University of Huddersfield
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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 notoriously was once a mental asylum in previous years. 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 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.
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. The student newspaper is called Huddersfield Student, published each month. The student radio station, formerly Melt FM, is now Ultra FM and once a year broadcasts on 87.9FM.