T’HUD Archive
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Uni Registry wins top award
THE University of Huddersfield’s Registry Team – responsible for assuring the quality of all courses and overseeing rules and regulations – has been voted the nation’s best at the 2013 Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards. One of the achievements that earned the award was a new system leading to dramatic falls in student problems…
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Huddersfield Students to Play in the Student Rugby League World Cup
After months of preparation and fundraising, including financial support from the Students’ Union, Huddersfield University Rugby League players Callum Boyle and Billy Griffiths are about to play in the Student Rugby League World Cup. The World Cup takes place across some of West Yorkshire’s most famous Rugby League grounds and culminates sees the best student…
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Education goes green: 25 universities receive HEFCE sustainability funding
The National Union of Students (NUS) today announced details of a ground breaking Students’ Green Fund, worth £5 million and involving sustainability projects from 25 universities across the country. Diverse projects such as the sustainable food focus of ‘Sheffield on a plate’, to the community focused ‘Guerrilla Gardeners’ in Newcastle, to Staffordshire’s ‘Green Pad’ on…
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Take part in the NUS International Students and the Immigration Bill Survey
CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY NUS and your Students Union are conducting research into the impact of proposals in the immigration bill. This page explains what the survey is about and how you can enter the draw to win one of five amazon vouchers. About the survey The UK government has made a number…
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Radio Hud Undergoes Makeover
Radio Hud has undergone a bit of a makeover over the summer, and so, introducing the BRAND NEW look to the Sound of Student Life! In addition to announcing only last Thursday that we will be broadcasting 7 days a week from when we go back on air, we can announce that this year we…
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Review – Kick Ass 2
by Ryan Pollard Summary: Kick-Ass 2 is partly likeable and fun, and Chloe Grace Moretz is still outstanding, despite failing to achieve the wit and anarchy of the flawless original. 3/5 Average The original Kick-Ass shook up the superhero genre when it hit screens back in 2010. It was unlike any comic-book movie that had ever…
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Man of Steel (2013) Review
Director Zack Snyder has had a bumpy start to his career. On one hand he’s done the excellent 300 and Watchmen, on the other the absolutely terrible Sucker Punch, which just seemed like a glorified pop video than a movie. So, there have been massive expectations and trepidations surrounding Man of Steel unsurprisingly, because everyone, including…
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Duke of York becomes Patron of the University
Good news! His Royal Highness The Duke of York, KG, has agreed to become Patron of our University. We share a commitment with His Royal Highness to boost the UK economy via entrepreneurship and enterprise. The Duke of York has been a regular visitor here and in May 2013 he was on campus to officially…
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Fourth Queen’s Nurse for Uni
HEALTH visitors are to set play an increasingly important role and University of Huddersfield lecturer Karen Adams aims to make sure that her appointment as a Queen’s Nurse will help to boost awareness of the profession and its contribution to the health and well-being of families and communities in Britain. A health visitor by background,…
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REVIEW: Parklife Weekender, Manchester, 8-9th June
Confidence is a preference for the habitual festival goer of what is known as Parklife. Drifting in through the gates of Heaton Park amongst the droves of laddish, sunburnt, beer-swilling, bum-baring guys and gals of Manchester, I had my trepidations about what I was about the witness. Put simply, it felt initially like being dropped…