Sussex student campaigns against unpaid internships
A student at the University of Sussex has launched a campaign against unpaid internships. Following a series of unpaid internships in London, Rachel Fordham, 20, set up a Facebook group…
RESULTS ANNOUCNED! Next year's part-time officers are revealed…
The election results for the new part-time officers of the University of Sussex Students’ Union came out on Thursday 19 May. Voting was conducted online, at Falmer House and the…
Lewes Climate Camp activists are handed eviction notice
The Climate Camp activists in Lewes are to be evicted after Judge Richard Hayward granted East Sussex County council permission to do so at Brighton County court. The activists had…
End of battle over Taj
The protest over Taj the grocers has finally come to an end as building work begins at the site. The ‘Sabotaj’ protest hoped to stop the supermarket chain Sainsbury’s opening…
Student Life Centre leaks identities of student visitors
An email providing a list of the email addresses of attendees of the Student Life Centre has left students feeling outraged at the privacy infringement. The data was leaked on…
Israel boycott referendum will be held in week seven
The Students’ Union has announced this week that a referendum on the boycotting of Israeli goods on campus will go ahead in week seven of the summer term. To some…
Hove MP presents squatting petition
Hove MP Michael Weatherley has presented a petition to 10 Downing Street calling for squatting to be criminalised. Squatting is currently considered a civil matter, not a criminal one, and…
Campus nursery is saved by Co-Op
The future of nursery and pre-school provision on campus is nearly secure after an agreement was reached with an external childcare provider. The University has been in talks with Mid…
Student killed in tragic rail accident at Falmer station
A Sussex student died last week after falling onto a live rail line at Falmer Station. The first-year business student Nicholas Howells, 20, was reportedly on his way home from…
Save our service! The Big Lemon raises over £200 in benefit gig
The battle to save the Big Lemon bus gained steam last Monday night in a Brighton bar. The environmentally-friendly and award-winning bus company held a benefit gig at the Latest…
Brighton Fringe Festival
This year is the Brighton Fringe Festival’s fifth anniversary, and it’s back and bigger than ever! Setting out to “stimulate, educate and entertain a wide audience by providing a showcase…
Rise in university fees may affect Brighton’s economy
Increasing university fees could damage Brighton’s economy. A recent report has suggested that a dramatic increase in tuition fees could damage Brighton and the surrounding area’s economy. The report, from…
Students slam landlords and letting agents in new survey
The results of this year’s Rate Your Landlord survey has highlighted many of the problems faced by students living in and around the Brighton and Hove area when renting private-sector…
University of Brighton splits from the National Union of Students
The Brighton University Students’ Union (BUSU) has voted to discontinue its affiliation with the National Union of Students (NUS) for the rest of the academic year. The referendum took place…
Should we allow the media moguls to reach the Sky?
Not a day goes by without a reference in the media, the press especially, to an activity, action or decision relating to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, News International or more…
Sussex UCU is ‘unsatisfied’ with vice-chancellor response
Tensions between university staff and the vice-chancellor have flared up again as Sussex University and College Union (UCU) representatives reaffirm their plans for strike action over pensions. Members of the…
Student Awards honour the best of the student community at Sussex
The University of Sussex Students’ Union held its annual awards ceremony at Brighton Racecourse on Friday 6 May. The event differed slightly from events in previous years as the CHEERS…
International students at University of Sussex to increase by 20 percent
More than one fifth of the university student population may be international by 2015, with an estimated 2,800 out of 12,600 population in total. An increase in international students has…
Big society, or big hoax?
We have all read and heard about it; we have seen government ministers themselves struggle to define it: what exactly is the ‘big society’? A big advance for people power?…
Save our universites: education before commerce
On 9 December, students and lecturers stood beside each other on Parliament Square in the freezing cold. £9k. The cuts had been ratified and Higher Education had been pushed into…