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RadioHudd secure future of station by cutting elections for controller
RadioHudd have won at least half of their battle to ensure the continuity of the station after its current managers, the team who set it up, graduate this July. Matt Christie, Head of Programming at the Huddersfield student station, voiced concerns that, if the new position of Radio station controller was elected from the student body, someone [...]
HSLive website to face the knife once more
Just a quick note to say that the Huddersfield Student website will once again be undergoing a facelift. Thanks to a little help from our Fashion Editor we've managed to locate someone who knows what he's doing when it comes to websites. I'm pleased to announce that, towards the end of this academic year - date TBC - we will be launching, in [...]
Huddersfield student drinking game faces glare of international media
Two Huddersfield students were yesterday facing the glare of the national media as a game they created was said to mock the Holocaust. Nicholas Rowley and Anthony Pike's "Hitler" drinking game involves references to World War II and the Holocaust which veterans have described as an insult. The story has since been picked up by BBC, Sky News [...]
Earlier draft sent to print
Though the January issue of the newspaper is receiving good feedback from all who have spoken to me, and though I am happy that it is looking good and starting to contain more news and features that our readers have asked for, there are a number of errors in the edition that need to be addressed. In an editorial confusion, the penultimate draft [...]
Union starts push for ‘Garden of Anton’ plan
Plans to grass over the Students' Union car park proposed by former Huddersfield Student Editor Anton Jidkov have taken a further step towards becoming reality. A motion put to Union Council in October, proposed by Jidkov and backed by the newspaper, was debated and discussed and finally passed unanimously into SU policy. The policy, altered [...]
RadioHudd scraps internet logins
RadioHudd, the Students' Union internet-based radio station, is getting rid of the login pages that stop anyone without a University username and password from listening in. Matt Christie, Head of Programming at the station, told a meeting of its DJs in December "That log-in page...we're going to get rid of that." The move follows calls from [...]
CAB seating not in full swing until summer
The University have announced that they are aware that the new stone seating outside the Creative Arts building will not be able to be fully utilised until the summer months. The seating, an investment the University have said cost £65,000, has been met with largely negative student opinion. "It's hard to navigate," said one passerby. "And [...]
Formality is what holds back the necessary
Most people at this University would be forgiven for not knowing the meaning behind the acronyms GOAT and GOAL. They are, after all, two of those strategies that are apparently needed but best not to be seen, and so it would be surprising if anyone not involved in the Union knew of their existence. At their purest level - a place where these [...]
University and Union closed due to snow
The University of Huddersfield and it's Students' Union (UHSU) was yesterday closed due to snow by Vice Chancellor, Bob Cryan. An email, sent to all students and staff explained that the University was to be closed at 1pm to allow anyone on campus to travel home safely. The recent snowfall has brought about temporary closure of organisations [...]
Huddersfield Student newspaper to launch new website in new year
The Huddersfield Student newspaper is to release a new version of its online counterpart, Huddersfield Student news live. The new design of website, to be launched on New Year's Day 2010, will give the website a more categorised, newspaper look and feel and will make it easier for users to find stories that interest them. The design, adapted [...]
