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University of Hull
Established: as University College Hull 1927
became University of Hull 1954
Type: Public
Chancellor: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Vice-Chancellor: Professor David Drewry
Visitor: The Lord President of the Council ex officio
Faculty: 1,000
Staff: 2,300
Students: 22,275[1]
Undergraduates: 18,710[1]
Postgraduates: 3,565[1]
Location: Hull and Scarborough, United Kingdom
Campus: Urban area
Course information: 900 courses
Website: www.hull.ac.uk
The Venn Building
The Venn Building

The University of Hull, also known as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull (or Kingston upon Hull), a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point A Chancellor is the head of a University. Other titles are sometimes used such as President or Rector. Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone PC DL, née Virginia Garnett (born 12 March 1948 A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a University in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, For the Catholic equivalent see Canonical visitation, and for other uses see Visitor (disambiguation A Visitor, in United The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above C D E A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Kingston upon Hull ( almost invariably referred Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Kingston upon Hull ( almost invariably referred The main campus is located on Cottingham Road in the north west of the city while a smaller campus is located in nearby Scarborough. Cottingham is a Village and Civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The University of Hull Scarborough Campus is a Higher education institution in the North Yorkshire town of Scarborough - and (as its name suggests a satellite The main campus is also home to the Hull York Medical School, a joint initiative with the University of York. The Hull York Medical School (HYMS is a Medical school in England which took its first intake of students in 2003 The University of York is a Campus university in the city of York, England.

The university was once the workplace of the poet Philip Larkin who was Librarian of the Brynmor Jones Library. A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985 was an English Poet, Novelist and Jazz A librarian is an information Professional trained in Library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials Brynmor Jones Library ( BJL) is the main Library at the University of Hull. It was also once the workplace of current poet laureate Andrew Motion and the film director Anthony Minghella. A Poet Laureate is a Poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events Andrew Motion, FRSL, (born 26 October 1952) is an English Poet, Novelist and Biographer, who is the Anthony Minghella CBE ( January 6, 1954 &mdash March 18, 2008) was an Academy Award -winning English

Lord Wilberforce, the House of Lords judge, was Chancellor of the University from 1978 until 1994, and was known for his participation in the life of the University and the Law School, despite his position being entirely honorary. Richard Orme Wilberforce Baron Wilberforce, PC ( 11 March 1907 &ndash 15 February 2003) was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" Robert Armstrong, former Cabinet Secretary, was Chancellor from 1994 to 2006. Robert Temple Armstrong Baron Armstrong of Ilminster GCB, CVO (born 30 March 1927) son of the musician Sir Thomas Armstrong, is A Cabinet Secretary is almost always a senior official (almost always a civil servant who provides services and advice to a Cabinet of Ministers. Virginia Bottomley was installed as the current Chancellor in April 2006. Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone PC DL, née Virginia Garnett (born 12 March 1948

Contents

History

The foundation stone of University College Hull, then an external college of the University of London, was laid in 1927 by the Duke of York (who later became George VI). The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK. For the nursery rhyme see The Grand Old Duke of York. The title Duke of York is a title of Nobility in the British Peerage It was built on land donated by Hull City Council and local benefactors Thomas Ferens and G F Grant. (Kingston upon Hull City Council is the governing body for the Unitary authority and city of Kingston upon Hull. Thomas Robinson Ferens (1847 &ndash 1930 was a philanthropist industrialist and British Parliamentarian. A year later the first 14 departments, in pure sciences and the arts, opened with 39 students. The college at that time consisted of one building, the Venn building (named after the mathematician John Venn, who was born in Hull). See also John Venn (regicide. John Venn FRS ( HullYorkshire, August 4, 1834 &ndash Cambridge

The College gained its Royal Charter in 1954 which empowered it to award degrees of its own, making it the third university in Yorkshire and the 14th in England. A Royal Charter is a Charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy council to legitimize an incorporated body such as a city company The Brynmor Jones Library was constructed in 1960, with a tower block extension added in 1970. During the 1960s more academic buildings were added, with their height diminishing from the centre of the campus towards the perimeter, a barrier which the university was quickly outgrowing.

