Stop the Cuts in pictures

University calls police on students who protest outside Sussex House against university cuts

Last Wednesday 3 March at 12.30pm students occupied Sussex House for five hours in protest against proposed course cuts and job losses. Police in a convoy of vans were called onto campus to contain the occupation and the accompanying rally.

University management seek to reduce the budget for 2009/10 by £3m on a turnover of £160m, with additional savings of up to £5m in 2010/11. As a result, 115 staff across campus face redundancy. A statement from the occupation said: “The job cuts would eradicate the environmental science degree program, and significantly reduce the size of the English, history, and life science departments. The student advice service, the crèche, security services and catering staff also face savage cuts.”
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Police, camera… clean-up!

Dubbed ‘Grimewatch’, police at the John Street station have taken a novel approach to keeping their kitchens clean. Staff were told on Tuesday about a plan to install CCTV in order to catch colleagues who do not wash up. Brighton’s new police commander, Chief Superintendent Graham Bartlett, said the camera should be a deterrent to stop people leaving a mess in the kitchen, which has been plagued with dirty crockery and rubbish.
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Ten years in prison for taking a photo – better make it a good one

‘Thousands of people take photos every day. What if one of them seems odd? Terrorists use surveillance to help plan attacks…’ This is the headline used by the metropolitan police on their latest anti-terrorism campaign. Scare mongering perhaps? Well not this time. Read more

‘Careless cyclists’ to blame for own accidents say Sussex Police

Cyclists in Brighton and Hove are to blame for a third of the accidents they are involved in according to Sussex Police. Inspector Phil Clarke commented to The Argus last week that: “There is an increasing problem in the city with some cyclists riding irresponsibly and sometimes unlawfully.” Figures reveal that last year a total of 131 cyclists suffered injuries as result of collisions, 23 of those cyclists, sustaining serious injuries. Read more

Student receives £1500 from Thames Valley Police

Jonathan Leighton has received a £1500 out of court settlement and a formal apology from Thames Valley Police after being arrested on the 13th of January this year on the suspicion of littering.
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Thoughts on the art of dissent

Two weeks ago, ‘Smash EDO’ protesters blocked off Lewes road as they paraded from the Sussex University campus, and attempted to reach the EDO MBM/ITT factory responsible for the manufacture of weapons components. Read more

Street violence in Brighton

“Students wandering home drunk, being loud and drawing attention to themselves render themselves vulnerable.”

West Street, 2am on a Friday night: Groups of clubbers emerge onto the streets and wait around – for friends, for a taxi, for a decision on where to go next. The police cars parked around the city centre go largely ignored.

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Chaos as police block anti-war demo

• Police use pepper spray, batons and dogs to stop anti-war march

• First-year student violently arrested on campus

• Lewes Road closed for several hours

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Sussex student raped in Digital club

A nineteen-year-old female Sussex undergraduate was the victim of a serious sexual assault at Digital nightclub in the early hours of Wednesday 8th October. Read more

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