University of Hull

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The University of Hull (English: University of Hull ) is a recent British universities whose history began with the establishment in 1927 of an external colleges of the University of London. The largest part of the university lies in the Cottingham Road Kingston upon Hull ( Hull briefly ) in the east of Yorkshire. The merger with several academic institutions in the campus grew steadily in since 2000. The Hull campus also includes the Hull York Medical School, a joint institute of the Universities of Hull and York. A second smaller campus is located in Scarborough.

History and Campus

The foundation stone of University College Hull, initially a spin-off of the University of London in 1928 established by the Duke of York, later George VI. ,. The land was in college by the City Council and the local patrons Thomas Ferens and GF Grant provided. A year later, took fourteen one-man departments with 39 students on the operation. The College consisted at that time of a single building, which was named after the mathematician John Venn was born in Hull and now houses the university administration.

The coat of arms was designed in 1928 at the University shows a torch as a symbol of learning, a rose for Yorkshire, a crown for the city of Hull, the fleur- de-lys for Lincolnshire and a peace dove from the arms of Thomas Ferens. These symbols were incorporated into the modern university logo.

The University College received the Royal Charter in 1954 with the independence of the University of London and it was the third university in Yorkshire and the fourteenth of England. Many new buildings were constructed on campus as the Brynmor Jones Library in the 1960s.

1972 discovered George William Gray and Ken Harrison in the uni- own chemical laboratory liquid crystals, which were stable at room temperature and brought the LCD resounding success in the electronics industry.

In 2000, the University bought the building of the University College Scarborough, a training center for teachers, the campus of the University of Hull have been to Scarborough. The University continued to expand in 2003 with the purchase of the buildings of the adjacent University of Lincoln campus, which is home since 2005 as West Campus of the University of the Hull York Medical School and, more recently, the Business School.

Faculties and Institutes

The University is divided into seven facilities:

  • Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: For the Faculty for Arts and Social Sciences includes the departments of criminology and social sciences, theater and music, English, History, Humanities, Law, Modern Languages ​​( French, German, Italian, Spanish), Politics and International studies, art and new media as well as a social work department. The School of Arts and New Media in Scarborough was founded in August 2006. Theatre Studies is taught in the Gulbenkian Centre, to which the Donald Roy Theatre is one. The musicology is located in the Larkin Building.
  • Medical School: The Hull York Medical School started in October 2003 at the West Campus. The medical students receive a double degree from the Universities Hull and York.
  • Faculty of Health Sciences: For the Faculty of Health and Social Care include the departments of Nursing and Midwifery and the Centre for Applied Health Sciences. The Faculty is located on the West Campus (former campus of the University of Humberside, which later became the University of Lincoln with a cooperation exists ).
  • Medical Research Institute: The Postgraduate Medical Institute was founded in 1994. One of his most prestigious sections explored Magnetic resonance methods that are used in cancer research.
  • Faculty of Applied Sciences: The Faculty of Science includes the departments of computer science, biology, physics, chemistry, sports science, engineering, psychology, geography and the Centre for Environmental and Marine Sciences.
  • The Business School ( HUBS ) was founded in August 1999 and has over 2000 students. The Business School has accreditation by AACSB in April 2011, the thirteenth Business School in the UK, which holds a " Triple Crown " accreditation. Most of the Business School is located on the Hull campus. In Scarborough, the Scarborough Management Centre.
  • The Institute of Education Sciences ( Institute for Learning ) includes the Centre for Education and Lifelong Learning. This also includes the Scarborough School of Education, a former teacher training center named North Riding College. This was initially to University College Scarborough and is now as Scarborough Campus for University of Hull.

Student Life

Students Union of Hull (Hull University Union ) is very active and was elected to a student survey on the best Students' Union in 2004. It is run by students for students. The Union maintains the Asylum nightclub, the John McCarthy Bar ( among students known as "Johnny Mac " ) and the Sanctuary, a Studentenpub with pool tables. Union to include numerous student initiatives and sports clubs.

Housing opportunities for students, there are both on campus and outside in Cottingham. The 70's residential complex in Cottingham, which can accommodate up to 900 students, is called " The Lawns ".

Well-known alumni and staff

Alumni

  • Faisal al - Qassem ( born 1961 ), theater scholar
  • Anthony Giddens ( born 1938 ), sociologist
  • Muhtar Kent ( born 1952 ), President of the Coca -Cola Company
  • Roger McGough ( b. 1937 ), poet
  • Anthony Minghella (1954-2008), Director
  • John Prescott ( b. 1938 ), 1997-2007 Deputy Prime Minister
  • Jonathan Raban ( born 1942 ), writer
  • Tracey Thorn (born 1962 ) and Ben Watt (born 1962 ), pop duo " Everything but the Girl"

Employee

  • Philip Larkin (1922-1985), poet ( was in Hull librarian )
  • Andrew Motion ( b. 1952 ), poet and poet laureate ( was in Hull Professor of English )
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