The University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is a British campus university which is situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, and is 4 miles (6.4 km) from Brighton. It is the only university in England to be located entirely within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, that of the South Downswow account.
The University of Sussex was the first of the new wave of British universities founded in the 1960s, receiving its Royal Charter in August 1961, and came to be identified not only with postwar social change, but a groundbreaking interdisciplinary approach, and later social engagementwow account.
The University is ranked within the top 30 in the UK, with The Guardian University Rankings of 2005 placing Sussex 16th,whilst the 2007 "Good University Guide" places Sussex in 27th position and the latest 2008 ranking sees Sussex move up to 24th.[8] According to the 2008 Guardian University Rankings, Sussex has the number one ranked chemistry department among British universitieswow account, with its Professor Geoff Cloke recently being elected a Fellow of The Royal Society.
History The Arts Building on the University of Sussex campus.The University of Sussex initially began as an idea for the construction of a university to serve Brightonwow account. In December 1911 there was a public meeting at the Royal Pavilion in order to discover ways in which to fund the construction of a university. However, the project was halted by the First World War and the money raised was instead used for books for the Municipal Technical College. However, the idea was revived in the 1950s, and in June 1958, the government approved the corporation's scheme for a university at Brighton, the first of a new generation of red brick universities. The University was established as a company in 1959web design Sussex, with a Royal Charter being granted on 16 August 1961.
Many of the universities founded in the 1960s take their name from the county in which they are located. The University of Sussex is unusual in that it is in the county of East Sussex and yet uses only the "Sussex" part of the name (alluding to the historic county of Sussex)wow account; there was no corresponding university in the county of West Sussex.
The University of Sussex rapidly gained a reputation of radicalism and liberalism, which endures today, with the university's student union committed to political causesweb design Sussex. Currently the University has a "no platform for fascists" stance, disallowing fascist parties such as the BNP the right to speak and debate at the Universitywow account.
