Shame on the NUS after censure of black students’ officer
At this years NUS annual conference a motion to censure (a formal ‘slap on the wrist’) the Black Students’ Officer Bellavia Ribeiro-Addy was passed, while an identical motion against Daf…
Overriding your desire for fat
England, for all its independence catches a cold when the US sneezes. From economy to culture, England absorbs elements of its ally over the pond. Obesity in the US has…
The Monty Hall Paradox
Predictable is the look on people’s faces when I tell them I am reading mathematics. You see, to them mathematics only ever represented an irrepressible demon, something akin to a…
Imagination in the subconscious dusk
(Photo: Geff H) If only we could hypnotize ourselves into studying for exams instead of surfing through random websites. The strange thing is – we do. Hypnosis is a strange…
Safeguarding education: Why we take industrial action with a heavy heart
On 18 March hundreds of members of the University and College Union went on strike at Sussex. We aren’t miners or postal workers. Picket lines of university lecturers can be…
Vice-chancellor Michael Farthing suggests tuition fees increase to £7,500
The Vice Chancellor at the University of Sussex, Michael Farthing, warned last week that students will have to pay up to £7,500 annually to keep up standards in higher education.…
University of Sussex accused of "discriminating against disabled students" after breaching equality law
The University of Sussex has allegedly breached legal requirements after failing to consult disabled students before their “proposal for change” to student support services, sparking new conflict between the university…
UK launches new sixty-second HIV test in Brighton
Superdrug has become one of the first in the country to offer HIV testing in one of their Brighton stores. InstiTest, designed to provide a 99.69 percent accurate HIV reading…
The prejudice that knows no name
As a homosexual indoctrinated into the dogmatic Catholic faith from a very early age, believe me when I say that I understand the considerable and often damaging pitfalls of the…
Objectification: why we object! A response to criticism of the recent motion against the objectification of women on campus
A motion against the objectification of women on campus was passed last week by union council, and has been the subject of recent debate in the Badger. We, as the…
Management gets heavy-handed
Those of you that noticed the fleet of riot vans and police cars surrounding Sussex House last Thursday may have wondered if some disastrous or imminent threat had just been…
'Stop The Cuts' must stay on track
At the time of writing, an occupation of the Arts A2 lecture hall is underway. As of late, occupations have not been a rarity on campus thanks to the Stop…
The occupation served only to divide
I feel as strongly as anybody about supporting those members of staff who are facing redundancy in the light of management’s cuts. I also fully support any student demonstration which…
Backstage at the Theatre Royal
Brighton’s Theatre Royal is one of the oldest continually-working theatrical venues in Britain. There’s been a theatre on this site for more than 200 years, with the original building gradually…
The movement must box-clever
Following the occupation at Sussex House, in which a few senior members of staff effectively held their own occupation within that building by refusing to leave without police escort, a…
Final year students: how you can help stop the cuts? Students should hold off taking part in the National Student Survey until management listens to our concerns
The National Student Survey (NSS) is an annual survey of final year undergraduate students. USSU is asking final year undergraduates not to take part in the NSS in protest at…
University approves scrapping over 100 jobs and cutting £5m next year
Hundreds of students and staff at Sussex are furious at the final decision by university management, made at the council meeting on Friday 26 March, to cut £5 million in…
University of Sussex Deputy VC Paul Layzell announces resignation
On Friday 19 March it was announced that Deputy Vice-Chancellor Paul Layzell is to leave his position at the University of Sussex after accepting his new role of principal at…
Mandelson: Leeds’ white knight
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Lord Mandelson, has been asked to intervene at Leeds University after recently announcing the most savage set of funding cuts to higher…
Student reps meet management
On Monday 15 February, student representatives met with university management to discuss the “restructuring proposals” that management has planned for the university’s future, made last November. The USSU stated on…