Protests planned nationwide
On the 24 November there will be further national protests against the rise in higher education fees and cuts to funding. The Press Release provided by the National Campaign Against…
AGM moved to this week after previous low turnout
This year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) has been postponed until Tuesday 23 November. The AGM was due to take place at 1.30pm in Mandela Hall on 16 November but only…
Students occupy lecture hall in protest of increasing tuition fees
An estimated 200 students and staff gathered in Library Square last week for a rally followed by a march that ended with an impromptu occupation of Fulton lecture theatre B…
Inquest reveals that student felt "lonely"
An inquest into the suicide of University of Sussex International Relations student, Christopher Hatton, has indicated that he was suffering from depression. East Sussex coroner, Alan Craze, stated that the…
Funding for campus allotment
The University of Sussex’s allotment, located near Brighthelm student residences will be possibly receiving a £20,000 funding to further develop the site. This is part of an ongoing project of…
The Browne Review: a future unknown
Students are standing on the threshold of a new era of learning. The publication of the Browne Review has invited mass speculation over the future of higher education and has…
Careers centre to relocate to library in the spring
The Careers and Employability Centre (CEC), formally known as Career Development and Employment Sussex (CDEC) is moving from Falmer House into the ground floor of the library building. This move,…
The union’s future is in the hands of the students
The University of Sussex Students’ Union could change its charity status if students vote ‘yes’ in a forthcoming referendum which will take place on 16 November, spanning over three days.…
Sussex pays thousands to attract overseas students
The Badger has seen a document which shows that the University of Sussex has signed contracts agreeing to pay commission to “recruitment agents” of up to 15 percent of the…
Students excused from seminars to protest fees in London
Students at Sussex will be excused from lectures and seminars this Wednesday, 10 November, as thousands of people from all over the country will gather to protest the looming cuts…
NUS President comes to Sussex
Aaron Porter, President of the National Union of Students (NUS) is coming to the University of Sussex this Wednesday, 3 November. The President was elected in April of this year…
Union faces £150k loss in Bramber House bid
The university has begun accepting bids from supermarket firms to occupy a new retail space on the lower floor of Bramber House. The building will close in April and will…
Library refurbishment running behind schedule
The £6.4million library modernisation project has unexpectedly fallen behind schedule, causing noisier and more disruptive aspects of the development to spill into term time. The project’s current phase requires the…
Sussex and Brighton universities inject over £1bn to the economy
In the national panorama, according to Universities UK, a representative body for the higher education sector, UK universities contribute £31bn to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and directly provide 382,000…
Sussex students arrested at Smash EDO demonstration
Several students at the University of Sussex were arrested on Wednesday 13 October in order to prevent a breach of the peace, following a day of campaigning on the streets…
Television comes to Sussex campus
Student media at Sussex is set to be introduced to its first ever internet stream television station this year. The University of Sussex Student Television (UniTV) is an online video…
New developments for Study Skills (S3) resource
The university has further developed an online learning resource called Study Success at Sussex (S3) to equip students with the skills to assist their academic study. Featuring advice on areas…
BUPA funds research project
A research project by the University of Sussex that is funded by the BUPA foundation set out to look at the link between education and health will publish interim results…
Campus creperie wins fight against closure
The Coffee Workshop Creperie in the Richmond building, recently recognised as one of Brighton’s finest cafés, is to remain open for another academic year after being threatened with closure by…