University of Hull: Scarborough Campus
| University of Hull: Scarborough Campus | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2000 |
| Type | Public |
| Students | 1,800 approx. |
| Location | Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England 54°15′52″N 0°23′47″W / 54.264430°N 0.39650°WCoordinates: 54°15′52″N 0°23′47″W / 54.264430°N 0.39650°W |
| Campus | Urban area |
| Student Union | Hullstudent Scarborough |
| Website | www.hull.ac.uk/scarborough |
The University of Hull: Scarborough Campus is an English higher education institution located in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It is the satellite campus of the University of Hull.
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[edit] History
The university building started out as Orleton Boys' School and included facilities such as a swimming pool and a gym. The main building also contained dormitories for the boys. "Cayley Halls", named after the aeronautical engineer Sir George Cayley, was built when demand for office space meant that students could no longer reside within the main building, and continues its use at present for the students of the university.
In 1947, the building became the North Riding College, used for teacher training. However, a downturn in numbers of trainee teachers in the early 1990s led to an expansion into undergraduate degrees, and the college became known as University College Scarborough, offering BSc and BA degree-level courses in an effort to avert closure. The building was obtained by the University of Hull in 2000, giving it its current name.
[edit] Present day
Scarborough Campus remains true to its teacher training roots by being best known for its Education courses, particularly at a primary level. Undergraduate degrees on offer also include Marine Biology, Music Technology, Theatre Studies, Tourism Management, and a number of Computer Science, Business and English courses.
Scarborough runs somewhat independently to the main campus in Hull, governed by its own branch of the Hull University Union. Being much smaller than the main campus, there are approximately 2,000 students attending courses at Scarborough per academic year, with graduation ceremonies taking place within Scarborough's historic Spa Complex. It is home to the newly-refurbished "Keith Donaldson Library", and "Calvino's" cafe and bar, which was refurbished in 2007, and reopened by The Bar Wizards of Britain's Got Talent fame. The campus also contains basic amenities for study, such as computer labs and performance studios for students of Music and Theatre.
In recent years, efforts have been made to improve Scarborough students' accessibility to Hull's resources, such as the ability to request library books from Hull's much-larger Brynmor Jones Library, and a developing coach service between the two campuses.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Also see Alumni of the University of Hull.
- Koop Arponen; Finnish singer, winner of the fourth series of "Idols", a popular Finnish reality television talent show.
- Sinéad Quinn, contestant in the first series of BBC's Fame Academy.[citation needed]
