expert Philip Nitschke, internationally known as ‘Dr. Death’, was banned from a hotel in Eastbourne last week. He had arranged a ‘suicide workshop’ in the Langham Hotel on the…

NUS backs calls for inquiry into EMA “shambles”

The National Union of Students (NUS) is supporting the Conservative Party’s calls for an inquiry into outstanding grant payments for over 110,000 students across the country. The NUS is intent…

Bosses don’t know restructuring cost

University bosses have admitted they do not know how much their controversial restructuring programme will cost. Senior university managers made the admission when quizzed by staff at an open meeting…

Strikes threaten campus chaos

Sussex University came a step closer to being shut down by strikes as support staff gave an ultimatum to university bosses last week. Members of Unison, the trade union representing…

Derby day defeat for Sussex football 2nd

Sussex University football’s 2nd eleven came a cropper against arch-rivals Brighton University in a 3-0 defeat at home last Wednesday. Two goals before half-time and a third later on were…

Peggy Sue and the interview

When The Badger caught up with Peggy Sue’s Katy Klaw, she wasn’t being self consciously rock ‘n roll, smoking a goat hide and declaring herself the beginning middle and end…

New food at Falmer Bar

The food provision at Falmer Bar has been taken over by the One World catering company. Eating in Falmer Bar, one of Sussex’s most important social and alcoholic hubs, has…

NUS protest against gay persecution in Uganda

NUS Lesbian Gay Bi-sexual Trans-gender (LGBT) campaigners joined with other gay rights organizations on Tuesday 9 October in protest against the alleged persecution, torture and arrest of lesbian, gay, bisexual…

Men’s football 1st earn hard fought away point

Sussex University football’s 1st team have got their season off to a solid start with a 1-1 draw away to St. Mary’s University. On a damp, grey October afternoon a…

Police investigate rave attacks

Sussex Police came to campus this week to appeal for witnesses in the search for a group of males who carried out a series of violent attacks and robberies on…

Former Chancellor's photos on campus

This week former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Labour M.P. Lord Healey exhibits some of his photographs in a student made exhibition: Dennis Healey, Furniture of Mind. Undergraduate students of…

Chaos as police block anti-war demo

Police use pepper spray, batons and dogs to stop anti-war march First-year student violently arrested on campus Lewes Road closed for several hours

Sussex student raped in Digital club

A nineteen-year-old female Sussex undergraduate was the victim of a serious sexual assault at Digital nightclub in the early hours of Wednesday 8th October.

Sussex students to go on Palestine delegation

Students from the University of Sussex will soon be embarking on a journey to Tubas, in occupied Palestine, as part of a delegation from ‘The Brighton Tubas Region Friendship and…

Strike disruption set to increase

Strikes by technical staff are set to continue as university management refuse to negotiate over pensions changes.

Train travellers beware

I travelled the journey from Falmer to London Road in about four minutes, and each minute of that journey cost me £5. Allow me to explain exactly how this happened…