People
- New Sabbaticals
- Thomas Balment
- Duncan joins the Team
- New Appointments And Awards
- Farewell
- Visit to Jordan
- Appointments and movement in the Finance Division
New Sabbaticals
This year's Students' Union Executive from left:
Kate Gravett (VP Sport), Lindsay Hodder (VP Welfare), David Flatman
(VP Finance), Simon Michaelides (President), David Newton (VP Communication),
and Carolyne Culver (VP Education).
The Students' Union is situated in Falmer House and the Sabbaticals' offices are on the second floor. If you have any queries or problems please do not hesitate to contact them.
Thomas Balment
We are deeply sorry to report the death of Thomas Balment. Tom, a second year student reading French with International Relations in EURO, was killed in a surfing accident in Cornwall on 27 September just a few days before returning to his studies at Sussex.
Duncan joins the Team
DUNCAN GRAHAM-ROWE joins the Information
Office as the new Graduate Intern. Duncan, who graduated last year
from Sussex with a BA in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, will be
raising media coverage of University research and news, and reporting
for the Bulletin. If you have any stories for theBulletin
or for local or national media, please contact Duncan on ext.
8209 or e-mail: D.H.Graham-Rowe@sussex.ac.uk
All budding cartoonists
are also urged to get in touch.
New Appointments And Awards
New Professors
ANTHONY FIELDING (AFRAS) is promoted to Professor in Human Geography.
RAPHAEL KAPLINSKY Fellow in the Institute of Development Studies has been awarded the title of Professorial Fellow.
DAVID GANN Senior Fellow in the Science Policy Research Unit, is promoted to Professorial Fellow.
Professor RICHARD VINCENT, Director of the Trafford Centre for Graduate Medical Education and Research now has the title Professor of Medical Science.
AppointmentsDr COLIN BROOKS is reappointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor until 31 July 1999.
Professor JOHN MURRELL has been appointed founding Dean of the new School of Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science (CPES)
Dr ANDREW CROZIER has taken over from Bob Benewick as Dean of the School of English and American Studies.
Professor ANTHONY MOORE has now taken over from Chris Darwin as Dean of the School of Biological Sciences.
Professor KEITH PAVITT is Acting Director of the Science Policy Research Unit following the resignation of Professor Michael Gibbons and until a new Director is appointed.
Congratulations to:Dr DAVID HILL on receiving the Primate Society of Japan's Research Award for 1996.
Professor HELEN WALLACE on being made a Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mrite by the French Government.
Emeritus Professor JOHN MAYNARD SMITH on receipt of the Sewall Wright Award of the American Society of Naturalists.
Farewell
Bulletin would like to say goodbye and send best
wishes to all those who retired over the summer, amongst whom was
Professor Chalmers, the Director of Computing Services. Pro-Vice-Chancellor
Colin Brooks writes:
Alastair Chalmers retired on 30 September after 30 years at the University. Professor Chalmers had been Professor of Social Psychology, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Arts). He was in charge of Computing Services between 1985 and 1988 and from 1990. During his tenure of the post, Alastair guided a transformation in the scale and scope of the University's Computing Service. Ten years ago, computers and computing were the preserve of a few. There are now few students or faculty who do not rely upon the Service, and it is expected that computing and information handling skills are possessed by all. The campus network and SUPER-JANET connections allow access to a vast range of external databases. The maintenance of the network and support for users and their software continue to present great challenges to the service staff which Alastair Chalmers ensured would be met efficiently and effectively. He has played a key role in the national Joint Information Systems Committee and this he will be continuing. Some of that work will be based at Sussex. We are sure that Alastair's retirement will see him as much in demand and as busy as ever.
Visit to Jordan
GAVIN WRAITH saw some familiar faces on his trip to Jordan this September. Whilst attending the Third Jordanian Mathematical Conference he stayed with one of his old pupils, Dr HASSAN AL EZEH who did his DPhil under Gavin at Sussex in 1975. Another Sussex alumnus, Dr OTHMAN MALHAS, who studied under Peter Williams at the same time, is also at the Yarmouk University in Irbid. "It was from Dr Malhas's Apple microcomputer that I was able to read my e-mail at Sussex. E-mail for staff at the University of Jordan is due to become more widely available soon, but access to the Internet may take longer to arrive."
Appointments and movement in the Finance Division
STEVE PAVEY has been appointed Finance Officer and Business Director and now heads both the Finance and Business Divisions.
MARK CLARK has been appointed Research Grants and Contracts Officer and will head the Research Grants and Contracts Section (which replaces the Research Office) in the Finance Division. Mark comes to Sussex from Warwick where he was Industrial Developments Officer.
The Research Grants and Contracts Office will be relocated on Level 2 of Sussex House and CLEM SMITH, European Liaison Officer, will be relocated to that office.
Following a long period of service with the University in various capacities, JOHN FARRANT retired on 30 September. John will be re-employed on a part-time basis, initially to work on Medical School developments. He is now based in the Trafford Centre.
ANTHONY YOUNG is joining the Planning Office. He will continue with his responsibility for calculation of the budget and other aspects of financial planning.