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

• University of Hull website (http://www.hull.ac.uk)

• Hull University Union website (http://www.hullstudent.com)

• Jam 1575 (http://www.Jam1575.com); also [1] (http://www.ModuServ.net/sites/jam2003), [2] (http://www.1575software.co.uk/wiki/)