Societies and SU Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month
Throughout February, Sussex celebrated the 19th year of the UK’s LGBTQ+ history month in both traditional and new ways. Sussex-wide celebrations commenced with an online conversation with activist and author…
SU Leadership Elections 2024: Diversity, Access and Participation Officer
On 6 March, The Badger interviewed several candidates in the Sussex Student Unions’ Leadership Elections, including those for Diversity, Access and Participation Officer. This role will involve representing and supporting…
COP28, Sussex, and the Fight for Sustainability
From 30 November until 13 December 2023 Expo City, Dubai, played host to the United Nations’s 28th annual COP meeting, the supreme convention in climate governance. The core climate and…
SU elections – voter turnout lowest in a decade
The results are in for this year’s Students’ Union election, which saw 40 candidates running to be elected representatives of the student body at Sussex. Of the total 19,025 students…
U.S.S.U-Turn: 54 students decide stance for 17,000
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…
Bus fare increases ‘Disgraceful’ says SU President
Sussex Students’ Union President, Frida Gustafsson, has drafted an open letter to Brighton and Hove Buses following a fare increase on January 16. The fare increases were announced in December…
We need to think as a community about what these fascist stickers mean
Fascist stickers have been appearing around campus. At time of publication, 8 to be exact. Debates seem to be raging most places I go around Sussex as well as online:…
East Slope, no hope: heating and water fails
Residents of East Slope have suffered from a lack of heating and hot water for the second time in a matter of months. Since January 26, residents have suffered a…
EU Referendum: Sussex students say stay
Students have voted to give Sussex’s Students’ Union (UUSU) the green light to campaign for the remain side in the upcoming EU referendum on June 23. 543 students took part,…
SU calls students ‘bastards’ for publicity
The Students’ Union have called upon students to become ‘Decision Bastards’ in the publicity material for an event during which students will be encouraged to approve proposed changes to the…
RESULTS ANNOUCNED! Next year's part-time officers are revealed…
The election results for the new part-time officers of the University of Sussex Students’ Union came out on Thursday 19 May. Voting was conducted online, at Falmer House and the…
Israel boycott referendum will be held in week seven
The Students’ Union has announced this week that a referendum on the boycotting of Israeli goods on campus will go ahead in week seven of the summer term. To some…
Student Awards honour the best of the student community at Sussex
The University of Sussex Students’ Union held its annual awards ceremony at Brighton Racecourse on Friday 6 May. The event differed slightly from events in previous years as the CHEERS…
International students at University of Sussex to increase by 20 percent
More than one fifth of the university student population may be international by 2015, with an estimated 2,800 out of 12,600 population in total. An increase in international students has…
Liam Burns is new NUS President
Liam Burns has been elected the 55th president of the National Union of Students (NUS). He is due to take office on the 1 July and will replace Aaron Porter,…
UniTV scoops 3 National Student Television awards
The online television channel, UniTV has achieved recognition in three of the 21 categories at the National Student Television Association (NaSTA) Awards 2011. Competing against 17 nominees, UniTV, one of…
UCU members strike against pension changes and job cuts
On 22 and 24 March 2011, strikes took place on campus after the University and College Union (UCU) voted early in March to take steps to protect their salaries, pensions,…
Union activities centre burgled for second time in six months
The Activities Centre was burgled for the second time in six months on Wednesday 2 March, resulting in two stolen laptops and damages to the office worth an estimated £2,000.…
Campaign group fights for more affordable housing on campus
East Slope, one of the oldest and the cheapest living spaces on campus is due to be demolished in the academic year 2012-2013, driving up the average rent on campus.…
Campaign to start for water fountains
A new campaign is set to begin to ensure that students have access to drinking fountains on campus by the end of next term. The campaign will coincide with Green…