Community Engagement at Sussex

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   Name: Luke Martell on Dec 16, 2011

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   Name: Dr Martyn Stenning on Dec 16, 2011

   Comments: I have taught Ecology and Ornithology for 15 years for CCE. My students have represented all adult ages and backgrounds. Some have gone on to achieve great things. The courses were good for them, me and Sussex (University and County) I would like to see CCE continue.

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   Name: James on Dec 16, 2011

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   Name: Jaane Rowehl on Dec 16, 2011

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   Name: Ben Rudling on Dec 16, 2011

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   Name: Dudley Moore on Dec 16, 2011

   Comments: This closure is terrible news. Michael Farthing's article in the Independent awhile back waxed lyrical about the University and local community involvement. There is nothing closer to the local community than CCE. The economic climate may be difficult, but surely any future developments at Sussex must not be at the expense of the local community which has supported (through CCE courses) the university for many years. Adult education is vitally important to any community but obviously not to the university.

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   Name: Mary Rudling on Dec 16, 2011

   Comments: It seems to be very short sighted to close a department which offers a second chance for people to train and obtain new qualifications at a time when so many people are losing their jobs and needing to gain new skills. The CCE has recruited very high calibre students who have gone on to work in new fields including archaeology and creative writing. The demand for these courses is very high and unfortunately many students who have asked to do an MA or a DPHIL in Archaeology recently have had to be turned down because of the university's decision to close the department.

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   Name: Richard Cox on Dec 16, 2011

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   Name: Maria Gardiner on Dec 16, 2011

   Comments: I completely agree with all of the above. A university which cuts itself off from the local community needs to think very carefully before so doing.

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    Name: Brenda Giddey on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Jane Whitcher on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: When I left school I was not interested in higher education, but overtime I realised that I wanted to learn more. Accessing my degree at CCE enabled me to fulfill an ambition that I had held for 30 years and the loss of such an excellent teaching facility would be a tragedy for others in the same position as me who want to learn.

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    Name: Kevin Fromings on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: So much damage will be done to so many community links and projects in the future

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    Name: Alison Jackson-Bass on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: Further education should never be axed. For shame!

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    Name: Michael Jackson-Bass on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: Stopping continuing education is short-sighted.

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    Name: Jane Russell on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: The CCE has been very successful in engaging academic subjects within the community and getting the students extremely enthusiastic - what a shame after years of hard work that it should just disappear from the University.

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    Name: Don Cooper on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Colin Merrony on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: Don't make the mistake of reducing the diversity of access routes to university. It will cost Sussex University dearly in the long run

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    Name: Anonymous on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: CCE provides an invaluable service to people who wish to learn something new. Especially those who may not have reached their full potential in main stream school/college

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    Name: Pat Thomas on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: Michael Farthing - think again.

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    Name: Jessica Sproxton Miller on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: CCE plays an important role both in terms of the University and the wider community. At a time when branching out and rebuilding societies and communities is important - and potentially financially beneficial - scaling back community engagement is ludicrous and short-sighted.

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    Name: Richard Carter on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Terry Owen on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: Extremely disappointed to hear of the proposed closure of CEE, having spent 6 years with them during my BA degree course that was successfully completed this past summer.

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    Name: Vikki Jacobs on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: I think this is terrible, I studied at sussex university and gained a community development foundation degree which has helped me grow in my role as community development officer without this valuable degree I would not of exceled in my role as much as I have as well as guide my team.

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    Name: Kate Panton on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Guy Crawford on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Alan Hall on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Lorna Cherry on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Mary Alexander on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: Surrey no longer has extra-mural courses so if Sussex stops providing them a large part of the South East will be without any provision. Archaeology in particular has always relied on volunteers, and it would be a great loss if people no longer had access to courses which provide knowledge, skills and enjoyable activites.

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    Name: Joanna Bird on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: At a time when many universities have cut adult and continuing education opportunities, Sussex has been a notable exception - to cut these now would be an immense loss, both to potential students and to the university itself. I feel particularly strongly about the loss of archaeology, a field which many only enter in adult life and for which Sussex has made exceptional provision

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    Name: Anna Stavrianakis on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: John Chalcraft on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Daytun Unitt on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: The removal of any educational provision should never be aproved of. Education is not a business it is a fundemental part of the comunity.

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    Name: Celia E Bailey on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: The Archaeology and Local History disapeared from Surrey University, this can't happen to any more in the south east.

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    Name: Nora Sanwell on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Jan T Kim on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Jan Oldham on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: From personal and current experience as a 'second chance' adult learner, I have only been able to access a degree due to the existence of CCE. The archaeology department is excellent - the prospect that the wonderful courses they offer would be no more is a tragedy for archaeology in Sussex. The projects that have been produced by students from this department of dedicated and professional staff have been of an extremely high standard. The University of Sussex should be very proud of the innovative projects and great successes achieved in archaeology - and indeed across CCE as a whole - and look to ways of continuing to provide these popular learning opportunities for local adults in the community.

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    Name: Barry Pavier on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: William McEvoy on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: The priority of a university is education, not profit.

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    Name: Anonymous on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Ken Phillips on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Phil Oldham on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Tim Pieraccini on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Neil Williamson on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Anonymous on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: Brighton resident

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    Name: Craig Atkins on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: It would be a great shame if the CCE closes its doors, I have personally and professionally benefitted from attending the foundation degree in community development course. Unfortunatley there are very few avenues for adult learners to engage with this type of course and I would urge the universtiy to explore all avenues before making this short-sighted decision.

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    Name: Luke Beale on Dec 16, 2011

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    Name: Janet French on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: Not a Union bod at all, but I think the University needs to seriously rethink this proposal. It may be loss-making in financial terms, but in terms of 'goodwill' and the community's perception of the University this can only be a bad idea.

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    Name: Danielle King on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: I hope that CCE doesn't close, I myself have benefited from their sign language course and the variety of courses on offer for mature learners and those that want to try new things is fantastic. Danielle King

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    Name: Andrew Maxted on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: Think again Sussex - surely a University of the stature of Sussex has some responsibility to the local community ?

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    Name: Rob Crowther on Dec 16, 2011

    Comments: Looks like another attempt to use wheel out the 'current economic environment' excuse to off-load a good initiative which doesn't put the right number in the Excel spreadsheet for the bean-counters. Bad for the community, bad for the students, bad for the institution.

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