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The official account for the University of Huddersfield, a TEF Gold rated university in West Yorkshire, England.

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📰 NEWS: A new research book from Dr Andrea Varsori examines the impact of decades of gang warfare in Rio de Janeiro.

More at: https://hud.ac/vl1

#HudUni #research #HuddersfieldUni
New book examines impact of decades of gang warfare in Rio de Janeiro - University of Huddersfield
Decades of gang violence in Rio de Janeiro are assessed in a book from University of Huddersfield criminology senior lecturer Dr Andrea Varsori.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🎉 Apprenticeship provision at the University of Huddersfield now has an overall 100 per cent pass rate, on top of an increased Qualification Achievement Rate (QAR), the latest data shows.

A huge congratulations to everybody involved! 👏

Read more at: https://hud.ac/vl9

#HudUni #Huddersfield
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
📝BLOG: Motivation and avoiding procrastination - tips from a Huddersfield psychology undergraduate student: https://hud.ac/vj5
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🎄Get festive with us at our Christmas Market!

Join us on Wednesday 3 December, from 11am-5pm on University Square, for a day of student, alumni and local Yorkshire traders, live performances from our Staff Choir, Brass Band, and other talented students, plus plenty of Christmas cheer: hud.ac/vla
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Huddersfield academic Dr Camilo Tamayo Gomez has drawn on his personal experiences growing up in Colombia for a new book on the issue of kidnapping.
The Criminology lecturer’s family had first-hand experience of kidnapping when a cousin was held captive for three years.
Full story: hud.ac/vla
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
NEWS: Our Professional Doctoral Academy recently hosted an international Knowledge Exchange event at Merseyside Police Headquarters, where the Dutch Police Investigative Psychology Team shared best practice on a range of subjects, including serious and organised crime.
Full story: hud.ac/vkt
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A Psychology conversion MSc is the first step towards becoming a professional psychologist if you have never studied the subject before.

Dr Marta Wesierska, Lecturer in Psychology at Huddersfield, shares five great reasons why you should consider this course: https://hud.ac/vkj
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The University of Huddersfield enters the top 15 per cent in the world for the QS World University Rankings sustainability measures!

We also placed in the top 200 in the world in three areas, placing 19th for Good Governance, 140th for Equality, and 189th for Health and Wellbeing: hud.ac/vi5
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📰NEWS: A group of students at the University of Huddersfield have launched a food bank on campus to offer free food and wider support to other students who may be affected by cost-of-living pressures.

Find out more: https://hud.ac/vjb
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
📰 NEWS: University Archives share rugby league stories with Australian fans.

Over 80 Australian fans visited Heritage Quay to learn about the sport from experts Tony Collins and Julia Lee, who highlighted both the sport's roots and the rise of women's rugby.

Find out more: https://hud.ac/vig
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Join us at the University of Huddersfield on 3 December 2025 from 11am for a festive takeover! Wander through our Christmas Market, enjoy live music, explore a captivating Researcher Exhibition and an opportunity to see the PGR conference in action.

Find out more: https://hud.ac/vdj
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🏉 We recently welcomed 80 Australian rugby league fans to the University's archive, @heritagequay.bsky.social to discover more about the sport from two of its most renowned experts.

Read more at: https://hud.ac/vh7

#HudUni #RugbyLeague #Huddersfield
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🎓NEWS: Mark Fisher, CEO for NHS Greater Manchester, and Professor Didier Jourdan, Co-Chair Holder of the UNESCO Chair “Global Health and Education”, joined hundreds of graduating students at ceremonies on campus as they received their honorary awards.

More at: https://hud.ac/vg9

#HudUni #HudGrad
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🎉Congratulations to everyone graduating this week. Whatever your future holds, we know you'll be amazing!

We'd love you to keep in touch - search for 'University of Huddersfield Alumni Society'on LinkedIn to let us know what you do next.

#HudUni #ClassOf2025 #HuddersfieldUni
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🎓 Congratulations to all our amazing graduates celebrating their achievements this week. We're so proud to see you reach this milestone in your journey.

Join the University of Huddersfield Alumni Society group to see your ceremony photograph, posted for each ceremony this week - bit.ly/hudgrad
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We’re excited to share with you a preview of what the new Emily Siddon Building will look like.
We can’t wait to open the doors of this second building on our National Health Innovation Campus in the new year.
This video, made by The Collective CGI, shows what we can expect.
Read more: hud.ac/vgo
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A lot of students go through feelings of homesickness when they move away to uni, it's normal, second year student Katie shares her advice and tips to beat those feelings of missing home during her first year: http://hud.ac/vf4
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We recently hosted Tracy Brabin, the Mayor of West Yorkshire, for a tour of our state-of-the-art £15m laboratory at the Institute of Railway Research!

Our team, alongside industry partners, recently launched Centric, a collaborative project shaping the future of transport in the region: hud.ac/ver
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We’re excited to share that Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls has received the prestigious Lucy Mair Medal from the Royal Anthropological Society! 🌟

Her amazing work blends archaeology, anthropology, history, digital humanities, and the arts to shine a light on genocide and mass violence: hud.ac/vfj
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Empowering our community with free legal support!

Law students, alongside professionals, are now offering personal injury advice for the first time at the Legal Advice Clinic - Huddersfield.

Discover how we’re making a difference: http://hud.ac/vew
November 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
From senior sales exec ➜ to postgrad strategist.
After studying Architecture and building a sales career, Pegah returned to university at 30 to pursue an MSc in Digital Marketing at Huddersfield.

Her goal: not just to sell, but to shape strategy.

Find out more: http://hud.ac/vep
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🌿🥉All 47 research labs in our School of Applied Sciences have achieved the Bronze Award under the national Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF)!

LEAF provides a framework for lab users to consider their working practices and improve their environmental performance.

#HudUni #NetZero
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📰 NEWS: Members of the Centre of Archaeology at the University of Huddersfield are supporting the conservation and archaeological investigations of the internationally important Hall’s Croft, a Grade I listed building and the home of William Shakespeare's daughter.
Find out more: hud.ac/vdq
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Join our Director of the Centre for Cyber Security, Professor Simon Parkinson, as he delivers his Inaugural Lecture - Securing the Future: A journey of data-driven research in safety and security.

📅 Tuesday 4 November, 4.30pm
📍 University of Huddersfield

Book your free place: hud.ac/vbd
October 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
📚 Remember the teacher who made you believe in yourself?
You could be that person for someone else.
Here some of our Huddersfield graduates talk about how our teacher training courses have helped them turn their passion for learning into a career that changes lives.
Find out more: http://hud.ac/vdf
October 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM