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New Starters Welcome Guide

OUR PROMISING FUTURE

Scarborough

Hull Truck Theatre

Both the city of Hull and the town of Scarborough have
undergone major regeneration programmes in recent
years, the benefits of which can already be felt by their
inhabitants. Hull’s multi-million-pound St Stephen’s
development has resulted in a new retail centre,
transport interchange, hotel, apartment complex and
theatre, while the Urban Renaissance programme
in Scarborough is focusing on the town’s social and
economic regeneration.
The University is playing a key role in the future of Hull with
high-level involvement in major schemes including the UK City
of Culture 2017 and the incoming Green Port Hull investments
by Siemens and ABP. The University is represented on the
board of the City of Culture, which is led by alumna Rosie
Millard. Our academics will be leading on research aspects,
and our staff and students will be helping to create cultural
experiences as well as mobilising an 18,000-strong volunteer
workforce.
We have strong research partnerships with the green energy
industry to help find real-world solutions, and we are also
working with them to ensure our graduates fulfil the wishlists
of major industry recruiters.
As well as playing a key part in these changes, the University
is dedicated to dealing with its own challenges – the
challenges of continuing to support the local and regional
community, of maintaining its reputation for effective teaching
and innovative research on the national and international
stage, and above all of ensuring that it continues to provide
the highest standard of education for its students in a
changing world.

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