Transport Shortages Continue
Since the beginning of the academic year, rail strikes and bus shortages have caused major disruptions for Sussex students. Both real-time bus updates and fixed timetables have been found inaccurate,…
Students Voice Support for Palestine
Amid the weekly rally held on Mondays in Library Square, Zeena (who requested her surname be omitted), a third-year Palestinian student at Sussex, stepped away from the demonstration to take…
Dangerous RAAC Concrete on Campus Causes Closures
In September, Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) was discovered in the ceiling of Mandela Hall in Falmer House. Days before the academic year was due to begin, the room was…
Doing February Sober: What I Learnt
Words by Jago Bayley, Staff Writer Yes, it is the shortest month of the year, and yes, I did skip dry January – largely because getting drunk with my housemates…
Success Takes A Community
Words by Simon Edwards, alumni writer University life is a complex blend of communal growth and self-discovery and rigorous academic study and work that often leaves us isolated at our…
Let’s stop ignoring the I in LGBTQIA+
Words by Olly DeHerrera, Print Production Editor Intersexuality is the condition in which an individual possesses biological characteristics which are neither typically, or wholly, male or female. Said characteristics can…
Hundreds of Thousands of Workers to Strike on National Right to Strike Day
Words by Ali Abdi 100,000 civil service workers are to strike on 1 February in an escalating dispute over pay, pensions, jobs and redundancy conditions, the Public and Commercial Service…
Thousands Arrested After Jair Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Key Government Offices in Brasilia
Words by Ritika Srivatsan, News Editor On the 8th of January, thousands of protestors stormed key government offices in Brazil. The National Congress, Supreme Court, and the presidential palace were…
World Economic Forum Report states that the cost of living crisis is hampering the ability to stay in line with climate action objective
Words by Cameron Trencher, News Print Editor The cost of living crisis is hampering the ability to stay in line with climate action goals, according to a new report from…
University Staff to Stage 18 Days Of Strikes
Words by Ali Abdi More than 70,000 staff at 150 UK universities are set to strike for 18 days over February and March, the University and Colleges Union (UCU) has…
MP suspended after “wholly inappropriate” Holocaust comparison
Words by Olly DeHerrera, Print Production Editor Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen of North West Leicestershire has been suspended as an MP after a tweet comparing the COVID-19 vaccination program to…
A Teary Goodbye to the Bendy Buses
Words by Olly DeHerrera, Print Editor On Monday the 7th of November, the Brighton and Hove Bus Company’s Mercedes Citaro fleet, better known as the ‘bendy buses’, made its final…
Sussex Urges Students to Know the Symptoms of Meningitis After Tragic Student Death.
Words by Olly DeHerrera, Print Production Editor Last week, the University of Sussex shared the tragic news that a student has passed away as a result of a meningococcal meningitis…
Sussex Increases Student and Staff Support Package
Words by Jago Bayley, Staff Writer The university has upgraded its student and staff support package this November – which now amounts to £6.6 million – following an earlier initiative…
The End of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry
It is not the end for those left behind Words by Ellie Sanders, Staff Writer After more than five years and 320,000 documents, the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire…
Nurses Make History By Voting to Go on Strike
Words by Beth Brown Nurses across the UK have voted to go on strike, for the first time in the Royal College of Nursing’s history. Founded in 1916, over 106…
UK and France Strike Border Deal Amid Mounting Criticism
The UK and France have unveiled fresh plans to curb the numbers of migrants crossing the Channel. Words by Ali Abdi Under the terms of the deal, the British government…
Largest Wave of Industrial Action Hit Sussex
Words by Cameron Trencher, News Sub-Editor and Ritika Srivatsan, News Editor The University and College Union (UCU), a British higher-education trade union representing academics and support staff, voted ‘yes’ to…
Putin Imposes Martial Law Amid Ukrainian Southern Offensive
On Wednesday October 19th Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law in Russian occupied Ukraine, as alarm grew in Moscow about faltering progress in the 8 month conflict. During a…
Chinese President Xi Jinping Poised for 3rd Consecutive Term as General Secretary of the Communist Party
On Sunday the 16th of October, the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was set in motion at the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen…