University of Huddersfield
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| Established | 1844 (as Huddersfield Mechanics' Institution) |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Patrick Stewart OBE |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Bob Cryan |
| Staff | 1,100 academic, 900 support |
| Students | 19,420 [1] |
| Undergraduates | 15,835 [1] |
| Postgraduates | 3,555 [1] |
| Location | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Campus | Semi-urban |
| Website | http://www.hud.ac.uk/ |
The University of Huddersfield is a University in the town of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It has around 20,000 students and is located near the town centre. The Chancellor is the actor Patrick Stewart, who is originally from Mirfield. The university sponsors the local rugby league team, Huddersfield Giants.
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[edit] History
[edit] Overview
While the institution became a University only in 1992, it traces its roots back to a Mental Improvement Society founded in 1841. Huddersfield Polytechnic was formed in 1970 by the merger of a regional technology college with the Oastler College of Education. This Polytechnic combined with Huddersfield College of Education became the University of Huddersfield. Storthes Hall Park Campus was once a Psychiatric hospital. This is some distance from the main campus, set in the countryside, near Kirkburton on the A629 road to Penistone.
[edit] Significant Dates
1799 - 1882 - The life of Frederic Schwann
1841 - 1844 - Young Men's Mental Improvement Society
1844 - 1884 - Mechanics' Institution Formed
1846 - 1883 - Female Educational Institute Formed
1883 - 1883 - New Technical School Holds Exhibition
1884 - 1896 - Technical School and Mechanics' Institution
1896 - 1958 - Technical School and Mechanic's Institute becomes the Technical College
1958 - 1970 - Technical College becomes College of Technology
1970 - 1992 - College of Technology becomes Huddersfield Polytechnic
1992 - Present - The University of Huddersfield
[edit] Academic Schools & Campuses
The University is organised into the following academic Schools:
- Applied Sciences
- Art & Design
- Computing and Engineering
- Education and Professional Development
- Huddersfield University Business School (HUBS)
- Human and Health Sciences
- Music, Humanities and Media
The University of Huddersfield has a sister campus University Centre Oldham, in Oldham, Greater Manchester and a similar site, University Centre Barnsley in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
[edit] The Students' Union
The Students' Union used to be in the Victorian-style Milton Hall, a former United Reformed Church and now part of Theatre Studies. Since January 10th 2005, it is in a £4m new purpose-built construction behind the Harold Wilson building. The Union is less political than other student unions, but a recent campaign to keep Wednesdays Afternoon free, where students should be able to have Wednesdays afternoons off for sports and societies, had a good response. The student newspaper is called Huddersfield Student, published 8 times a year.
The Students' Union has a five person sabbatical team, made up of elected officers. Elections are held in March every year and the executive committee run the Students' Union, with a number of other elected officers (non-sabbaticals) and staff members.
The current Executive Committee is:
- President - Martin Rix
- VP Finance and Commercial Services - Marcus Woolcock
- VP Education and Welfare - Mark Freeman
- VP Communications - Verne Lewis
- VP Sports and Societies - Jason Southwell
[edit] The Good University Guide
The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2006, ranks the university 75th out of 119 in the UK [1].
[edit] External links
- University of Huddersfield website
- Research at the University of Huddersfield
- University of Huddersfield Students' Union.
- Students' Union student reps
- New Chancellor for the next generation.
- New Student Union building opened.
- Huddersfield Giants
- Huddersfield Student Voice (Unofficial message board)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06. Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
England: Anglia Ruskin • University of the Arts • Aston • Bath • Bath Spa • Bedfordshire • Birmingham • UCE Birmingham • Bolton • Bournemouth • Bradford • Brighton • Bristol • Brunel • Buckingham • Cambridge • Canterbury Christ Church • Central Lancashire • Chester • Chichester • City • Coventry • Cranfield • De Montfort • Derby • Durham • East Anglia • East London • Edge Hill • Essex • Exeter • Gloucestershire • Greenwich • Hertfordshire • Huddersfield • Hull • Imperial • Kent • Keele • Kingston • Lancaster • Leeds • Leeds Metropolitan • Leicester • Lincoln • Liverpool • Liverpool Hope • Liverpool John Moores • London (Birkbeck · Central School of Speech and Drama · Courtauld Institute of Art · Goldsmiths · Heythrop · Institute of Cancer Research · Institute of Education · King's · London Business School · LSE · LSHTM · Queen Mary · Royal Academy of Music · Royal Holloway · Royal Veterinary College · St George's · SOAS · School of Pharmacy · UCL) • London Metropolitan • London South Bank • Loughborough • Manchester • Manchester Metropolitan • Middlesex • Newcastle • Northampton • Northumbria • Nottingham • Nottingham Trent • Oxford • Oxford Brookes • Plymouth • Portsmouth • Reading • Roehampton • Royal College of Art • Salford • Sheffield • Sheffield Hallam • Southampton • Southampton Solent • Staffordshire • Surrey • Sunderland • Sussex • Teesside • Thames Valley • Warwick • UWE • Westminster • Winchester • Wolverhampton • Worcester • York • York St John
Northern Ireland: Queen's • Ulster
Scotland: Aberdeen • Abertay • Dundee • Edinburgh • Glasgow • Glasgow Caledonian • Heriot-Watt • Napier • Paisley • Queen Margaret • Robert Gordon • St Andrews • Stirling • Strathclyde
Wales: Cardiff • Glamorgan • Wales (Aberystwyth · Bangor · Lampeter · Newport · NEWI · RWCMD · SIHE · Swansea · Trinity · UWIC)
