Caroline Lucas Switches on 3,000 Solar Panels Across Campus
On Friday 13 October Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, switched on 3,000 newly installed solar panels. Ms Lucas was assisted by Jolyon Western, a Student Life Advisor, and Anna…
Increased Turnout in Students’ Union Elections
Students have elected their new representatives. Recent Students’ Union elections saw an increased turnout and a record number of international student candidates. Recent Students’ Union elections allowed students to choose…
Seafront Club and Electronic Venue MONO to Close
One of Brighton’s finest clubs and a locals’ favourite for underground dance music is closing its doors. MONO has announced that it will be leaving the space at the end…
How My Dad Taught Me to Cook Curry
When considering the Indian cuisine, I recall my old blind friend, Jal Jamson, whom one day upon entering my house exclaimed “this sure is a veritable feast of smells, scents…
First Generation Scholars Founder Clare Mackie to leave Sussex
Professor Clare Mackie, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Teaching and Learning, has announced she will be leaving Sussex to take up the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Birmingham City University. Professor Mackie started…
Lord Adonis: Sussex ‘especially bad’ amongst ‘rip off’ universities
Lord Andrew Adonis, one of the architects behind Labour’s increase of tuition fees, has suggested via Twitter that Sussex’s Vice-Chancellor Adam Tickell ‘shamelessly milks his students’ of their finances, naming…
The Badger Interviews Vice-Chancellor Adam Tickell
When I met the Vice-Chancellor of Sussex earlier this week I expected to be highly intimidated and stumbling over my words. After all, he is the most senior member of…
Review: Kitgum Kitchen
Fusion is too cheap of a word to describe the newest food offering at The Mesmerist. Owner Fayaaz’s parents were Gujurati migrants to Uganda, part of a contingent of roughly…
BREAKING: Jeremy Corbyn visits University of Sussex
BREAKING: This afternoon, the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn came to campus to meet with students and staff at the University of Sussex. Part of the Jubilee building was…
New 28 Day ‘M-Ticket’ Released for Students.
Brighton and Hove Buses, who provide bus services in Brighton, Hove and the surrounding areas, have released a new ‘M-Ticket’ for students. Students’ Union President, Frida Gustafsson says the ticket,…
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…