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.
Students Launch Sussex Renters’ Union
Words By Meg De Meo On Friday 16 October over 50 students attended a rally co-hosted by the Sussex Renters Union, Sussex Student Union and the First Generation Scholars Society.…
Vietnam and Cambodia battle their ‘deadliest floods’ in decades
Words by Phoebe Adlard 5 million people have been affected by ‘record high’ floods in central Vietnam and Cambodia, whilst concurrently battling theCovid-19 pandemic. Over a 100 reported deaths and…
Quebec Premier Criticises University of Ottawa For Suspending Professor Who Used Racial Slur
Words by Ewan Vellinga Premier François Legault has criticised the University of Ottawa following their decision to suspend a professor after she used the N-word in class, saying that it…
#ENDSARS: How a movement to end police brutality in Nigeria has taken over social media.
Words by Daisy Holbrook Over the past weeks, social media sites have been inundated with posts calling for the end of ‘SARS’, with #ENDSARS receiving thousands of tweets daily. Details…
Public outrage as MPs block plan to extend Free School meals over school holidays
Words by Summer Kelly On 23 October MPs rejected a Labour motion to extend free school meals into the school holidays. The defeat was 322 votes to 261 as the…
Jeremy Corbyn suspended from Labour after report finds the Party ‘acted unlawfully’ over anti-Semitism.
Labour suspends former leader for comments made after the release of critical EHRC report on anti-Semitism within the party.
COVID-19: PM announces month-long nationwide lockdown
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for a nationwide lockdown commencing Thursday 5 November.
A Step Closer to Living on the Moon
NASA announces discovery of water on the surface of the Moon.
Grenfell Tower notebooks “binned”; police now investigating
Words by Grace Curtis On 19 October, a former project manager on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment admitted that she had “binned” several notebooks that potentially contained important information relating to…
Read now: The Badger’s Fourth Edition
The Badger's Fourth Edition has just gone live and it's packed with Sussex-student relevant content.
7 books for every type of reader this Halloween.
There is a book out there for everyone, regardless of preferred genre, reading style or interests. From graphic novels to memoirs, this list can provide some seasonally-spooky reading for everyone…
Micro-Adventuring! Sorry…What?
Words by Hal Keelin What is it? Alastair Humphreys, the man behind this Micro-adventure business, describes his concept as a “short, simple, local, cheap, yet still fun exciting challenge”. Get…
Cancer drug leads to Multiple Sclerosis breakthrough
Trials lead to first-ever success in the repair of nerve coating in humans, fueling hope for sufferers of the disease.
Sussex University Announces Support Package for Students Who Are Self-Isolating
Words by Ewan Vellinga Sussex students who need to self-isolate are now eligible for a support package that includes a £40 allowance for students off-campus, and a £25 allowance for…
The COVID-19 vaccine: Combatting the pandemic effectively
Words by Waqar Ahmed Just mere weeks after a six-day pause in the Oxford-AstraZeneca trial, the race for a COVID-19 vaccine is at its peak, with more than 200 vaccines…
Police investigate potential firearm sighting
The potential sighting of a firearm on St James’ street has prompted a large-scale police response in the Kemptown district of Brighton.