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Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) is a collegiate
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in
Lancaster, Lancashire Lancaster (, ) is a city in Lancashire, England, and the main cultural hub, economic and commercial centre of City of Lancaster district. The city is on the River Lune, directly inland from Morecambe Bay. Lancaster is the county town, although ...
, England. The university was established in 1964 by
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, as one of several new universities created in the 1960s. The university was initially based in St Leonard's Gate in the city centre, before starting a move in 1967 to a purpose-built campus located on at
Bailrigg Bailrigg is the campus of Lancaster University, in the City of Lancaster, Lancashire, England, south of the centre of Lancaster. The student radio station Bailrigg FM is named after the site. History Bailrigg was a hamlet in the township ...
, to the south of the city. 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
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, Princess Alexandra. Lancaster is a residential collegiate university; the colleges are weakly autonomous. The eight undergraduate colleges are named after places in the historic county of Lancashire, and each has its own campus residence blocks, common rooms, administrative staff and bars. Lancaster has ranked in the top fifteen in all three UK national league tables for the past 10 years, and received a Gold rating in the Government's 2017 and 2023
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. The annual income of the institution for 2023/24 was £401.7 million of which £48.5 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £290.7 million. Lancaster is a member of the
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of research universities, which also includes the universities of
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. Since 2015,
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has been the university's chancellor.


History

Between 1958 and 1961 seven new
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were announced, including Lancaster. The choice of Lancaster as the site of the fourth new university was announced on 23 November 1961. The university was established by
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in 1964. The charter stipulated that
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be the first
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. She was inaugurated in 1964. The ceremony also saw the granting of various honorary degrees to dignitaries including the Prime Minister,
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. Princess Alexandra retired as chancellor in 2004 and was at that time the longest serving chancellor of any British university. On her departure, she gave approval for the Chancellor's Medal to be awarded for academic merit to the highest-performing undergraduates and postgraduates. Each year presentations are made to up to five graduates of taught masters' courses and up to six to the highest-performing undergraduates. The university accepted its first students in October 1964 and there were initially 13 professors, 32 additional members of teaching and research staff, 8 library staff and 14 administrators on academic grades. The motto, "''patet omnibus veritas''", ("Truth lies open to all"), was adopted. The first science students were admitted in 1965. The university was temporarily based in the city. A lecture theatre and the university's first Junior Common Room were in Centenary Church, a former
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beside the old factory premises of
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, which were used to accommodate the new students. Many new students were housed in the nearby town of
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. The Grand Theatre was leased as a main lecture room and 112 and 114 in the St Leonard's Gate area became teaching and recreational rooms. The library occupied the old workshops of Shrigley and Hunt on Castle Hill. Bowland and Lonsdale colleges were founded as the university's first two colleges, and all staff and students were allocated to one of the two, although the first college buildings would not be completed until 1966. The first students moved into residence and set up the first JCRs in October 1968. The university moved from the city to the new campus at
Bailrigg Bailrigg is the campus of Lancaster University, in the City of Lancaster, Lancashire, England, south of the centre of Lancaster. The student radio station Bailrigg FM is named after the site. History Bailrigg was a hamlet in the township ...
between 1966 and 1970. In 2014, Lancaster University celebrated its 50th anniversary with a series of events throughout the year, involving alumni, staff, students and local community members.


Campus

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owned and affiliated buildings and facilities in
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Bailrigg

