University defends ‘cruel’ animal experiments
The University of Sussex has defended itself against claims by an animal rights group that it has been funding “cruel” testing on animals in its laboratories. Sussex, alongside other institutions…
Richard Vaughan: Witch hunt against UCL professor betrays free speech
Richard Vaughan, a Masters student at Sussex, takes aim at the “trial by social media” and the University of Sussex Students’ Union for its record on free speech. One of…
Labour MP Keith Vaz offered to help Indian Minister’s nephew get into University of Sussex
Labour MP Keith Vaz offered to help the nephew of Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj get a place on an undergraduate law course at the University of Sussex, emails leaked…
Will Saunders: why I’ve joined #Tories4Corbyn
As anyone who knows me is all too aware, I can’t stand the Labour Party. I harbour a burning contempt for them, and would love to see them consigned to…
Callum Thomas: A case for Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership
Callum Thomas is a History and Politics finalist at Sussex, who has been a key activist for the Marxist wing of the Labour Party over the past five years, and…
James Blackshaw, Hamilton Yarns, Will René: The Joker, Brighton, 12 June 2015
Having opened for the likes of Swans, Earth and Stars of the Lid, seeing James Blackshaw is invariably an evening of surprises and contrasts. By comparison, the skull shaped glitterball…
Review: Kids with Beards and Guests – The Globe – 8th June 2015
Last Monday, as I descended the stairs to The Globe’s basement-cum-toilet-cum-function room, I was pleasantly surprised to find the place overflowing with rows of seated, standing and armchair perched punters.…
Here’s how Sussex climbed 24 places in the latest Guardian University Guide
The University of Sussex has climbed 24 places in the Guardian’s 2016 University rankings – here’s how it happened: The Guardian accumulates data about universities in eight different categories and…
Charles Kennedy, the left-wing Lib Dem: The Badger pays tribute to ‘a brilliant politician’
The Badger‘s Harry Howard believes Charles Kennedy, the former Liberal Democrat leader who died yesterday, was a ‘brilliant politician and decent human being’. Tributes were pouring in throughout yesterday after…