Supermarkets to recruit thousands as demands surge
Charlotte Brill | Staff Writer The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in supermarket shelves being emptied at unprecedented rates. Frenzied scenes, including people fighting over basic items and stealing from delivery…
Wires Can Do Your Job Better Than You
Recent statements on Artificial intelligence (AI) from governments around the world have speculated on ways the technology could drastically change the world of work. It could happen in ways you…
Hello robots and goodbye to jobs
A recent study suggests the day humanity has long feared is approaching; the robots are in fact coming for our jobs. Research from the University of Oxford was presented in…
Protesters advocate for decent jobs and wages
In the rain, on Saturday 3 March, a small, but determined group gathered outside the Job Center on Edward Street to take part in a “National Day of Action” to…
991,000 young people out of work or education
The country’s leading student organisation (the National Union of Student) has slammed government efforts to support young people after new figures show record high youth unemployment. Figures from the Office…
A ballot-proof police force?
Last month I received a personal letter from the Home Secretary. It read: Dear Gabriel, I am pleased to offer you a place on the National Police Commissioners Selection Panel.…
Promotion imminent!
The long suffering fans of Brighton and Hove Albion seem to have finally turned a corner on what has been a perilous number of seasons in both the lower leagues…
Sussex UCU is ‘unsatisfied’ with vice-chancellor response
Tensions between university staff and the vice-chancellor have flared up again as Sussex University and College Union (UCU) representatives reaffirm their plans for strike action over pensions. Members of the…
Graduate unemployment: what is your degree worth?
If I sit-back and think about where I’ll be in ten years’ time, I see myself living in a detached suburban house, in a good neighbourhood. I have an expensive…
The prospect of graduating
As I began writing this I receive a text from my boyfriend. “My Mum has just suggested I get some training as a plumber. ‘It could be fun…’ God help…
Heads of Schools controversy
The reorganized selection process provokes Sussex academics The selection of the new Heads of Schools at the University has begun but the process has attracted fierce criticism from Sussex academics.…