Sussex named 46th most international university by Times Higher Education
Times Higher Education magazine has named the University of Sussex as one of the top 50 international universities in the world. The magazine placed the University at joint 46th place…
Preview: Blackalicious, The Haunt 05/02
After a ten year hiatus, seminal Sacramento hip-hop duo, Blackalicious, return to the scene with a new album and tour dates. Perhaps best known for their single, ‘Alphabet Aerobics’ (no…
Petition calls for Michael Farthing to resign
A petition calling for the resignation of Professor Michael Farthing from his position as Vice-Chancellor has attracted over 300 signatures in its first couple of days. As of 8pm Monday…
University told to apologise and pay compensation to students suspended over protests
The University of Sussex will offer an apology and award financial compensation to four students who were controversially suspended for their part in the protests against the University’s outsourcing policy,…
Balfour Beatty favorite to win £120 million East Slope contract
FTSE 250-listed infrastructure group Balfour Beatty are poised to be offered the contract for the University’s £120 million East Slope reconstruction project. Balfour Beatty announced this morning that it had…
Why the LGBTQ community shouldn't support "chav night"
Revenge, Brighton’s biggest LGBTQ Club hosted a ‘Chav Night’ on the 22nd January in which promotional media encouraged attendees to ‘celebrate/mock the art of chavdom’. The Facebook event is rife…
Five sexual assaults in five years
Trigger warning: sexual violence The result of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed that there has been a total of five alleged sexual assaults reported on the University…
Chancellor announces postgraduate loan scheme
or A move to instate a postgraduate loan scheme by 2016 was announced on December 3 by Chancellor George Osborne in his autumn statement. Students wishing to study for a…
The Paris attacks and liberalism
Tolerance is one of the central tenets of liberalism; it is this value of respect and understanding that has created the multicultural society that British and other people in Europe…
PhD tutors "Exploited"
The Postgraduate Association (PGA) have called on the University of Sussex to end the “exploitation” of Graduate Researchers in the School of Life Sciences, many of whom do not receive…
Samsung Galaxy Fame Review
My housemate was given his first smartphone for Christmas. An entry-level device, it serves him well without having cost too much, but it didn’t stop us mocking the confused way…
Home is where the Lidl is
Lidl is not a supermarket, it is a way of life Lidl is a tiny rabbit making a burrow It is having warm soup on the coldest day of the…