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Sussex corruption expert calls for transparency from FIFA
A corruption expert at Sussex has described this week’s events at FIFA’s headquarters in Switzerland as potentially “a watershed moment”. The arrest of officials from football’s international governing body, and the prospect of more evidence coming out about the culture that has pervaded it, will influence how FIFA moves to tackle corruption, said Professor Dan Hough, Director of the Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption and Professor of Politics. Writing for The Conversation, Professor Hough argued: “Only when transparency, accountability and a preparedness to allow genuine external oversight are the watch-words of all FIFA’s activities will sceptics really start to believe in the organisation again."
Latest issue of Sussex history journal marks anniversary of June 1940
Seventy-five years on from the events of June 1940 in Britain and France during a time of global conflict, a special issue of the University of Sussex Journal of Contemporary History explores these events from a range of perspectives. It includes a series of articles marking the 75th anniversary and contains details about a conference on the theme of June 1940 that took place on campus in October 2014.
Norman Baldwin’s funeral to take place 22 June
Norman Baldwin, Technical Advisor for around 23 years until 1993 in what used to be the Institute of Continuing and Professional Education, has died. All staff who remember Norman are welcome to attend his funeral, at Eastbourne Crematorium on 22 June at 10.30am.
New MP praises local universities
Local MP Peter Kyle used his maiden speech in the House of Commons this week to praise Brighton and Hove’s universities and social life. The newly elected Labour MP for Hove said: “This explains why our city has been voted the best place to live.” “We do however have a problem,” he added. “The problem is with immigration: that's people flocking down from London, buying up property and clogging up our commuter trains.” Mr Kyle himself moved from Bognor to Brighton in 1996 as a 26-year-old to attend the University of Sussex.