A response to student apathy
As a Union Sabbatical, I think it is important that the Union comes back on the points raised since the AGM and student apathy/disengagement generally, especially Paul Codd’s article last…
No end in sight to pensions row
The university’s highest governing body has approved plans to close the final salary pension scheme to new support staff.
You’re Hired!- Employment FAQ’s
Part time work is now a financial necessity for most students during their studies – NUS research has shown that 90% of students work during holidays and between 40-70% during…
Ingenious stagecraft invigorates new version of ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’
Far from the Madding Crowd Theatre Royal 25/11/08 In the first act of this staging of Far from the Madding Crowd, the good-hearted farmer Gabriel Oak proposes marriage to headstrong…
Seasick Seagulls’ season plummeting
Brighton and Hove Albion have lost their last four league one matches and have already been knocked out of the F.A. Cup. They now find themselves in the unenviable position…
Look further next time
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a topic of interest to many students at Sussex, while others couldn’t care less. It’s also a topic consisting of an endless debate which will never…
Lecturers can’t brainwash students, recent study suggests
A new study has criticized the conventional wisdom that lecturers influence the political views of their students. The research from the U.S, to be published in the spring, has claimed…
Liberata lose EMA contract
With delays to Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) payments expected to continue, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) have been forced to terminate their contract with Liberata, the company blamed for…
‘Students use facebook to create their ideal self’ claim psychologists
Students use Facebook and Myspace to create their ‘ideal self’ says a recent report on self presentation, gender and social networking sites.
SUD’s latest offering weird but wonderful
The Chairs, Debating Chamber, Falmer House, 21/11/08 Eugene Ionesco’s The Chairs opens in a very poignant fashion. The lights come up on an elderly married couple in a many-doored room…
Inequalities in student bursary schemes
For poorer students hoping to go to university, as well being entitled to government grants they can usually take advantage of bursaries. These grants, awarded by individual universities to those…
Towns across UK competing to gain university status
Plans to establish new universities from a list of 27 areas of the country, have recently been revealed by minister for innovation, universities and skills, John Denham. The government wants…
Poorer students forced to live at home
A major NUS study published last week has identified students from low-income households as those more likely to study from home. The study, funded and conducted in association with HSBC,…
Newcastle University expands to Malaysia
The University of Newcastle is planning to expand its campus from the north east to the Far East! The University, situated on the river Tyne, has decided to open a…
NUS awarded for HSBC Facebook campaign
The NUS has been presented with an award for its HSBC campaign, which forced the bank to go back on its decision to impose charges on graduate overdrafts.
“Energy security” no excuse for more coal plants, say Sussex researchers
University of Sussex researchers have said that the government must not use “energy security” to justify expanding coal power production.
Chinese student mauled by Panda
A Chinese student scaled a two-metre barrier to get to a panda that then attacked him. The 20-year-old man ignored warning signs and was bitten on the arms and legs…
Oxford University opens new animal testing lab
Animal testing began at Oxford University earlier this month in a new £18m Biomedical Sciences building after years of protest about the construction of the animal laboratory. The biomedical building…
Oxford rugby team planned ‘bring a fit Jew’ party
The Oxford University under 21s rugby team recently caused widespread offence when they planned to hold a social with a ‘bring a fit Jew’ theme.
An expression of oppression: ‘Cloud Nine’ preview
Cloud Nine is an assault on hypocrisy. Caryl Churchill wanted to show ‘the parallel between colonial and sexual oppression’. By this, she meant that it is the same mentality of…