Over 200 Sussex staff members urge university to support student threatened with deportation
Sussex’s senior management team has recently received an open letter from over 200 Sussex members of staff, including numerous academics, requesting that the university support recent MA student Luqman Onikosi…
Clean for the Queen? What a load of rubbish!
A campaign called ‘Clean for The Queen’ has been set up, calling on people to pick up litter and tidy the streets before the Queen’s 90th birthday, officially celebrated in…
Sussex House sit-in on International Women’s Day
Content note: sexual violence. Sussex House was occupied on the 8th of March by protesters demanding that the University take more action against on-campus rape and sexual assault. Following a…
New Student Village to replace East Slope
Architect’s impression: aerial view of new campus from south The University of Sussex has unveiled plans for a new student village on its campus at Falmer. The £120 million development…
3am radio station break-in: intruder broadcasts mysterious message
A mysterious figure entered URF‘s radio station in Falmer House at 3am on 23 February, before playing a song and broadcasting an ominous message in a low, muffled voice: “Who…
Varsity 2016: Live (ish) Coverage
Results Roundup 2-1 win for the Hockey Women! Massive win for the Men’s Rugby Team! 14-12 Sussex’s Badminton Women win! Sussex’s Lacrosse Team lost 18-4 to Brighton. Brighton triumphed at…
Appearance is important on the political stage
It’s something that most of us do in our everyday working lives. It’s something that was, on occasion, expected when we were children – with a little help from our…
Sussex Stop AIDS Society evening draws awareness to a forgotten epidemic
The Sussex Stop AIDS Society drew large numbers to their event evening on February 26th. The evening featured a range of speakers, both national and international, and included participation from…
New Students’ Union Officer Team Elected
The new Students’ Union officer team has been elected, with the lowest voter turnout since 2012. Only 3601 students voted, compared with the 4725 votes cast in 2015’s election. A…
Beyoncé: jumping on the bandwagon or genuine activist?
And so the Super Bowl 50 came and went and I, for one, missed it. It is fair to say that I am one of those who proudly avail to…
Does Feminism need a rebrand?
“I’m a feminist, but not in that way” is a sentence I hear too often these days, from women who think identifying themselves as a feminist labels them a man-hating…
Students’ Union President debates former Tory MP
Falmer House’s Debating Chamber played host to its first debate in years as Students’ Union President Abe Baldry faced former Conservative Minister Sir Tony Baldry in a debate watched by…
Sussex and Brighton students unite to support junior doctors
A joint campaign has recently been set up by Sussex and Brighton University students to support junior doctors in their quarrel with the Government over contract changes. Health Secretary Jeremy…
Record number of students stand for election
11 students are set to run for the position of President in this year’s Students’ Union elections, in one of the most contested elections for the role in recent years.…
120 obstacles on campus hinder people with disabilities
Sussex Estates and Facilities, the outsourced business in charge of making changes to the campus site, recently commissioned an accessibility audit that flagged over 120 high priority issues with physical…
URF to give away 40 years’ worth of indie records to students
University Radio Falmer (URF) will be giving away its gargantuan collection of LPs and CDs, amassed over four decades, in a fundraising event to be held on Thursday 3rd March…
Save Luqman: University fails to comment on enforcement of Home Office orders on Campus
Recent Sussex MA student Luqman Onikosi is fighting the Home Office’s decision to deport him to Nigeria following their rejection of his leave to remain application, which was made on…
Doris Lessing’s letters to be opened for first time
Twenty-three years after their purchase by the University of Sussex, an archive of Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing’s love letters will be revealed to the public. The letters, which had previusly…
Government regulations may stop Students’ Union Israel boycott
The University of Sussex Students’ Union may be prevented from continuing its boycotting of Israeli goods under new government procurement guidelines. It is speculated that the regulations could affect student…
Period Pride celebrated on campus
The first National Period Pride Day was declared by NUS on Thursday and the University of Sussex took part in a unique way. A section of Room 76 was dominated…