Students unaware of meningitis risk
Research conducted by Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) shows a worrying 50 percent of students in Brighton and Hove do not know whether they have had their meningitis vaccinations. The result…
University calls police on students who protest outside Sussex House against university cuts
Last Wednesday 3 March at 12.30pm students occupied Sussex House for five hours in protest against proposed course cuts and job losses. Police in a convoy of vans were called…
University students only have a 10-minute attention span
University students suffer from a mere ’10-minute attention span’, a recent study suggests. The research, undergone by Olympus Technologies, also shows 21 % of students are struggling to attend lectures…
Last Night (good) Things Happened
Last week, the SUDS Edinburgh festival entry piece was reprised to great aplomb. Opening to the macabre sounds of four butchers sharpening their knives over the frigid body of a…
Casual comedians
Looking suitably casual, as their name would suggest, and lounging on leather sofas, I sit with James Hamilton and Dave Newman, two Sussex students turned comedians. We are waiting for…
Two legs good, eight legs bad
When renting a student house, it is important to realise that less people generally equals less cheese, less spare eyeliner and a lot less money… A new legislation however is…
Smart drugs; a new panacea?
Modafinil. Exelon. Reminyl. These are all names which where virtually unheard of a year ago but are now appearing in newspaper and magazine articles with astounding regularity. They are smart…
New law attempts to clear out students
Students in Sussex could be seriously affected by a new law that would see undergraduates in groups of 3 or more unable to rent shared accommodation. The contentious government legislation…
UK students using prescription drugs as study aids
Early morning library users will be familiar with the sight of bug-eyed third years, surrounded by empty cans of energy drink, exhausted after having pulled yet another ‘all-nighter.’ However, The…
Credit crunch hits students
It has toppled Northern Rock, caused chaos on Wall Street, bankrupted Iceland, and may just have dashed McCain’s hopes for winning the White House. Now the international financial crisis is…