News
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Queensgate Works: What’s Up With That?
Recently, you may have seen that works have started up again on the Queensgate Campus, or if you’re a new student, starting up for the first time. You might be wondering, what’s going on here or why are those nice new fence posts being taken down? Let’s dive in… In July 2024, the Researcher Hub, Edith Key Building and Sir George Buckley Lecture Theatre were demolished. Initial plans were for the area…
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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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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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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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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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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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University of Huddersfield in multi-million euro HARCO Project
MACHINE tools and manufacturing machinery are set to be revolutionised – achieving much greater levels of accuracy with the fitting of highly-affordable smart components – after a multi-million Euro research project in which University of Huddersfield experts played a key role. Named HARCO (Hierarchical and Adaptive Smart Components for precision production systems application), the three-year…