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Union condemns Heathrow expansion

The University of Sussex Students’ Union has spoken out against last Thursday’s decision by the government to approve a third runway and sixth terminal. If built, the new runway will…

The Credit Crunch: making bad news into moderately good news

Amid the growing economic unrest, most of the national newspapers have been bombarding the public with news concerning the probability of getting a graduate job, which is reported to be…

Government plans internships for graduates

The government has announced an initiative to provide three-month paid internships to university leavers, in an attempt to reduce the impact of a worsening labour market on graduate employment prospects.…

‘Careless cyclists’ to blame for own accidents say Sussex Police

Cyclists in Brighton and Hove are to blame for a third of the accidents they are involved in according to Sussex Police. Inspector Phil Clarke commented to The Argus last…

Transfer window: credit crunched?

This month has seen the re-opening of the greatly detested Transfer Window where for one month football managers of all leagues attempt to ‘wheel and deal’ as much as possible…

Search for Sussex fraudster moves to Switzerland

The ongoing search for Sussex postgraduate student Erich Kofmel, who is suspected of internet-based fraudulent activities, has now moved to his native Switzerland.

Sussex Students meet Gerry Adams

In December last year the Politics Society spent four days in Belfast studying the history of the Northern Ireland crisis. What we managed to squeeze in to four days felt…

Swastika graffiti in Worthing

Two teenagers were arrested in Worthing last week in connection with a spate of racist graffiti which occurred over the festive period.

DR Congo: a nation reduced to a commodity

The Democratic Republic Congolese (DRC) community on Friday, 21st of November, 2008 poured out in their hundreds to protest against the Rwandan government support for rebel leader Gen. Laurent Nkunda…

‘Two’ hot to handle?

Two, Upstairs at Three & Ten 13/01/2009 ‘Two’ is a play by renowned writer Jim Cartwright, whose first and most renowned play ‘Road’ won the Samuel Beckett Award and the…

Career Doctor – Work Experience

I already have a part time job, why should I do anything else? Some student jobs help you financially in the short term; some help you in the longer term…

Zimbabwe: another forgotten nation?

Three months after a power-sharing agreement between Zimbabwe’s key parties was signed, the stories of violent human rights abuses and political oppression have died down. Yet the situation is still…

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.

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…