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Loans. Ungrateful, stubborn student loans. Take one look at Facebook and you’ll see that all we students have ever done is give our loans encouragement- ‘Come on Loan!!’ ‘God speed…

I believe I speak for many when I say that arriving at Sussex was a surreal and daunting experience. I’d been here before for an open day, but I still…

As we enter the academic year 09-10, we are perhaps looking at one of the bleakest years within the Higher Education sector, characterised first and foremost by a government that…

Mon 5th Oct (campus) First meeting of The Visual Culture Society – art comes to Sussex! – Falmer Common Room, 5-6pm Wed 7th Oct (campus) First meeting of PhotoSoc –…

Last week at the ever-glorious Freebutt, I sat down with Times New Viking’s drummer Adam Elliot and keyboardist Beth Murphy (who together provide the band’s distinctive vocals) to ask them…

The Badger’s back and we want you! We’re looking for creatively-minded Sussex students, be they band members, DJs, filmmakers, poets, zine-makers, artists, animators, dancers, comedians, playwrights, or just enthusiasts, to…

Open Mic Night is a known stalwart of the campus arts scene, and one which you can now enjoy in the comfort of your own home thanks to a new…

Whether you’re a social butterfly or a shy, retiring violet, starting university can be a challenge for one and all. Making hundreds of new friends, remembering their names and finding…

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has become the first university in the UK to launch its own featured iPhone application, or ‘app’.

Female students are ‘a perk of the job’ for male university lecturers, according to Dr Terence Kealey, vice-chancellor of Buckingham University.

When the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse began its heroin “shooting gallery” pilot project four years ago, critics argued that it would result in a proliferation of drug dealing…

Students living on campus this academic year are being urged to take part in the government-sponsored “Student Switch Off” campaign. The University of Sussex is one of the thirty-three universities…

Black History Month is taking place on campus this October and will be marked by the return of former University of Sussex student Linda Bellos, activist and ex-politician, who established…

The Big Lemon is back with a bigger and better timetable this year. The eco-friendly bus, which runs on biodiesel (cooking oil), is aimed at providing cheap and efficient transport…

As the new academic year once again roles round, at least one school at the University of Sussex is left without a head. At the time The Badger went to…

The library has announced a refurbishment project, planned to start with preliminary works in November. The main project will begin in December of this year and is intended to be…

Family Guy, synonymous with a talking dog, awkward teenagers, and a baby that wants to take over the world, hardly the first thing you would ban when taking a hard-line…

Two students from Sussex have won prestigious Science prizes at the annual Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) awards. The SET awards provide a showcase for educational excellence by publicly recognizing…

Hello Badger-online readers, We are due to upgrade the WordPress version to include lots of new facilities, including security fixes. During this time, we may need to go offline in…

I’m more than slightly hesitant to confess that, up until now, Noah and the Whale had completely passed me by. It’s funny, because as their second release began to rouse…