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18 unusual facts about University of Sussex


Bishnodat Persaud

In 1994, the Inter-American Development Bank appointed him joint leader with Mike Faber of the University of Sussex, of a team to prepare a comprehensive report on socio-economic problems of Guyana.

Claudia Molitor

Born in Germany, Claudia Molitor studied Music and Media at University of Sussex.

Cornelius Jakhelln

Cornelius has a master's degree in philosophie/lettres modernes from University of Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne and a master's degree in the philosophy of cognitive science with a minor in aesthetics from the University of Sussex.

Cristian Vogel

He attended the University of Sussex, under the tutorship of Martin Butler (composer) and Jonathan Harvey (composer) and graduated with a degree in 20th Century music, suffusing his techno compositions with influences from musique concrète and other avant-garde styles.

Diane Thome

She has been composer-in-residence at the University of Sussex, Bennington Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum of the East.

Don LePan

He received a BA in English Literature from Carleton University in Ottawa and an MA in Renaissance Studies from the University of Sussex, where he studied under A.D. Nuttall; his research on Shakespeare’s plots became the basis for a monograph (The Birth of Expectation).

Giannis Ragousis

He completed his studies with a Master's degree in Financial Development from the University of Sussex, U.K..

James R. Heath

When Heath was a graduate student at Rice University, he ran the experimental apparatus that generated the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the three senior members of the collaboration: Robert F. Curl and Richard E. Smalley of Rice University and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex.

Jeremy Boissevain

Boissevain graduated for his PhD in 1962 at the London School of Economics and has subsequently taught at the Universities of Montreal, Sussex, Malta, New York (Stony Brook), Massachusetts (Amherst), Columbia University and the Jagiellonian University in Cracow.

Kees van der Pijl

Kees van der Pijl (born 15 June 1947) is a Dutch political scientist who is emeritus professor of international relations at the University of Sussex.

Maurice Isserman

Isserman has participated in an exchange at the University of Sussex in fall 1985, a Mellon fellowship at Harvard University, 1992–1993, a Fulbright Distinguished Professorship at the University of Moscow, spring 1997, and an exchange at Pembroke College, Oxford University, fall 2001.

MicroRhythm

The game was rapidly developed over a two-week period while Simon was a student at the University of Sussex, using samples from the Roland TR-707 drum machine as the audio source.

Monk's House

Upon Leonard's death the house was bequeathed to his close friend, the artist Trekkie Parsons, née Ritchie, who sold it to University of Sussex in 1972.

Natalie Wexler

She is a graduate of the Bryn Mawr School, Radcliffe College (A.B. 1976, magna cum laude), the University of Sussex (M.A. 1977), and the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 1983), where she served as editor-in-chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

Ralf Rangnick

This was to prove his level, as he played at a string of small lowly clubs, including a stint at English non-league side Southwick while studying English on a guest year at the University of Sussex in Brighton where Rangnick studied astrophysics and was shortlisted to join the FGR's Space Programme.

Ruth Lynden-Bell

She obtained degrees from the University of Cambridge, became a lecturer in chemistry at the University of Sussex, and later returned to Cambridge.

Susannah Waters

She is an Associate Tutor in Creative Writing at the University of Sussex.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

The University of Sussex runs a similar scheme, across all of its departments, where undergraduates are funded for 6 weeks as Junior Research Associates.


Christopher J. Lane

Lane graduated with a B.A. in English and Philosophy from the University of East Anglia (1988), and subsequently earned an M.A. in Critical Theory from the University of Sussex (1991) and his Ph.D. from the University of London in 1992.

Common Professional Examination

The CPE is also offered by some more established British universities, such as the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, Cardiff University, the University of East Anglia, Keele University, the University of Sussex and Swansea University.

David A. Booth

In 1966-72, he was Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, on his own funds from SERC, MRC and MHRF.

Dennis Howitt

Howitt completed a first class honours degree in psychology at Brunel University in 1967 and earned his D.Phil at the University of Sussex.

John Krige

After earning a PhD in philosophy at the University of Sussex, in the United Kingdom in 1979, Krige's academic career has been in the history of science, including notable efforts within the project to write the history of CERN and the European Space Agency in the 1980s and 1990s.

Kjetil Skogrand

He took the Master of Arts degree in International Relations at the University of Sussex in 1992, and the cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo in 1994.

Mansur Muhtar

He earned an Masters degree in Economics and Politics of Development from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom in 1983, and a Phd in Economics from the University of Sussex, Brighton in February 1988.

Martha Kearney

Kearney was born in Dublin, and brought up in an academic environment: her father, the historian Hugh Kearney, taught first at Sussex and later at Edinburgh universities.

Michael Mingos

He was educated at the Harvey Grammar School, King Edward VII School Lytham St Anne's, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (Chemistry Department Prize 1963, BSc First Class 1965, Hon DSc 2000), and the University of Sussex (DPhil 1968, Hon DSc 2001).

Ockham's Razor Theatre Company

They had previously all been studying unrelated theatre subjects at separate universities: Harvey studied Fine Art at De Montfort University in Leicester, Mooney studied English Literature with Spanish at the University of Sussex as well as La Universidad de Santiago, Chile, and Koch studied Cultural Science and Aesthetic Communication at Universität Hildesheim, originally training as a dancer.

Park Village

:For the University of Sussex residences, see University of Sussex#Housing; for the towns in California, see Park Village, California.

Paul Oestreicher

He retired from the Cathedral in 1998, becoming its Canon Emeritus and moving to Brighton, where he lives with his second wife, the New Zealander Barbara Einhorn, a professor at the University of Sussex.

Robert Fosbury

He started his career at the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO) in Herstmonceux, England in 1969 and was awarded his D.Phil by the nearby University of Sussex in 1973.

Roger Berry

Berry lectured in Economics at the School of African and Asian Studies in London from 1973–4; Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex from 1973–4; the University of Papua New Guinea from 1974–8; and the University of Bristol from 1978–92.

Siân Busby

The daughter of the Canadian actor Tom Busby and Wendy Russell, she was educated at Creighton School in Muswell Hill and read English at Sussex University.

Sue Woodford-Hollick, Lady Hollick

Sue Woodford-Hollick was educated at the University of Sussex and is the daughter of Ulric Cross, a former High Court judge in Trinidad, Trinidadian High Commissioner to London (1990–93) and much-decorated RAF squadron leader in World War II.

Thomas Elsaesser

In 1963 Elsaesser left Germany for the United Kingdom, where he studied English literature at the University of Sussex (1963–1966); after receiving his B.A. degree there, he spent a year at the Sorbonne in Paris (1967–68).