In 1972 George Gray and Ken Harrison created room-temperature stable liquid crystals in the University Chemistry laboratories, which were an immediate success in the electronics industry and consumer products. George William Gray CBE, FRS (born 4 September 1926 is a Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Hull who was instrumental in developing the Liquid crystals are substances that exhibit a phase of matter that has properties between those of a conventional Liquid, and those of a Solid This led to Hull becoming the first university to be awarded the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement for the joint-development of the long-lasting materials that made liquid crystal displays possible. The Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade innovation or sustainable development

Scarborough Campus
Scarborough Campus

In 2000 the University bought the site of University College Scarborough on Filey Road, Scarborough to become the University of Hull Scarborough Campus. The University of Hull Scarborough Campus is a Higher education institution in the North Yorkshire town of Scarborough - and (as its name suggests a satellite University College Scarborough was a University college based in Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. The University of Hull Scarborough Campus is a Higher education institution in the North Yorkshire town of Scarborough - and (as its name suggests a satellite The University then further expanded in 2003 when it purchased the buildings of the adjacent University of Lincoln campus which, from the 2005 academic year, became the West Campus of the university. The University of Lincoln is an English University in Lincolnshire whose origins can be traced back to the 19th century The site now houses the Hull York Medical School and the recently relocated Business School which is housed in three buildings - Wharfe, Derwent and Esk. The Hull York Medical School (HYMS is a Medical school in England which took its first intake of students in 2003

Campus network

The Venn Building is the administration centre of the university.

Academic Faculties

Science (FoS)

Until recently, this was two faculties (Faculty of Applied Science & Technology and the Faculty of Science & The Environment). Notable facilities include HIVE (Hull Immersive Visualisation Environment). HIVE is an abstract game Programming library. It is designed to be simple and easy to understand The Chemistry department is noted for its research record as well as Hull's computer science and videogame developing degrees.

Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)

Includes the School of Arts and New Media at Scarborough, formed in August 2006. Drama is taught in the Gulbenkian Centre, including the Donald Roy Theatre. Music is in the Larkin Building.

Health and Social Care (FHSC)

Based in the Calder, Aire and Dearne Buildings in the West Campus (former campus of Universities of Humberside, then finally Lincoln). The Leven building contains mock clinical areas, wards, an operating theatre and a midwifery suite, within a simulated environment. [2]

Hull York Medical School (HYMS)

Began in October 2003 on the West Campus. The Hull York Medical School (HYMS is a Medical school in England which took its first intake of students in 2003 Medical students receive joint degrees from Hull and York. Includes the International Society for the Study of Cough based at Castle Hill Hospital on Castle Road in Cottingham. Third and fourth year students train also at hospitals in Scunthorpe, Grimsby, and Scarborough. Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire Unitary authority Grimsby (or archaically Great Grimsby) is a Seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. Created to make a new medical school affordable by spreading the cost.

Institute for Learning (IfL)

Includes the Scarborough School of Education, a former teacher training college - the North Riding College. This became University College Scarborough, then the Scarborough campus.

Postgraduate Medical Institute(PGMI)

Established in 1994. One of the PGMI's sections is the Yorkshire Cancer Research-funded Centre for Magnetic Resonance Investigations which, under the Directorship of Professor Lindsay W. The Kingston Upon Hull Centre for Magnetic Resonance Investigations (CMRI, which opened in 1992 is a Magnetic resonance imaging centre located in the City of The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Turnbull, is actively engaged in researching the application of magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy techniques to cancer research. In vivo (that is 'in the living organism' magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS is a specialised technique associated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled

The Business School (HUBS)

Established in August 1999. Has 2,300 students at the Hull and Scarborough campuses. New £9m premises in 2005 on the West Campus. The Business School could be classed as one large department, but it is so large and cannot fit in another category, so it is a standalone faculty. It has seen an impressive number of developments recently and attracts a large number of international students. The new £9 million Logistics Institute has been completed September 2007. The Business School has both EQUIS and AMBA accreditations. It is important to note that there is also the Scarborough Management Centre in addition to the facilities on the Hull campus.