The purpose-built campus occupies
Bailrigg Bailrigg is the campus of Lancaster University, in the City of Lancaster, Lancashire, England, south of the centre of Lancaster. The student radio station Bailrigg FM is named after the site. History Bailrigg was a hamlet in the township ...
, a site donated by
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in 1963.page 115, Building the New Universities, Tony Birks 1972 The campus buildings are located on a hilltop, the lower slopes of which are landscaped parkland which includes Lake Carter duck pond and the university sports fields. The lake was created in the early 1900s and was later named Lake Carter after Charles Carter, the first Vice Chancellor of the university. The site is three miles (5 km) south of the city centre. Construction of the Bailrigg campus began in November 1965, with the first building completed a year later. The first on-campus student residences opened in 1968. Unlike some other campus universities, Bailrigg was designed to integrate social, residential and teaching areas. Another major feature of the design is that there is no large central Students' Union building, instead individual college facilities are used as the centre for social and recreational activities . Vehicular and pedestrian traffic is separated: this is achieved by restricting motor vehicles to a peripheral road with a linking underpass running east–west beneath Alexandra Square. The underpass accommodates the Bailrigg bus station and was refurbished in autumn 2010. Car parking is arranged in cul-de-sacs running off the peripheral road. The campus buildings are arranged around a central walkway known as "The Spine". The walkway runs from north (
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) to south-west ( Graduate College) and is covered for most of its length. The main architect was Gabriel Epstein of Shepheard and Epstein. Architect
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recalls:
"We went up there on a windy day, and it was freezing cold. Every time we opened a plan it blew away. And we said Christ! What are we going to do with these students, where are they going to sit in the sun and all that? Well, we decided, it's got to be cloisters. All of the buildings have got to touch at the ground. We then devised this system and it had an absolutely firm principle: it had a great spine down the middle where everybody walked. That led everywhere. The cars were on the outside, on both sides. When you came into the spaces things were square, they were rectangular courtyards and they were all slightly different. There were two or three essentials: one was that the covered way had to be continuous, the buildings had to be three or four storeys high and connecting to the next one. I thought it worked very well."
Between 2016 and 2018 the Spine was extensively remodelled in a project known as "Design The Spine", with the aim of replacing the decaying wooden canopy, widening bottlenecks, and creating new landscaped green spaces. Alexandra Square is the university's main plaza. Named after the first chancellor, Princess Alexandra and is situated at the centre of the original campus. On the west side of the square is University House as well as various banks and shops. To the south-east of the square is the tallest building on campus: the fourteen-storey Bowland Tower, which contains accommodation and disguises the boiler room chimney. One of the most distinctive of the Bailrigg buildings is the free-standing University Chaplaincy Centre. Opened on 2 May 1969, the architects were the Preston-based firm Cassidy & Ashton. The building has a
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plan with a central
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where the three circles meet. The university's former logo is based on the spire. A plan existed to have a twin campus with another eight colleges to the east of the
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at Hazelrigg. This would have been linked to Bailrigg by a flyover. The plan was abandoned in the 1970s during a period of financial difficulties.


Library

In the south-west corner sits the library designed in 1964 by Tom Mellor and Partners, the first phase opening in September 1966, the second in July 1968 and the third in January 1971. The library was extended in 1997 and underwent a phased refurbishment in 2014, which was completed in 2016. In 2021 the Library Extension Project was completed, which introduced additional student study space and ' living walls', exhibition and research space, a 'safepod' and
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. A distinctive feature of the library is the large tree that grows in the centre of the ground floor study area. Next to the library, and opened in 1998 is
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, designed by Sir
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South-West Campus

The university began expansion onto the lower slopes of Bailrigg with the development of new buildings for Graduate College in 1998, which is now part of South-West Campus. Development continued with the construction of
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and Alexandra Park which now houses Lonsdale College,
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and the en-suite rooms of
Pendle College 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 associa ...
. The development of InfoLab21 met objections, with the proposed building being described as a '
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factory'. Cartmel College is built around Barker House Farm, a listed 17th-century farmhouse and outbuildings that form the centre of the college.


Health Innovation Centre

The university is building a 'Health Innovation Campus' adjacent to the existing campus. The campus will create 2,000 jobs and boost the local economy by around £100 million. The £29.7 million contract for construction of the first building was awarded to BAM Construction in October 2017; construction began in December 2017 and was completed in summer 2020. The building is 80,000 square feet and required the construction of an access road with a junction to the A6.


Services

The Bailrigg campus hosts a range of shops and services. Services on campus include Bailrigg post office, a health centre, a pharmacy, hairdressers, Lancaster University Homes office as well as many others.


