Portal:Lancaster University
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Introduction
Lancaster University (officially the University of Lancaster) is a public research university in the City of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established by Royal Charter in 1964, one of several new universities created in the 1960s.
The university was initially based in St Leonard's Gate in the city centre, before moving in 1968 to a purpose-built 300 acres (120 ha) campus at Bailrigg, 4 km (2.5 mi) to the south. The campus buildings are arranged around a central walkway known as the Spine, which is connected to a central plaza, named Alexandra Square in honour of its first chancellor, Princess Alexandra.
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Pendle College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Lancaster, England. Founded in 1974, the college is named after the Pendle witches of 1612, from the area around Pendle Hill in East Lancashire. The term "Pendle" is associated with a great deal of fantasy and legend. Read more...- The Lancaster University Students' Union (better known in Lancaster by its acronym, LUSU) is the representative body for the students at Lancaster University in the UK as well as those at the University’s partner institutions.The Union offices at Bowland College
LUSU is a registered educational charity which has an appointed Board of Trustees to oversee key decision making that relates to the future of the Union. The trustees have a responsibility to ensure that LUSU makes sound financial decisions, works within the law and works for the benefit for its members. Read more...
Cartmel College is a residential college of Lancaster University, England and was founded in 1968. It is named after the Cartmel peninsula of "Lancashire north of the sands" which was once known as The Land of Cartmel. The college buildings were originally sited at the north end of the university's Bailrigg campus and extended in 1969. In 2004, the college was relocated around Barker House Farm in a new development in the southwest of the campus called Alexandra Park. Read more...- Lancaster Medical School (LMS) is the smallest public medical school in the UK. It is located in Lancaster, Lancashire in North West England and is part of the Faculty of Health and Medicine at Lancaster University. It is currently the UK's newest public medical school, with its first graduates, a cohort of 31, graduating in 2011. The current head of the medical school is Dr Rachel Isba Read more...
Milburn addressing the NHS Confederation Conference in 2014
Alan Milburn (born 27 January 1958) is a British Labour politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from 1992 to 2010. He served for five years in the Cabinet, first as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1998 to 1999, and subsequently as Secretary of State for Health until 2003, when he resigned. He briefly rejoined the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in order to manage Labour's 2005 re-election campaign. In June 2009, he told his local party he would not be standing at the 2010 general election, saying: "Standing down as a MP will give me the chance to balance my work and my family life with the time to pursue challenges other than politics."
Milburn was Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission from 2012 to 2017. Since 2015, he has been Chancellor of Lancaster University. Read more...
The County College, also known as County College or County, is a constituent college of the University of Lancaster. The establishment of the college was financed through the benefaction of Lancashire County Council and it is named after it. The original college building, County Main, was opened by HM The Queen in 1969. Read more...
The Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (known colloquially as LICA or The Lancaster Institute) is an academic institution, art school, and arm of the University of Lancaster, that delivers research and teaching in fields of contemporary art and design; including in the subject areas of Fine Art, Theatre, Design, and Film studies. The institute also houses two research centres: Insight and Imagination. LICA has a close working relationship with the public arts organisation: Lancaster Arts.
Notable academics include the Professors; Tim Etchells, Charlie Gere, Christopher Frayling KCMG , Kevin Roberts, Gerry Harris, and Rachel Cooper OBE; notable alumni include the television presenter James May, the composer Andrew Ford, the actor Andy Serkis, and winner of the BP Portrait Prize, Peter Monkman. Read more...
Graduate College is the only college in Lancaster University to take postgraduate students rather than undergraduates. Until its creation in 1988 (although it's own purpose built accommodation on South-West campus was not opened until 1996) each of the other eight colleges also took postgraduates. The university had a lot of success in postgraduate work, and it was felt postgraduates should have their own college for social, administrative and accommodation purposes. All incoming postgraduate students are members of the college, even those Lancaster graduates who were members of other colleges when undergraduates.
The college bar, the Herdwick, is known for its large beer festivals, its constant supply of real ale and a variety of whiskies. It is listed in the Good Beer Guide, one of three student bars in the country to be included. The bar is also known for its weekly live music nights, usually every Thursday when a mix of student and non-student bands play. Read more...
