Academic Armchair: Sexual Subjectivities within Neoliberalism
In this week’s edition of the Academic Armchair, we talked with former Sussex researcher and current graduate student in the school of Sociology Robyn Long about her article ‘Sexual Subjectivities…
UCU plan ‘maximum disruption to forthcoming exams’ as talks fail to find resolution
Talks to resolve the dispute over pensions for University staff at a national level have so far failed to reach a resolution, with a further 14 days of strike action…
Staff and students frozen out: VC goes it alone in UCU pension negotiation
The Vice Chancellor Adam Tickell has frozen out staff and students in negotiations on pensions as he becomes the only VC to negotiate on behalf of Universities UK (UUK). While…
Brexit and future tech
With a close eye trained on Brexit and contemporary Britain’s place in a fast-changing world, Science Co-Editor Luke Richards makes clear his opinion on how our nation should be hoping…
Buses return to campus from 6pm-7am
Brighton and Hove Buses have confirmed they will return to campus during strike days after 6pm until 7am. The buses resumed serving campus stops on Monday evening. This agreement, made…
Student’s Union announces Sussex Festival
The University of Sussex Student’s Union has announced that one of their biggest events of the year, the Sussex Festival, will be going ahead in April 2018. The event will…
‘My First Black Breast’: The inner struggle within Interracial Relationships
We’ve all heard the phrase “I don’t usually date Black people” … Whether this has been spoken directly to you, or you have heard it spoken in reference to another.…
SU launches Book Market for students to resell course books
Sussex Students’ Union (SU) is launching an online book market for students to buy and sell academic books this week. The market will operate via the SU’s website, and was…
News Round Up: The Globe shutting down, council tax increase, UCU strikes and more
In this news round up of the week, Will and Jordan catch you up on everything going on around campus. Thanks for listening and tune in next week for more!
First Sussex Pride takes place on campus
Sussex campus held its first Pride event on 28th February. Marking the end of LGBTQ+ History Month, the Students’ Union’s event celebrated diversity and the vibrant LGBTQ+ community at Sussex.…
Vegan Millionaire’s Shortbread
It was difficult to come up with a fitting description for this recipe as all three words of the title eventually settled for are interchangeable. It doesn’t have to be…
Artist Focus: January Morissette
January Morissette is a first-year Media Practice student at Sussex. As a multidimensional artist, she does not work with just one medium. Her work oscillates between digital media such as…
Biohacker regrets own biohacking: CRISPR done wrong?
Aaron Traywick, 28, could well claim to be the world’s most notorious ‘biohacker’, that is, a do-it-yourself biologist, looking for new ways to do things with biology using techniques such…
The Globe to close on 17th March
The Globe, the Students’ Union venue in the centre of Brighton, is to close on 17th March. The pub is currently owned by the Laine Pub Company and leased to…
Long Read: Media and University have failed students on UCU strikes
There has been a lot of confusion and anger surrounding the strikes. The Tab has been dominant in forming the student media narrative, yet their reporting has been sensationalist and…
Update: the first three Sussex strike days
The University of Sussex is one of 61 universities across the UK to begin 14 days of striking which started on the 22nd of February. Members of the University and…
Billionaire builds colossal 10,000 year clock
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has gone ahead with a plan to build a giant clock to promote long term thinking. The clock’s design should allow it to be accurate for…
Academic Armchair- iObjectify: self- and other-objectification on Grindr
The Badger Features Team interviewed Sussex’s Yasin Koc about his work on the psychological factors behind Grindr. He posits that use of the app is associated with physical objectification in…
The Badger Reviews: Derry Girls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MwnpSEzprQ This week, Sophie our film editor, reviews season one of Derry Girls. Have you seen it? What did you think? Leave us a comment on our social media!
‘Paws for Pensions’ among strike event schedule
University of Sussex staff are hosting a full slate of events on strike days, including talks, teach-ins, and even a day to bring along your puppers. Members of the University…