We support UCU strike action
“We support our lecturers…the goal is a Higher Education system that values education before commerce” The University and Colleges Union (UCU) are balloting for strike action on job security, real…
Food for thought: Scoop and Crumb
There’s something appealing about an ice cream shop being painted in an ice cream colour. This pistachio delight is just a pebbles throw away from Brighton beach and is one…
The Saturdays Live at Brighton Centre
Harmless fun. That’s the best way to describe the Saturday’s performance at Brighton Centre. No-one here is trying to claim that what these five girls is fine art or that…
Review: Radiohead -King of Limbs (TBD Records/XL Recordings)
On their previous album, In Rainbows, Radiohead made radical steps in recognition of the new digital landscape of music purchasing by allowing fans to download the album from the band’s…
Loud students drive grandma to sleep in car
Residents in Brighton and Hove have set up a campaign against noisy students after five undergraduates from Brighton University drove a woman to sleep in her car. The students in…
The Big Lemon bus donates record sum to activities charity
The Big Lemon has announced record donations as part of its ‘Give Something Back’ (GSB) scheme. GSB scheme means that on the first Sunday of the month, The Big Lemon…
Squatters in Taj building, Old Steine, ordered to vacate or face eviction
A group of squatters who have taken over the former site of the greengrocers, Taj, at Old Steine, have been told to vacate the premises or they will be evicted.…
NUS President Aaron Porter to stand down at next election
The National Union of Students is looking for a new leader after its current president, Aaron Porter has said that he will not stand for re-election this coming April. In…
Campaign group fights for more affordable housing on campus
East Slope, one of the oldest and the cheapest living spaces on campus is due to be demolished in the academic year 2012-2013, driving up the average rent on campus.…
MP shames universities charging £9,000
The Minister for Universities and Science has spoken negatively about plans for many universities to charge £9,000 a year for their courses. David Willetts MP said: “We will all face…
Man Like Me
2011 is certainly a heatwave year for the venue Jam when it comes to club nights. Jam is run by a devoted team bringing not only, the best emerging, but…
The music room: Funeral Party
Despite taking their name from a song by The Cure, Funeral Party display little of the self-conscious melancholia which characterised those kings of 1980s goth-pop. Rather, they have taken on…
Interview with future union president David Cichon
In your campaign, you pledged to increase democracy, transparency and representation and to create a more inclusive union. What have you done for union democracy so far, as Chair of…
Food for thought: 5 best food shops in Brighton
When I first moved to Brighton as a budding foodie from London, it took me a long time to search out the best places to buy ingredients. I’ve done the…
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 close if it is unable to secure funding from an…
Interview: Tim Key
Alan Partridge’s on-air sidekick on internet sensation Mid-Morning Matters, resident poet of Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe and one third of BBC4 comedy quiz show We Need Answers: Tim Key has become…
Campaign to start for water fountains
A new campaign is set to begin to ensure that students have access to drinking fountains on campus by the end of next term. The campaign will coincide with Green…
Oxbridge to charge £9,000 fees
The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge are set to charge the full £9,000 a year in tuition fees, following the coalition government’s raising of the tuition fee cap. According to…
Sussex students get involved in local radio
Students from the University of Sussex are involved in a growing local radio station, Radio Free Brighton (RFB). Former Sussex students Tom Wright (Technical design), Jez Dresner (Treasurer) and Seph…
Sussex student needs tweets to win scholarship
In a bid to get a summer scholarship with one of the largest advertising agencies, Jamie Ivory has created a Twitter account for which he needs followers. The 22 year…