Graduate salaries rise
The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has predicted that the average starting salary for a graduate is to rise by four percent to £26,000 this year. This year’s predicted increase…
Growing concern over higher education spending proposal
The grant of The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will experience a cut of 13 percent this year. This is because the government will be allocating £5.86 billion…
Business news for Brighton & Hove
Trouble for ‘Big Lemon’ A move from the cities municipal bus service, Brighton and Hove Buses, has led to the removal of one of The Big Lemon’s main routes. From…
Weatherley works to support local pubs
The Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, Mike Weatherley, helped out at one of Hove’s most popular pubs on Friday night. Weatherley worked the busy Friday night shift at the…
'Islamophobic' media
A letter has been sent the ‘The Guardian’ by supporters of ‘The Alternative Leveson Inquiry’, calling for independent, credible assessors to look into the way the Muslim community is portrayed…
Sussex bucks national trend as staff numbers rise again
A recent National Union of Students (NUS) report has shown that the number of academic staff in universities across the country has fallen by an average of one percent. This…
The many myths about the Human Rights Act
In the (limited) free time I have around being Editor-in-Chief of The Badger, I am also in the process of completing a Masters degree in Law and have a particular…
Does Oscar gossip distract from genuine interest in films?
As award ceremonies go, the Oscars are by far the most prestigious. The first Academy Award ceremony was held in 1929, and it would be difficult to find anyone who…
Is downloading detrimental or beneficial?
A great way to open up the music industry – by Luke Labern Living in what is often called ‘the information age’, piracy is something nearly everyone has come into…
Sussex Storm Surrey 12
Sussex 25 – Surrey 0 There’s no doubt that for Sussex Women’s Rugby it has been a rather frustrating start to the season.Having gone up a league this year, Sussex…
Travellers thank Brighton council for kind treatment
A group of Irish travellers camping in Brighton illegally have thanked Brighton and Hove City Council for the treatment that they have received. The travellers, currently located in the car…
Lord calls for ban on teaching about Nazis
Lord Baker, who introduced the National Curriculum in the 1980s, has said that he would ban the teaching of Nazis in schools. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, he…
Conflict breaks out between MP Weatherley and the Green Party
Mike Weatherley described the Green Party as “communists” on 4 January. The MP for Hove and Portslade called them “the local Communist Green party” and accused them of behaving fiscally…
Nick Clegg criticised by NUS over unpaid interns
The Vice-President of the NUS has criticised Nick Clegg for allowing members of his party to recruit unpaid interns despite his pledge to abolish unpaid placements. In his pledge the…
Quality landlords needed for student rental service
More positive landlord recommendations are being sought by the new Student Lettings Service, which opened its doors in December last year. The service, which is affiliated to the University of…
Top tier degree achievement rises at Sussex in line with national trend
Over the last decade, the number of students across the UK who have been awarded a first or a 2:1 in their degree has doubled. One in six students (53,215…
Living beside your oppressor – inside East Jerusalem
On a seemingly desolate road in East Jerusalem, in the area of Sheikh Jarrah, dozens of Palestinian families live their lives under continuous surveillance and harassment. Located next to the…
Is “Sherlock’s” Irene Adler a misogynist figure?
‘Scandal in Belgravia’ the opening episode of the second series of “Sherlock”, attracted 9 million viewers with the most interesting character in the episode being Irene Adler, a gay dominatrix…
Should we leave the European Union?
With a recent Commons rebellion on the EU membership referendum, this week we publish a correspondence of three writers on the highly contentious issue Kit Bradshaw versus Matthew Boughton and…
The farce of the Republican primaries
Every four years an event occurs that costs hideous sums of money, lasts much longer it should, and invades the news with touch-screen diagrams and multiple correspondents. The performances are…