University of Hull

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University of Hull
Established:	as University College Hull 1927 became University of Hull 1954
Type:	Public
Chancellor:	Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Vice-Chancellor:	Professor David Drewry
Visitor:	The Lord President of the Council ex officio
Faculty:	1,000
Staff:	2,300
Students:	22,275[1]
Undergraduates:	18,710[1]
Postgraduates:	3,565[1]
Location:	Hull and Scarborough, United Kingdom
Campus:	Urban area
Course information:	900 courses
Affiliations:	Global U8 (GU8)
Website:	www.hull.ac.uk

The University of Hull, also known as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull (or Kingston upon Hull), a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The main campus is located on Cottingham Road in the north west of the city while a smaller campus is located in nearby Scarborough. The main campus is also home to the Hull York Medical School, a joint initiative with the University of York.

The university was once the workplace of the poet Philip Larkin who was Librarian of the Brynmor Jones Library. It was also once the workplace of current poet laureate Andrew Motion and the late film director Anthony Minghella.

Lord Wilberforce, the House of Lords judge, was Chancellor of the University from 1978 until 1994, and was known for his participation in the life of the University and the Law School, despite his position being entirely honorary. Robert Armstrong, former Cabinet Secretary, was Chancellor from 1994 to 2006. Virginia Bottomley was installed as the current Chancellor in April 2006.

Contents 1 History 2 Campus network 3 Academic Faculties 3.1 Science (FoS) 3.2 Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) 3.3 Health and Social Care (FHSC) 3.4 Hull York Medical School (HYMS) 3.5 Institute for Learning (IfL) 3.6 Postgraduate Medical Institute(PGMI) 3.7 The Business School (HUBS) 4 Student life and activities 5 Accommodation 5.1 The Lawns 6 Notable academics 7 Notable alumni 8 Selected honorary degrees 9 Academic reputation 9.1 Rankings 10 In popular culture 11 References 12 External links 12.1 Video clips

[edit] History

The foundation stone of University College Hull, then an external college of the University of London, was laid in 1927 by the Duke of York (who later became George VI). It was built on land donated by Hull City Council and local benefactors Thomas Ferens and G F Grant. A year later the first 14 departments, in pure sciences and the arts, opened with 39 students. The college at that time consisted of one building, the Venn building (named after the mathematician John Venn, who was born in Hull).

The original University coat of arms was designed by Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig in 1928. The symbols are the torch for learning, the rose for Yorkshire, the ducal coronet from the arms of the City of Hull, the fleur-de-lys for Lincolnshire and the dove, symbolising peace, from the arms of Thomas Ferens. These symbols have later been reused to create modern university logo.^[2]

The College gained its Royal Charter in 1954 which empowered it to award degrees of its own, making it the third university in Yorkshire and the 14th in England. The Brynmor Jones Library was constructed in 1960, with a tower block extension added in 1970. During the 1960s more academic buildings were added, with their height diminishing from the centre of the campus towards the perimeter, a barrier which the university was quickly outgrowing.

In 1972 George Gray and Ken Harrison created room-temperature stable liquid crystals in the University Chemistry laboratories, which were an immediate success in the electronics industry and consumer products. This led to Hull becoming the first university to be awarded the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement for the joint-development of the long-lasting materials that made liquid crystal displays possible.

In 2000 the University bought the site of University College Scarborough on Filey Road, Scarborough to become the University of Hull Scarborough Campus. The University then further expanded in 2003 when it purchased the buildings of the adjacent University of Lincoln campus which, from the 2005 academic year, became the West Campus of the university. The site now houses the Hull York Medical School and the recently relocated Business School which is housed in three buildings - Wharfe, Derwent and Esk.

[edit] Campus network

The Venn Building is the administration centre of the university.

[edit] Academic Faculties

[edit] Science (FoS)

• Dean: Derek Wills
• Departments: Computer Science, Biological Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Sport Health & Exercise Science, Engineering, Psychology, Geography, Centre for Environmental and Marine Sciences.

Until recently, this was two faculties (Faculty of Applied Science & Technology and the Faculty of Science & The Environment). Notable facilities include HIVE (Hull Immersive Visualisation Environment). The Chemistry department is noted for its research record as well as Hull's computer science and videogame developing degrees.

[edit] Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)

• Dean: Dr. George Talbot
• Departments: Criminology & Social Sciences, Drama & Music, English, History, Humanities, Law School, Modern Languages (French, German, Italian and Spanish), Politics & International Studies, School of Arts & New Media, Social Work^[3]

Includes the School of Arts and New Media at Scarborough, formed in August 2006. Drama is taught in the Gulbenkian Centre, including the Donald Roy Theatre. Music is in the Larkin Building.

