Costa Arrives in the Library
Starting from 3 January, the Library Café is serving drinks provided by Costa Coffee. Alongside the new coffee brand, library visitors can now treat themselves to sweets from Planet Doughnut.…
Chris Riddell Illustrates for Students at University of Sussex Library
Brighton illustrator Chris Riddell visited the University of Sussex on Thursday 29 November with a busy day of drawing in the library. With an ardent passion for literature, Chris seemed…
University of Sussex Joins Libraries Week
This coming week marks the celebration of Libraries Week, an event solely dedicated to praising the work of libraries across the UK. This annual event is taking place from 8…
Finding your perfect space to study
Studying for exams and getting essays done on time at uni can often be difficult at the best of times, however if you attempt to do it at the wrong…
Moan Zone – Making a meal of it!
Jessica Mcclean Monday morning and eyes wide with anticipation, I opened my bag to devour my well-earned lunch. To my dismay, my cheese sandwiches were now warm because they had…
Moan Zone – Low Spirits: Pint of no return
Lucy Hartland This week I was subjected to discrimination against those suffering from the after-effects of a night mainly fuelled by Vodka. When the bus eventually decided to arrive and…
Sleep deprivation nears a termly high
Sleep deprivation is reaching its termly-peek as deadlines and coursework for the mid-term assessments loom. As the first semester of Sussex treads into its fifth week, students are beginning to…
A Moving Market
Since the start of term, a concern for both the University and the Students’ Union has been the location of the popular fruit and vegetable market. The market has been…
Award on the cards for Library staff
Library staff at the University of Sussex has been placed on the shortlist for an esteemed higher education reward. Announced Tuesday 24 April, the Library staff has been nominated for…
Library refurbishment to be completed by end of the year
The library refurbishment will be completed by the end of this academic year according to library staff in a meeting held last week. The gathering was organised by Lita Wallis,…
New future for Sussex’s Special Collections
The University of Sussex Library plans to have its Special Collections relocated to a new £19million historical resource centre situated off campus, though the move will not be completed until…
Careers centre to relocate to library in the spring
The Careers and Employability Centre (CEC), formally known as Career Development and Employment Sussex (CDEC) is moving from Falmer House into the ground floor of the library building. This move,…
Library refurbishment running behind schedule
The £6.4million library modernisation project has unexpectedly fallen behind schedule, causing noisier and more disruptive aspects of the development to spill into term time. The project’s current phase requires the…
Library refurbishment grant bonus
The library has announced a refurbishment project, planned to start with preliminary works in November. The main project will begin in December of this year and is intended to be…
Two Sussex students fight in the library
A brief scene of chaos occurred in the library last week as a fight broke between two students. It appears the fight started when one student was staring idly into…