20th century University of Sussex

campus above in 2004. there have since been expansions notably on central campus addition of jubilee building, home of business school, , swanborough student residences. far north of campus northfield residences located

in effort establish university serve sussex, public meeting held in december 1911 @ royal pavilion in order discover ways fund construction of university; project halted world war i, , money raised used instead books municipal technical college.

the idea revived in 1950s and, in june 1958, government approved corporation s scheme university @ brighton, first of new generation of came known plate glass universities. university established company in 1959, royal charter being granted on 16 august 1961. university s organisation broke new ground in seeing campus divided schools of study, students able benefit multidisciplinary teaching environment. sussex emphasise cross-disciplinary activity, students emerge university range of background or contextual knowledge complement specialist core skills in particular subject area. example, arts students spent first year taking sciences while science students took arts.

the university grew, starting 52 students in 1961-62, having 3,200 in 1967-68. campus praised gorgeously modernist , groundbreaking, receiving numerous awards. student union quite active, organising events , concerts. performers pink floyd, jimi hendrix , chuck berry repeatedly performed @ university common room, giving university reputation rock , roll. yet, home towering figures such lord asa briggs, helmut pappe, gillian rose, jennifer platt , tom bottomore, university s scholarly excellence , academic reputation rose. university attracted number of renowned academics, such sir john cornforth, john maynard smith, martin wight, david daiches, roger blin-stoyle , colin eaborn. within few years, renowned scholars marcus cunliffe, gabriel josipovici, quentin bell, dame helen wallace , marie jahoda joined sussex, university established 1 of nation s best.

in 60s , 70s, number of stand-alone research institutes chose sussex home. these included astronomy centre, formal collaboation royal greenwich observatory astronomer royal sir richard woolley, , roger blin-stoyle , cell mutation unit under bryn bridges. , anthropologist tom harrison gave mass observation archive university.

sussex came identified student radicalism. in 1973 mob of students physically prevented united states government adviser samuel p. huntington giving speech on campus, due involvement in vietnam war.

in 1980, sussex edged out university of oxford become university highest income research grants , contracts.