Sussex University Sponsors Pride 2017
Pride 2017 is a fabulous spectacle of a community celebrating its support for LGBTIQ+. Thousands lined the streets of Brighton and poured to the sunny seafront to watch the colourful…
No Varsity events for 2018
Varsity sports events will not go ahead in 2018, following violence that broke out this past year. The news comes after concerns about the future of the contest following clashes…
Rent cuts for three accommodation buildings
Rent prices are to be cut for three on-campus accommodation buildings, the University has announced. Lewes Court (Phase 1 flats), Park Houses and Park Village will all be cheaper for…
Jeremy Corbyn to visit Brighton
Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn’s first major speech since the election is to take place in Brighton. Mr Corbyn is due to speak to delegates attending Unison’s annual conference at…
LIVE: General Election 2017
The Badger is live blogging the General Election. Our base is in East Slope Bar, from where we shall be bringing you news of Sussex’s every reaction to the election…
Head of School of Life Sciences steps down
Award-winning Professor Laurence Pearl is stepping down as Head of School of Life Sciences after more than 8 years at its helm. He is leaving the position to focus on…
Sussex shows solidarity with Manchester following terror attack
More than 30 people attended a candle-lit vigil on campus this afternoon to pay their respects to the victims of a terrorist attack at a concert in Manchester. Twenty-two people…
Review: Gary Younge on ‘Another Day in the Death of America’
“People aren’t innocent of everything…but do B grade students deserve to be shot dead?” Gary Younge makes a habit of humorously and painfully exposing our social failures. Moving to America…
Virgin Territory: Delving into a hypersexualised culture
Patrick Isitt During 10th-21st May, Brighton’s ONCA gallery will host a visually striking film installation exploring the impact on young women of our modern, digitally captured society. Charlotte Vincent, Artistic…
Editorial: On the Westminster attacker as a Sussex graduate
This week we found out that the perpetrator of the horrendous Westminster attack, Khalid Masood, studied at Sussex back in the 1990’s . Students tweeted about worries the university’s reputation…
Stuart Heritage: “Why I hate seagulls”
Stuart Heritage is a freelance journalist who mainly writes for The Guardian. After a talk for The Badger, he told us his ideal article would be about how much he…
Students scorn School of Life Science
Several disgruntled students have spoken out at their disappointment with the Life Science department with damning comments on how it is run. These students told The Badger of an array…
Goodbye until next year
The Badger has been the lifeblood of my time at Sussex. Wednesday editing, Friday contributors’ meetings and editorial meetings, and all the meetings and intensely excited chats about content in…
University mental health services under mounting pressure
Student services are found to have waiting lists that are too long and are unable to meet growing demand for services, a student-led documentary has exposed. A recent NUS survey…
Federalism: the only way to save the union?
Dear Badger, Recently Nicola Sturgeon controversially announced that she would be pushing for a second referendum on Scottish independence, as the United Kingdom as a whole is on the verge…
Drinking is not a crime, leave me alone!
Dear Badger, I like many of my fellow Sussex students, enjoy a drink every now and then. However it seems barely a week goes by that my right to enjoy…
Caroline Lucas: Time for Brighton to quit UK
Green Party co-leader and Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas has called upon Prime Minister Theresa May to grant Brighton its own independence referendum. In a speech last week to supporters…
NSS: Students’ Union proclaims boycott a success
Sussex Students’ Union hailed the NSS Boycott a success. In an email to students on 17 March, the SU proclaimed: “Real progress has been made since students voted last term…
Westminster attacker was Sussex graduate
The attacker in last week’s terrorist attack in Westminster was a Sussex student twenty years ago, Vice-Chancellor Adam Tickell has revealed. In an email to all students, Mr Tickell said…
Students’ Union cancel Summer Ball
The Students’ Union have cancelled this years’ Summer Ball after a major backer pulled out. Permission for the event to take place had been suspended by the University in the…