Month: February 2015

As general election 2015 approaches, heated debate was sparked regarding Liberal Democrats’ failure to deliver their promise of abolishing tuition fees in 2010. Christopher Bowers, the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary…

The Guardian newspaper has declared that the University of Sussex could be home to some of the most influential student voters at the 2015 election. The University of Sussex was…

The Students’ Union will be holding an online poll on whether smaller parties should be invited to the planned Question Time style debate to be held ahead of the 2015…

University senior management figures were treated last year to opera tickets, presidential dinners and hospitality at the O2 arena by external companies, only months after staff were denied a real…

So it looks like Sussex University is up there with the best of them. Congratulations are in order as recently, it emerged that our University is joint 46th place in…

As far as classic survival horror is concerned, it rarely gets any better than the original Resident Evil. The haunting atmosphere, terrifying enemies and cringe-worthy dialogue defined the genre when…

Last year I was in a terrible place, recently diagnosed with depression. I spent most of my holidays alone, panicking and worrying about certain things that now seem quite insignificant…

Dear Badger, Club Revenge has received a lot of stick over the past fortnight by the academic community about it’s alleged ‘classist’, Chav night. What is astonishing to me, however,…

Delegations of students have been in meetings with the University of Sussex Head of Finance, Allen Spencer, to discuss the hike in international student tuition fees before the term. At…

The Students’ Union has launched its Community Communications scheme. Student volunteers will help young people in Brighton create media that represent “the issues that matter to them”. In a post…

Did you know, the one fertilised egg cell we begin life as goes on to form around 100 trillion cells, producing people like you and me? That’s a lot of…

Dear Badger, “I’m gonna have to ask you to leave right now…” Just before Christmas, a delegation of Student Union officers, PGA representative and international students convened in Allan Spencer’s…

Music, cake, laughter, quizzes and nerdy science talks – yes, you guessed it. It’s time for this month’s Nerd Nite. As you most probably know, Nerd Nite delights and fascinates…

Undoubtedly, Internet inevitably plays such a great role in our lives that social parts such dating or flirting has been changed dramatically. Online dating seems to be a rapid tendency…

It appears that in the run up to the general election in Britain this year, the political landscape is shifting and other parties may play a key role in subduing…

A block of examinations in the January assessment period was delayed by half an hour after English students were timetabled in the wrong location. An unseen examination held on 8…

Brighton and Hove has been named as the selfie capital of the UK by researchers. Per person more selfies were taken in Brighton and Hove than any other city in…

The University of Sussex has defended the outages of its Sussex Direct site on results day, saying: “extra resources were put in place to deal with the expected demand”. Some…

The Students’ Union shop has decided to sell sanitary products profit free to counter the five percent tampon tax. Rianna Gargiulo, Students’ Union Welfare Officer, said: “All people with uteruses…

Students’ Union Communications officer and member of the now notorious ‘Sussex Five’ Michael Segalov has responded to the Universities ombudsman’s recommendation that the University of Sussex apologise and pay financial…