Cultural venues

At the north end of campus, the university's Great Hall Complex comprises three venues open to both students and the public; the Peter Scott Gallery, the Nuffield Theatre and the Lancaster International Concert Series. In 2009, these three organisations were combined as one department by the university – initially termed 'The Public Arts' but later renamed 'Live at LICA' – with Matt Fenton overseeing this unification.
, Matt Fenton's profile at LICA In August 2015 Live at LICA was rebranded to '
Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University 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 ...
' to avoid confusion with the department of LICA, then director Jamie Eastman stated that; "This new name and logo communicates who we are, where we are and what we're offering."
Lancaster University News and Blogs: Smart start for arts and culture on campus. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016. The
Peter Scott Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September 1909 – 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservation movement, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and Sportsperson, sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Fal ...
Gallery is open to the public free of charge. The Gallery is located on the Bailrigg campus and houses the university's international art collection, which includes Japanese and Chinese art, antiquities, works by twentieth-century British artists including works by artists from the
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,
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,
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and William Scott. Among other British artists whose work is represented are Norman Adams,
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,
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, Kenneth Martin and
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. Within the last fifteen years works by
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,
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and Albert Irvin have been acquired. The university collection also includes prints by significant European artists such as Dürer, Miró,
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and
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. Lancaster International Concert Series is the main provider of classical music in north Lancashire and Cumbria. Concerts are held within the Great Hall. Between October and March each year the series offers a varied diet of music which includes: orchestral concerts, chamber music, events for young people, jazz, family concerts and world music. The Nuffield Theatre, a
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, is one of the largest and most adaptable professional studio theatres in Europe. It presents public performances in the fields of theatre, contemporary dance and live art from some of the best-known and respected companies from the UK and abroad. The focus of the work is new and experimental practice, a focus it shares with many of the teaching and research interest of Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA). The Nuffield presents up to 30 visiting professional shows a year, plus public performances by students from Theatre Studies, and the university's student theatre and dance societies and a range of local community organisations.
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houses archive material related to the poet, author and artist
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. It is open to the public, although only a small part of the collection is on public display at once. The building was constructed in 1997 by architect Sir
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(1938–2014). The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection housed in The Ruskin is the largest holding of books, manuscripts, photographs, drawings and watercolours by and related to John Ruskin in the world.


Conference centre

In 2016 the university purchased the 165-acre Forrest Hills conference centre and golf course, located on the M6 opposite the main campus, which it continues to operate as a conference venue.


Organisation and administration


Colleges

The university has nine colleges. Formerly, these were quasi-autonomous bodies providing for accommodation, welfare, social-life and student discipline, but are currently centrally controlled. All members of the university are members of a college, although in recent years academic staff have had decreasing involvement. Most colleges have about eight or nine hundred members and all on-campus accommodation is linked to a college, with blocks or individual flats being linked to one college or another each year according to demand. The colleges were governed by a syndicate, including a principal (originally a senior academic but nowadays more usually a middle-ranking administrator or IT professional), a
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and assistant deans (responsible for student discipline), together with a senior advisor, heading a team of College Advisors. These were previously known as Senior Tutor and College Tutors, but the titles were changed in 2011 to Advisor to avoid possible confusion with "Academic Advisors" in students' academic departments. Collectively, the colleges are run by their individual SCR ( Senior Common Room) and JCR ( Junior Common Room), the latter being made up of student members of the college. Prior to the founding of the ninth college, Graduate College, in 1992, the eight colleges housed both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Today all postgraduate students are members of the Graduate College, which was founded to specifically address the needs of postgraduates and provide year-round provision for courses with different term dates. Students on integrated master's degrees however are still considered undergraduates and therefore remain in their original colleges. Seven of the eight undergraduate colleges are named after regions of the traditional county of
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, whilst County College is named after
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which financed its construction. The college buildings accommodate a number of academic departments, but are primarily social and accommodation facilities, each with its own bar, which forms part of the university's Commercial Services and is open when profitable.


Academic departments

The university is divided into four faculties. Each faculty is led by a Dean, and each academic department by a Head of department. *Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences **Department of Educational Research **Department of English Literature and Creative Writing **Department of History ** Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) **Art, Design, Film, Theatre, Architecture **School of Global Affairs **Lancaster University Law School **Department of Linguistics and English Language **Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion **Department of Sociology *Faculty of Health and Medicine **Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences **Division of Health Research ** Lancaster Medical School *Faculty of Science and Technology **Department of Chemistry **School of Computing and Communications (SCC) **Department of Engineering ** Lancaster Environment Centre **:(Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, Geography) **Department of Mathematics and Statistics **Natural Sciences **Department of Physics **Department of Psychology *
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**Accounting and Finance **Centre for Education, Training and Development (CETAD) **Department of Economics **Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation **Department of Leadership and Management **Department of Management Science **Department of Marketing **Department of Organisation, Work and Technology The various administrative and technical departments that exist outside of the four faculties are collectively known as Professional Services, and include Facilities, Admissions, and the Library.


