Superstition, witchcraft and fake pastors who prey on Nigerians

This story published on Tuesday 31 March 2015
Nigerian researcher Chima Agazue investigates the growing number of corrupt Men of God who prey on the poor for money


Senior Lecturer in Health Visiting receives Institute Fellowship

This story published on Monday 30 March 2015
Karen Adams becomes the first Huddersfield academic to receive an Institute of Health Visiting Fellowship


Plight of Syrian refugees in UK earn national award for student

This story published on Friday 27 March 2015
Student photographer wins second award for his documentary work


Chancellor to take final curtain call

This story published on Friday 27 March 2015
The University’s Chancellor Sir Patrick Stewart will step down at the July Awards Ceremonies after 12 years in post


Huddersfield’s Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award winner 2015

This story published on Wednesday 25 March 2015
Power of the pen – graduate entrepreneur Katie Mallinson’s fresh approach to PR brings clients from home and abroad


The Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Awards 2015

This story published on Wednesday 25 March 2015
The University’s Patron, HRH The Duke of York, KG, meets Yorkshire’s successful university entrepreneurs


Researchers analyse the reasons for hair loss in cancer treatment

This story published on Tuesday 24 March 2015
Huddersfield scientists work with Paxman Coolers to uncover the science behind scalp cooling


​Huddersfield celebrates World Social Work Day

This story published on Tuesday 24 March 2015
Stories from Social Work – “...social workers have to find the skills to help people tell their stories and to listen to them...”


Online system unveiled to pinpoint metrology software accuracy

This story published on Sunday 22 March 2015
€130,000 EU project will allow manufacturers to instantly assess the performance of their software and make the required adjustments


LAMDAMAP 2015 hosted by the University

This story published on Friday 20 March 2015
The University’s EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Advanced Metrology contributed seven speakers to this conference


Fellowship scheme sees lab technology move to the production line

This story published on Thursday 19 March 2015
Dr Feng Gao receives a High Value Manufacturing Catapult Fellowship to develop nanoscale detection technology for full-scale manufacturing


Iraqi researcher hits high note for the quality of his research

This story published on Thursday 19 March 2015
Surface metrologist Mothana Hassan’s PhD research is applauded by a leading journal and features at the LAMDAMAP 2015 conference


Iraqi Consul General welcomed to campus

This story published on Tuesday 17 March 2015
Iraqi Consul Said Noori toured the University’s EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Advanced Metrology and lunched with the Iraqi students


International Week – best yet!

This story published on Tuesday 17 March 2015
“...a world-class student experience...” – over 3,000 people attended the latest International Week festival


Know the food you’re eating.. or the food you think you’re eating

This story published on Tuesday 17 March 2015
Scientists use chemometric software to confirm whether gelatine – used in a huge variety of foods – has originated from pork or beef


Student entrepreneur’s flair for flavours key to business success

This story published on Monday 16 March 2015
Panda’s Kitchen finds the niche in the liqueurs market


‘Quality time with client’ key to Katie’s success

This story published on Monday 16 March 2015
Power of the pen – graduate entrepreneur Katie Mallinson’s fresh approach to PR brings clients from home and abroad


Graduate’s web window will showcase student fashion collections

This story published on Friday 13 March 2015
Yasmin Brandano’s Neofita will create a platform for emerging designers to display their wares


Huddersfield Weather Watch - February 2015

This story published on Friday 13 March 2015
Temperatures and rainfall below average


Design4 and Paxman Coolers Begin Three-Year Innovation Project

This story published on Thursday 12 March 2015
Design4 research group in conjunction with Paxman Coolers has successfully attained a grant to conceive, design and develop a 3rd generation disposable cooling cap system.


