Michael John Godfrey Farthing (born 1948) is a British emeritus professor at the University of Sussex, where he was previously its vice-chancellor (2007–2016).
In 1990 he was appointed professor of gastroenterology at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and held this post for five years.
In 2007, Farthing was appointed the seventh vice chancellor at University of Sussex, where he led plans for re-development.
[1] In 1969, before qualifying as a doctor he spent time volunteering at a mission hospital in a village in the Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh, India.
[4] Upon returning to the UK in 1983, he became senior lecturer and honorary consultant back at St Bartholomew's Hospital's department of gastroenterology.
[4] In 1990 he was appointed professor of gastroenterology at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and held this post for five years.
These include Co-ordinator (Gastroenterology) for the UK/Poland Health Agreement first from 1990 to 1992 and then from 1992 to 1994, and member for the Education Committee and Undergraduate Board of the General Medical Council, both from 2001 to 2008.
[16] In 2007, Farthing was appointed the seventh vice chancellor at University of Sussex,[5] where he led plans for re-development.
[17] It set out plans to grow its research income, double international student numbers and increase engagement with the business community.
[24] In late November 2012, several dozen students barricaded themselves in the conference centre at Sussex University in protest against plans to outsource campus services.
[25] In December Farthing took action to suspend five students associated with occupations of administration buildings and restrict them from returning to campus.