Governance

The university is governed by two main statutory bodies: the Council and the Senate. The council, chaired by the
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, is the governing body, consisting of mainly lay members along with representatives of staff and students. It is responsible for the proper management and financial solvency of the university, with major policy decisions and corporate strategy being subject to its approval. The majority of Council members are "lay members"; neither staff nor students of the university. The Senate of the university, chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, is the principal academic authority. It oversees academic management and sets strategy and priorities, including the curriculum and maintenance of standards. Membership of the Senate consists mainly of the Faculty deans, heads of academic departments, and college principals. Formerly, a body called the University Court provided a public forum where persons from within and outside Lancaster University could raise any matters regarding the university. A majority of the members of the Court represented the local community and other designated bodies with an interest in the work of the university. The final meeting of the Court took place in January 2018, with the university currently planning to replace it with an "Annual Public Meeting".


Visitor

As defined in the university charter, the
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of the university is the
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, who, upon establishment, was
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. The current visitor of the university is her successor,
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. The visitor is the final arbiter of any dispute within the university, except in those areas where legislation has removed this to the law courts or other
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. Student complaints and appeals were heard by the visitor until the Higher Education Act 2004 came into force. All student complaints are now heard by the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education.


Chancellor

The
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, currently
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, is the formal and ceremonial head of the university. Former Chancellor
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serves as the Chancellor's Ambassador, whilst
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is the current
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and chair of the University Council, succeeding
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in October 2020.


Vice-Chancellor

The Vice-Chancellor is the chief academic and executive officer of the university. The Vice-Chancellor is supported by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, three Pro Vice-Chancellors, and the Provost for Student Experience, Colleges and the Library.
Andrew John Schofield Andrew John Schofield (better known as Andy Schofield) is an academic and administrator who is the vice-chancellor of Lancaster University. A theoretical physicist, he was previously a pro-vice-chancellor at the University of Birmingham and head ...
was appointed Vice-Chancellor in November 2019, after the resignation of Mark Smith in September 2019. Andy Schofield took up the post of Vice-Chancellor on 1 May 2020, with Steve Bradley holding the position of Interim Vice-Chancellor during the interim period. Schofield announced his resignation effective August 2025, the University announced he would be replaced by
Steve Decent Stephen Paul Decent is a British applied mathematician and university administrator who has served as the principal and vice-chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University since January 2023. He has previously held a number of senior leadership p ...
as of January 2026. Rebecca Lingwood, who is Deputy Vice-Chancellor, will hold the position of Interim Vice-Chancellor during the interim period.


Finances

In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, Lancaster had a total income of £401.7 million (2022/23 – £381 million) and total expenditure of £290.7 million (2022/23 – £345 million). Key sources of income included £206.8 million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £199.3 million), £52.7 million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £50.5 million), £48.5 million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £46.4 million), £7.7 million from investment income (2022/23 – £4.5 million) and £0.8 million from donations and endowments (2022/23 – £4 million). At year end, Lancaster had endowments of £18.9 million (2022/23 – £18.4 million) and total net assets of £493.6 million (2022/23 – £386.6 million).


Academic profile


Admissions

In terms of average
UCAS The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS ) is a charity and private limited company based in Cheltenham, England, which provides educational support services. Formed on 27 July 1993 by the merger of the former university admis ...
points of entrants, Lancaster ranked joint 25th in Britain in 2014. The average entry standard at Lancaster is around 159 UCAS points (new tariff system), with almost all courses requiring at least AAA or AAB at A-level as of 2017. In , Lancaster's student body consisted of students, composed of undergraduates and postgraduate students. According to the 2017 ''Times'' and ''Sunday Times'' Good University Guide, approximately 10% of Lancaster's undergraduates come from independent schools. In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 66:10:23 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 51:49.


Reputation and rankings

In ''
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'' 10-year (1998–2007) average ranking of British universities based on consistent league table performance, Lancaster was ranked joint 19th overall in the UK. As of recent years, the university has been placed within the top 10 by UK newspaper league tables and in the top 150 worldwide by the main global rankings (see information box for current rankings). It was also ranked the top university in the north-west of England for all ten years of recordings by ''The Complete University Guide''. In 2014, its 50th year, Lancaster University was ranked 10th in the ''THE'' 100 Under 50, a list of the world's best universities under 50 years old. It also appeared in the lists of QS 50 under 50 in all the years before 2014 when it was under 50 years old.