Uni’s National Art & Design Saturday Club celebrity masterclasses

This story published on Friday 13 March 2015
Artist Ashley Jackson and designer Assa Ashuach guide the next generation of artists and designers


Huddersfield’s research showcased at London’s Royal Institution

This story published on Wednesday 11 March 2015
The high profile event, organised by University Alliance, will welcome parliamentarians, businesses and researchers


World-leading research combats child abuse in the Caribbean

This story published on Tuesday 10 March 2015
Groundbreaking research – commissioned by UNICEF – has had a global response


Highest national award for Professor of Corporate Communications

This story published on Monday 9 March 2015
Chartered Institute of Public Relations confers Huddersfield professor Anne Gregory with the rare distinction of Honorary Fellow


Uni now home to world leading accelerator science facilities

This story published on Thursday 5 March 2015
“...the MEIS accelerator is one of only ten of its type worldwide and regarded as uniquely accessible to potential users...”


Key players view plans for £30 million Globe Mills project

This story published on Wednesday 4 March 2015
The Incubator Centre at the Globe will link to the work of The Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Centre


Leading documentary filmmaker Gary Hustwit welcomed to campus

This story published on Wednesday 4 March 2015
Filmmaker and photographer talks about his Design Trilogy and his latest project, The Olympic City


GDRC secure British Council workshop grant

This story published on Friday 6 March 2015
Professor Richard Haigh, Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga and Dr Kaushal Keraminiyage from the School of Art, Design and Architecture’s Global Disaster Resilience Centre have secured a workshop grant under the British Council’s researcher links programme.


Huddersfield Students Win Placements in Japan with Shima Seiki

This story published on Wednesday 4 March 2015
Two University of Huddersfield students have each won a three-week paid trip to Japan, where they will receive training at the headquarters of the world leaders in computerised knitting technology for fashion and clothing design, Shima Seiki


Now It's Time for London Fashion Week to Embrace Disabled Models

This story published on Tuesday 3 March 2015
Fashion Design with Marketing and Production student Laura Richter says it is now time to present fashion on bodies with a variety of abilities.


Do you live in the Upper Calder Valley/Rochdale area?

This story published on Tuesday 3 March 2015
Survey on travel to Huddersfield


Step Into Your Future

This story published on Monday 9 March 2015
The University's new undergraduate promotional film


Step Into Your Future

This story published on Monday 2 March 2015
The University's new undergraduate promotional film


Applications for Academic Promotion

This story published on Tuesday 3 March 2015
Deadline: Friday 8 May 2015


Diaspora and Development

This story published on Tuesday 3 March 2015
The Business School’s Emerging Markets Research Group (EMERGE) heard Professor Vudayagi Balasubramanyam (Baloo) from Lancaster University Management School present his research


Professor Khaled Hussainey

This story published on Tuesday 3 March 2015
On 26th February, The Financial Ethics and Governance Research Group (FEGReG) had the privilege of hosting a seminar given by Professor Khaled Hussainey


iPoint join in the fun

This story published on Tuesday 3 March 2015
International Week Flags on iPoint


New Pre-Registration Nursing MSc

This story published on Thursday 5 March 2015
First of its kind in the North of England


In Pursuit of a Sustainable Recovery – CMI Guest Lecture

This story published on Thursday 5 March 2015
Wednesday 11 March, 5.45pm


iPad (and other tablets) Coffee Club

This story published on Friday 6 March 2015
Thursday 12 March, 12.15pm


Santander 60 Second Pitch Awards

This story published on Thursday 5 March 2015
Submissions are now open


Congratulations to Staff achieving their PhDs

This story published on Friday 6 March 2015
Celebrating staff achievements


Postgraduate Open Day on 12 March

This story published on Thursday 5 March 2015
Information for international students


VC congratulates chemistry competition team

This story published on Thursday 5 March 2015
A team of younger chemists from the University of Huddersfield were finalists at the national RSC-SCI Retrosynthesis Competition


Are You Present?

This story published on Monday 16 March 2015
16-20 March Are You Present Campaign Week


Are You Present?

This story published on Monday 16 March 2015
Monday 16 to Friday 20 March


Annual Luddite Memorial Lecture

This story published on Tuesday 10 March 2015
Thursday 16 April, 7.30pm


Introduction to Turbocharger Engineering

This story published on Monday 9 March 2015
The Turbocharger Research Institute are pleased to announce their new short course "Introduction to Turbocharger Engineering" to be held 7-9 July 2015.


