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50 years

August 2007 - July 2008

Vice-Chancellor Michael Farthing

  • The new strategic plan Making the Future is published
  • Plans are developed to introduce 12 new schools from August 2009
  • Lord Attenborough steps down after 10 years as Chancellor and 40 years' service to the University
  • Proposals are announced to redevelop the Gardner centre
  • National Student Survey shows Sussex has 86 per cent student overall satisfaction and 88 per cent for teaching; both up on previous years
  • In the RAE 18 subjects rank in the top 20 for research in the UK: American Studies first, Politics second and Art History third
  • Sussex is ranked as 'the place to be' by international students for the third year running
  • Junior Research Scheme is set up to encourage UG students to take up an academic career
  • Sussex Research themes are set up: Environment and Health; Digital and Social Media; Culture and Heritage; Mind and Brain; Citizenship and Democratisation; and Global transformations
  • BSMS has its first 94 graduates
  • First 37 Business Studies students graduate from SPRU
  • The Library trials 24-hour opening
  • A new social networking site set up: SPLASH
  • Sussex forms a partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • The University is voted the healthiest workplace in Brighton
  • A new teaching block is planned for 2009-10
  • A new Arts academic building is planned, with building to commence in 2010
  • A new heating system is implemented that will reduce the University's carbon footprint
  • The International Summer School celebrates its 10th anniversary