Council cuts of £3.5m threaten cyclists
Cuts of £3.5million to Brighton and Hove Council will cause a dent in road safety measures, filtering down to the already minimal protection provided for cyclists. Those peddlers brave enough…
Careers centre to relocate to library in the spring
The Careers and Employability Centre (CEC), formally known as Career Development and Employment Sussex (CDEC) is moving from Falmer House into the ground floor of the library building. This move,…
Sussex students join the anti-Vodafone campaign
On 30 October students from the University of Sussex were involved in a Brighton protest against the government cuts to public services, and a seperate protest against an alleged £6bn…
Disruption and insults at NATO spokesman lecture
A student protest opposing the appointment of Jamie Shea as a visiting lecturer took place on Friday 29 October. The protest, which began in Library Square, moved into Arts A1…
Sussex hit 13 past City of London
An absolute master-class over The City of London University saw the Sussex 1st XI triumph to an astounding 13-0 win in the first round of the BUCS cup. Unhindered by…
Big Lemon bus nominated for award
The Big Lemon, a bus service frequently used by Brighton and Sussex University students, has been shortlisted for a Public Service Award by Brighton and Hove City Council in the…
Second book published for Sussex media student
Stephanie Fox, a second year media studies undergraduate, has penned a second novel due to be released on 28 January 2011. Her novel, ‘Project Kate’, will be published by HandE…
Scam email spate hits university
Students at the University of Sussex have encountered a rise in the number of scam emails they receive. Sent under the guise of needing to update student loan accounts, these…
Fixing IT: Union opens student computer shop
Another new addition to the campus this week comes in the form of Union Computers. This new shop is run by eight student volunteers in order to help other University…
Interview: Alan Carr
The Badger managed to track down Channel 4 funny man, Alan Carr, for a quick chat after his performance at the Comedy Festival Gala… Why have you insisted in the…
Failing to learn languages causes more than just embarrassment
There’s nothing quite like that sinking feeling of shame when trying to string together some broken French or German when abroad, and being met with immaculately spoken English. Pity has…
The Lib Dems have sold out? It's a myth
Reading last week’s issue of The Badger it would have seemed to any fair minded person, that Nick Clegg was about to turn up at your door with a cheeky…
Discussion needed on graduate tax
I feel that a serious discussion of the graduate tax should happen as soon as possible. It is NUS backed and yet there is no real debate over it. The…
What would it be like if we didn't have to work?
Being a student is a very costly business. 3 years of tuition is going to cost you around £10k, and a maintenance loan is going to double your debt. Brighton…
Funding cuts are a strange decision
I’m watching Michael Gove at the Conservative conference. He’s saying that every child should have the chance to succeed. I’m struggling to understand how cutting higher education funding is helping…
The importance of flexibility in higher education
As the university recovers from its collective hangover and lectures begin in session, I confess that I still don’t know which degree I’ll end up taking: officially an English student,…
What's criminal about a drink on the beach?
The gay capital of Britain, home of the most radical university, the constituency of the first Green MP, the starting point of a nudist bike ride and served by buses…
Higher fees would be too much to overlook
Boy I’m glad I went to university when I did. I figured pretty early on that the debt was inevitable, but had it been anything up to £45,000 allowed by…
Dirac proven right!
Eighty years ago, the Dirac equation suggested that high-speed electrons should jitter violently. And at last, physicists have found evidence to support this. In 1928, Paul Dirac combined two of…
The Helios Gene Gun: healer or killer?
The helios gene gun is in my opinion the coolest research tool currently available. I hate to be a stereotype, ‘wow, an American saying a gun is cool,’ but there…