A Celebration of Fifty Years at Sussex

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2008

May

6

Chancellor Sanjeev Bhaskar Pro-Vice-Chancellor International Prof Chris Marlin Gardner Centre will be reopened following refurbishment and renamed the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts. Sally Jane Norman is to be the first Director of the new centre Sussex is 19th in the National Student Survey: 86 per cent of students expressed satisfaction with their learning […]

2007

May

6

Vice-Chancellor Michael Farthing The new strategic plan Making the Future is published Plans are developed to introduce 12 new schools from August 2009 Lord Attenborough steps down after 10 years as Chancellor and 40 years’ service to the University Proposals are announced to redevelop the Gardner centre National Student Survey shows Sussex has 86 per […]

2006

May

6

The Meeting House celebrates its 40th anniversary. Construction work began in 1965 and it was dedicated in October 1966. It is now a listed building, which means that the government recognises it to be ‘of special architectural or historic interest’ The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) hosts a series of events to mark its 40th […]

2005

May

6

Pro-Vice-Chancellor Joanne Wright Pro-Vice-Chancellor Bob Allison Deputy-Vice-Chancellor Paul Layzell Sussex is to undergo further development, including the creation of a strong new senior academic leadership team Sussex has a new mission statement, which includes contributing to the commonwealth of ideas and the development of society by pioneering research across disciplines, which inspires innovative thinking and […]

2004

May

6

Three undergraduates will benefit from new scholarships worth £27,000 as part of the Accent Foundation, a scheme unique to the University of Sussex Work begins on the largest building project on campus since its inception in the 1960s.  It comprises two schemes: a new teaching block (housing two lecture theatres and a number of seminar […]

2003

May

6

The first cohort for BSMS arrives This year sees a big rise in demand for places across the curriculum: 14,000 applicants for nearly 2000 places; seven applicants per place, five times the national average. These boom years for student applications are partly to do with national context Still need to attract more working-class students Accent […]

2002

May

6

Schools and departments are restructured, and a new academic and administrative management structure is introduced The curriculum is redesigned Sussex sees greatly increased applications in a wide range of subjects Stronger and more accessible student support is introduced An ambitious programme of investment and development of the campus begins, starting with the Brighton and Sussex […]

2001

May

6

The Damage and Stability Centre opens in March 2002 The Freeman Centre, a research unit in conjunction with Brighton University, bringing together science and technology policy issues, is nearing completion. This represents one of the biggest national developments in the social sciences The Arts curriculum is in the process of being restructured and applications are […]

2000

May

6

The flood in Lewes in October leads to 40,000 volumes of books being severely damaged in the book store there. Only a small amount of stock is irreplaceable but decisions need to be made about what will be replaced directly and what will be replaced in different media A number of staff and students also […]

1999

May

6

Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor Tony Moore Pro-Vice Chancellor Mary Stuart Pro-Vice Chancellor Nigel Lewellyn Sussex wins eight Marie Curie Training Sites awards out of 53 awarded in the UK for research training excellence for PhD students across disciplines Alun Howkins writes and presents a four-part BBC TV documentary series ‘Fruitful Earth’ covering 6,500 years of British farming […]

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