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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…
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Last Orders Please – The SU Bar/Cafe to Close In January
by Kevin Lawson Yesterday SU staff were told that the Bar and Cafe run in the Students Union building would close in January as part of the move to the new building. The news finally confirms the rumours that been circling ever since the new £22.5 million Learning Leisure Centre was announced. Whilst the initial press…
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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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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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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…