University of Hull Alumni
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University of Hull Alumni have made notable contributions to British life. The University's Alumni Office aims to keep past students updated about the University’s developments and, more importantly, it aims to maintain the long tradition of the relationship between the University and its graduates. There is a large network of people scattered worldwide with an ever growing number of alumni groups in every continent.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Len Arran, Songwriter, Composer
- Colin Challen, Labour politician (BA, Philosophy 1983)
- Dame Judi Dench (award winning actress)
- Louise Ellman, Labour politician (BA, 1967)
- Frank Field, Labour politician
- Stephen Gallagher, novelist, screenwriter
- Anthony Giddens, social scientist, prominent sociologist
- Sarah Greene, television presenter
- Roy Hattersley, Labour politician
- John McCarthy, journalist
- Roger McGough, poet
- Rosie Millard, journalist, broadcaster, celebrity debtor
- Anthony Minghella, film director
- Juliet Morris (aka Julie), broadcaster
- Chris Mullin Labour politician, author, journalist
- Jenni Murray, broadcaster
- John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister
- Jonathan Raban, fiction and travel writer, including "Hunting Mister Heartbreak" and "Bad Land: An American Romance".
- Lois Rogers, journalist
- The Silkie, 1960s folk band, all members of the band attended the university.
- Sam Troughton, actor. Grandson of Doctor Who actor Patrick Troughton.
- Everything But the Girl, (Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt), a sophisti-pop duo