Lithuanian Independence Day Celebrations

This story published on Monday 9 March 2015
Wednesday 11 March, 11.00am to 2.00pm


Political Debate

This story published on Monday 23 March 2015
Friday 27 March, 5.30pm to 7.00pm


Successful live brief for first year Multimedia and Web students

This story published on Thursday 12 March 2015
First year Multimedia and Web students have been working hard on a live brief to build the Huddersfield Croquet Club their first website.


Arabic Day

This story published on Monday 23 March 2015
Wednesday 25 March


A Day of Bangladeshi celebration

This story published on Friday 13 March 2015
Monday 16 March


The inaugural Research Assistants and Fellows Conference

This story published on Friday 13 March 2015
Monday 18 May, 10.00am to 4.30pm


Student talk on volunteering experience in Uganda

This story published on Friday 13 March 2015
Monday 23 March, 6.00pm to 7.30pm


Team Hud welcomes rugby experts

This story published on Friday 13 March 2015
Students benefit from specialist’s knowledge


Art Exhibition

This story published on Wednesday 18 March 2015
Thursday 19 March, 10.00am to 7.00pm


HIP Happening in Huddersfield

This story published on Wednesday 18 March 2015
A festival of historically informed performances


The Students’ Union is hiring!

This story published on Wednesday 18 March 2015
Student Staff Recruitment Drive


Living and Studying with Autism

This story published on Friday 20 March 2015
Autism Awareness Week 26 March –2 April 2015


A Soul Journey

This story published on Friday 20 March 2015
Positive Exploration of Dementia – Tuesday 24 March


Nowruz celebrations

This story published on Friday 20 March 2015
Monday 23 March


Quality of Working Life Survey

This story published on Tuesday 24 March 2015
The survey is now open


Quality of Working Life Survey

This story published on Wednesday 8 April 2015
Your opinion counts


Quality of Working Life Survey

This story published on Monday 20 April 2015
Only one week to go


Cautiousness & social investment:understanding trustees’ concerns

This story published on Tuesday 24 March 2015
Understanding trustees’ concerns


The Library in my bag

This story published on Wednesday 25 March 2015
Library design competition


Easter Camp Hud

This story published on Monday 23 March 2015
Places available to book


Take your lecturer for a coffee

This story published on Wednesday 25 March 2015
Take part in the conversation


Students explore Chetham’s legacy

This story published on Wednesday 25 March 2015
Students on the Global Business and Logistics Management course paid a visit to the oldest surviving public library in Britain


Huddersfield scientist wins national outreach competition

This story published on Wednesday 25 March 2015
Forensic Toxicologist Dr Peter Maskell is celebrating winning the Molecules Zone in the I’m a Scientist Get Me Out of Here competition.


Product Design students developing Crime Prevention Solutions

This story published on Wednesday 25 March 2015
First year Product Design BA(Hons) students have presented their design ideas to a select panel of industry managers, as part of a project focusing on the prevention of shoplifting in association with West Yorkshire Police.


Live PLM event for BA Fashion and Textiles Buying Management

This story published on Wednesday 25 March 2015
The BA Fashion and Textiles Buying Management academic team led by Senior Lecturer Jo Conlon organised a week-long event in collaboration with PTC, ITC Infotech, Which PLM and George at Asda in March 2015


Surprise Royal Visit in the Business School

This story published on Thursday 26 March 2015
Placement Officer chats to HRH The Duke of York


PhD Opportunity in Biological Sciences

This story published on Thursday 26 March 2015
The Department of Biological Sciences is advertising a fully funded PhD opportunity.


Chancellor Sir Patrick Stewart to step down

This story published on Friday 27 March 2015
Chancellor to take final curtain call


Senior Lecturer's success in the Domes Greek Architecture Awards

This story published on Friday 27 March 2015
The "Faliron Landmark" competition proposal in Athens, Greece by Simos Vamvakidis was awarded the 2nd prize in the category "Best unbuilt project for 2010-2014" in the Domes Greek Architecture Awards 2015.