LA1TV (officially the Lancaster University Students' Union Television Station, often simply LA1) is a non-profit student television station at Lancaster University. It is a constitutional part of the Lancaster University Students' Union, but is run as an independent student society. Some of LA1’s current programmes include Good Morning Lancaster (GML), Sugar TV and Lancaster Tonight. Read more...
Bailrigg FM (formerly known as University Radio Bailrigg (URB) and Radio Bailrigg) is a student radio station at Lancaster University. It operates in a music format predominantly featuring pop, but also broadcasts news, drama, comedy, and entertainment. During evening and weekend hours, programming moves to specialist content where presenters are free (within reason) to play whatever they wish.
Bailrigg is one of the oldest student radio stations in the country, as well as being the first student station to broadcast on FM. It airs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year round. Bailrigg first broadcast on FM as part of a one-month, 25W Restricted Services Licence in March 1994 under the directorship of Paul Dale. It had previously applied for a licence in September 1993 but was turned down by the Radio Authority due to the launch of The Bay in March of that year. Read more...- InfoLab21 is a research centre at Lancaster University focusing primarily on information and communication technologies. The centre was opened in 2005 by Patricia Hewitt in order to "transfer the knowledge, technology and innovation techniques that are strong within the university into the private sector." The centre houses the University's School of Computing and Communications and operates under the University's department of Science and Technology. Read more...
Lancaster University Boat Club (LUBC) is the rowing club of Lancaster University. The club was founded in 1964 with the inception of the university by Sir Harold Parkinson and is the oldest sports club at the university. The club is based in the old Halton railway station and trains on the River Lune, north of Lancaster. Parkinson also funded the building of the weir on the river, east of the club's boathouse, in order to enable better conditions for rowing. Read more...
Fylde College is a constituent college of the University of Lancaster, in Lancashire, England. The college was the sixth of the university’s colleges. Construction of the college buildings began in 1968 and the college began accepting students in 1969. The College officially opened in 1971. The college is named after the Fylde area of Lancashire. Read more...
Grizedale College is a college of the University of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. The college is named after the Grizedale Forest area of Lancashire North of the Sands. When it was built it was situated at the southern extremity of the Bailrigg campus. The development of the south west campus has meant that college is now considered to be one of the more centrally located colleges. It is currently the fifth largest in terms of number of students. Read more...- Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) is the business school of Lancaster University in Lancaster, England. The School was established in 1964. A full range of subjects are taught, ranging from undergraduate degrees to postgraduate degrees including MBAs, PhDs and post-experience executive education. The Financial Times ranks Lancaster University's MBA programme 70th in the world (in 2018). Read more...
- The Roses Tournament is an annual sports competition between Lancaster University and the University of York in England, often described as the largest inter-university sports tournament in Europe. It is organised by their respective Students' Unions, YUSU and LUSU. It takes its name from the 15th Century civil war, the Wars of the Roses, between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire are traditionally symbolized by the red and the white rose respectively, although York teams today play in gold and black kits. The competition is held every summer, alternating its venue between the two universities. Read more...
Spire of the Chaplaincy Centre
Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre, on the campus of Lancaster University in the United Kingdom brings together the many faith groups represented on the campus and in the wider community. Built in 1969, it consists of three circular lobes with a three pronged spire which was the basis of the University's 1989 logo, introduced in the University's silver Jubilee. Two of the lobes contain Christian chapels: one Roman Catholic, and one Anglican and Free Church. The third lobe is the largest and is split on two levels. On the ground floor it contains a social space (the Central Lounge), the Jewish Rooms (Synagogue, Jewish Lounge and Kosher Kitchen), and the Quiet Room (used for worship by the Quakers and meetings by the Bahá'ís among others). It also contains the Free Church Chaplains' office, Secretary's office and a Cafe. The upstairs contains a smaller social area, two flats (one each for the Catholic and Anglican chaplains), and a Buddhist meditation room as well as a small 'natural health' office used by a number of 'alternative' and 'complementary' therapists and the office of 'Friends International'. Orthodox Christians also have a constant presence in the Chaplaincy Center using the facilities mainly for student confession and occasionally celebrating the Holy Liturgy upon student demand.