Student life and activities

Hull University Union (HUU) was voted "Best Student Union" by students poll in 2004. Hull University Union (HUU is the students' union for The University of Hull. The Student Union is run by students for students and the student sabbatical body is elected each year. The Student Union comprises a £3. 6 million nightclub called Asylum, the "John McCarthy" bar (known to students as the "Johnny Mac") and "Sanctuary", a pub for students which has an external seating area and indoor leisure facilities such as pool, darts and games machines. The John McCarthy bar is used for a variety of events, such as comedy night, quiz night, society socials and private functions. There is also a Union shop, a Waterstones bookshop, cafes, a snooker room and offices for its many clubs. Waterstone's is a United Kingdom –based chain of bookshops. The monthly student magazine is called Hullfire and the student radio station which broadcasts from the union building is Jam 1575. Jam Radio (formerly Jam 1575) is Hull University Union 's student radio station broadcasting all year round HUU also hosts many societies and sports clubs.

The Students' Union is currently undergoing a redevelopment of the top floor, to form the Welfare Hub, which will house all of the University's Welfare Services. Also new as of September 2007 is the internet hub located downstairs near the Sanctuary bar, a free computer access area for students connected to the University's network.

Accommodation

Student accommodation is located both on and off campus. The on-campus accommodation is based along Cranbrook Avenue, Auckland Avenue, Cottingham Road and Taylor Court. Taylor Court consists of single en-suite self-catering flats and can accommodate 288 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. Off campus accommodation is based in the nearby village of Cottingham, with Thwaite Hall and Needler Hall which are the traditional halls, as well as "The Lawns" complex. Thwaite Hall is a traditional hall of residence of the University of Hull.

The Lawns

The Lawns is a student accommodation complex for the University of Hull, located in Cottingham. Cottingham is a Village and Civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It comprises seven halls of residence (Ferens, Lambert, Nicholson, Morgan, Downs, Reckitt and Grant) and the Lawns Centre. Ferens Hall is the original hall of residence upon a complex now known as " The Lawns " for the University of Hull, England. The latter includes a communal dining area for residents of the 6 semi-catered halls, and the Veranda Bar (more commonly known as "The Lawns bar"), from which alcoholic refreshments may be purchased and drunk by Lawns residents each evening. Of the seven halls on the site, Ferens is a traditional rectangular 'Sandhurst block' with the accommodation around three sides of a central lawn. It is somewhat isolated from the other halls both by its location and by a natural screen of trees. Each of the other halls, which were designed by the renowned architectural firm Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, comprises five blocks identified by the letters A to E, and accommodates approximately 140 residents. Gillespie Kidd & Coia were a Scottish architectural firm famous for their application of Modernism in churches and universities as well as at Most have only limited catering facilities however Downs Hall was converted in the early 2000s to fully-catered accommodation.
During the expansion of university education after WWII a military camp of huts,[3] on part of the grounds of the former Cottingham Grange, became Camp Hall, the male hall of residence. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure made from a semi-circle of corrugated Steel, a variant of which (the Quonset hut) was used extensively "The Lawns" now occupies most of that site. The physical Cottingham Grange country house was demolished in the 1930s. [4]

In 2007 The Lawns received national attention following the murder of a student resident on the site. A second year History student pleaded guilty to murder, and in January 2008 was sentenced to a minimum of 21 years. [5][6]

