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The knife crime crisis

Joe Pearce discusses the ethical debate around ‘stop and searches’ Knife-crime is a sensitive topic, one often dividing opinion nationally. To combat gang-wars and possible intent to harm others, police…

Extinction Rebellion protests banned by police

The Metropolitan Police have issued a statement banning all Extinction Rebellion protests in London, under the Public Order Act.

Homelessness in Brighton: An Olympic Disaster

In a 2011 article the BBC reported that homelessness had nearly doubled in the last year. But what sparked this dramatic increase in figures? It has long been rumored that…

Protest is education not indoctrination

At the Women’s March in London it was a single child who stuck in my mind: a little boy who could have been hardly older than eight. He saw the…

Dirty Air Kills 9000 Londoners

Air pollution is beginning to creep into the national consciousness. The problem has been recognised worldwide for many years, but – as is often the case with environmental issues –…

Sussex students join Climate March

On 29 November, campaigners from University of Sussex joined over 50,000 people in The London People’s Climate March, calling for climate change action. Starting at Park Lane, marches took place…

Conflicting claims over Free Ed demo kettling

More than 10,000 students took to the streets in London on Wednesday 4th November to call for free education and protest against cuts to student grants under the slogan “grants,…

Fencing brings home the beacon… and a plate!

Fergus Rees-Gildea Fencing ClubOn Saturday the 6th of December 4 members of the Sussex fencing club woke early and took the train up to Victoria to take part in the…

Fencing brings home the bacon (and a plate…)

Fergus Rees-Gildea Fencing President On Saturday, four members of the Sussex fencing club woke early and took the train up to Victoria to take part in the “London Team Trophy…

International Students Threatened

Long suffering International students studying at London Metropolitan University (LMU) could afford to breathe a sigh of relief this week after a judicial verdict by a High Court judge granting…

Ken Livingstone pledges EMA reinstatement

Ken Livingstone, former Mayor of London and 2012 election hopeful, has looked to drum up support for his campaign by promising the reinstatement of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) if…

Europe tops ranks for best student cities

Ever fancied studying in Sydney, revising in Rome or procrastinating in Paris? The first global student cities rankings, released this week, show the world’s best cities to study in. European…

Sussex students take to streets of London

Two bus-loads of University of Sussex students will be joining students from across the country for anti-education cut protests on 9 November. The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC)…

Earthquakes in London

Mike Bartlett marks a change in his usual minimalist style with ‘Earthquakes in London’; a sprawling and energetic play that explores anxieties about climate change, and the relationships we nurture…

University apparel: Fashion Week clashes

Barely able to recover from the catwalk whirlwind that was S/S 12, the fashion world has once again been hit by longstanding hostilities between the four fashion capitals. Earlier this…

Yohji Yamamoto

Yohji Yamamoto’s retrospective at the V&A is the first major UK solo exhibition of this enigmatic designer, following a furore of recent interest in the influence of Japanese fashion, notably…

Sussex medical student charged with murder

A medical student from Brighton has been charged with murder alongside another teenager, Harvinder Singh Shoker. Mundill Kaur Mahil, of Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent and Shoker, from Charlton Park Lane,…

In politics and protesting, everyone's a loser

I was among the thousands of disaffected students protesting against the Government’s rise in tuition fees in spirit last term; absent from the actual protests because I was required to…

Sussex Live

Sussex Live 2011 brought to you by the University of Sussex Students’ Union in association with the National Lottery was all about being yourself, trying something new and showcasing what…

Nimmo and the Gauntletts

What better way is there to begin the year, or anything, than with the folky/pop orchestra Nimmo and the Gauntletts (NATG)? I doubt there is a better way because, genuinely,…