The University of Huddersfield is a University in the town of Huddersfield, England. It has around 20,000 students and is located near the town centre. While the institution became a university only in 1992 it traces its roots back to a Mental Improvement Society founded in 1841. Huddersfield Polytechnic was formed in 1970 by the merger of a regional college of technology with the Oastler College of Education, this Polytechnic combined with Huddersfield College of Education became Huddersfield University. There is also the Storthes Hall Park Campus which was once a mental hospital. This is some distance from the main campus, set in the countryside, near Kirkburton on the A629 road to Penistone. The university sponsors the local rugby league team, Huddersfield Giants. The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2005, ranks the university 82nd out of 119 in the UK [1]. Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Statistics Population: 146,234 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE145165 Administration District: Kirklees Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term polytechnic, from the Greek πολύ polú meaning many and τεχνικός tekhnikós meaning arts, is commonly used in many countries to describe an institution that delivers vocational or technical education and training, other countries do not use the term and use alternative terminology. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... Kirkburton is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, lying five miles southeast of Huddersfield. ... Penistone is a small market town in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of 8,727 inhabitants (according to 2001 Census). ... Rugby league is a team sport played by two teams of 17 players, with 13 on the field at any one time and 4 on the bench (reserves). ... Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club based at the Galpharm Stadium in Huddersfield, in the Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire. ... League Tables of British Universities, which rank the performances of universities in the United Kingdom on a number of criteria, have been published every year by The Times newspaper since the early 1990s. ...

The University is organised into the following academic Schools:

• Applied Sciences
• Art & Design
• Computing and Engineering
• Education and Professional Development
• Huddersfield University Business School (HUBS)
• Human and Health Sciences
• Music, Humanities and Media

The Chancellor is the actor Patrick Stewart, who is originally from Mirfield. A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... Patrick Stewart, OBE, (born July 13, 1940) is an English film, television, and stage actor and Vice-Chancellor of Huddersfield University. ... Mirfield is a town in West Yorkshire, England, near Dewsbury. ...

The University of Huddersfield has a sister campus University Centre Oldham, in Oldham, Greater Manchester and a similar site, University Centre Barnsley in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. University Centre Oldham is a centre of Higher education in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... Oldham is a large town in the north-west of England. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which roughly encompasses the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester, and has a population of 2. ... Statistics Population: 72,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE3406 Administration District: Barnsley Metropolitan county: South Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: South Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: South Yorkshire Police Ambulance service: Yorkshire Post office... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region of England, in the United Kingdom. ...

Students' Union

The Students' Union used to be in the victorian-style Milton Hall, a former United Reformed Church and now part of Theatre Studies. Since January 10th 2005, it is in a £4m new purpose-built construction behind the Harold Wilson building. The Union is less political than other student unions, but the latest campaign to keep Wednesdays Afternoon free, where students should be able to have Wednesdays afternoons off for sports and societies, had a good response. The student newspaper is called Huddersfield Student, published 8 times a year. John Milton, English poet John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet, best-known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. ... Logo of The United Reformed Church The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Christian denomination (church) in the United Kingdom. ... James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians of the 20th century. ...

The Students' Union has a five person sabbatical team, made up of elected officers. Elections are held in March every year and the executive committee run the Students' Union, with a number of other elected officers (non-sabbaticals) and staff members.

The current Executive Committee is:

President - Martin Rix VP Finance and Commercial Services - Marcus Woolcock VP Education and Welfare - Mark Freeman VP Communications - Verne Lewis VP Sports and Societies - Jason Southwell

External links

• University of Huddersfield website
• Research at the University of Huddersfield
• University of Huddersfield Students' Union.
• Students' Union student reps
• New Chancellor for the next generation.
• New Student Union building opened.
• Huddersfield Giants
• Huddersfield Student Voice (Unofficial message board)