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The University of Hull, also known as Hull University, is an English university in East Yorkshire which was founded in 1927. The main campus is located on Cottingham Road, in Hull (or Kingston upon Hull). Part of the campus is the home of the Hull York Medical School. The university also has a smaller campus in Scarborough.
The university was once the workplace of the former poet Philip Larkin who worked as Librarian of the Brynmor Jones Library. Former Vice-Chancellors include Professor David Dilks FRHistS FRSL.
Student life and activities
Hull University Union (HUU) boasts a brand new nightclub called Asylum and a regular student magazine Hullfire as well as its student radio station Jam 1575. Student accommodation is based in Cottingham, with Thwaite Hall and Needler hall, which are traditional halls, and "The Lawns", which is a complex featuring seven smaller halls with a main focal "Lawns Cantre" for meals and socialising, and housing just over 1,000 students. Student housing is based primarily around the university campus itself, as well as around the Newland Avenue and Beverley Road areas of the city.
Notable Academics
Lord Norton of Louth, Professor of Politics
Noël O'Sullivan, Professor of Politics, specialist in political theory
Lord Parekh, Professor of Politics, specialist on the theory of multiculturalism (1964-2000)
Alumni
John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister
Roy Hattersley, Labour politician
Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens, social scientist
External links
- Jam 1575 (http://www.Jam1575.com); also [1] (http://www.ModuServ.net/sites/jam2003), [2] (http://www.1575software.co.uk/wiki/)
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