Month: November 2011

Twenty students had their access to student services and teaching facilities withdrawn on 28 November having not paid an adequate portion of their fees, despite the university issuing warnings regarding…

Lord Blair was met with vocal protests at the University of Sussex last Wednesday 23 November. The talk, an instalment from the Sussex Criminal Justice Series of law lectures, addressed…

Researchers from the University of Sussex and the University of East Anglia have called for a reconfiguration of carbon markets. The carbon market is an approach adopted by the government…

A local escort agency owner has claimed that students from the city’s universities are turning to prostitution to pay off debts. Concerns have been raised that female students are being…

Brighton’s independent raders under threat due to new supermarket openings Despite resistance from various local residency groups, Brighton continues to attract the attention of large supermarkets looking to expand further.…

Campus Moviefest took place on the campus of the University of Sussex between Friday 18 and Thursday 24 November. Campus Moviefest (CMF) is the world’s largest student film festival and…

We humans are trapped in bodies dating from the Stone Age. Living in a modern world, diseases linked to our civilization depict a major threat for the public health of…

The Brighton Bike Train is expanding its services to include group bike rides to big events, including football matches at the new Amex Stadium in Falmer. The plans follow a…

The University of Sussex is in 42nd place on the Student Drinking Survey 2011. The release of the Student Drinking survey 2011, compiled by Student Beans.com places 60 universities nationwide.…

The world has gone Gaga. Since her explosion onto the pop scene in 2008 with debut album ‘The Fame’, Lady Gaga has become one of the most influential females in…

People who live along Lewes Road in Brighton have been invited to road shows to discuss proposals to improve the area. The improvements should result in the reduction of carbon…

Charlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, is now at his home in West Sussex after his release from prison. He served four months of a 16-month sentence.…

The University of Sussex’s Vice-Chancellor, Michael Farthing, has been appointed the new chairman of the 1994 Group. The group is a collective of leading research universities which promotes high standards…

Concerned University of Sussex students have called an emergency meeting to talk about how they can support a second year Politics student who was imprisoned two weeks ago. Zenon Mitchell…

University Radio Falmer (URF) won a prestigious student radio award at a star-studded ceremony at London’s IndigO2 on Wednesday 9 November. The student station won the Gold Award in the…

Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) was rated highly in the National Student Survey (NSS) this year. The Survey found it had the highest level of student satisfaction of any…

A woman in science, as in any other male-dominated group, is under a certain amount of pressure. It can be as simple as knowing what to wear to work (can…

Thousands of groups have sprung up in the wake of the Occupy Wall Street protest, supporting it and discussing what many protesters see as the failure of the capitalist system.…

Football-inspired charity ‘Afrikit’ was founded by a group of five students from the University of Sheffield in 2009, after one of their friends visited a rural village in Kenya and…

A national day of action is being organised to take place on Wednesday 23 November by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC) student activist group. It follows the…