Faith Centre repairs

This story published on Tuesday 31 March 2015
Monday 30 March to Thursday 2 April


Graduation News

This story published on Monday 30 March 2015
Free guest tickets and reduced gown hire cost


Postgraduate marketing students helping Forget Me Not charity

This story published on Friday 27 March 2015
Postgraduate marketing students helping Forget Me Not charity to #makeamoment


Arabic Day unites the campus

This story published on Monday 30 March 2015
A Celebration of Arabic culture


Athena SWAN Conference

This story published on Tuesday 31 March 2015
Friday 17 April 2015


An update from the Placement Unit

This story published on Wednesday 25 March 2015
Our drive to find even more placement opportunities with new companies is yielding results!


Battery Recycling on campus

This story published on Thursday 2 April 2015
Please dispose of your batteries in the bins provided


Through the Quay-Hole Tours

This story published on Thursday 2 April 2015
Take a look around Heritage Quay


Occupational Therapy students attend Health Day

This story published on Thursday 7 May 2015
On 27 March Lowerhouses Primary School in Huddersfield held a Health Day, to which Occupational Therapy BSc(Hons) students were invited to help promote the importance of sleep hygiene issues to the children.


Summer submissions now open for Santander 60 Second Pitch Awards

This story published on Monday 2 March 2015
Summer submissions are now open for the Santander Universities Global Division’s exciting competition the 60 Second Pitch Awards


Resilience Management with Intelligent Systems

This story published on Friday 27 March 2015
GDRC’s Dr Kaushal Keraminiyage was part of the event entitled Resilience Management with Intelligent Systems in Open Source and Augmented Reality.


Disasters and Human Security Forum

This story published on Friday 27 March 2015
GDRC’s Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga delivered a key note entitled “Tackling societal challenges through international collaboration” at the Disasters and Human Security Public Forum organised at the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan.


Applying Science and Technology to Disaster Risk Reduction

This story published on Friday 27 March 2015
Professors Dilanthi Amaratunga and Richard Haigh took part at the Multi-Stakeholder Segment, Working Session: “Applying Science and Technology to Disaster Risk Reduction Decision-Making” as members of the Science and Technology Major group at the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan.


Roadmap for European Disaster Resilience Network for Education

This story published on Friday 27 March 2015
Professor Richard Haigh presented a "Roadmap for European disaster resilience network for education - ANDROID" at the Multi-Stakeholder Segment IGNITE Stage at the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai Japan from 14 – 18 March 2015.


The role of Higher Education in Disaster Risk Knowledge

This story published on Thursday 19 March 2015
Professor Richard Haigh presented 'ANDROID: An inter-disciplinary European academic network' at a key public forum entitled 'Role of Higher-Education Institutions (HEIs) in advancing disaster risk knowledge and building capacity'.


GDRC and the Local Governments Roundtable

This story published on Thursday 19 March 2015
Local Governments Roundtable held at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDRR).


Reducing Disaster Risk in Urban Settings

This story published on Thursday 19 March 2015
ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network and its Professors Dilanthi Amaratunga & Richard Haigh were part of the organization of Reducing Disaster Risk in Urban Settings -
Intergovernmental Segment, Ministerial Round Table at Sendai International Centre as part of the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.


Latest Issue of ANDROID EXCHANGE Published

This story published on Thursday 19 March 2015
The latest issue of the regular newsletter of the ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network, a global inter-disciplinary consortium that seeks to promote co-operation and innovation, and increase society’s resilience to disasters of human and natural origin has been published.


Road to Sendai from Huddersfield

This story published on Thursday 5 March 2015
From 13 - 18 March 2015, GDRC’s Dilanthi Amaratunga and Richard Haigh will be attending the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction


Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR 2015)

This story published on Thursday 5 March 2015
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR 2015) Making Development Sustainable: The Future of Disaster Risk Management