Brighton Festival announcements
The Brighton Festival is running this year from May 4 to May 26 across 25 venues in Brighton, Hove and Sussex. The full programme of events was released on February…
NSS: Why you keep getting calls from Edinburgh
The National Student Survey is in full swing. The survey of final-year students measures levels of satisfaction with courses and the university. Students on NHS funded courses are also asked…
Local community benefits from Sussex University
The University of Sussex has joined 29 other universities by signing the Civic University Agreement. Universities have signed this agreement to do more for their local communities. The Civic University…
Young people across the UK taking ‘Fake Xanax’
Young people from schools and universities across the UK have been using a fake version of the drug Xanax. An article by the BBC last year found that “children as…
Sussex fail to rule out further Sackler funding
The University of Sussex has failed to specify whether it has received any further funds from the Sackler family since their £4 million donation to the University in 2010. The…
Six ways a no-deal Brexit could affect you
The News Team makes a guest appearance this week, with Joel giving us his opinion on how a No-deal Brexit could affect us. 1. EU recruitment If the UK crashes…
Sussex Go Green Week
The University of Sussex will be celebrating Go Green Week from Monday February 25 to Friday March 1. The week will see presentations and workshops delivered to explain more about…
Pupils protest over climate change in Brighton
School children and students took to the streets of Brighton to protest against the Government’s handling of climate change last Friday, February 15. The event, which is part of a…
The LGBTQ+ organisation inspiring creativity
There are many great LGBTQ+ inclusive organisations across Brighton, but one creative group do amazing work providing a safe space for people to share their work. The Write Release are…
The UK has a responsibility to readmit Shamima Begum
Image credit: Flickr: nathan17 At just 19 years old, Shamima Begum is at the centre of a vitriolic debate that has gripped the UK. When she was 15, Begum boarded…
Holocaust Memorial Day at Sussex
A Holocaust Memorial Day event was held by the Centre for German-Jewish Studies on February 6 2019. The ‘Torn From Home’ programme took place in the Jubilee Lecture Theatre at…
Celebrating LGBTQ+ month
LGBT History Month is up and running in the UK, and there are a whole host of LGBTQ+ events happening on campus and around Brighton. The first UK LGBT History…
Stansted 15 avoid immediate jail sentences
A group of protestors, known as the Stansted 15, have avoided immediate jail time after sentencing at Chelmsford Crown Court. Three of them, Edward Thacker, Alistair Tamlit and Melanie Strickland,…
Direct Action Everywhere: DxE protests continue
DxE is an international network known for their nonviolent direct action for so-called ‘animal liberation’. Members of the Brighton branch of DxE gathered in the Western Road Waitrose supermarket wearing…
Pharmacy course scrapped
Members of the University of Sussex Senate, a University decision-making body of academics, have claimed that the University Executive Group (UEG), a group of University higher management, demonstrated “A disregard…
Review: Live Score of Fantômas by Amiina, Saturday 17th November 2018, CINECITY event
“It’s like a first generation Die Hard,” Magnús Trygvason Elíassen, the drums of Amiina, exclaimed to the audience in his introductory spiel, receiving a full house of laughs. Nothing welcomes…
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Viennese Gala review
New Years Eve saw the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra’s flagship event for the year: a Viennese Gala featuring no less than nineteen pieces. A well crafted programme and the sonorous tones…
Brighton Chefs get to final 16 in National Burger Awards
Two former chefs at Brighton’s premier wine bar-cum-restaurant Plateau have reached the final 16 in Casual Dining’s National Burger Awards, proving their cookery is a well-marbled cut above the competition.…
Sussex Professor’s Research makes History
Research from Sussex into child mental health has been named as on of the UK’s best scientific breakthroughs for its impact in shifting the Government’s approach to the issue. The…
Male graduates ‘Kant’ earn much…
A study from the Department for Education and the Institute for Fiscal Studies has concluded that male philosophy students at Sussex are the lowest earning graduates post-graduation. The report shows…