Students decide not to decide
The Students’ Decide Meeting (formerly Annual General Meeting – AGM) was adjourned last week as not enough students turned up to pass any motions. Students and union members congregated last…
AGM fails to reach quoracy
After ten days of intensive efforts to attract the whole of the student body, the Annual General Meeting (AGM), organised by the Students’ Union, did not reach quoracy. Although 260…
AGM moved to this week after previous low turnout
This year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) has been postponed until Tuesday 23 November. The AGM was due to take place at 1.30pm in Mandela Hall on 16 November but only…
The union’s future is in the hands of the students
The University of Sussex Students’ Union could change its charity status if students vote ‘yes’ in a forthcoming referendum which will take place on 16 November, spanning over three days.…
No stupid surveys, thanks very much
If you are a third year student and oppose the local and national cuts being made to the higher education sector, there’s something simple and really effective you can do…
A politically pitiful AGM
The Union has become increasingly unrepresentative in recent years. Last year there were allegations and rumours speculating that quoracy had in fact been faked. This year the union lacked quorum…
AGM Results
Student advice service secured • Support for sport • Stop the cuts • Commitment to environmental responsibility • Bottled water phase out • Youth fight for jobs • No blood…
Where's the 'us' in USSU?
During the course of the last week, several Facebook groups have emerged attacking the University of Sussex Students’ Union (USSU) for its recent facilitation of boycotts and bans.
State of the Union
In the past couple of weeks I am sure you have read about several allegations made against the Union: It is not representative; it disregards students’ opinions; it is too…
On apathy and articles written in The Badger
We go to a university that does not acknowledge the achievements of students’ campaigns, or of their union’s accomplishments and has little time for students’ opinions. The Badger forum and…
Union Council agrees to NUS and military referendum
Union council last week decided to hold cross-campus referendums on two of the most controversial motions tabled at this years Students’ Union Annual General Meeting (AGM). The motion for Sussex…
The system’s broke: it’s time to fix it
“AGM motions ‘fail’ to represent students’ views.” This was the headline which, along with a friendly-looking pie chart, jumped out and grabbed my attention in last week’s The Badger. Sadly,…
The AGM, the NUS & the way forward
Sussex’s Annual General Meeting is always good fun, despite the boring initial procedures, the confusion, and the long hours of sitting on a wooden floor (perhaps an idea to get…
The apathy of US
The Students’ Union needs to combat apathy it if wants to remain relevant. The Student Union’s vision of 2006, focuses on several long term objectives; for example, by 2016 the…
AGM motions ‘fail’ to represent students’ views
Over fifty percent of students believe that military funded bodies should be allowed to function on Sussex campus, a survey for The Badger has revealed. This is despite a motion…
Students call for NUS disaffiliation
The University of Sussex Students’ Union (USSU) held its most important meeting of the year last Thursday, the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The event provides students with an opportunity to…
AGM throws up unexpected results
The Student Union AGM last Thursday saw a few hundred (though still not enough) students take to the floor of Mandela hall to debate agendas, motions and budgets. For a…