Joint programmes

Lancaster University partnered with
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,
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to offer dual awards undergraduate program since 2006. Lancaster University entered into a dual degree program with the
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology The COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), formerly known as COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), is a public university in Pakistan. It is a multi-campus university with its principal seat located in Islamabad. Comsats was envision ...
(CIIT), Lahore. It simultaneously offered two degrees, from CIIT and Lancaster University; graduates would be alumni of both universities. This was the first programme between a UK and a Pakistani university. However, the dual nature of the programme proved problematic and the relationship ended. A partnership in a new university venture,
University Academy 92 University Academy 92 (UA92) is a higher education institution in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. History UA92 was announced in September 2017 and offers “broader courses than traditional degrees, designed to enhance life skills a ...
was announced in 2017 and began operation in 2019. Lancaster now provides teaching in media, sport, business and psychology at a new campus in Trafford, Greater Manchester. The project was set up by the 'class of 92' Manchester United soccer players Phil Neville, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes. Lancaster wanted a base in Manchester. ''Subtext'', Lancaster's in house critical newsletter, asked: "Why are we taking a 40% financial stake and a 100% reputational share of what is essentially a new university set up with a group of retired footballers?" Local opinion on the project was also divided as reached the planning application stage.


Programmes abroad

In October 2013, Lancaster University announced the opening of a branch campus in
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,
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, to serve the population of Ghana and all of Africa, providing a British university-level education locally to those students. The campus is operated in partnership with Transnational Academic Group Ghana Limited, and offers undergraduate and graduate programmes in management, business, Economics & international relations, Politics & International Relations, Accounting & Finance, Marketing, computer science, law and psychology along with an EMBA programme. In 2020, Lancaster opened a new branch campus in Germany, Lancaster University Leipzig. The campus is operated in partnership with Navitas. Programmes offered in Leipzig are equivalent to their counterparts in Lancaster, and students receive their degree from Lancaster University upon graduation. Lancaster opened the Joint Institute for Environmental Research and Education (JIE) in Guangzhou, China in 2016, in partnership with the
South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University (SCAU; ) is a Types of universities and colleges in China, provincial public agricultural university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Guangdong. It is part of the Double Fir ...
(SCAU). A joint Environmental Science undergraduate degree began in September 2016 with students spending two years at each institution. The Chinese Ministry of Education gave permission in April 2016 for Lancaster to establish Lancaster University College -
Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU; ; previously Northern Jiaotong University) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transpo ...
in Weihai, Shandong province.


Research

Lancaster's research income for 2021-22 was £48.1 million. In the 2014
Research Excellence Framework The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is a research impact evaluation of British Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It is the successor to the Research Assessment Exercise and it was first used in 2014 to assess the period 2008–2013. REF is ...
assessment, Lancaster was ranked 18th out of 128 UK universities, including 13th for the percentage of world-leading research. The university places a particular focus on interdisciplinary research, encouraging collaborative research across academic departments. In 2012, Lancaster University announced a partnership with the UK's biggest arms company, (
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), and four other North-Western universities (
Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
,
Salford Salford ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in Greater Manchester, England, on the western bank of the River Irwell which forms its boundary with Manchester city centre. Landmarks include the former Salford Town Hall, town hall, ...
,
UCLAN The University of Lancashire (previously abbreviated UCLan) is a public university based in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. It has its roots in ''The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge'', founded in 1828. Previously k ...
and
Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
) in order to work on the Gamma Programme which aims to develop "autonomous systems". According to the
University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a Public university, public research university in Liverpool, England. Founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool, Victoria University (United Kingdom), Victoria University, it received Ro ...
when referring to the programme, "autonomous systems are technology based solutions that replace humans in tasks that are mundane, dangerous and dirty, or detailed and precise, across sectors, including aerospace, nuclear, automotive and petrochemicals".


Physics

Lancaster University's Physics Department is rated 46% for "world-leading" research with a further 50% rated "internationally excellent" research by REF2021. There are five main research groups within the department: astrophysics, particle and accelerator physics, experimental condensed matter, and theory. The Particle Physics Research Division collaborate with others at
CERN The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (; ; ), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in Meyrin, western suburb of Gene ...
,
Fermilab Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located in Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a United States Department of Energy United States Department of Energy National Labs, national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle phys ...
,
KEK , known as KEK, is a Japanese organization whose purpose is to operate the largest particle physics laboratory in Japan, situated in Tsukuba, Ibaraki prefecture. It was established in 1997. The term "KEK" is also used to refer to the laboratory ...
, and
SNOLAB SNOLAB is a Canadian underground science laboratory specializing in neutrino and dark matter physics. Located 2 km below the surface in Vale's Creighton nickel mine near Sudbury, Ontario, SNOLAB is an expansion of the existing facilities con ...
. Lancaster's research involvement with CERN consists of work with the Neutrino (NP03, NP04, NP07), CTF3, RE,
LHC The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) between 1998 and 2008, in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists, and ...
, SPS and R&D research programmes.


