Planned new Life Sciences building ‘axed’
The University of Sussex’s longstanding plans to construct a new Life Sciences building in the east end of the Science Car Park have been axed, The Badger can report. The…
News like Badger: Union U-turn over referendum to support strike action, new east slope and more
In this news round up of the week, Will and Jordan catch you up on everything going on around campus. Thanks for listening, and tune in next week Friday for…
Sussex Cup to replace varsity
This April the University of Sussex Students’ Union will be hosting the first Sussex Cup. The Cup has been organised to replace the annual varsity games that were canceled in…
Students petition university for strike hardship fund
Sussex students have started a petition to the University of Sussex requesting that wages that would have been paid to striking staff be placed instead into a hardship fund. The…
Students’ Union election week pushed back
Voting to elect new Full-Time and Part-Time Officers to the Students’ Union has been delayed by one week. Elections were due to take place between 12th-16th March, but will now…
Sussex Library charges £12,442.75 for late fees
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that library fees for overdue books reached £12, 442.75 during the 2016/17 academic year. The request was made on 31 October 2017 and…
New campaign Sussex on Ecosia
A group of Sussex Anthropology students have started a campaign for The University to use Ecosia as its default search engine. The group consists of three second-year students. Founding member,…
Exclusive: New East Slope £156.55 per week
New East Slope accommodation will cost £156.55 per week, £6,084 a year, The Badger can exclusively reveal. The new development, which is part of the University’s £750 million campus masterplan,…
UCU calls 14 days of teaching strikes
Members of the UCU (University and College Union) have voted for industrial action in their dispute over potential changes to university pension schemes. 61 universities – including Sussex – will…
Making Care Leaver Voices Heard at Universities
With universities being a melting pot of culture, it acts as a chance to learn the power of your own voice, and then how to use it. Factors such as…
New term, new you: Four cheap and doable tips on how to get healthy
While your friends in full-time employment saw January as a period of healthy life changes, you didn’t have that luxury. You were busy panic referencing, panic cramming, and having multiple…
Bus fare increases ‘Disgraceful’ says SU President
Sussex Students’ Union President, Frida Gustafsson, has drafted an open letter to Brighton and Hove Buses following a fare increase on January 16. The fare increases were announced in December…
Beating Brighton’s Bike Bandits
It’s difficult to put into words the way your stomach drops when you go to grab your bike at the start of a long day and are greeted by a…
Trees to be felled on campus
From the 18th December onwards, roughly 100 trees are to be felled from the Science car park and the East Slope area. The removal is connected to the new East…
Confusion as Brighton and Hove Buses announces fare increases.
Brighton and Hove Buses have announced increases in bus fares to be implemented from 16 January 2018. Several news outlets reported incorrectly on the rise, and a spokesman for B&H…
Review: Grease at Theatre Royal
It’s pretty hard to get ‘the greatest musical ever’ wrong. Sure enough, this month’s production at Brighton’s Theatre Royal delivers all the pomaded and leather-jacketed escapism you could ask for.…
Kings Road students win 64K compensation after strike
Students at the University of Sussex have negotiated a deal with management and have been awarded £64,000 in compensation just four days after calling a rent strike. The strike came…
Saul Becker: mental health advocate, cake enthusiast and your new Deputy VC
Why Sussex? I think Why Sussex for a number of reasons. Firstly, there was something about the university that really attracted me. I like the idea as well as the…
“Indefinite rent strike” announced for Kings Road accommodation
University of Sussex students have declared an “indefinite rent strike”, in protest at rent prices for what they call “dilapidated and unsanitary conditions” in off-campus university accommodation. Supported by the…
Exclusive: first look at the new East Slope
The Badger has had an exclusive first look at the East Slope show flat on campus, with the finished accommodation opening to students in September 2018. The new development, which…