Should Black History Month be Abolished?
Yes William Cronk African, Caribbean, and Asian history should form a large part of the history taught in schools…
Things Students Need: abolishing tuition fees is not one of them
In light of the Labour Party’s shock survival at the General Election last June, Jeremy Corbyn’s flagship policy of abolishing…
Black People Making History
There’s an argument that can be made about the problematic nature of black history month. History should be studied in…
Uber: Too Good to be True?
Last week, Transport for London (TfL) ruled that the global mobile taxi company Uber was not a “fit and proper”…
The Big Debate: Torture by the state can never be justified
For The definition of torture is ‘the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or…
Big Debate: Do too many students go to university?
Yes (Giles Goodwin): “It’s a good job that new humanities factory opened in Porthcawl” is my usual snarky response…
The Badger Guide to Getting Political at Sussex
So here you are, a fresher at Sussex; fresh-faced, dewy-eyed and ready to embrace all the stereotypes of your new…
Did Labour win the election? A Sussex perspective
The short answer is obviously no. The Tories remain in power, for now at least, propped up by the DUP…
The only victor of diaspora wars is white supremacy
On Sunday 19 th March I logged off Twitter in a fit of frustration. This source of my indignation: once…
Marching for Europe, challenging injustice
On Saturday 25 March, I attended the ‘Unite for Europe’ march to Parliament, along with tens-of-thousands of others. The aim…
The Big Debate: It is selfish to focus disproportionately on terror attacks in the West
Agree Devin Thomas In a world of increased connectedness and supposed solidarity, the fact that terror attacks that occur closer…
Why Ireland will remember Martin McGuinness
It is clear that all of Ireland lost a unique and remarkable Statesman on Tuesday. The life of Martin McGuinness…
The Big Debate: Should media be sanitised to protect citizens?
Agree William Singh The classic problem with any motion containing words like “sanitised” is it’s almost impossible to argue that…
Doing good things shouldn’t feel bad
Buddhist philosophy teaches that the true source of genuine, long-lasting happiness in this world is helping others. Be it by…
The Big Debate: Positive discrimination in employment is unfair
Agree Georgia Grace Undoubtedly we have a problem in this country with cisgender white men having greater employment opportunities than…
The Big Debate: We should separate the personal live of actors and artists from their creative work
In Favor William Singh When addressing this difficult subject, it is usually taken as the default position that a reprehensible…
Zero hour contracts: UK employment success is a fallacy
The government may be quick to boast of record-high employment levels over the past year, but in reality UK employment…
The Big Debate: Should degrees with higher funding demand higher tuition fees?
In Favor Libbie Bohlen As a humanities student, I am used to seeing my payments to the University redirected away…
There is no impartiality or accountability in modern news media
Every paper you glance at the front cover of, every article that’s shared on Facebook, every headline and every paragraph…
The Big Debate: We need to privatise the NHS
In Favor Fraser Coppin When the words “privatization” and “NHS” are uttered in the same sentence, it’s not uncommon to…