1964
May
5
- First Chancellor Viscount Monckton dies 9 January 1965
- The first Park houses are opened: Norwich house for men and York House for women
- New major subjects are introduced: American Studies; International Relations; and Social Anthropology
- The School of Physical Sciences is split into MAPS (Maths and Physics) and MOLS (Physics and Biochemistry)
- First MAs and MScs are offered, but there are not enough grants available for everyone
- Student grants are £340 per year in 1965
- There are discussions on audio-visual (a/v) aids and the need for an internal television system to be set up for teaching purposes, including the language lab
- Dr W Essyelynck becomes Director of the proposed Arts Centre with the view to it opening in 1965-66
- MA in Management Studies is to be offered in partnership with the Regional College of Technology
- Links are made with Herstmonceux Royal Observatory and the Rutherford High Enrgy Lab at Harwell
- Honorary Degrees are awarded to a number of people including Albert Finney, Henry Moore and Kenneth Kaunda
- An agreement is reached that the chapel will be called the Meeting House and will be a general quiet meeting space on the ground floor with the chapel on first floor
- A Data Process Committee begins to investigate the uses of computers at the University
- Thabo Mbeki graduates with a 2:1 from the School of Social Studies
Student numbers
1,504 students: 1,300 undergraduates and 204 postgraduates
Staff numbers
197 members of faculty including 28 professors and 100 lecturers