7:20pm Saturday 14th March 2009
By Ben Parsons
University of Sussex students chose not to bar their Royal Naval Unit from student union activities after a referendum.
The unit is one of 14 in the country and trains up to 12 student cadets at a time alongside Royal Navy crew in Portsmouth.
Navy recruiters have been targeted by peace activists when they have run stalls at the university in the past.
University of Sussex Students' Union ran a referendum for students to vote on whether the unit should be excluded from union events and publicity.
The idea was voted down with 559 'no' votes against 255 in favour.
In a separate referendum held at the same time the students voted in favour of the union 'twinning' with the University of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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