Pro-choice group launches intiatives to protect vulnerable women
An anti-abortion group protesting in Brighton have come under attack from pro-choice residents. Abort67 protest outside the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) Clinic on Dyke Road, Brighton, every Tuesday and…
Higher education is not a 'money-making commodity'
The University of Sussex’s Vice-Chancellor, Michael Farthing, has been appointed the new chairman of the 1994 Group. The group is a collective of leading research universities which promotes high standards…
Sussex student sentenced to 15 months
A second year Politics student at the University of Sussex has been sentenced to 15 months in prison following a charge of violent disorder, after he was arrested at the…
Election results revealed
The 2011 election for student trustees, union councillors and student officers is among the biggest seen in Sussex history with over 16 Students’ Union positions being voted on, alongside over…
Academics at Sussex defend higher education
Hundreds of academics have signed a new white paper, ‘In Defence of Public Higher Education’, published 27 September this year, as an alternative to the Government’s planned higher education spending…
NUS launches Financial Support Commission as student costs soar
A recent National Union of Stu- dents (NUS) study has revealed that the difference between student expenditure and government funding has increased to £8,037 per student for the new academic…
Ferris wheel to turn on Brighton seafront
Planning permission was given for a 150ft ferris wheel to be erected on Brighton seafront on 27 April. It is expected to be running by the summertime, with plans to…
Badger saved in East Sussex pool
An intrepid local badger made the newspapers in April after falling into a swimming pool in East Sussex. The incident began on Wednesday 27 April, when the badger became trapped…
UCU members strike against pension changes and job cuts
On 22 and 24 March 2011, strikes took place on campus after the University and College Union (UCU) voted early in March to take steps to protect their salaries, pensions,…
New proposal to remove oldest module from the English syllabus
The popular third-year English module ‘Modern European Mind’ has been axed from the university’s curriculum following a proposal for academic change last year. The course has been available to English…
Sex demonstration class at US university causes outrage
A university in North America has received extensive media attention after a sex act was demonstrated live on stage as part of a seminar. Northwestern University, in Chicago, Illinois, offered…
University cost cuts hit families as campus nursery faces funding collapse
Students and staff whose children use the University of Sussex Pre-School and Nursery have been informed that the facility will close if it is unable to secure funding from an…
Sussex alumnus at UC Berkeley
Former University of Sussex student John Wilton has been appointed Vice Chancellor of Administration and Finance at the prestigious Berkeley campus of the University of California. The university, amidst California’s…