Student life


Students' Union

Lancaster University Students' Union The Lancaster University Students' Union (LUSU) is a students' union at Lancaster University in Lancashire, England. It is a registered company and charity overseen by a board of trustees. Politically, it is led by four sabbatical officers - a ...
(LUSU) is the representative body of students at the university. Unusually, there is no main union building. Instead, the union is organised through the eight college JCRs, each of which has its own social venues and meeting spaces. The union is, however, allocated an administration building by the university. ''SCAN'' (acronym for ''Student Comments And News'') is the union's newspaper and was established in 1967. LUSU owns a dual-room, 1,100 capacity
nightclub A nightclub or dance club is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a Bar (establishment), bar and discotheque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighti ...
in Lancaster called The Sugarhouse (which survived an attempt to close it in 2019); operates a shop on campus, LUSU Shop; and also an off campus housing agency LUSU Living. LUSU also helps to support LUSU Involve, a volunteering unit allowing Lancaster University students to become involved with communities locally and internationally. There are over 175 different societies operating within Lancaster University. Common areas include sports, hobbies, politics, academic, culture and religion. There are several fairs during the Freshers period in which various clubs and societies promote themselves.


Chancellor's Wharf

Chancellor's Wharf is off-campus student accommodation. It consists of three buildings by the Lancaster canal on Aldcliffe Road. The location is near the city centre, opposite 'the Water Witch' pub and the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. It is open to members of all of the university's colleges. Residents remain members of their various colleges, with Chancellor's Wharf itself being only a
hall of residence A dormitory (originated from the Latin word ''dormitorium'', often abbreviated to dorm), also known as a hall of residence, a residence hall (often abbreviated to halls), or a hostel, is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential qu ...
.


Sport

Every summer term the students take part in the
Roses Tournament The Roses Tournament is an annual varsity sports competition between Lancaster University and the University of York in England. It is often described as the largest inter-university sports tournament in Europe. The tournament is organised b ...
against the
University of York The University of York (abbreviated as or ''York'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public Collegiate university, collegiate research university in York, England. Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thir ...
, this is often described as the biggest varsity competition in Europe. The venue of the event alternates annually between Lancaster and York. The competition takes its name from the 15th-century civil war, the War of the Roses, and is organised by the universities' respective student unions, LUSU and YUSU. Lancaster University Athletics Club (LUAC) was formed in May 2011. The start of the 2011/12 academic year saw the first athletes join the club and by the end of the year receive awards for LUSU 'Society of the Year 2012' and were winners of the Lancaster Athletics Cup 2012. In the 2012/13 academic year the club was given the opportunity to compete in
BUCS British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS; ) is the governing body for higher education sport in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2008, BUCS is responsible for organising 54 inter-university sports in the United Kingdom, as well as represe ...
and
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along with other sporting societies at Lancaster University. Lancaster University Swimming and Water Polo Club (LUSWP, formally known as LUST) competes in both
BUCS British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS; ) is the governing body for higher education sport in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2008, BUCS is responsible for organising 54 inter-university sports in the United Kingdom, as well as represe ...
and
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in the sports
swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...
and
water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
. The swimming team also competes in other charity galas, such as Quest for The Crest, held at
Manchester Aquatics Centre The Manchester Aquatics Centre, abbreviated MAC, is a public List of water sports, aquatics sports facility south of the city centre of Manchester, England, north of the main buildings of the University of Manchester near Manchester Metropolit ...
. The
BUCS British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS; ) is the governing body for higher education sport in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2008, BUCS is responsible for organising 54 inter-university sports in the United Kingdom, as well as represe ...
swimming competitions include BUCS Short Course National Championships, BUCS Team Championships, and BUCS Long Course Championships, of which there has recently been attendance from
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swimmers such as James Guy and 50m & 100m World Champion
Adam Peaty Adam George Peaty (born 28 December 1994) is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in the sprint breaststroke events. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first by a male British swimmer i ...
. In addition, the water polo team competes in the UPOLO league. LUSWP won the Lancaster University 'Club of the Year' in both academic years 2015/2016, and 2016/2017.