[edit] Health and Social Care (FHSC)

• Dean: Chris English
• Departments: Nursing & Midwifery, Applied Health Studies^[4]

Based in the Calder, Aire and Dearne Buildings in the West Campus (former campus of Universities of Humberside, then finally Lincoln). The Leven building contains mock clinical areas, wards, an operating theatre and a midwifery suite, within a simulated environment.^[5]

From September 2009, the FHSC will be running a new degree programe; BSc Global Health and Disease (International Health, Development and Humanitarian Relief). [1]

[edit] Hull York Medical School (HYMS)

• Dean: Ian Greer

Began in October 2003 on the West Campus. Medical students receive joint degrees from Hull and York. Includes the International Society for the Study of Cough based at Castle Hill Hospital on Castle Road in Cottingham. Third and fourth year students train also at hospitals in Scunthorpe, Grimsby, and Scarborough. Created to make a new medical school affordable by spreading the cost.

[edit] Institute for Learning (IfL)

• Dean: Dr. Julian Stern
• Centres: Educational Studies, Lifelong Learning, Scarborough School of Education^[6]

Includes the Scarborough School of Education, a former teacher training college - the North Riding College. This became University College Scarborough, then the Scarborough campus.

[edit] Postgraduate Medical Institute(PGMI)

• Director: Professor Nicholas D. Stafford^[7]

Established in 1994. One of the PGMI's sections is the Yorkshire Cancer Research-funded Centre for Magnetic Resonance Investigations which, under the Directorship of Professor Lindsay W. Turnbull, is actively engaged in researching the application of magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy techniques to cancer research.

[edit] The Business School (HUBS)

• Dean: Professor Mike Jackson^[8]

Established in August 1999. Has 2,300 students at the Hull and Scarborough campuses. New £9m premises in 2005 on the West Campus. The Business School could be classed as one large department, but it is so large and cannot fit in another category, so it is a standalone faculty. It has seen an impressive number of developments recently and attracts a large number of international students. The new £9 million Logistics Institute has been completed September 2007. The Business School has both EQUIS and AMBA accreditations. It is important to note that there is also the Scarborough Management Centre in addition to the facilities on the Hull campus.

[edit] Student life and activities

Hull University Union (HUU) was voted "Best Student Union" by students poll in 2004. The Student Union is run by students for students and the student sabbatical body is elected each year. For a period up to 1975, the Student Union was sited in the Staff House building, until the standalone Union building was built on its current site. The Student Union comprises a £3.6 million nightclub called Asylum, the "John McCarthy" bar (known to students as the "Johnny Mac") and "Sanctuary", a pub for students which has an external seating area and indoor leisure facilities such as pool, darts and games machines. The John McCarthy bar is used for a variety of events, such as comedy night, quiz night, society socials and private functions. There is also a Union shop, a Waterstones bookshop, cafes, a snooker room and offices for its many clubs. The monthly student magazine is called Hullfire and the student radio station which broadcasts from the union building is Jam 1575. HUU also hosts many societies and sports clubs.

The Students' Union is currently undergoing a redevelopment of the top floor, to form the Welfare Hub, which will house all of the University's Welfare Services. Also new as of September 2007 is the internet hub located downstairs near the Sanctuary bar, a free computer access area for students connected to the University's network.

[edit] Accommodation

Student accommodation is located both on and off campus. The on-campus accommodation is based along Cranbrook Avenue, Auckland Avenue, Cottingham Road and Taylor Court. Taylor Court consists of single en-suite self-catering flats and can accommodate 288 students. Student housing is based primarily around the university campus itself, as well as around the Newland Avenue and Beverley Road areas of the city. Off campus accommodation is based in the nearby village of Cottingham, with Thwaite Hall and Needler Hall which are the traditional halls, as well as "The Lawns" complex.

[edit] The Lawns

The Lawns is a student accommodation complex for the University of Hull, located in Cottingham. It comprises seven halls of residence (Ferens, Lambert, Nicholson, Morgan, Downs, Reckitt and Grant) and the Lawns Centre. The latter includes a communal dining area for residents of the 6 semi-catered halls, and the Veranda Bar (more commonly known as "The Lawns bar" or "The Pub"), from which alcoholic refreshments may be purchased (at a subsidised rate, making it very popular with the students) and drunk by Lawns residents each evening. The bar also includes a pool table, juke box and televisions which have Sky Sports. Of the seven halls on the site, Ferens is a traditional rectangular 'Sandhurst block' with the accommodation around three sides of a central lawn. It is somewhat isolated from the other halls both by its location and by a natural screen of trees. Each of the other halls, which were designed by the renowned architectural firm Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, comprises five blocks identified by the letters A to E, and accommodates approximately 140 residents. Most have only limited catering facilities however Downs Hall was converted in the early 2000s to fully-catered accommodation. The students of each hall often form tight knit communities and it is commonplace for students to move into student houses in the second and third year with friends they have made in their hall. Friendly rivalries usually exist between the halls.
During the expansion of university education after World War II a military camp of huts,^[9] on part of the grounds of the former Cottingham Grange, became Camp Hall, the male hall of residence. "The Lawns" now occupies most of that site. The physical Cottingham Grange country house was demolished in the 1930s.^[10]

