The AGM, the NUS & the way forward
Sussex’s Annual General Meeting is always good fun, despite the boring initial procedures, the confusion, and the long hours of sitting on a wooden floor (perhaps an idea to get…
Beer pong society rejected
The activities committee have recently ruled against the existence of a ‘Beer Pong’ society. The American drinking game, which consists of players throw a ping-pong ball across a table with…
Associate Tutors overworked
Associate Tutors in Humanities (HUMS), Social Sciences and Cultural studies (SOCCUL) and the Sussex Institute (SI) are amid a pay and equality crisis following the introduction of a controversial new…
Norwegian University bans Coca-Cola
The University of Oslo has followed in Sussex’s footsteps to ban Coca-Cola from its campus and will instead offer ethical alternatives. The move was passed as a result of an…
Campus health care – is there a doctor in the house?
University medical care is in place to provide efficient and caring support for students. On visiting the health centre for the first time students should feel they have received the…
‘Well-urned’ praise for brave Beckett production
Not I / Play – Upstairs at Three and Ten – 6/11/08 Drunken Masks, a young theatre company that names amongst its founding members two Sussex graduates, are clearly a…
Universities move forward with building plans
Plans for major new buildings on campus have progressed as architects were given an initial design brief by the university. The new academic building would replace the Russell Building and…
Academics call for 'pick-and-mix' degrees
The long-established system of three-year degrees is being brought into review by the higher education system, a new report has revealed. According to universities in the UK, students need to…
University must serve business, says VC
Sussex must change to better serve the needs of business, the Vice-Chancellor has said. The remarks at an open staff forum last week drew criticism from academics who said Sussex…
Could the Iceland crisis have been predicted?
Brighton & Hove City Council has revealed that they withdrew all investments with one of the collapsed Icelandic banks a year prior to the recent problems. In light of recent…
Introducing… Haunts
Haunts are a band hard to define. Emerging out of the shadows of the London hardcore scene, they fuse elements of rock, punk and indie to craft post-apocalyptic soundscapes as…
Boosh in Brighton
The Mighty Boosh whisked the eager audience on a ‘journey through time and space’. The Mighty Boosh have clearly established a cult-like status; Noel Fielding caused a mini-riot this week…
Riotous sounds at The Prince Albert
Catapult, Cha Cha & Riot Riot @ The Prince Albert, 11th November The Prince Albert pub is one of the few venues that has consistently been in the centre of…
The apathy of US
The Students’ Union needs to combat apathy it if wants to remain relevant. The Student Union’s vision of 2006, focuses on several long term objectives; for example, by 2016 the…
Martin Sheen goes back to school!
Golden Globe and Emmy awardwinning actor Martin Sheen is returning to university to obtain a Bachelor of the Arts degree. The West Wing and Apocalypse Now actor, 67, has enrolled…
Lecturers’ union demands pay increase
In the face of a severe economic downturn, members of the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU), including lecturers and academics, are demanding significant increases to their annual salaries. The UCU…
‘Rambo’ student arrested for carrying a plastic knife
A Nottingham on Trent student was arrested following his choice of costume as the super-soldier, Rambo. He dressed up in the Rambo attire for a friend’s 21st fancy dress party…
Student friendly theatre in Brighton…
Although a self-confessed fan of ‘the arts’, I must admit there were many factors that contributed to my decision to study at Sussex than Brighton’s impressive cultural heritage and thriving…
100,000 German students urge educational reform
Thousands of students staged protests and marched across 40 cities in Germany last week, demanding smaller classes, more teachers and less exam pressure. The current three-tier school system, which streams…
Italian students storm capital over spending cuts
Last week thousands of Italian students brought Rome’s traffic to a grinding halt when they joined to protest over the government’s proposed spending cuts on Higher Education. Students from all…