Notable academics

Notable alumni

Main article: Alumni of the University of Hull

Selected honorary degrees

In popular culture

The University of Hull was referred to in the popular BBC comedy Blackadder Goes Forth in the episode General Hospital. Jeremy Dunning-Davies (born 1941) is a Welsh Theoretical physicist. Ruggero Maria Santilli (born 1935) is an Italian - American Physicist and a proponent of fringe scientific theories. Alumni of the University of Hull that have made notable contributions to British life Professor Sir Liam Donaldson is currently the Chief Medical Officer for England, United Kingdom. redlinks John Robinson (sociologist, American sociologist John Robinson (drummer, American drummer John Robinson (musician Digby Marritt Jones Baron Jones of Birmingham (born 28 October 1955, Birmingham) is a British businessman and has previously been Director of Pierluigi Collina (born 13 February 1960) is an Italian former football referee. Dame Tanni Carys Davina Grey-Thompson DBE (born 26 July 1969 in Cardiff Wales) is a Welsh athlete and TV presenter John Vincent Hurt, CBE (born 22 January 1940 is an English Actor. Ian Rankin OBE, DL, (born 28 April 1960 in Cardenden, Fife) is a Scottish Crime writer. Geoffrey Shovelton (born 27 April 1936 is an English singer and illustrator best known for his performances with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the 1970s D'Oyly Carte Opera Company staged performances of Gilbert and Sullivan 's Savoy Operas in the UK Europe North America South Africa Australia and elsewhere from the William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBE, (born 8 December 1951 is a best-selling American Author of humorous books on Travel, as well Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE (born April 19 1970 is a retired English middle-distance athlete. Jane Emily Tomlinson, CBE ( née Goward; 21 February 1964 &ndash 3 September 2007 was an Amateur English athlete who became John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu FRSA (born 10 June 1949 in Kampala, Uganda) is the 97th Archbishop of York, Metropolitan The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Martin John Rees Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, PRS (born 23 June 1942 in York) is an English cosmologist For other people of this name see William Morris (disambiguation. For the former English professional footballer see Trevor Phillips (footballer Trevor Phillips Blackadder is the generic name that encompasses four series of an acclaimed BBC One historical sitcom, along with several one-off instalments

Blackadder hunts down a German spy operating in a British military hospital in the Great War and informs his superior with the following dialogue:

Captain Blackadder: And then the final, irrefutable proof. Remember, you mentioned a clever boyfriend. . .
Nurse Mary: Yes.
Captain Blackadder: I then leapt on the opportunity to test you. I asked if he'd been to one of the great universities, Oxford, Cambridge, or Hull. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the
Nurse Mary: Well?
Captain Blackadder: You failed to spot that only two of those are great Universities.
Nurse Mary: Swine!
General Melchett: That's right! Oxford's a complete dump!

The joke is historically inaccurate as University College Hull was founded in 1927 (nine years after the First World War) and became the University of Hull only when granted a Royal Charter in 1954. However, the humour of Blackadder is well-known for its anachronistic references. The joke here is that Stephen Fry, playing Melchett, attended Cambridge (as did Hugh Laurie, another cast member), Rowan Atkinson, playing Blackadder, had attended Oxford University (as did Tim McInnerny, another cast member) while writer Richard Curtis's sister studied drama at Hull (1983-86). Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957 is an English Humorist, Writer, Wit, Actor, Novelist, filmmaker James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE (born June 11, 1959) is an English Actor, Comedian, Writer and Musician Rowan Atkinson (born 6 January 1955 is an English Comedian, actor and writer famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder Tim McInnerny ("McInnerny" is stressed on the penultimate syllable (mækɪˈnɝːnɪ (born 18 September 1956) is an English Actor

The same contrast between Oxbridge and the University of Hull was also used in the play and film The History Boys. Oxbridge was originally a fictional composite of the University of '''Ox'''ford and the University of Cam'''bridge''' in England, and the term is now The History Boys is a play by English playwright Alan Bennett. The History Boys is a British film released in October 2006. It was adapted by Alan Bennett from his play of the same name which won the 2005 Whereas the students are preparing to enter one of the major two universities in England, the headteacher says (with a dull tone) that he himself studied in Hull.

References

  1. ^ a b c Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2006/07 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet). In Computing, Microsoft Excel (full name Microsoft Office Excel) consists of a proprietary Spreadsheet -application written and distributed Higher Education Statistics Agency. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA was established in 1993 by the UK higher education institutions as the central source for the collection and publication of Retrieved on 2008-04-09. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans)
  2. ^ Health and Social Care from official website
  3. ^ Cottingham High School ::: Key Information ::: Cottingham High School History
  4. ^ Lost Heritage | complete list of demolished country houses in England
  5. ^ Student pleads guilty to murdering woman. Guardian Unlimited. Guardian News and Media Limited (2007-10-18). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Retrieved on 2007-11-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina.
  6. ^ Student killer to serve 21 years. BBC News. BBC (2008-01-29). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Retrieved on 2008-01-29. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher.
  7. ^ "100 UK university discoveries", The Guardian, July 5th, 2006
  8. ^ Honorary Graduates - part two. hull. ac. uk. University of Hull (2008-01-17). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Retrieved on 2008-02-11. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

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