Freshers’ Week 2008 a success
The University of Sussex’ shiny new Freshers had little to worry about last week as the USSU laid out an incredible and varied amount of activities and events to ease…
Sussex nominated for Times Higher Education Award
Sussex University has been shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award in the category of ‘Outstanding Support for Early-Career Researchers’ for ‘Profolio’ a career development programme used by doctoral students.
Lewes Road cycle lane under threat
Brighton and Hove City Council are proposing to remove a key section of the Lewes Road cycle lane close to Sainsbury’s. The proposals have been put forward as part of…
Sticking it to the man
Two years ago he was President of the University of Sussex Students’ Union. This year he made worldwide news when he superglued himself to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Dan Glass…
Partial success for students’ campaign
A campaign to allow international students who could not pay their fees to remain at the University has achieved partial success. Over 20 international students who contacted the Union for…
Lucy Porter Interview
Chatty, chirpy, funny woman Lucy Porter is a festival veteran, and can now add the Brighton Comedy Festival 2008 to her ridiculously long list of performances. She talks to The…
Future bleak for Sussex at dawn of new era
There was an overriding sense of relief at Hove on the last day of the County Championship season as news filtered through of Kent’s defeat to Durham at Canterbury, thereby…
Campus union calls strike
Students are being urged to support a strike by university staff this Friday. Up to 89 members of the trade union Unite are expected to walk out over changes to…
Heads of Schools controversy
The reorganized selection process provokes Sussex academics The selection of the new Heads of Schools at the University has begun but the process has attracted fierce criticism from Sussex academics.…
Cup giant-killing masks internal difficulties for homeless Brighton
Having been without a stadium for 10 years, the prospect of another season in English football’s third tier is no great affront to Brighton and Hove Albion’s pride, who have…
All the Fun of the Fair
Theatre Royal Brighton 6 – 11 October, tickets from £17.50 Set against the backdrop of a travelling funfair and packed with dazzling stunt sequences, hilarious crafty cons and plenty of…
E.N.S – Education Not for Sale, An Overview
One of the most vital campaigns you can associate yourself with at Sussex is that of Education Not for Sale. Last year saw Campus protests, the largest student rally in…
Sussex lecturer finalist in erotic awards
Dr Lucy Robinson, a Sussex history lecturer, was “blown away” to hear she was a finalist in the academic category of the Erotic Awards 2008 for her book Gay men…
The Big Lemon to reward customers
The Big Lemon, the bus service powered by waste cooking oil from local restaurants, will now run hourly throughout the day from 8am to 4am, Monday to Friday, and all…
Union calls on Uni to revoke Mbeki doctorate
Thabo Mbeki, South Africa’s former president and Sussex alumnus, has had an astonishingly bad year. First came a humiliating defeat last December, when the ruling African National Congress (ANC) elected…
Back for good?
After troubles with drink and the disaster of Channel 5’s Naked Jungle, Keith Chegwin finally seems comfortable with his fame, his past and himself. ‘I know how good life can…
Success for Sussex
The University of Sussex has shown big improvement in two recent polls. In the National Student Survey (NSS), published on 11 September, the score for overall satisfaction rose from 78%…
‘Studentification’ threatens local communities
The government announced plans last week to reduce the adverse effects of densely-populated student areas in university towns.
NoFit State Circus – Tabu
30/09/2008 Hove Lawns I never thought I would live to see a tightrope-walker, that most disciplined and elegant of entertainers, pause mid-performance to pull from her bra a tobacco pouch…
Union shop revamped
Falmer House Union shop has undergone an extensive refurbishment to offer a better service to students. The University of Sussex Students’ Union (USSU) invested a total of £110, 000 in…