Academic Armchair – Dr Richard Follett, American Studies
Sophie Pedder As I mentioned in my last article, it was a Tuesday and it was raining Nothing has changed; it’s two weeks later and it’s still raining. Same weather,…
Track The Campaign – Democracy & The Three Ds
This week heralds a development in the campaign ‘Democracy 2015’ which sees the seat for Corby being contested in a by-election this coming November. The seat, previously occupied by MP…
Democracy is at the heart of everything we do
Kelly McBride Elections have taken place here since the year the University was founded. Back in 1961, when 52 students came to Sussex, the first ever President of the Students’…
University record scheme hopes to quell degree classification obsession
Jonny Barton Achievements could be listed as well as grades on university transcripts from next year as a new higher education strategy modernises the current degree classification system. The Higher…
Track the Campaign – Police and Crime Elections
Words Bree Allegretti This November we will see reform in Police Authority up and down the country. Plans for a new and elected Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) are being…
Student card also now valid at all Union bars and shops
Words Nicole Estwick The Students’ Union has this week announced that student cards will now be considered acceptable forms of identification (ID) in Union hops and bars on campus. Co-op,…
Sussex students ‘satisfied’ (we hear)
Words Jack Williams The National Student Survey (NSS), released last week, has placed Sussex in the top 20 for student satisfaction. This was the University of Sussex’s third consecutive year…
University policy u-turn
Words Tom Foster The Students’ Union has prevented Sussex University from implementing a policy, which would have resulted in those dropping out of university paying a higher fee than the…
Ban on Israeli Goods
Dear Badger, Ever since starting here at Sussex I couldn’t help but notice the absence of certain products like Coca-Cola and Pineapples in our union shops and the campus co-op.…
Registrar: no student consultation
Controversy has arisen surrounding plans to outsource a number of services at the University of Sussex, after it was revealed the Registrar, John Duffy, admitted that no students were consulted…
BNOC (big name on campus) – Kit Bradshaw
Amy Bracewell One person can, it seems, be in two places at once. Our very own Communications Officer, Kit Bradshaw appears to have attended all Freshers week events and can…
Academic Armchair – Dr Justin Rosenberg
There’s an almost tangibly electric atmosphere that floods the corridors of Arts building C. Dr Justin Rosenberg, professor and head of International Relations at the University of Sussex, has agreed…
Moan Zone – iHad enough
Lucy Hartland The iPad is the latest and seemingly unnecessary fad to be sweeping campus. Firstly, I don’t understand why people insist on using them to take lecture notes. It…
Creatures of the Night – not a fairytale ending!
Glenn Raymond The Freshers of Sussex are now fully embarked on their hedonistic epic of depravity and self-depreciation. Tall tales run wild, of such great magnitude, you could not make…
Predestined and Prolonged (fragment)
Byron Taylor I am the face of your futurity, I am the scope of your skill The hemispheres of your head. I am the leaves that Sweep your spirit’s streets,…
The Fun of the Fair
Freshers’ Fair is a different thing to different people. To returning students running the popular sports clubs it seems to be a bit of a chore. To the more obscure…
The Big Lemon is Back
A student-led initiative has been established with the aim to reinstate the eco-friendly Big Lemon bus service between Brighton centre and campus. The company, which operates sustainable vehicles using recycled…
International Students Threatened
Long suffering International students studying at London Metropolitan University (LMU) could afford to breathe a sigh of relief this week after a judicial verdict by a High Court judge granting…
Track the Campaign – Democracy 2012
For this year’s Track the Campaign, the Badger has joined forces with The Independent newspaper’s valiant Democracy 2015 movement. Carrying the slogan: “People Politics, Not Party Politics”, Democracy 2015’s aims…
A Moving Market
Since the start of term, a concern for both the University and the Students’ Union has been the location of the popular fruit and vegetable market. The market has been…