Lord Adonis: Sussex ‘especially bad’ amongst ‘rip off’ universities
Lord Andrew Adonis, one of the architects behind Labour’s increase of tuition fees, has suggested via Twitter that Sussex’s Vice-Chancellor Adam Tickell ‘shamelessly milks his students’ of their finances, naming…
No Varsity events for 2018
Varsity sports events will not go ahead in 2018, following violence that broke out this past year. The news comes after concerns about the future of the contest following clashes…
Rent cuts for three accommodation buildings
Rent prices are to be cut for three on-campus accommodation buildings, the University has announced. Lewes Court (Phase 1 flats), Park Houses and Park Village will all be cheaper for…
Head of School of Life Sciences steps down
Award-winning Professor Laurence Pearl is stepping down as Head of School of Life Sciences after more than 8 years at its helm. He is leaving the position to focus on…
Sussex shows solidarity with Manchester following terror attack
More than 30 people attended a candle-lit vigil on campus this afternoon to pay their respects to the victims of a terrorist attack at a concert in Manchester. Twenty-two people…
Students scorn School of Life Science
Several disgruntled students have spoken out at their disappointment with the Life Science department with damning comments on how it is run. These students told The Badger of an array…
University mental health services under mounting pressure
Student services are found to have waiting lists that are too long and are unable to meet growing demand for services, a student-led documentary has exposed. A recent NUS survey…
NSS: Students’ Union proclaims boycott a success
Sussex Students’ Union hailed the NSS Boycott a success. In an email to students on 17 March, the SU proclaimed: “Real progress has been made since students voted last term…
Westminster attacker was Sussex graduate
The attacker in last week’s terrorist attack in Westminster was a Sussex student twenty years ago, Vice-Chancellor Adam Tickell has revealed. In an email to all students, Mr Tickell said…
Students’ Union cancel Summer Ball
The Students’ Union have cancelled this years’ Summer Ball after a major backer pulled out. Permission for the event to take place had been suspended by the University in the…
Good Night Owls: Students’ Union launches new scheme
Sussex Students’ Union are recruiting volunteers for the “Good Night Owls” scheme. The scheme is part of the SU’s zero tolerance policy and the “Good Night Out” campaign. Student volunteers,…
Peace, bread and graffiti: ‘communist’ vandalism found at Sussex
Graffiti of a “communist” nature was found in Lewes Court car park last week. The graffiti depicts a hammer and sickle and a red star (icons associated with communism). The…
Swastikas found on Sussex campus
A poster on campus has been defaced by swastikas. The poster, advertising a talk by Yoav and Horit Herman Peled, was titled “the religionization of Israeli society”. Inciting racial hatred,…
Cut the Rent protest: activists occupy Sussex House through sit-in
15 activists from Cut the Rent have occupied Sussex House. Performing a sit-in protest over what they regard as unreasonable actions by the university. The protest took place during a…
Go Green Week: a full range of campaigns
Fossil Free Sussex staged a protest urging the university to make good on its promise to divest. The University committed to divest in April 2015 but no further action has…
NSS yes: Engineering students brush off boycott
Engineering students have chosen not to boycott the National Student Survey (NSS), a University spokesperson confirmed. The spokesperson said: “students within the Engineering department are choosing not to boycott the…
Tuition fee rise fiasco: confusion continues
Sussex is set to raise tuition fees for all continuing home and EU undergraduate students as well as new students in 2017/18. However, to students without a thorough understanding of…
Sussex embroiled in ‘right wing attitudes’ discussion
A Sussex Centre for Conflict and Security Research (SCSR) poster advertising an “informal discussion” on “how to deal with right wing attitudes and politics in the classroom” has sparked controversy.…
Fees rise for current students
Sussex will see fees rise to £9,250 for every home and EU undergraduate, including current students, those who have already started on £9,000. The announcement was included at the bottom…
Twenty four hour change made available at York House
Change has been made available at the 24 hour reception at York House after two students campaigned for more cash facilities on campus. The new service at York House was…