The Badger

Students at Sussex will be excused from lectures and seminars this Wednesday, 10 November, as thousands of people from all over the country will gather to protest the looming cuts…

Aaron Porter, President of the National Union of Students (NUS) is coming to the University of Sussex this Wednesday, 3 November. The President was elected in April of this year…

The Sussex Community Co-op, also known as ‘SCOOP’, is now in its third week of operation. The stall is found every Tuesday near the fruit and vegetable market in Falmer…

The university has begun accepting bids from supermarket firms to occupy a new retail space on the lower floor of Bramber House. The building will close in April and will…

One student out of the homeless hundred shares her experience, and questions whether management is successfully delivering its promises to students

The £6.4million library modernisation project has unexpectedly fallen behind schedule, causing noisier and more disruptive aspects of the development to spill into term time. The project’s current phase requires the…

Do you know the theory behind what you eat everyday? (pbmoustache.wordpress.com) Ever wondered how your taste buds work? Why you like something that others detest? Maybe you’re an amateur chef,…

This weekend, 6 members of the Sussex surf society took part in the national BUCs student competition on Fistral Beach, Newquay, Cornwall. It is the largest surf competition in Europe,…

Topping the bill last Friday night at the Freshers’ Sea Front Festival was none other than one of the UK’s biggest and most popular hip hop artists, Tinchy Stryder.

Last week the Students’ Union Education Officer (Lita Wallis) put a very compelling argument forward in the Union Pages about what the Browne Report would mean for us, as students…

Universities in England are facing cuts of £4.2 billion by 2014-5, it was announced in last week’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), with teaching budgets expected to be hit hardest. George…

Cameron Tait, Students’ Union President met with Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes, Norman Baker, to discuss his views on the Browne Report. The meeting, on Saturday 16 October, involved further…

A university student, Andrew Croskery has challenged his final year degree results, applying for a court review of the grade he received from Queen’s University, Belfast. Croskery received a 2.2…

The University of Sussex is to be the recipient of a new scholarship for science orientated students. Thirty-two new undergraduates, mainly in the school of Life Sciences and the school…

The Badger explores student reactions to campus’ new advice and support centre

One hundred and eighty students and members of staff gathered on Library Square last Wednesday, expressing anger at Lord Browne’s proposals to significantly raise the cost of higher education, and…

A new estimate has put the policing costs for Smash EDO protests over the last two years at £1 million. Anti-arms protestors Smash EDO have been campaigning in Brighton for…

A new online text matching tool will become available on the university network this November. In a drive to challenge plagiarism, the online facility, named Turnitin, can compare written text…

The initiation is the boldest example of our student drinking culture and its consequences. It is the traditional booze filled welcome to a University sports club, and an event undertaken…

Sussex 2nd team kicked off their 2010/11 British Universities Championship (BUCs) league season last week with a disappointing loss. It was a frustrating start to the season as they went…