Stephen Fry awarded honorary doctorate
Stephen Fry was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Sussex Chancellor, Sanjeev Bhaskar, at the winter graduation ceremony on Friday 28 January. Joined by almost 1,000 students, he…
Council approves emergency motions
Two emergency motions on housing and the UK Border Agency Proposals have been approved at the Students’ Union Council meeting. The meeting on Friday 28 January was the first since…
Student visa system faces big changes
In an eight week public consultation that came to an end on Monday, the government has proposed alterations to the current student visa system. These could result in the loss…
Film Review: Black Swan
Photo Credit: arethehillsgoingtomarchoff.blogspot.com Only Darren Aronofsky could make ballet – pretty, demure, elegant ballet – so terrifying and painful to watch that the joints of your feet start to ache…
Eating Animals: Interview with author Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer rose to fame and acclaim in 2002 with his first novel, Everything is Illuminated. His latest book, Eating Animals, sees him stray from fictional writing for a…
Vive La France
You’re at the University of Sussex. You’re staying in Brighton, the pop-culture capital of Europe (if not the world), the place to find new musical talent from all over. Sounds…
Ghost Stories
As University students, the prospect of sitting through an 80 minute lecture may seem quite tedious. However, ‘Ghost Stories’ is a lecture with a twist, and one that should definitely…
Mind the socio-economic gap
As Sussex students mull over fair trade coffee and participate in heated debates, evaluate radical ideas, moan about reading lists and workloads, at times questioning the likelihood of graduate employment…
The woman who found her voice
A woman who had lost her voice during surgery was finally able to speak her first words in 11 years after a pioneering voice box transplant was successfully performed. This…
The drunk generation
Alcohol tax is increasing and inflation and VAT rising. The mass unemployment movement that the government is advancing has firmly taken hold. It’s no surprise that this is enough to…
Ani DiFranco thrills crowd at Komedia
Ani diFranco’s musical appearance in our coastal, cool and radical city of Brighton had been long anticipated. On the night of 18 January, the queue outside Komedia met the expectations…
AcademicFOI.com reveals staff bullying figures
The front page article appearing in the printed edition of this week’s Badger (31/01/11) is inaccurate. Though it quotes the university in full, the headline and the first two paragraphs…
The price of justice
Last week’s issue of the Badger was greatly enriched by the inclusion of a thought-provoking feature by Sam Waterman and Ralph Kellas on the increased marketisation of higher education (‘What’s…
A Christian country, and what to do about it
Diversity seems to have been the topic of much writing in The Badger of late. To be sure, diversity of thought, identity, and belief are treasures of what it means…
Scientists‘ new discovery raises hope for the prevention of Ebola
In the beginning of this year the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry published an article by a group of US American scientists which gives new insights into the interaction between the…
Students to 'finally' get back past exam papers
The Students’ Union (SU) has finally won an appeal to have exam papers returned to students. The concession was made by a senior official of the university after several years…
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 campus of the University of California. The university, amidst California’s…
A tale of two resignations
On the 20th January, the country watched in surprise as the Shadow Chancellor unexpectedly announced his resignation. Alan Johnson cited ‘personal issues’ as the reason for his stepping down from…
Brighton bar is forced to close
A popular bar in the centre of Brighton has been ordered to close for a month, after 31 thefts occurred in under a year. Vavoom bar, in Old Steine, was…
Campus reduces carbon footprint in campaign
Make half a million cups of tea, keep a light bulb going for over a century, or fly the London-Manchester route 178 times. These are just some of the tasks…