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On election day, in a nation that seems primed to vote for a Labour government after 14 years of Conservative leadership, anticipation and tension is high amongst Labour candidates. The…

An unexpected twist in the 2024 general election has been the rise of the Nigel Farage-led Reform UK party. Reform has been standing candidates in almost every constituency, with Mark…

Election day, Thursday 4 July, is just a day away. As campaigning is heating up in the final few days, The Badger spoke with Sarah Webster, the Conservative Party candidate…

Across the UK, MP candidates have been setting out their agendas for constituents. Brighton Pavilion has seated the only Green Party MP for fourteen years – Caroline Lucas. After announcing…

Last month, I was fortunate to attend Wild Isles Live, an interactive show encompassing the BBC’s landmark natural history series (produced by Silverback Films), staged as part of the 2024…

A protest was organised by Trans Liberation Front and Brighton Antifascists in response to a rally held by Kelly-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, of the far right transphobic…

At 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday 22 May, Rishi Sunak announced that the King had granted permission for the dissolution of Parliament. He named the official date for the UK’s general…

Green MP from Brighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas visited the student encampment at the university today. Speaking with The Badger, she said, “I support the students’ peaceful encampments. I think right…

Sussex students set up an encampment next to Library Square on 13 May in protest of the University’s unwillingness to take a stance on the conflict in Palestine, or divest…

Student-led campaign group Access Sussex hosted a demonstration 1 May in Library Square to raise awareness for their fight for an accessible University of Sussex campus. The group published an…

Following governmental warnings against the use of the building material Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) last year, the University of Sussex has been replacing identified areas of the dangerous material…

Postgraduate students living on-campus will have their housing contracts terminated one week earlier than agreed upon, with students expected to move out from 7 September 2024, instead of the original…

To wrap up this year’s paper, we got back in touch with our Student Spotlight interviewees to see what they have achieved since we last spoke! We’ve loved showcasing how…

Living a day as a local in the happiest city on earth has long intrigued me. Bikes, canals, windmills and tulips… This spring, I finally got to experience it on…

While some people eat to live, I live to eat. After spending two decades riddled with anxiety so strong it caused dysphagia and frequent vomiting, I began taking antidepressants, which…

By Lydia Rosevere, Staff Writer With the rise of social media-based aesthetics, ‘cores’, and micro trends, it is easy to get caught up in the culture of overconsumption. The Costume…

Study Smart Think of university as a nine-to-five job. But dedicating full days to sitting at a desk is not only unattainable but will reduce your focus levels. Design a…

Flashback to September, when you walked around the Freshers Fair – the sports hall was a room lively with opportunity, where society presidents and club captains spritely sold the dream,…

It is easy to get lost in the unreal seeming simulation that is a university campus. An alternate universe where children don’t exist, sleep schedules are reversed, and construction work…

University can be an incredibly isolating and overwhelming place, particularly when you have to navigate it away from family and friends. The list of societies on campus is virtually endless;…