The Ups and Downs of an Intern at Paris Fashion Week
Fashion Week events in cosmopolitan cities like Paris and New York often exude an aura of exclusivity, reserved seemingly for designers, celebrities, and influencers. But behind the glamour is essential…
Sussex students take to the streets in Paris for action on climate change
On December 12th, over 20 University of Sussex students took part in the D12 red lines demonstration in Paris to demand that world governments at COP-21 not cross the red…
Brighton stands by Paris victims
A minute’s silence was held outside Brighton Town Hall on 15 November to commemorate the 129 victims of the Paris terrorist attacks which occurred earlier this month. The event was…
The Paris Terror Attacks
William Crona delves deeper into the atrocities of last week. Soon after 21.00 GMT on Friday evening, the French capital was subjected to a display of violence and terror in…
Islamophobic taunting reported outside the Muslim Prayer Centre
A group of young males shouted taunting comments about ISIS outside the on-campus Muslim Student Centre on Friday 20 November. The incident came just one week after 130 people were…
Peace for Paris
Trying to write about something like this is difficult, because words just cannot capture the scale or scope of emotion: horror, despair, fear; these are felt, not read; experienced, not…
No Students’ Union funding for climate activists – apparently climate change is not a student issue
The Students’ Union have denied a funding request made by Sussex student activists planning to cycle to Paris for December’s momentous UN climate change conference. The Union explained that, as…
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…
Notes from a year abroad in Paris
Having lived for a couple of weeks as an Erasmus student in the world’s most romantic, most visited, and most talked-about city, I feel I’ve already experienced a slice of…