Covid-19 vaccination rates not expected to reach estimate
Words by Grace Raines Since the first COVID-19 vaccine was delivered in the UK on 8 December, over 5 million initial doses of both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs have…
Societies in a Lockdown: Surviving in a pandemic
Words by Luke Thompson Lockdown three is well underway, and with no clear end in sight, the question of how Sussex societies will keep membership and interest stable throughout the…
Glastonbury cancelled: 2021 festival season in doubt
Words by Grace Curtis On 21 January, Glastonbury founders Michael and Emily Eavis announced “with great regret” that Glastonbury 2021 would not be going ahead. This marks the second year…
Covid-19 breaches: Students evicted from on-campus accommodation
Words by Kiran Sokhi Students of the University of Sussex have been evicted from on-campus accommodation as a consequence of breaching Covid-19 restrictions for instance by throwing parties in halls…
Read now: The Badger’s Seventh Edition
Pick up a copy of the first edition of the second term. The world has changed so much since we signed off in November but here we are, still shrouded…
Light the darkness: Holocaust Memorial Day 2021
Memorial services are taking place across the UK to commemorate the lives of the millions killed in the Holocaust and other genocide atrocities.
A January Recap From Across the Pond: Where Do They Stand and Where Will They Go?
Words by Ellie Doughty
Dutch government resigns over child benefits scandal
Words by Ewan Vellinga The Dutch government resigned on 15 January after a scandal in which thousands of families were falsely accused of fraud and told to repay childcare benefits.…
New peace deal ends Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Words by Matteo Marchionni On 9 November, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had mediated talks between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The outcome…
Petition aims to secure ‘real’ graduation ceremony at Brighton University
Words by Joshua Talbot A petition to secure a ‘real’ graduation ceremony for the University of Brighton’s class of 2020 has reached over 2500 signatures, after they were told that…
United Nations warns of “humanitarian crisis” in Ethiopia
Words by Ewan Vellinga The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned that a “full-scale humanitarian crisis” is developing in Tigray in Ethiopia as thousands of people have been displaced…
Under the Sheets launch survey to expose sexual violence at Sussex
Words by Ellie Doughty Under the Sheets, a student-led campaign group at Sussex, has recently launched a survey investigating experiences of sexual violence at Sussex university. The survey is in…
Corbyn readmitted to the Labour party
Words by Ettie Langridge On Tuesday 17 November it was announced Jeremy Corbyn would be readmitted into the Labour party following a ruling by the NEC panel. The divisive decision…
Hope for Covid-19 vaccine to be available mid-2021
Words by Grace Raines COVID-19 trial vaccines have produced promising efficiency rates of 90% and above this month, though mass vaccination is not expected until mid-2021, with society’s most vulnerable…
New Tier system to be introduced after lockdown
Words by Oliver Mizzi A new tier system is to be introduced in England from 2 December – the end of the month-long national lockdown. The system, which is a…
Presidential transition begins despite Trump’s refusal to concede
Words by Aiala Suso Donald Trump has directed his team to coordinate a formal transition with president-elect Joe Biden, three weeks after the US election on 3 November. However, Trump…
Manchester University faces student protests
Words by Luke Thomson A group of nine students at the University of Manchester have finished their occupation of the recently decommissioned Owens Park Tower building. They were there since…
Sussex reveals plans to get students home for Christmas
Words by Stevie Elkington The University of Sussex is participating in the Government’s mass asymptomatic testing programme and they will offer tests from November 30 until December 11. Sussex will…
Read now: The Badger’s sixth edition!
Pick up The Badger’s last edition of the term! Christmas is coming but the big stories are still rolling in- have a flick through for all of the student-centric need-to-know…
Read now: The Badger’s Fifth Edition
Lockdown is well underway and the news keeps rolling in so pick up a copy of The Badger for your bi-weekly update on all things Sussex student and beyond.