Michael Farthing paid ‘golden goodbye’ of £230,000
Previous Vice-Chancellor of Sussex University, Michael Farthing, was paid a £230,000 sum ‘in lieu of notice’ upon stepping down from his role, University Financial Statements for 2016-17 reveal. The Times…
New student parent forum at Sussex
A new student parent forum is being set up at Sussex. Marian Barrios, a second-year PhD Migration Studies student, is working with other students to start the forum. She said:…
Online Shaming: Fighting Social Injustice or Mob Mentality?
The Internet has become a powerful weapon of shaming the wrongdoings of the public with rapid sharing results. In recent years, Internet users have been taking social injustices into their…
Library to allow hot drinks in the new year
The library confirmed in a meeting that it will allow students to bring hot drinks inside from the new year. Previously, students had to consume hot drinks outside the main…
Breaking: New Students’ Union building ‘isn’t going to be new Students’ Union building’
At Monday evening’s Students’ Union Council, President Frida Gustafsson announced that USSU would not take up residence in their proposed new building in 2021, citing student concerns over campus overcrowding.…
Student petition demands accommodation action
A petition was recently handed in to the Housing Office by student residents at King’s Road, one of multiple off-campus residencies provided by the University of Sussex. The petition, which…
USSU Referenda: Landslide wins for transport and Co-op lobbying
The 2017 Students’ Union (SU) Autumn Term referenda results are out, and with a total of 3,042 votes cast accross two polls, Sussex students have voted for Sussex SU to…
Save Madeira Terrace crowdfunding campaign nearing its end
Breaking: The Save Madeira Terrace online crowdfunding campaign has reached its target today (29th November) and will be funded. The ‘Save Madeira Terrace’ crowdfunding campaign, run by VisitBrighton, is ending…
Unite the Union demands: ‘Pay cleaners ‘real’ living wage’
The cleaning staff at Sussex are employed by private company Sussex Estates and Facilities and are paid £7.71 an hour. This is above the minimum wage but lower than the…
Jo Johnson opens Future Tech Lab
Jo Johnson, Minister for Universities and Science and brother of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, was on campus today to open Sussex University’s £11-million Future Technology Labs on the same day…
£1000 for PIE
Politics in Education, a project started by Sussex Students, beat thousands of other community projects to win £1,000 in funding. The funding comes from the Aviva Community Fund which is…
Science Stunted?
Has the march of progress halted, or is that just a misconception? There are a lot of myths in the world of science and medicine. I often hear of complaints…
Liberate the Debate hosts several successful events.
New society ‘Liberate the Debate’ held two successful events last week following the controversy surrounding a previous talk in which Bill Etheridge MEP gave a speech on Stanmer park’s grounds,…
Review: Sushi Mania
It is no secret that many students will cough at any idea of a meal outside the confines of the halls or house kitchen that isn’t celebrating a birthday or…
Students protest against tuition fees in London
Students took to the streets of central London to protest tuition fees. They marched several miles from Malet Street to Parliament Square. The protest called for the scrapping of tuition…
Oliver’s Brighton: Harry Potter shop opens in North Laine
Brighton’s North Laine has moved one step closer to becoming Diagon Alley with the opening of Oliver’s Brighton. The Harry Potter based wizarding shop opened last Saturday to swarms of…
People & Planet release 10th annual league table
People & Planet released their University League table this week (15 November). It will be the tenth consecutive league table and ranks all 154 UK universities based on factors such…
HackSussex hosts 24 hour ‘hackathon’.
‘HackSussex’ hosted a free, 24 hour, non-stop, ‘hackathon’ in the Chichester 1 labs on 11-12 November. Three computer science students, Peter Lloyd, Sam Kennard and Elliot Massen, organised the event…
The Badger investigates Students’ Union External Speaker Policy
The University of Sussex Students’ Union has recently been under fire in regards to its external speaker policy, following controversy over UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge. The society which requested Etheridge’s…
Sussex scientists invent new touchscreen
Smashed phone screens may be a thing of the past as scientists at the University of Sussex have invented a new type of unbreakable flexible touchscreen made from silver and…