T’HUD Archive
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SU Elections – Candidate Question Time 2014
Yesterday evening the 2014 Students’ Union elections burst into life at a Candidate Question Time. In front of hundreds of students and a live radio audience candidates running for the roles of VP – Communications & Democracy, VP – Education, VP – Wellbeing & Equality, VP – Student Activities and SU President were grilled by…
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University Student Bringing Eclectic Concerts To Town
University of Huddersfield student Sam Hopkins is bringing a diverse line-up of music to the town, with a series of eclectic gigs. Hopkins, a third year student, has organised the events as part of his final year project, with proceeds from the gigs going towards an accompanying series of lectures from industry figures. “For the…
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The Huddersfield Gay Scene – Where is it?
The hub of the gay student life is coming from the continuous work from the LGBT society. President of the LGBT society, Emma Kearl, has done a lot with the group and her opinion on the gay scene in Huddersfield is one of disappointment. Recently the biggest gay bar in Huddersfield, Chads (pictured), closed down…
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A View From Room 101 – Student Central
“You asked me once, what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world.” Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell I’m not sure what sort of message the University was sending T’Hud when they moved the…
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Refreshers Week
by Kevin Lawson It’s big, it’s loud, it’s back…it’s Refreshers’ 2014! We spoke to thousands of you during Freshers’ Week, kept quizzing you right through Term 1 and you told us that you wanted a big welcome back in the New Year. Well…when you say “jump”, we say “how high?”. Our daytime programme guarantees to…
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Huddersfield announced as University of the Year
HUDDERSFIELD has been declared University of the Year by one of the UK’s leading publications. The announcement was made during a ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, venue for the 2013 Times Higher Education Awards. “This is the most fantastic honour!” said a delighted Professor Bob Cryan, theUniversity of Huddersfield’s Vice-Chancellor, who accepted the award in person. “It is a tribute to all the staff who have worked so hard to get us where we are today. …
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T’HUD Gig Guide: hcmf// Special (15/11 – 24/11)
What’s this? A gig guide on a Friday? This is not the norm! by Alex Nelson Fitting that you should say that really, because today’s gig guide is anything but the norm. Today we present to you a Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (or ‘hcmf//’ for short) special. “A festival?” you say, “in November?” Indeed, for…
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Hold Off On Your Housing
Every year the Students’ Union Advice Centre deals with a huge number of cases where students have rushed into signing for properties without properly thinking it all through or making any checks and then live to regret it because the property is unaffordable, they’ve fallen out with their housemates or the property is unsuitable. And what they don’t…
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Hawks Complete Charity Lift for Life
The Huddersfield Hawks American Football Club don’t do things by halves. For their latest charity fundraising effort they set themselves the target of lifting over 1 million kg in one day. Club media exec Dean Scicluna explains why: “Every October the NFL has a campaign to raise money for breast cancer research. As a club…
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Give It A Go – Yoga!
The Sanskrit word ‘yoga’ is translated as a union between body, mind and spirit. I have never tried any form of yoga before, but had heard it was extremely rejuvenating, beneficial and cleansing for the soul, so when my friend suggested coming along to a beginner’s class that she was teaching it tempted me to…