{"id":70,"date":"2011-05-06T08:55:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T08:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/fiftyyears\/?p=70"},"modified":"2011-05-06T08:55:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T08:55:20","slug":"1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/fiftyyears\/2011\/05\/06\/1977\/","title":{"rendered":"1977"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>There are concerns about the decline of University autonomy as      legislative pressure is shaping the way universities operate, including      employment, pay and conditions<\/li>\n<li>February 1978 the Government publishes <em>Higher Education into the 1990s. <\/em>The report focuses on      demographic issues and forecasts that the number of 18-year-olds will peak      in 1982 (up 10 per cent) then decline by 10 per cent until 1989 and      decline by a further 20 per cent to 1994. The VC says that to tackle this      issue Sussex will target non-traditional learners such as women returners      and other mature students<\/li>\n<li>There are fears that the new Council for National Academic      Awards (CNAA) structure will remove teaching validation from the University      and impact adversely on the Education Area<\/li>\n<li>Sussex is second only to Oxford in obtaining research grants      and income (out of 49 universities)<\/li>\n<li>The university sector has generally stopped expanding and in      some cases is shrinking, making it difficult to recruit junior lecturers.      In addition the UGC puts a cap on Sussex student numbers<\/li>\n<li>The students maintenance grant increases from \u00a31,010 pa to \u00a31,100      for students living away from home, which covers the 10 per cent inflation      rise<\/li>\n<li>The Sussex University Press established in 1971 in partnership      with Chatto &amp; Windus has published 47 books. This partnership ends September      1977; the future is under consideration<\/li>\n<li>Senate passes a rule that smoking is not allowed in committee      meetings \u2013 this causes heated debate and Council rules that while it is up      to each committee to decide for itself, there will be no smoking in Council      meetings<\/li>\n<li>Reginald M Phillips, \u2018the university\u2019s most substantial      benefactor\u2019, dies<\/li>\n<li>In CCS new Majors are offered in Social Administration, Urban      Studies, and Human Sciences, while contextual courses include: English      Rural Communities, Cities and Society, Social Stratification, Perspectives      on Feminism, and Popular Culture<\/li>\n<li>The<strong> <\/strong>University owns      45 per cent of all student accommodation, with priority given to first-year      students<\/li>\n<li>For the first time since 1972 no new accommodation has been built      but further accommodation is planned for 1981<\/li>\n<li>Inflation is slowing down which means a slight decrease in      student hardship<\/li>\n<li>A new Handicapped Persons Committee is formed to deal with      facilities for disabled students<\/li>\n<li>More women students and more mature students means cr\u00e8che      facilities are increasingly important<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Student numbers<\/h3>\n<h4>Arts and Social Studies<\/h4>\n<p>2,620 students: 2,250 undergraduates (an increase of 115), 370 postgraduates (a decrease of 35)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are concerns about the decline of University autonomy as legislative pressure is shaping the way universities operate, including employment, pay and conditions February 1978 the Government publishes Higher Education into the 1990s. 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