• Schools and departments are restructured, and a new academic and administrative management structure is introduced
• The curriculum is redesigned
• Sussex sees greatly increased applications in a wide range of subjects
• Stronger and more accessible student support is introduced
• 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
• A new University logo is unveiled
• Five new schools replace the previous 11: Humanities, Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Cultural Studies; Science and Technology, and the Sussex Institute
• Humanities includes eight departments: American Studies, Art history, English, History, Sussex Language Institute, Linguistics and English Language, Music, and Philosophy
• Life Sciences includes four departments: Biochemistry, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, and Psychology
• Social Sciences and Cultural Studies includes six departments: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, International Relations & Politics, Media and Cultural Studies, Sociology, and the Sussex European Institute
• Science and Technology includes four departments: Engineering & Design, Informatics, Maths, and Physics and Astronomy
• Sussex Institute includes four departments: CCE, Social Work and Social Care, Law, and Education
• The Science curriculum is under review, led by new PVC Evelyn Welch
• A new Conference Centre opens in Bramber House (Refectory Building) in December
• Project V, the University volunteering initiative, is launched
• Sussex beats Cambridge in University Challenge but loses to Oxford in the second round
• Sussex Direct secure web-based information for students and staff is piloted
• Former Sussex academic professor Anthony Leggett is award the Nobel Prize for Physics. He worked at Sussex from 1967-83
• 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 Oh! What a Lovely War

Quotes

'Sussex was created in the early 1960s as a place that was radically different. Our founders took a radical look at higher education; buildings which set a new standard for design; research and teaching which cuts across traditional disciplines; an outspoken social engagement with an international outlook' Vice-Chancellor

'The University is undertaking the most radical set of changes it has seen since it was created in the early 1960s' Vice-Chancellor