Evolution and the ‘Bible Belt’: the US presidential election
Are we really just a 6000-year-old race? The evidence piling against this idea is getting higher and higher by the decade, yet many key political and social figures in North…
Freshers: The tale of a new city
Fresher’s week is rife with countless opportunities; it’s an exploration of what’s on offer just waiting for the eager freshers to unlock. It’s all fantastic fun and if you manage…
A recognition of autumn’s virtue
It’s officially autumn, and I’m sure you’re all as relieved as I am. Autumn’s like the seasonal equivalent of getting home and taking your bra off after a long day,…
Bloody brilliant: Free sanitary products handed out by Students’ Union
Women queued for free tampons and sanitary towels in the first week of the Students’ Union’s ‘Free Period initiative. The scheme received a very positive response on its first day…
SNP talk free education at Aberdeen conference
The SNP Annual Conference from 15 to 17 October in Aberdeen saw Scottish Nationalist MPs addressing a range of domestic and foreign policy issues. Party leader Nicola Sturgeon told voters…
University pay £20k to student protester – after wrongly accusing him of criminal behaviour
The University of Sussex is to pay 22-year-old ex-student Michael Segalov £20,000. They have also issued a public apology after he sued the institution for defamation of character. The University…
50% of Sussex students sexually dissatisfied
Almost 50% of Sussex students are not satisfied with their sex lives, according to a recent survey. The Hexjam Student Sex Survey found that only 51.7% of Sussex students are…
Jeremy Corbyn shot himself in the foot over Trident
The Labour conference this year was something of a surreal experience for me, having grown up in the New Labour years of perfectly crafted ‘managerial-like’ conference speeches, full of buzzwords…
The Students’ Union – or the Soviet Union?
Warning: Criticism Of The Students’ Union Giant banners bearing the leaders’ omniscient faces leer across buildings. Dissenting press is censored, its editor suspended until vague further notice. Are we in…
Why student journalism is important
I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was a young child; the desire to be a journalist came later, when I began to see injustice and privilege around me…
Black History Month: time for a makeover?
Black History Month has become a highly contested event. The narrative usually sways between the view that the campaign is dismissive and ignorant towards black communities and their struggles, to…
Our fossil free university demand
The University of Sussex currently holds £8 million worth of investments in a number of companies, with roughly 5% of this total in fossil fuel exploration companies such as Shell,…
Albion seek permission for £16m AMEX hotel
Brighton and Hove Albion look set to build a £16 million 150-bed hotel as an extension to its home at the American Express Community Stadium. The hotel, to be named…
Green Party Conference 2015
Last weekend saw over a thousand Green Party Members gather in Bournemouth for the Green Party’s Autumn Conference, with the Green Surge at the 2015 General Elections, the European refugee…
Sussex academic made Labour economic adviser
Sussex academic Mariana Mazzucato will take up the position of an economic adviser for Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet. Labour’s new Shadow-Chancellor John McDonnell announced her appointment during his speech at…
University league tables: are they really necessary?
It is a sad reality that, with potentially ever rising tuition fees, most students must now consider their degree in terms of its monetary value. What is equally sad is…
Is depression made worse by our society?
‘Money can’t buy happiness.’ A phrase used so often it has begun to lose the potent meaning with which it was coined. But in a society where suicide is the…
Warwick SU reverses ban on secular activist
A decision by Warwick University’s Student Union to ban an ex-muslim human rights campaigner has been overturned, describing the move as a “highly regrettable error”. The decision comes after a…
Labour Party Conference comes to Brighton
Thousands of Labour Party activists headed to Brighton’s Hilton Metropole for the party’s annual conference from 27 – 30 September. The conference saw speeches from Labour MPs, including their newly…
Caroline Lucas returns to campus for Union Q and A
Caroline Lucas, the MP for Brighton Pavilion and the only elected member of the Green Party, visited the University of Sussex for the first time since her re-election in May.…