Small Wonder Festival
There is something about Charleston, former home of artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, that makes it a haven for the creative imagination. Perhaps it is the beautiful garden surrounding…
PhD student writes second novel
Sussex Creative Writing DPhil student, Sue Eckstein, had her second novel published by Myriad Editions last month. ‘Interpreters’ explores the lives of four generations of a family affected in very…
Drunk student survives 20ft fall amid calls for alcohol tax
On the 28 September, a fresher from the University of Sussex fell 20ft from a roof “because he was drunk”. The student was unharmed after his fall and hoisted back…
Students' Union fights for university grant
The Students’ Union (SU) may have fewer things to offer students as its grant suffers with inflation. Each year the university gives a sum of money to the SU, the…
Academics at Sussex defend higher education
Hundreds of academics have signed a new white paper, ‘In Defence of Public Higher Education’, published 27 September this year, as an alternative to the Government’s planned higher education spending…
Eco-Ethics: how far is too far?
The 1973 film “Soylent Green” entered popular culture after weaving a dystopian plot which regarded the effects of human overpopulation and pollution ultimately leading to huge breaches of the moral…
How the universe is accelerating
The 2011 Physics Nobel Prize has been awarded to three cosmologists for discovering – unexpectedly – that the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating. Saul Perlmutter of the Lawrence…
Osborne puts a freeze on Brighton Council’s plans
Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled a plan to freeze council tax rises until at least 2012/13. This news comes just weeks after Brighton and Hove City Council revealed its plans…
Birmingham students arrested
Three Birmingham university students were arrested on Friday 16 September after hanging a banner outside the Liberal Democrat conference which read “Traitors not welcome, Hate Clegg, Love NCAFC”, which stands…
Street lights to be dimmed
Street lights in Brighton and Hove may be dimmed as Brighton and Hove City Council seek to find £50 million of savings over the next three years. The proposals came…
RCPsych concerns over student anxiety
A recent report written by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) has shown that students currently attending university are at a higher risk of suffering from anxiety and depression than…
A chat with: Warpaint
Formed in 2004 in Los Angeles by Theresa (guitar/vocals), Emily (vocals/guitar) and Jenny Lee (bass/ vocals),Warpaint was graced with the drummer Stella during the late stages of their first album…
Brighton welcomes new landmarks
In May 2011, the Badger reported on the proposed ‘Brighton O’, a ferris wheel designed to give panoramic views of Brighton and the surrounding areas to around 250,000 tourists and…
Palace Pier could fetch £30m
Brighton’s Palace Pier is up for sale for a rumoured £30 million. Richard Baldwin, director of property agent GVA Humberts Leisure, says the pier is an “iconic, trophy asset”, attracting…
Five of ‘Brighton Nine’ found guilty
Following a two-week trial for protesting against tax avoidance, notorious UKUncut protesters the Brighton Nine heard the outcome of their £100,000 case this week, which ‘The Argus’ has branded a…
Brighton celebrates Black History Month
“Despite the significant role that Africa and its diaspora have played in the world civilisation since the beginning of time, the contribution of Africans and people of African origin has…
NUS launches Financial Support Commission as student costs soar
A recent National Union of Stu- dents (NUS) study has revealed that the difference between student expenditure and government funding has increased to £8,037 per student for the new academic…
New policy could axe social mobility
In the past month there has been growing controversy surrounding the higher education policies adopted by the coalition government. One month ago, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) released a…
Interview with Emmy the Great
The new album Virtue is currently picking up more and more outstanding reviews and Emma-Lee Moss, known as Emmy The Great proclaims the start of an extensive UK tour late…
Faster Than Light – Fact or Theory?
This week, the international physics organisation known as CERN published revelatory claims that a sub-atomic particle broke physical laws first solidly established by Einstein by travelling faster than the speed…