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…
Cameron must be pressed on Britain’s involvement in Yemen
Yemen, at present, is in the midst of a civil war which, since it started last March, has cost nearly 6,000 lives and brought about a humanitarian crisis in what…
The Co-exist society: For all faiths and none
On 13 November 2015, Europe went into a state of shock at the news of the terrorist attacks in the centre of Paris. The attacks also pointed towards other wars,…
Supporting Sanders can be a feminist choice
‘There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t support each other’ says Madeleine Albright, former American politician and the first woman to serve as the US Secretary of…
Should controversial personalities be muted by petitions? A lesson for Trump and Roosh V
Over the past few years online petitions have gained great popularity within the UK. The scheme of collecting signatures in order to achieve change and justice has proven successful on…
Controversial Mail columnist Peter Hitchens to debate on campus
Author and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens will argue against the legalisation of cannabis in an event jointly organised by the Debating Society and The Badger. The event is…
University’s proposed investment policy change is “progress”, say anti-fossil fuel campaigners
Fossil Free Sussex, a student group lobbying the University to drop its fossil fuel-related shares, demonstrated in Library Square on 12 February by criss-crossing the area with red ribbons. The…
Campaign to save Sussex student from deportation
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…
EXCLUSIVE: Sussex head of sport ‘would love to offer’ free access to sports facilities
Sussex University’s head of sport, Karen Creffield, has told The Badger that she would “love to be able to provide” free access to sports facilities to all students. Creffield, who…