Senior management read post-graduate's private email
A postgraduate English student at the University of Sussex has revealed he felt “intimidated, bullied and compromised” by senior management after being called to a meeting to address a group…
Fight now or forever hold your peace
When you say cut-back, we say fight-back. And when we say fight-back we mean it, a mantra weightier than mere words. Words dance upon the paths of action and we…
£29m building costs
The University of Sussex is moving ahead with a £29 million project to replace older teaching buildings on campus. This is despite the backdrop of cuts of £5 million being…
Stop the Cuts – Protest Video (3/12/09)
A video showing the protest on the 3rd December 2009 against over 100 proposed job cuts at the University of Sussex.
An open letter from Sussex School of English Students
We, the students of the School of English, wholeheartedly oppose the University Management’s proposals to make sweeping redundancies across campus – this includes academic staff, but also library and IT…
Unisex axed
The University of Sussex sexual advice service, Unisex, is to be closed down as part of the University’s scheme to save money. Unisex, which currently costs the University around £40,000…
Management obstructs 'Stop the Cuts' meetings
In an alleged attempt by University management to prevent ‘Stop the Cuts’ campaign meetings, all large lecture theatres and seminar rooms were booked up last week by the University at…
Faculty speak out against the cuts
A selection of the overwhelming number of responses we have received… “The VC, Michael Farthing, came to Sussex two years ago on a ticket of growth and expansion. Now he…
Hundreds of angry students storm Bramber House
On Thursday 3rd December, hundreds of outraged students stormed Bramber House for the second time this term. The demonstration highlighted the way in which senior managers at the University of…
Crèche closure "will be catastrophic"
The University of Sussex crèche and nursery have been threatened with closure under the University’s latest budget strategy. At present, childcare provision is subsidised by the University, however, radical plans…
Lies, spin and the fight against cut-backs
For those of you who have seen the University’s recent ‘response to financial challenges’ you could be forgiven for finding it laughable. Not that any of what it contains is…
Students protest to stop the cuts
Last Thursday the 26th November, ‘Stop the Cuts’ protestors descended on Bramber House to lobby the Vice-Chancellor, Michael Farthing, over the latest proposed cut backs and redundancies at Sussex. The…