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9. The University
History
University College Hull was founded in 1927 through the support of local benefactors, such as Thomas Robinson Ferens (who gave the land and £250,000).
The Duke of York (George VI) laid the foundation stone in 1928 and the College opened in October with 39 students. There were 100 students in 1931.
Located on Cottingham Road in Hull, with just one building (now the Venn Building), the new University College Hull was an outpost of the University of London and offered courses in the arts and pure sciences. A Royal Charter was granted in 1954 and the University became an independent institution with the right to award its own degrees – it was Yorkshire’s third university and England's 14th. The number of applications doubled within a year, and in 1956, the student population topped 1,000 for the first time.
A new library (later named after Sir Brynmor Jones, once the University’s Vice-Chancellor) was opened by the Queen Mother in 1960. The Larkin and Wilberforce buildings were added in 1967 and the library tower extension opened in 1970. No new academic buildings were built from 1974 to 1996. Student numbers more than doubled during that time, and Hull became a more efficient user of space than other British universities.
The next big development was the University’s merger with University College Scarborough in 2000. The college became the University’s Scarborough Campus. This now represented a significant extension of the University’s geographical reach and academic portfolio.
The biggest-ever single expansion occurred in September 2003 with the acquisition of the University of Lincoln’s Hull campus (next door to the main campus on Cottingham Road), increasing the size of the Hull campus by more than a third. The site houses the recently-established Hull York Medical School, a pioneering joint initiative involving the Universities of Hull and York, and the rapidly-growing Business School.
The University now has more than 16,000 students and around 2,500 employees, including more than 1000 academic staff.
Notable alumni of the University include:
Dame Jenni Murray, Presenter of Woman's Hour on Radio 4; Politicians Lord Roy Hattersley, Lord John Prescott and Dame Rosie Winterton; TV Presenters Mark Chapman and Sarah Greene; Actors Mark Charnock of Emmerdale and Sally Lindsay of Coronation Street; Roger McGough CBE, Writer; John McCarthy, Journalist; Director, Playwright and screenwriter Anthony Minghella; Musicians Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt of Everything but the Girl and finally Rosie Millard, Chair of Hull City of Culture 2017
2017
Many events will be hosted here in 2017. The University's Middleton Hall Lecture and conference venue was refurbished for 2017. The Brynmor Jones Library hosted an exhibition of line drawings by the likes of Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Mondrian, Picasso and Rembrandt in January. The British Portrait Award exhibition will also be there until 11th June. Middleton Hall will be hosting a number of film screenings and classical music concerts throughout the year.
The Cache
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