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Student politics is becoming narrower, polarising and hostile

In my first year at Sussex, one of the first things I was told about writing essays is that fence…

Mark Tovey 1April 26, 2016
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NUS President elected amid ‘antisemitism’ row

Malia Bouattia has been elected as the new President of the National Union of Students (NUS), during Last week’s NUS…

Mark Tovey 0April 25, 2016
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University blocks disabled parking spaces

Students with disabilities have been dismayed to find that the University of Sussex has permitted builders to occupy disabled parking…

Mark Tovey 2April 25, 2016
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University’s ethical investment policy is ‘not divestment’

The University’s Council passed a ‘Socially Responsible Investment policy’ on 12th April, following a two-year lobbying effort by student-led group…

Mark Tovey 0April 15, 2016
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Big winner of cannabis legalisation would be ‘evil corporations’, says Hitchens at campus debate

Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens was defeated by ex-Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker in a cannabis legalisation debate watched…

Mark Tovey 0April 8, 2016
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Sussex House sit-in on International Women’s Day

Content note: sexual violence. Sussex House was occupied on the 8th of March by protesters demanding that the University take…

Mark Tovey 0March 14, 2016
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New Student Village to replace East Slope

Architect’s impression: aerial view of new campus from south  The University of Sussex has unveiled plans for a new student…

Mark Tovey 0March 14, 2016
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3am radio station break-in: intruder broadcasts mysterious message

A mysterious figure entered URF‘s radio station in Falmer House at 3am on 23 February, before playing a song and broadcasting an ominous message…

Mark Tovey 1March 14, 2016
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URF to give away 40 years’ worth of indie records to students

University Radio Falmer (URF) will be giving away its gargantuan collection of LPs and CDs, amassed over four decades, in…

Mark Tovey 0February 29, 2016
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Controversial Mail columnist Peter Hitchens to debate on campus

Author and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens will argue against the legalisation of cannabis in an event jointly organised…

Mark Tovey 0February 19, 2016
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University’s proposed investment policy change is “progress”, say anti-fossil fuel campaigners

Fossil Free Sussex, a student group lobbying the University to drop its fossil fuel-related shares, demonstrated in Library Square on…

Mark Tovey 0February 19, 2016
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Student wins underpass busker’s “impossible” national anthem contest

A Sussex medical student has been awarded £300 worth of free keyboard lessons, after he won a national anthem guessing…

Mark Tovey 1February 8, 2016
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Concerns over new interest rate changes for student loans

The Government have announced plans to alter the repayment and interest rate for student loans. These were set out as…

Mark Tovey 0December 10, 2015
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SU President Abe Baldry pays for 200 metre hand delivery of newspaper

Students’ Union President Abe Baldry pays for the Guardian to be hand delivered 200 metres to his desk, it has…

Mark Tovey 0December 10, 2015
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Anarchist pickets end after estate agent returns Sussex student’s holding deposit

King & Chasemore Lettings have returned a Sussex international student’s holding deposit, following a series of anarchist-led pickets outside its…

Mark Tovey 1December 4, 2015
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Climate change and ISIS: Prince Charles debunked

Prince Charles’ proposed link between climate change and ISIS has been sharply criticised by Sussex’s Prof. Jan Selby, who told…

Mark Tovey 0November 25, 2015
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Islamophobic taunting reported outside the Muslim Prayer Centre

A group of young males shouted taunting comments about ISIS outside the on-campus Muslim Student Centre on Friday 20 November.…

Mark Tovey 3November 24, 2015
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University pay £20k to student protester – after wrongly accusing him of criminal behaviour

The University of Sussex is to pay 22-year-old ex-student Michael Segalov £20,000. They have also issued a public apology after…

Mark Tovey 2October 26, 2015
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50% of Sussex students sexually dissatisfied

Almost 50% of Sussex students are not satisfied with their sex lives, according to a recent survey. The Hexjam Student…

Mark Tovey 0October 26, 2015
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How mental health lost the war on disease

The BBC reported a “crisis in mental health provision” last month, after an NHS trust was told no mental health…

Mark Tovey 1October 23, 2015

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