News
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¡Viva La Revolución!
Say goodbye to cheap cocktails and a giant pink gorilla as Tuesday 27 January marks the end of one of Huddersfield’s most cherished and iconic cocktail bars, Revolution, or Revs, as we all know it. The official Instagram account for the bar posted that they were permanently closing sending partygoers and students into a frenzy,…
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ARTS AND HUMANITIES JOB CUTS: WHAT’S GOING ON
By Fletcher Shore, Freelance Journalist What’s going on? 37 Arts and Humanities staff are facing redundancy, as five departments are being condensed to three to save money. The cuts were announced in June, to uproar from staff and students. At the moment, 30 academics and 7 technical staff are at risk of losing their jobs.…
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THE FIGHT FOR AND AGAINST FEMINISM
T-Hud writers Lorna and Aimee recently produced a piece about the misconceptions of feminism. The article brings to light a number of interesting points but there is one factor that I want to expand a little further. Aimee stated, quite rightly, that not all feminists hate men, but she didn’t mention why so many people…
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Lost and Fined
Hands up if you’ve ever received a fine for not returning a book to the university library on time. Another show of hands if you have missed a lecture and not reported your absence. How about this: have you ever swiped into a class and then just left the room before the lecture started? Or…
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Streets of Huddersfield
Prostitution is a £5 billion business in the UK, with official estimates claiming that more money changes hands as a result of sex work than in the entire farming industry. It thrives in massage parlours, brothels and on street corners all over the country, and Huddersfield is no exception. This issue, T’Hud investigates the stories behind the…
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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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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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Undergraduate Support to be cut
With students already struggling to face the prospect of anything up to £53,000 debt at the end of their degree, the news of George Osborne cutting the undergraduate support budget by £150 million won’t be taken lightly. This means axing the National Scholarship Programme – but it doesn’t stop there! The way the NSP works…
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Change For The Better ?
A number of you may be aware that the Students’ Union will relocate to the brand new Learning & Leisure Centre in January 2014. This project has been in the pipelines since March 2011, but we have now reached the stage where plans for the move have become finalised. Over the past few days the plans have…
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EXEC TEAM: VP Wellbeing & Equalities Officer Resigns
Written by EXEC TEAM President Nosheen Dad It is my unfortunate duty to inform you that Emily Wright VP Wellbeing and Equalities has formally handed in her resignation from her post. As saddened as we are to see her go, as an Exec team we fully empathise with her reasons to stand down. I have…