Religious student societies including the Catholic society, Jewish Society, Bahá'í Society, Christian Fellowship and Chinese Christian Fellowship meet in the centre. The Islamic society are also prominent on campus and meet in the Islamic Prayer room located close to the Chaplaincy building. The Lancaster Christian Union also use the centre for a variety of their meetings. The centre is also used by non-religious groups including Pulsar (the science fiction society), and the LU Gospel Choir. The chapels, meditation room and Synagogue are always open and available for private prayer and meditation. Read more...
Bowland College is the oldest and fourth largest constituent college of Lancaster University. The College was named after the Forest of Bowland, to the east of Lancaster. Members of the College are informally referred to as Bowlanders. Read more...- Bailrigg is the campus of Lancaster University, in the City of Lancaster, Lancashire, England, 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the centre of Lancaster. The student radio station Bailrigg FM is named after the site. Read more...
Lancashire County Palatine shown within England
The Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster is an office of the Duchy of Lancaster. The vice-chancellor is appointed by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster after consultation with the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Since 1987, the vice-chancellor has been a High Court judge of the Chancery Division with a term of approximately three years.
The Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster exercises general supervision over the conduct of Chancery division business in the North of England and is an ex-officio member of the court of Lancaster University. Read more...
Furness College is the fifth college of the Lancaster University. Planning of the college started in 1966 when a 12-person planning committee chaired by Professor Reynolds (founding dean of Furness) was established to design the buildings and faculties of the college. The Committee worked for two years and the college was officially opened in 1968. The main college building occupies a central location on the campus, being just to the south of Alexandra Square. The colleges latest rejuvenation occurred in the 2011/2012 academic year, which included a substantial redevelopment of the building interior to accommodate both the college and the Faculty of Health and Medicine. The college is named after the Furness area, part of the Duchy of Lancaster and the historic county of Lancashire. Read more...- The Richardson Institute for Peace Studies was the first peace & conflict research centre in the UK and one of the first in the world. It is part of the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and Religion at Lancaster University, where its members publish research, hold lectures and workshops, and run academic outreach programmes. Read more...
Lonsdale College is a constituent college of the University of Lancaster, UK. It was one of the two founding colleges, originally built when the university first opened in 1964. It is also one of the largest colleges on campus in terms of Junior Common Room membership, with over 1,200 undergraduates. Like most other colleges in the university, the college is named after a region of the traditional county of Lancashire. The college takes its name from the Lonsdale area, the valley of the River Lune. Read more...- SCAN: Student Comment and News is a multi-award-winning student newspaper at Lancaster University. It publishes during term time in print, and throughout the year online. SCAN was founded in 1967, making it one of the longest-running student publications in Europe, and is now managed by the Lancaster University Students' Union (LUSU). Read more...
- The Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) in Lancaster, England, is an interdisciplinary centre for teaching, research and collaboration at Lancaster University, founded in 2003. Read more...
- Mark Edmund Smith, FInstP is a British physicist, academic, and academic administrator. He specialises in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and materials physics. Since January 2012, he has been Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University. He is also Professor of Solid State NMR in Lancaster's Department of Chemistry. He previously lectured at the University of Kent and the University of Warwick. Read more...
- InterVol is an international volunteering charity based in the United Kingdom. InterVol support poverty reduction, conservation and education projects with partner organisations in developing countries. Their projects in the United Kingdom are based at the University of Birmingham, Imperial College London, Lancaster University,, University of Nottingham and Oxford Brookes University. Read more...
- Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University (LA) is Lancaster University's public arts organisation. The organisation presents performances, for the public, staff and students, through its campus venues the Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster Concerts Series and the Peter Scott Gallery. Read more...
The Red Rose of Lancaster (a rose gules) is the county flower of Lancashire.
The exact species or cultivar which the red rose relates to is uncertain, but it is thought to be Rosa gallica officinalis. Read more...
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Alexandra Square with Bowland Tower (pictured in 2009)
Charles Carter building
Founding chancellor Princess Alexandra, who served from 1964 to 2004, was one of the longest-serving university chancellors in the UK
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