In 2007 The Lawns received national attention following the murder of a student resident on the site. A second year History student pleaded guilty to murder, and in January 2008 was sentenced to a minimum of 21 years.^[11][12]

[edit] Notable academics

• Jacob Bronowski - mathematics (1934-42).
• George William Gray, instrumental in developing the materials which made liquid crystal displays possible (1946-1990), awarded Kyoto Prize and Leverhulme Medal of the Royal Society
• Muhtar Kent, the CEO of Coca Cola Inc.
• Chris Langton, developed an early detection system for osteoporosis utilising ultrasonic waves^[13]
• Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth, Professor of Politics
• Stuart Palmer, responsible for major breakthroughs in the field of Ultrasound Bone Densitometry
• Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh, Professor of Politics, specialist on the theory of multiculturalism (1964-2000)
• John Saville, Professor of History, major Marxist Historian.
• Ferdinand von Prondzynski, Professor of Law (1991-2000), now President of Dublin City University and Director of Skillsoft plc.
• Noël O'Sullivan, Professor of Politics, specialist in political theory
• David Freestone, Honorary Professor of Law, specialist in international environmental law; Deputy General Counsel, Advisory Services Legal Vice Presidency for The World Bank
• Jeremy Dunning-Davies, theoretical physicist, who now has connections with fringe scientist Ruggero Santilli
• Philip Larkin (University Librarian), Poet
• Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate (1999 -)

[edit] Notable alumni

Main article: Alumni of the University of Hull

• Roy Hattersley - Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection

[edit] Selected honorary degrees

• Sir Liam Donaldson - Government medical advisor
• John Robinson - ex-Chairman of University Council
• Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham - ex-CBI boss
• Pierluigi Collina - Football referee
• Dame Tanni Grey Thompson - Paralympic athlete
• John Hurt - Actor
• Sir Ben Kingsley - Actor
• Ian Rankin - Author
• Geoffrey Shovelton - former Principal Tenor with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
• Bill Bryson - Travel writer
• Chris Lunn - Political activist
• Tom Kirkwood - Biologist/Gerontologist
• Kelly Holmes - athlete
• Jane Tomlinson - Charity fundraiser
• Desmond Tutu - Archbishop of Cape Town
• Basil Hume - Cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster
• David Hope - Archbishop of York 1995 - 2005
• John Sentamu - Archbishop of York 2005 -
• Lord Rees of Ludlow - Astronomer Royal
• Lord Morris of Handsworth - Union Leader
• Trevor Philips OBE - Labour Politician^[14]
• Anthony Minghella - Director, actor, playwright

[edit] Academic reputation

[edit] Rankings

UK University Rankings

	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993
Times Good University Guide	45th[15]	42nd=[16]	49th[17]	47th=[18]	52nd	50th	43rd	42nd	39th	39th	33rd	31st	33rd	47nd=	41st=	48th=	54th
Guardian University Guide	53rd[19]	51st[19]	54th	55th[20]	40th[21]	65th[22]	39th[23]
Sunday Times University Guide		45th=[24]	51st	38th[25]	36th	46th[26]	45th[26]	35th[26]	36th[26]	39th[26]	33rd[26]	35th[26]
Daily Telegraph			40th=[27]				27th
FT							49st[28]		46th	43rd	45th
Independent / Complete University Guide	48th[29]	39th[29]

[edit] In popular culture

The University of Hull was referred to in the popular BBC comedy Blackadder Goes Forth in the episode General Hospital.

Blackadder hunts down a German spy operating in a British military hospital in the Great War and informs his superior with the following dialogue:

Captain Blackadder: And then the final, irrefutable proof. Remember, you mentioned a clever boyfriend...

Nurse Mary: Yes.

Captain Blackadder: I then leapt on the opportunity to test you. I asked if he'd been to one of the great universities, Oxford, Cambridge, or Hull.

Nurse Mary: Well?

Captain Blackadder: You failed to spot that only two of those are great Universities.

Nurse Mary: Swine!

General Melchett: That's right! Oxford's a complete dump!

The joke is historically inaccurate as University College Hull was founded in 1927 (ten years after the series is set) and became the University of Hull only when granted a Royal Charter in 1954. However, the humour of Blackadder is well-known for its anachronistic references. The joke here is that Stephen Fry, playing Melchett, attended Cambridge (as did Hugh Laurie, another cast member), Rowan Atkinson, playing Blackadder, had attended the University of Oxford (as did Tim McInnerny, another cast member) while writer Richard Curtis's sister studied drama at Hull (1983-86).

The same contrast between Oxbridge and the University of Hull was also used in the play and film The History Boys. Whereas the students are preparing to enter one of the major two universities in England, the headteacher says (with a dull tone) that he himself studied in Hull.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• University of Hull
• The Lawns site seen from above
• The Lawns on the main University website
• Hull University Union

[edit] Video clips

• HullUniLecturer YouTube channel
• Hull University Business School (HUBS) YouTube channel
• Student Advice Service at YouTube

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