I.The 1970s -- 1.Uncertainty, economy and improvisation -- 2.The academics: achievement and self-doubt -- 3.The academics: consultation and conditions -- 4.The students: life and opinions -- 5.The students: campaigns and causes -- II.The 1980s -- 6.New direction -- 7.Contraction, 1981-84 -- 8.Enterprise and economy -- 9.The Students' Union and the politicians -- 10.Efficiency and academic freedom -- 11.Research and rationalisation -- 12.Student culture in the 1980s -- 13.Epilogue -- Statistical appendix / Michele Abendstern / Steve Chick