{"id":126,"date":"2011-05-06T11:49:19","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T11:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/fiftyyears\/?p=126"},"modified":"2011-05-09T02:15:09","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T02:15:09","slug":"2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/fiftyyears\/2011\/05\/06\/2002\/","title":{"rendered":"2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Schools and departments are restructured, and a new academic      and administrative management structure is introduced<\/li>\n<li>The curriculum is redesigned<\/li>\n<li>Sussex sees greatly increased applications in a wide range of      subjects<\/li>\n<li>Stronger and more accessible student support is introduced<\/li>\n<li>An ambitious programme of investment and development of the      campus begins, starting with the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS);      the first new medical school for 40 years partnered with Brighton      University. In October 2002 the Medical School opens and receives 970      applicants for 160 places<\/li>\n<li>A new University logo is unveiled<\/li>\n<li>Five new schools replace the previous 11: Humanities, Life      Sciences, Social Sciences and Cultural Studies; Science and Technology,      and the Sussex Institute<\/li>\n<li>Humanities includes eight departments: American Studies, Art      history, English, History, Sussex Language Institute, Linguistics and      English Language, Music, and Philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Life Sciences includes four departments: Biochemistry, Biology      &amp; Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, and Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Social Sciences and Cultural Studies includes six departments: Anthropology,      Economics, Geography, International Relations &amp; Politics, Media and      Cultural Studies, Sociology, and the Sussex European Institute<\/li>\n<li>Science and Technology includes four departments: Engineering      &amp; Design, Informatics, Maths, and Physics and Astronomy<\/li>\n<li>Sussex Institute includes four departments: CCE, Social Work      and Social Care, Law, and Education<\/li>\n<li>The Science curriculum is under review, led by new PVC Evelyn      Welch<\/li>\n<li>A new Conference Centre opens in Bramber House (Refectory      Building) in December<\/li>\n<li>Project V, the University volunteering initiative, is launched<\/li>\n<li>Sussex beats Cambridge in University Challenge but loses to      Oxford in the second round<\/li>\n<li>Sussex Direct secure web-based information for students and      staff is piloted<\/li>\n<li>Former Sussex academic professor Anthony Leggett is award the      Nobel Prize for Physics. He worked at Sussex from 1967-83<\/li>\n<li>Lord Attenborough celebrates his 80th birthday with a private      party on campus. The Downs Restaurant is transformed into theatre on the      end of the West Pier and there is a World War One theme in acknowledgement      of the film <em>Oh! What a Lovely War<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Quotes<\/h3>\n<p>\u2018Sussex was created in the early 1960s as a place that was radically different. 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