UCU plan ‘maximum disruption to forthcoming exams’ as talks fail to find resolution
Talks to resolve the dispute over pensions for University staff at a national level have so far failed to reach…
Staff and students frozen out: VC goes it alone in UCU pension negotiation
The Vice Chancellor Adam Tickell has frozen out staff and students in negotiations on pensions as he becomes the only…
Buses return to campus from 6pm-7am
Brighton and Hove Buses have confirmed they will return to campus during strike days after 6pm until 7am. The buses…
SU launches Book Market for students to resell course books
Sussex Students’ Union (SU) is launching an online book market for students to buy and sell academic books this week.…
First Sussex Pride takes place on campus
Sussex campus held its first Pride event on 28th February. Marking the end of LGBTQ+ History Month, the Students’ Union’s…
The Globe to close on 17th March
The Globe, the Students’ Union venue in the centre of Brighton, is to close on 17th March. The pub is…
Update: the first three Sussex strike days
The University of Sussex is one of 61 universities across the UK to begin 14 days of striking which started…
‘Paws for Pensions’ among strike event schedule
University of Sussex staff are hosting a full slate of events on strike days, including talks, teach-ins, and even a…
U.S.S.U-Turn: 54 students decide stance for 17,000
On Monday 19th February, the Students’ Union Council will vote on whether or not to support the national Univerity and…
Planned new Life Sciences building ‘axed’
The University of Sussex’s longstanding plans to construct a new Life Sciences building in the east end of the Science…
News like Badger: Union U-turn over referendum to support strike action, new east slope and more
In this news round up of the week, Will and Jordan catch you up on everything going on around campus.…
Sussex Cup to replace varsity
This April the University of Sussex Students’ Union will be hosting the first Sussex Cup. The Cup has been organised to…
Students petition university for strike hardship fund
Sussex students have started a petition to the University of Sussex requesting that wages that would have been paid to…
Students’ Union election week pushed back
Voting to elect new Full-Time and Part-Time Officers to the Students’ Union has been delayed by one week. Elections were…
Sussex Library charges £12,442.75 for late fees
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that library fees for overdue books reached £12, 442.75 during the 2016/17 academic…
New campaign Sussex on Ecosia
A group of Sussex Anthropology students have started a campaign for The University to use Ecosia as its default search…
Exclusive: New East Slope £156.55 per week
New East Slope accommodation will cost £156.55 per week, £6,084 a year, The Badger can exclusively reveal. The new development,…
UCU calls 14 days of teaching strikes
Members of the UCU (University and College Union) have voted for industrial action in their dispute over potential changes to…
Trees to be felled on campus
From the 18th December onwards, roughly 100 trees are to be felled from the Science car park and the East Slope area.…
Confusion as Brighton and Hove Buses announces fare increases.
Brighton and Hove Buses have announced increases in bus fares to be implemented from 16 January 2018. Several news outlets…