UK Universities may be financially unsustainable
The financial sustainability of UK universities has been cast into doubt by a recent report predicting a 4% budget deficit in the current academic year. Sector forecasts for the years…
Israeli students speak out over Gaza massacre
Palestinian and Israeli students were among those protesting in Brighton earlier this month in the biggest anti-war demonstration seen in the city since the invasion of Iraq.
Getting explicit with XX Teens
If nothing else, XX Teens certainly possess an impressive knack to make one feel as though they’re single-handedly leading music journalism into ruin. A bunch of comedians in disguise, it’s…
SUDS ends last term on a high
‘Gratuity’ was everything I hadn’t expected and more: a self-aware, ironic and deeply sarcastic critique of theatre in all of its traditional forms (and of the critique itself). Kafka-esque in…
Let’s dig for victory!
“Let’s Dig for Victory” was the motto that British politician Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith called to be adopted soon after World War Two had begun. He wished to promote food self-sufficiency…
Performance (Brighton arts this year…)
2009 is set to be a good year for performance in Brighton, with a whole variety of shows rolling into town. Tamsin Greig (of Black Books and Green Wing fame)…
Blue is a happy colour
A team of Sussex researchers has discovered that the colour blue, usually associated with bad feelings, can in fact boost happiness and confidence levels.
Poetry night pulls in the punters
The queue spills outside Redroaster Café and onto St. James Street for an evening hosted by Floetics and promising ‘poetry, open mic, facepainting and colouring in’. Tonight’s compére introduces Floetics…
Poor students at Sussex twice as likely to drop out, says research
The University of Sussex is failing to keep its students who apply through ‘Access schemes’, new figures reveal. The figures, quoted in national newspaper The Sunday Times, show that students…
Sussex student arrested in Greece
A Sussex postgraduate student was arrested and harassed by Greek police whilst visiting family in Athens over the Christmas holiday. Myrto, 26, was on her way to visit the bank…
Students campaign for cheaper graduation
As many students prepare for winter graduation at the end of this month, some graduates are dissatisfied with the cost of tickets to attend the event. Graduation tickets for students…
Controversial professor ‘banned from Sussex’ dies
‘War criminals on the lecture circuit!’ ran the headline on the student newspaper when Professor Samuel P. Huntington came to speak at Sussex in 1973. The controversial academic, who was…
Racist attack on college student in Sussex
A 21 year old man has appeared in court and been charged with the manslaughter of a 16 year old student in East Sussex. Last November George Austin, a man…
Brighton’s cold age pensioners
Vulnerable people living in the Brighton area are being left in the cold after losing out on a government heating allowance scheme. Pensioners, severely disabled people and those with young…
Leeds Uni bans bottled water
Leeds University Students’ Union has announced that it will ban bottled water on campus in a move towards environmental sustainability. The move, which will cost the University £32,000 a year,…
PC Plod’s un-PC blog
A special constable in Brighton has resigned following the exposure of an online blog containing racist remarks and threats to an unnamed love rival. The trainee, Rob Johnston, 22, was…
iPods: the lessons of the future?
The University of Derby has recently launched a new initiative giving ipods to students, pre-loaded with informative tutorials. The University has given 35 first year radiology students ipods, valued at…
A mid-season report of the 2008/09 campaign
As 2008 drew to a close during the customary hectic festive schedule the Barclays Premier League season reached its half-way mark. For the rest of the season in 2009, the…