To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University of Sussex, a special commemorative book has been commissioned telling the story of the University and how it has evolved over the last five decades.
In 1961 the first 52 students and nine members of faculty started at the brand new University of Sussex. From the beginning, the University set out to break the mould of traditional higher education and to redraw the map of learning. As John Fulton, the first Vice-Chancellor, remarked, Sussex was about ‘making the future’.
Over the subsequent five decades, the University has made a remarkable contribution to research and higher education teaching and learning in the UK and internationally.
Making the Future, published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University of Sussex, includes specially commissioned essays exploring the core business of the University – making knowledge and disseminating understanding – as well as varied pieces on the glorious architecture and landscape of the campus and the colourful history of Sussex student protest.
The book is richly illustrated with numerous photographs, most never published before, and also tells of the unique personal experiences of the some of the people who have worked or studied at Sussex.
To secure your copy of this special book (£18 plus postage and packing) please contact Carla Gilfoyle at the John Smith’s Bookshop on campus on +44(0)1273 678333 or carla.gilfoyle@johnsmith.co.uk.
Book contents
Preface by Prof. Michael Farthing
Introduction: the idea of Sussex by Prof. Fred Gray
Part I The fabric of the University
Edited by Fred Gray
2.00 Overview Fred Gray
2.01 Fifty voices for fifty years Lorraine Sitzia
2.02 Basil Spence and the University’s architecture Maurice Howard
2.03 Masterplanning the campus Roger FitzGerald
2.04 The origin and physical character of the University site David A. Robinson
2.05 The past in the present: the campus landscape before 1960 Brian Short
2.06 The Meeting House Gavin Ashenden
2.07 The Library Kitty Inglis
2.08 Information technology transformed Angi Drew, Dave Guest, Caroline House and Chris Limb
2.09 Money Steve Pavey
Part II Being a Sussex student
Edited by Fred Gray
3.00 Overview
3.01 Very heaven: being at Sussex in the sixties Amanda Wade
3.02 A Sussex reminiscence Brian Davis
3.03 Bringing on the girls Carol Dyhouse
3.04 The early leavers’ scheme Mary Nash
3.05 Early University dining culture Ann Eatwell
3.06 The radical university? Rob Skinner
3.07 Student radicalism Tom Wills
3.08 Be Still and Know? Lita Wallis
Part III The Sciences
Edited by Jonathan Bacon and Benedict du Boulay
4.00 Overview: doing science Jonathan Bacon and Benedict du Boulay
4.01 Cognitive and computing sciences Margaret Boden
4.02 Co-evolution of biological and computational sciences Phil Husbands and Michael O’Shea
4.03 From COGS to consciousness Anil Seth
4.04 Sensory systems Mike Land
4.05 The JMS legacy David Harper
4.06 Biochemistry Tony Moore
4.07 Biomedical engineering Helen Prance
4.08 From small beginnings ... forty years of research on genome stability Alan Lehmann
4.09 The discovery of C60 Buckminsterfullerene – Sussex’s part in its downfall (from the sky) Harry Kroto
4.10 Physics - superfluid helium Tony Leggett
4.11 Life in MOLS John Murrell
4.12 C60, fullerenes and a Nobel Prize Jonathan Hare
4.13 Rolls-Royce F. J. Bayley and A. B. Turner
4.14 Mathematics Charles M. Goldie and James W. P. Hirschfeld
4.15 A brief history of the Astronomy Centre Robert C. Smith
4.16 Astronomy - large scale projects Andrew Liddle
4.17 Physics - electric dipole moment Jim Grozier
4.18 Psychology: the long road to unification Rod Bond
4.19 50 years of technical services in the sciences John Burns, Chris Leech and Malcolm Strong
Part IV The Arts and Social Sciences
Edited by Stephen Burman
5.00 Overview: redrawing the maps of learning in the arts and social sciences Stephen Burman
5.01 English Norman Vance
5.02 Media and cultural studies Kate Lacey
5.03 History Alun Howkins
5.04 School courses in the School of European Studies Nigel Llewellyn
5.05 Social and political thought Andrew Chitty and Gordon Finlayson
5.06 Intellectual history Donald Winch
5.07 Economics Michael Lipton
5.08 SPRU Gordon MacKerron and Geoff Oldham
5.09 Geography David Robinson and Brian Short
5.10 Migration Russell King
5.11 Sociology Luke Martell
5.12 Research for the twenty-first century Bob Allison
Part V Beyond the plateglass
Edited by Fred Gray
6.00 Overview: the University, the locality and region Fred Gray
6.01 An arts centre for Sussex: from the Gardner to the Attenborough Sally Jane Norman
6.02 Engaging the community Pam Coare and Fred Gray
6.03 Mass Observation and life history research Margaretta Jolly and Fiona Courage
6.04 Initial teacher education Pat Drake
6.05 The Brighton and Sussex Medical School Jon Cohen
