Archive for September, 2009
Now playing…
Today marked the first day of RadioHudd gracing our airwaves. With it first going on air at mid day, a new beginning was marked in a new avenue of student interaction and outreach. The half hour leading up to air time was filled with final check and re-checks that made me feel nervous, and I wasn’t even going on air, or so I thought. Head of [...]
RadioHudd on air
RadioHudd, the long-awaited Students' Union radio station is now on air. After months of preparation, station creators Kris Lockhart and Matt Christie opened the station with lecturer Max Easterman and Deputy Manager of the SU, Jenny Haigh. "These guys have worked really hard," said Haigh at an intimate launch gathering. "I've only helped [...]
The media misinforms. Fact.
I applied to be the politics sub-editor because modern media frustrates me. I am sick and tired of purposefully misconstrued facts to push further the agenda of the media conglomerates. The media no longer consistently bases its arguments in facts, but in opinions disguised with facts - certain facts having somewhat dubious backgrounds. For [...]
It’s a mad house: Freshers’ Fayre, first glance
Last week saw the University of Huddersfield Students' Union (UHSU) Freshers' Fayre, the main event that introduces Huddersfield’s latest naive young’uns to the big wide world of university life. Taking place in the huge white marquee outside the Students' Union Building, members of student societies and local businesses alike descended [...]
Retraction: Huddersfield Fashion…in Paris
Huddersfield Student would like to apologise to the School of Art, Design and Architecture (ADA), and our readers, for inaccuracy in 'Huddersfield Fashion...in Paris', an article referring to an academic link that ended in 2007. While ADA were pleased with the article's positivity, its inaccuracy was substantial and could not go [...]
First issue issues
The September issue of Huddersfield Student has been available for just over a week now, and people seem to be responding positively to the change and size and the redesign. While I enjoy hearing how well they think the newspaper team has done, there is always room for improvement. I've been over my copy with a red pen and picked out most of [...]
Interview with an Ex-President: Why you should get involved in UHSU
In the 2005/06 academic year, the Students’ Union President was John Goodwin - which is granted before most of our time at Huddersfield. Amongst the active members within the SU, he is well known within the Union as one of the better Presidents in recent history - and is now working in the newly created position within the Students’ Union [...]
Promises Promises: The lowdown on the Sabbatical Officers from election to office
The new academic year of 2009/10 is finally upon us; with it a whole new team of sabbatical officers who are there to push for the issues that matter to you – the student body. As you will have read in their beginning of term statements, the Sabb team has been busy all summer with various training programmes, travelling across the country to [...]
Huddersfield Town: It’s time to deliver
After making an encouraging start to his managerial career, Huddersfield Town manager Lee Clark is hoping to guide the Terriers to promotion to the Championship this season. With the backing of greetings card tycoon Dean Hoyle, Town have once again been able to flex their muscle in the transfer market, with summer signings Jordan Rhodes, Theo [...]
Seymour-Jackson under fire from NUS over late loan payments
NUS President Wes Streeting has criticised Student Finance England and its CEO Ralph Seymour Jackson after delays in the payment of 50,000 student loans were described as 'reasonable'. Seymour-Jackson appeared on BBC breakfast news this morning, saying that the delay in loan and grant payments was "not perfect, but it's reasonable." On his [...]
