University of Hull

University of Hull
motto	Lampada Ferens
founding	1927 as University College, 1954 as University
Sponsorship	state
place	Hull and Scarborough , United Kingdom
Chancellor	Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Students	19,818 (2008)
Employee	2,515 (2008)
Website	hull.ac.uk

The University of Hull ( English : University of Hull ) is one of the younger British universities, whose history began in 1927 with the establishment of an external college of the University of London . Most of the university is on Cottingham Road from Kingston upon Hull (Hull for short) in east Yorkshire . Due to the merger with several academic institutes, the campus has grown steadily since 2000. The Hull campus also includes the Hull York Medical School , a joint institute of the Universities of Hull and York . A second smaller campus is located in Scarborough .

History and campus

The foundation stone of University College Hull , initially a spin-off from the University of London, was laid in 1928 by the Duke of York, later George VI . The property was donated to the college by the city council and local patrons Thomas Ferens and GF Grant. One year later, fourteen one-man departments with 39 students started operations. The college at that time consisted of a single building named after the Hull-born mathematician John Venn , which now houses the university administration.

The Venn Building , built in 1928, is now an administration building.

The university's coat of arms, designed in 1928, features a torch symbolizing learning, a rose for Yorkshire, a crown for the city of Hull, the fleur-de-lys for Lincolnshire and a dove of peace from the Thomas Ferens coat of arms. These symbols have been incorporated into the modern university logo.

The University College was awarded in 1954 with the Royal Charter the independence of the University of London and so was the third university in Yorkshire and the fourteenth of England. In the 1960s, numerous new buildings were built on campus, such as the Brynmor Jones Library.

In 1972 George William Gray and Ken Harrison discovered liquid crystals in the university's own chemistry laboratory, which remained stable at room temperature and brought the LC display resounding success in the electronics industry.

In 2000 the university purchased the buildings of University College Scarborough , a teacher training facility that became the Scarborough campus of Hull University. The university expanded further in 2003 with the purchase of the buildings on the neighboring University of Lincoln Campus , which has been the university's west campus since 2005 and has been home to the Hull York Medical School and more recently the Business School .

Faculties and Institutes

The Brynmor Jones Library on the Hull Campus.

The university is divided into seven institutions:

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: The Faculty for Arts and Social-Sciences includes the departments for Criminology and Social Sciences, Theater and Music, English, History, Human Sciences, Law, Modern Languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish), Politics and International Studies, Art and New Media as well a department for social work. The School of Arts and New Media in Scarborough was founded in August 2006. Theater studies are taught at the Gulbenkian Center , which includes the Donald Roy Theater . Musicology is located in the Larkin Building . With the Maritime Historical Studies Center (MHSC) located in the historic Blaydes House , the university operates one of the few international research centers that specializes exclusively in maritime history.
Medical school: The Hull York Medical School started in October 2003 at the West Campus. The medical students receive a double degree from the Universities of Hull and York.
Faculty of Health Sciences: The Faculty of Health and Social Care includes the Nursing and Obstetrics Departments and the Center for Applied Health Science. The faculty is located on the West Campus (former campus of the University of Humberside , later the University of Lincoln with which there is a cooperation).
Medical research institute: The Postgraduate Medical Institute was founded in 1994. One of its most renowned sections researches magnetic resonance methods that are used in cancer research.
Faculty of Applied Sciences: The Faculty of Science includes the departments of Computer Science, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Sports Science, Engineering, Psychology, Geography and the Center for Environmental and Marine Sciences.
The Business School (HUBS): was founded in August 1999 and has over 2000 students. The business school has become the thirteenth business school in the United Kingdom to hold a Triple Crown accreditation since being accredited by the AACSB in April 2011 . Most of the business school is located on the Hull Campus. In Scarborough is the Scarborough Management Center .
The Institute for Education: ( Institute for Learning ) includes the Center for Education and Lifelong Learning. This includes the Scarborough School of Education , a former teacher training facility called North Riding College . This first became University College Scarborough and is now part of the University of Hull as the Scarborough Campus .

Student life

The Hull University Union is very active and was voted the best student union in a 2004 student survey. It is run by students for students. The Union has the Asylum nightclub , the John McCarthy Bar (known as "Johnny Mac" among students) and the Sanctuary , a student pub with pool tables. The union also includes numerous student initiatives and sports clubs.

Student housing is available both on and off campus in Cottingham . The 1970s residential complex in Cottingham, which can accommodate up to 900 students, is called "The Lawns".

Well-known graduates and employees

Alumni

Faisal al-Qassem (* 1961), theater scholar
Anthony Giddens (* 1938), sociologist
Muhtar Kent (* 1952), President of the Coca-Cola Company
Roger McGough (born 1937), poet
Peter Markham , film director, director of the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles
Anthony Minghella (1954-2008), director
John Prescott (* 1938), Deputy Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007
Jonathan Raban (* 1942), writer
Tracey Thorn (* 1962) and Ben Watt (* 1962), pop duo " Everything but the Girl "
Ana Brnabić (* 1975), Prime Minister of Serbia

Employee

Philip Larkin (1922–1985), poet (was a Hull librarian)
Andrew Motion (* 1952), poet and poet laureate (was a lecturer in English in Hull)
David J. Starkey (* 1954), founding director of the Maritime Historical Studies Center (MHSC)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Facts and Figures. University of Hull, accessed June 29, 2008 .
^ History. University of Hull, accessed June 29, 2008 .
↑ MHSC at Blaydes House . In: "a still better seaward peep" . January 18, 2013 ( wordpress.com [accessed November 25, 2018]).
^ Hull University Union. University of Hull, accessed June 29, 2008 .

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[Facts-1] Facts and Figures. University of Hull, accessed June 29, 2008 .

[History-2] History. University of Hull, accessed June 29, 2008 .

[3] MHSC at Blaydes House . In: "a still better seaward peep" . January 18, 2013 ( wordpress.com [accessed November 25, 2018]).

[HUU-4] Hull University Union. University of Hull, accessed June 29, 2008 .