Staff and students strike accord
It shouldn’t surprise me that students can be selfish people, and yet, on Wednesday, I was amazed at how many students strolled right past the picket lines. Some of them…
University of Sussex accused of "discriminating against disabled students" after breaching equality law
The University of Sussex has allegedly breached legal requirements after failing to consult disabled students before their “proposal for change” to student support services, sparking new conflict between the university…
Management gets heavy-handed
Those of you that noticed the fleet of riot vans and police cars surrounding Sussex House last Thursday may have wondered if some disastrous or imminent threat had just been…
The movement must box-clever
Following the occupation at Sussex House, in which a few senior members of staff effectively held their own occupation within that building by refusing to leave without police escort, a…
University approves scrapping over 100 jobs and cutting £5m next year
Hundreds of students and staff at Sussex are furious at the final decision by university management, made at the council meeting on Friday 26 March, to cut £5 million in…
Sussex staff set terms for first round of industrial strike action
The University and College Union (UCU) at the University of Sussex announced last week following an Emergency General Meeting that they will go on strike this Thursday 18 March, and…
Sussex UCU votes for strike action
Last Wednesday 3 March, the University and College Union (UCU) at Sussex voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in their fight to save jobs and services at the university.…
What next for Stop the Cuts? An open letter to the Stop the Cuts Campaign, from the Stop the Cuts Campaign
Fellow students, staff, and interested parties, We know the cuts are bad, we know they are only the beginning (a few more million next year, and after the election –…
UCU proceeds with ballot for strike action
The University and College Union (UCU) has formally initiated ballot proceedings to determine whether academic staff should strike in response to higher education funding cuts and looming job losses. The…
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…
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…
"Don't silence us" say Sussex students
Students and staff taped their mouths shut to show their opposition to a management move that the protestors say will “end University democracy”. The protest took place on Wednesday 18…
Recession triggers rise in UCAS applications
Just as the Government has decided to cap university places by 5,000, UCAS has revealed that there has been an increase of 34,000 applications bringing the national figures up to…
Associate tutors rally support
Around 300 people attended a rally in support of Associate Tutors in Library Square last Wednesday. The rally, which was organised as part of the University and College Union’s (UCU)…
Towns across UK competing to gain university status
Plans to establish new universities from a list of 27 areas of the country, have recently been revealed by minister for innovation, universities and skills, John Denham. The government wants…
Lecturers’ union demands pay increase
In the face of a severe economic downturn, members of the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU), including lecturers and academics, are demanding significant increases to their annual salaries. The UCU…
Campus union calls strike
Students are being urged to support a strike by university staff this Friday. Up to 89 members of the trade union Unite are expected to walk out over changes to…