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Part time work is now a financial necessity for most students during their studies – NUS research has shown that 90% of students work during holidays and between 40-70% during…

Ingenious stagecraft invigorates new version of ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’

Far from the Madding Crowd Theatre Royal 25/11/08 In the first act of this staging of Far from the Madding Crowd, the good-hearted farmer Gabriel Oak proposes marriage to headstrong…

Scott on secrets and lies

Nearly every crime thriller centres its moral high-ground on the issues of trust and deception. It is one of those given clichés that a traitor will be uncovered as the…

Seasick Seagulls’ season plummeting

Brighton and Hove Albion have lost their last four league one matches and have already been knocked out of the F.A. Cup. They now find themselves in the unenviable position…

Look further next time

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a topic of interest to many students at Sussex, while others couldn’t care less. It’s also a topic consisting of an endless debate which will never…

Lecturers can’t brainwash students, recent study suggests

A new study has criticized the conventional wisdom that lecturers influence the political views of their students. The research from the U.S, to be published in the spring, has claimed…

Liberata lose EMA contract

With delays to Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) payments expected to continue, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) have been forced to terminate their contract with Liberata, the company blamed for…

Lake Tahoe freeze frames over

Fernando Eimbcke’s new film focuses on the suburbs of an unnamed Mexican town. The minimalist cinematography progresses by eerily still shots of the deserted landscape, through which the young hero,…

‘Students use facebook to create their ideal self’ claim psychologists

Students use Facebook and Myspace to create their ‘ideal self’ says a recent report on self presentation, gender and social networking sites.

Kanye West – 808s and Heartbreak

Kanye West reinvents himself again on 808s and Heartbreak, an extraordinary album of such a personal nature that it seems indecent to listen.

To have or not to have a convincing accent – that is the question

How are you supposed to feel about British comedians in Hollywood? Are they traitors? Ambassadors? Too often it has been a bit embarrassing as the lure of money and fame…

Lotz to be said about Lodz

I have to admit I was a little apprehensive about this screening. The little experience I have of Polish cinema paint it in my mind as a rather gruelling affair.…

SUD’s latest offering weird but wonderful

The Chairs, Debating Chamber, Falmer House, 21/11/08 Eugene Ionesco’s The Chairs opens in a very poignant fashion. The lights come up on an elderly married couple in a many-doored room…

Inequalities in student bursary schemes

For poorer students hoping to go to university, as well being entitled to government grants they can usually take advantage of bursaries. These grants, awarded by individual universities to those…

Towns across UK competing to gain university status

Plans to establish new universities from a list of 27 areas of the country, have recently been revealed by minister for innovation, universities and skills, John Denham. The government wants…

Improvisation of epic proportions

The Bays and the Heritage Orchestra @ The Brighton Dome, 21st November For those who missed the interview The Badger ran a couple of weeks ago, The Bays are a…

Foreign film favourites

Foreign-language films seem to come with an expectation to be arty and abstract, but in fact they’re found in all styles and subjects, much like the American and British films…

Poorer students forced to live at home

A major NUS study published last week has identified students from low-income households as those more likely to study from home. The study, funded and conducted in association with HSBC,…

NUS awarded for HSBC Facebook campaign

The NUS has been presented with an award for its HSBC campaign, which forced the bank to go back on its decision to impose charges on graduate overdrafts.

Newcastle University expands to Malaysia

The University of Newcastle is planning to expand its campus from the north east to the Far East! The University, situated on the river Tyne, has decided to open a…