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Kemptown Carnival is returning after a 3-year hiatus to retake its position as Brighton’s largest free community arts street festival. The carnival last took place in 2016 and was supposed…

Young people from schools and universities across the UK have been using a fake version of the drug Xanax. An article by the BBC last year found that “children as…

A Holocaust Memorial Day event was held by the Centre for German-Jewish Studies on February 6 2019. The ‘Torn From Home’ programme took place in the Jubilee Lecture Theatre at…

LGBT History Month is up and running in the UK, and there are a whole host of LGBTQ+ events happening on campus and around Brighton. The first UK LGBT History…

DxE is an international network known for their nonviolent direct action for so-called ‘animal liberation’. Members of the Brighton branch of DxE gathered in the Western Road Waitrose supermarket wearing…

Members of the University of Sussex Senate, a University decision-making body of academics, have claimed that the University Executive Group (UEG), a group of University higher management, demonstrated “A disregard…

Many Sussex students are not aware of what The Keep is, despite it being quite literally on our doorstep. The only awareness some students have of this facility is hearing…

On the 30 November it was the last Tuesday of the month, meaning, of course, I was at The Hope and Ruin ready for Hi Zero, as usual. This month…

From societies to campaigns, there are so many ways to get involved in the university and global voice. What are you interested in and how can you make yourself heard?…

The time spent commuting to and from university is under huge scrutiny amongst the community at the moment, especially as a result of late bus services. This edition we have…

Every issue, staff writer Alaina Reschka from the Travel and Culture section, will be issuing a healthy alternative to the ‘normal’ student cuisine stereotype. It should be substantial, sustainable and…

At the outset, Mr Messier’s FIELD at once invoked The Matrix and Daedalus’ Boiler Room set. The basic concept of this mixed media performance relies on transducer microphones picking up…

During the course of the night, I managed to sit down with Alfie and Baby to interview them about their start in drag, how LGBTQ+ students should navigate university life…

Sussex Students’ Union has cancelled their Oktoberfest event, citing low ticket sales. They issued the following statement about the event: “It’s with regret that we have to announce the cancellation…

Kathleen Stock, a philosophy lecturer at Sussex University, met with controversy after criticising the government’s reform of the Gender Recognition Act (2004). The amendment would ‘de-medicalise’ the legal process for…

Sussex Musical Theatre Society (SMuTS) are presenting their Spring show this week premiering on Wednesday 21 March. The production is a musical theatre adaption of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 gothic…

The joint proposal announced for consideration by the University and College Union (UCU) and Universities UK (UUK) has been roundly rejected by UCU University branches, including Sussex. The proposal included…

Recognising the centenary of the Representation of the People’s Act and International Women’s Day, The Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts invited four alumnae of Sussex University to discuss the…

On Monday 19th February, the Students’ Union Council will vote on whether or not to support the national Univerity and College Union (UCU) strike action that is going to occur…

Members of the UCU (University and College Union) have voted for industrial action in their dispute over potential changes to university pension schemes. 61 universities – including Sussex – will…