{"id":91,"date":"2011-05-06T11:12:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T11:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/fiftyyears\/?p=91"},"modified":"2011-05-06T11:13:09","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T11:13:09","slug":"1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/fiftyyears\/2011\/05\/06\/1987\/","title":{"rendered":"1987"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The VC is looking forward to the 1990s and the shape of      universities in that decade<\/li>\n<li>Forthcoming trends in HE internationally could include East      Asia being as great an economic power as the USA, and political changes in      the Soviet bloc shaping the future. Sussex looks forw<strong>a<\/strong>rd to cultural, social and economic exchanges as the Cold War      thaws<\/li>\n<li>In the UK a move towards a more flexible and enterprising work      culture will have an impact on how people learn: innovation will be a key      driver in universities<\/li>\n<li>Sussex has the will to excel in novel and radical ways, in new      and different times, and to do so both with distinctiveness and with      distinction<\/li>\n<li>The working population is growing, especially as more women      seek full-time work<\/li>\n<li>The number of people between the ages of 25 and 60 will      increase by two million between 1987 and 1995<\/li>\n<li>Emphasis on secondary level qualifications is changing from      exams to coursework and from specialisation to a broader curriculum,      leading to a different group of students likely to want to attend      university<\/li>\n<li>The 1988 Public Expenditure White Paper states that there      should be higher participation rates in HE from all groups including      part-time mature and women students during the 1990s. Sussex admissions      policy is to be reviewed to include better access to students with non-standard      qualifications, widening access opportunities and making more effective      use of talent among older people, women returners and ethnic minorities      and other groups who have not traditionally attended university<\/li>\n<li>There is the need to review programmes offered and their structure,      including possibly introducing modular degree structures and a wider      system of credit transfer<strong>. <\/strong>Geographical      mobility, especially within Europe, is also a consideration<\/li>\n<li>New subject areas are to be developed to address the new      demands of society. The sort of new qualifications that Sussex should offer      include Certificates and Diplomas<\/li>\n<li>In 1987 over 20 per cent of new UGs are aged over 21 (compared      to 11 per cent nationally)<strong>. <\/strong>Sussex      ranks fifth in the number of International Baccalaureate holders as      students between 1971 and 1986. One-sixth of students at Sussex spend a      year in Europe as part of their degree<\/li>\n<li>There are plans for a new Enterprise Centre at the University<\/li>\n<li>Sussex and Brighton sign \u2018an historic agreement\u2019 to run the first      joint university\/polytechnic degree in the country, the MSc in Computer Technology.      The first cohort will start in October 1988<\/li>\n<li>Paul McCartney and Anita Roddick are the first people to be      awarded the new honorary degree of Doctor of the University<\/li>\n<li>The premiere of Attenborough\u2019s <em>Cry Freedom<\/em> is held in Brighton and raises \u00a36,000 for two Sussex      charities: the Mandela Scholarship Fund and the University of Sussex      Silver Jubilee Scholarship Fund for Handicapped Students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Student numbers<\/h3>\n<p>4,748 students: 3,565 undergraduates, 1,183 postgraduates (859 full-time, 324 part-time)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The VC is looking forward to the 1990s and the shape of universities in that decade Forthcoming trends in HE internationally could include East Asia being as great an economic power as the USA, and political changes in the Soviet bloc shaping the future. 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