Letters to Freshers: Presentation Problems
Dear Badger, Let’s get one thing straight here. Going to university will force you to grow up whether you like it or not (well, for a lot of us anyway).…
Letters to Freshers: The Infamous Brighton Bus Journey
Here’s some advice to Freshers; you are about to have the best year of your life. You’re about to start 3 years of drinking every day, going to shitty clubs…
Letters to Freshers: Ready, Steady, Cook!
One of the best things you can do when you go to university is cook. Whether it’s learning from the beginning or honing your existing skills, you should definitely take…
Full steam ahead for Sussex University’s huge campus expansion plan
Sussex University’s management has finally secured planning permission to launch its ambitious campus ‘masterplan’. University management, winning its appeal against the Brighton & Hove Council’s decision last December to reject…
Jeremy Corbyn leaves door open for possible pact with Caroline Lucas
Scroll down for our interview with Jeremy Corbyn. Jeremy Corbyn has left open the possibility of an electoral pact with Green MP Caroline Lucas. When asked by The Badger if…
Channel 4’s Jon Snow tells Sussex graduates to “love each other”
Jon Snow has recorded a message offering his “massive congratulations” to Sussex University students graduating this month. The Channel 4 news anchor, not to be confused with the Game of…
‘Life-threatening injuries’ as two buses crash in Brighton city centre
A ‘major incident’ has been declared after two buses crashed in Brighton this morning. At least 23 people have been injured in the crash, including two in a life-threatening condition,…
University defends ‘cruel’ animal experiments
The University of Sussex has defended itself against claims by an animal rights group that it has been funding “cruel” testing on animals in its laboratories. Sussex, alongside other institutions…
Labour MP Keith Vaz offered to help Indian Minister’s nephew get into University of Sussex
Labour MP Keith Vaz offered to help the nephew of Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj get a place on an undergraduate law course at the University of Sussex, emails leaked…
Here’s how Sussex climbed 24 places in the latest Guardian University Guide
The University of Sussex has climbed 24 places in the Guardian’s 2016 University rankings – here’s how it happened: The Guardian accumulates data about universities in eight different categories and…
Communications Officer Michael Segalov defends controversial tweet
University of Sussex Students’ Union Communications Officer Michael Segalov has taken to social media, defending his use of the Students’ Union Twitter account (@USSU) to issue support for controversial Goldsmiths…
University of Sussex spends £20,000 on @SussexUni pop-up shop
The University of Sussex has spent £20,000 on a pop-up shop in the Centre of Brighton, according to a Freedom of Information request by gabrielquotes.org.uk. The temporary space in Gardner…
Sussex full-time officer investigated over tweet
A Sussex Students’ Union full-time Officer will be facing disiplinary proceedings over a tweet they posted using the union’s official Twitter account (@ussu) on 20 May, according to the Students’…
Lib Dem Soc: Greens acted illegally, dishonestly on campus
UPDATE: Green campaign group cleared after proxy vote row (The Argus) The University of Sussex Liberal Democrat Society has accused the Green Party of acting illegally and dishonestly after it…
Michael Farthing Interview
We talk to the Michael Farthing, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sussex.
11 iMacs stolen from Silverstone
iMacs stolen from the School of MFM after someone gained entry to building through Arts C The episode follows a similar theft of 16 iMacs from the Silverstone building in…
Students’ Union Officers elected
All four current sabbatical Officers battling for re-election were successful in their bid to retain office, after 4,725 students cast their votes in the 2015 Students’ Union Executive Elections. Incumbent…
Body Image: Don’t worry, be happy
Dear Badger, The other day whilst browsing the web, my screen was suddenly over-run by a pop up advertisement that was a promoting a twenty-one day plan for a bikini…
Sussex students discover dead body at house viewing
Four Sussex students were left shocked after finding a dead body in a house they were viewing in Brighton last week. Police were called to a house in Vere Road…
Rats run rampant in Stanmer Court
Rats have been seen running around Stanmer Court residence on campus causing alarm amongst students. Staff at the residence hall said that they are doing all that they can to…