Janet Blackman obituary
My friend Janet Blackman, who has died aged 82, was an internationalist, teacher, academic and community arts advocate.She worked tirelessly to promote the aims of the United Nations. Whether chairing...
View ArticleUse gender-sensitive language or lose marks, university students told
Hull University accused of ‘linguistic policing’ after issuing advice to undergraduates studying religious activismStudents at Hull University face losing marks on essays unless they employ...
View ArticlePhilip Larkin wasn’t as bad as all that | Letters
David Cairns thinks the poet has been unfairly portrayedAnna Farthing, curator of Hull University’s Philip Larkin exhibition, retrospectively diagnoses the poet as “clearly a narcissist with a...
View ArticleThis be the place… Larkin flats to get second plaque
The plaque on a building where Philip Larkin lived may be joined by a second, for another acclaimed occupant, as Stephanie Wilson explainsNot all plaques are blue! The one already in place at 32...
View ArticlePeter King obituary
My friend and former colleague Peter King, who has died aged 95, was one of Britain’s foremost scholars of Dutch studies.After teaching Dutch at Cambridge University in the 1950s and 60s, in 1976 he...
View ArticleTim Poston obituary
My friend and colleague Tim Poston, who has died aged 72, had an unorthodox academic career that combined pure mathematics with physics, engineering, computer science and medicine. He also co-authored...
View ArticleCambridge ranked last in university fair access table
Hull and Derby among top performers under new measure and Oxford among worstA new measure looking at how successful individual universities have been in trying to widen participation to students from...
View ArticleUniversities outsource mental health services despite soaring demand
Critics say shifting counselling resources into ‘wellbeing’ is perverse and dangerous when depression and suicide among students are at worrying levelsAmid mounting concern over student suicides, some...
View ArticleGlasgow University is not alone in profiting from slavery | Letters
Most of today’s wealthy families profited from the transatlantic trade, says Prof Gary Craig, while John Oldfield and David Richardson highlight investment in slavery studiesI’ve read the articles in...
View ArticleIf universities sacrifice philosophy on the altar of profit, what’s next? |...
Hull says the subject doesn’t meet the needs of ‘business partners’. Try telling that to Thales of MiletusYou might think that a university philosophy department facing closure in Hull is of as much...
View ArticleDavid Rubinstein obituary
My father, David Rubinstein, who has died aged 86, was a social historian who wrote on education, housing, the labour movement and women’s history. He was also an inspiring teacher.One of a generation...
View ArticlePhilip Holmes obituary
My friend and colleague Philip Holmes, who has died aged 74, dedicated most of his life to the study of Scandinavian languages and cultures, in particular Swedish.His 630-page book, Swedish: A...
View ArticleIt's not banter, it's racism: UK students accuse universities of brushing...
Statements supporting Black Lives Matter are meaningless without action over racist incidents, students sayAs one of six black medical students in a cohort of 150 at Aberdeen University, Jessica Eze, a...
View ArticleUniversity guide 2022: University of Hull
All you need to know about studying at the University of HullFees Current standard tuition fees for undergraduate courses at the university are £9,250 per year for a full-time undergraduate degree....
View ArticleJohn Friend obituary
My former colleagueJohn Friend, who has died aged 89, was a biochemist at Hull University, where he was head of the plant biology department from 1969 until his retirement some 30 years later. He was...
View ArticleLord Smith of Clifton obituary
Influential Lib Dem politician and academic who was the party’s spokesman on Northern Ireland in the House of LordsTrevor Smith, who has died aged 83, was an influential figure in Liberal/Liberal...
View ArticleHugh Bevan obituary
My friend Hugh Bevan, who has died aged 98 from pneumonia, was an influential academic in the field of child law, and helped draft what became the Children Act, 1975. This created a shift in family law...
View ArticlePhilip Larkin: a canary in the coalmine of cancel culture | Rachel Cooke
Hull University in midwinter provided a perfect backdrop for a centenary lecture series on its most famous librarianI’m writing this column in Hull, where yesterday I spoke at Bad Habits of Expectancy,...
View ArticleBrenda Almond obituary
My mother, Brenda Almond, who has died aged 85, was a philosopher, author and ethicist.She was born into a poor, working-class family in Birkenhead, Merseyside. Her father, Edward, a painter and...
View ArticlePhilip Larkin: ‘writing in the language of ordinary people’ – archive, 31...
31 March 1973: Larkin talks about his approach to life and poetry as well as his efforts in editing the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century VerseThe University of Hull is literally redbrick: squat, square...
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