Intercollegiate sport

A number of intercollegiate sporting events exist within the university. Leagues exist in football, netball, pool, darts and dominoes. Pool, darts and dominoes collectively form an overall "bar sports" league known as the George Wyatt Cup. The Carter Shield is contested between every college with bi-weekly matches open to all, and is intended as a light-hearted competition to promote lesser-known sports. There are also a number of annual sporting events between specific colleges: * Founders is contested every year between Bowland and Lonsdale, the two oldest colleges at the university. The competition was created in 2004 to ensure that the friendly rivalry between the two colleges would continue after Lonsdale's relocation meant they would no longer be neighbours. The 2018 Founders series was officially cancelled after disagreements between the two colleges, but continued unofficially under the tongue-in-cheek name "Undergrounders". * Legends was formerly contested between Grizedale, County, Pendle and Fylde colleges. Following Fylde and subsequently County's withdrawal in 2017, it was replaced by Titans (County/Fylde) and Warriors (Grizedale/Pendle). * Patriots is contested between Furness and Cartmel Colleges.


Arts, media and culture

Alongside sport, Lancaster University has a vast selection of arts societies across campus in the areas of performance, media and music. Examples of performance-based societies include Lancaster University Theatre Group (LUTG), the Comedy Institute, Lancaster University Film Production (LUFP), University of Lancaster Music society (ULMS), and HipHop and Breakdance. There is also the Vagina Monolancs, a student-run group performing the Vagina Monologues, raising awareness of domestic violence against women and girls. In addition, the four established student media groups consist of the student radio station Bailrigg FM, the student newspaper
SCAN Scan, SCAN or Scanning may refer to: Science and technology Computing and electronics * Graham scan, an algorithm for finding the convex hull of a set of points in the plane * 3D scanning, of a real-world object or environment to collect three dim ...
established in 1967 and the student union's television station LA1TV as well as Take 2 Cinema, an on-campus cinema, based in Bowland Main Lecture Theatre which was established in 1964.


Religious groups

The Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre is located at the north end of campus incorporating various religious groups such as Christian (Anglicans, Catholics, Orthodox, Quakers), Jewish, Buddhist, and Hinduhttp://www.lancaster.ac.uk/depts/chap_cen The Lancaster University chaplaincy Center website as well as various religious societies including the Bahá'í, the Chinese Christian Fellowship, the Postgrad and Mature Students Group, and the Pagan society which hold regular events and meetings. The Islamic Prayer Rooms are located across from the Chaplaincy Centre, in Ash House.


Notable people


Alumni


Business

* W. Brian Arthur, Operational Research (1967) – Economist *
Antony Burgmans Antony Burgmans (born 13 February 1947) is a Dutch businessman. Formerly non-executive chairman of Unilever, he is currently chairman of paint company AkzoNobel. Early life and education Born 13 February 1947, Rotterdam, Burgmans studied busine ...
, Marketing (1971, Bowland) – Former Chairman of
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(until 2007) * Richard Cuthbertson, Management Science (1986) – Research Director of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management,
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*
Jon Moulton Jonathan Paul Moulton (born 15 October 1950) is a British venture capitalist. He is the founder and managing partner of private equity firm Better Capital, and the former managing partner of private equity firm Alchemy Partners. He has been work ...
, Chemistry (1973, Furness) – Founder,
Better Capital Better Capital is a British Private equity firm founded by Jon Moulton in 2009. Investments Better Capital has had investments in the following companies: * In February 2010, Better Capital acquired Gardner Group from The Carlyle Group * In April ...
*
Mark Price William Mark Price (born February 15, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. The last coaching job he held was as head coach of the Charlotte 49ers men's basketball, Charlotte 49ers. As a four-time NBA All-Star and ...
, Classics & Archaeology (1982, Bowland) – Managing Director of
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* Bruce Sewell, Psychology (1979, Bowland) – Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
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*
Ashni Singh Ashni Kumar Singh is a Guyanese politician. He serves as Minister of Finance . He also served in this role from September 2006 to May 2015. Prior to his first appointment as minister, Singh was the Director of Budget in the Ministry of Finance ...
, Accounting and Finance (2000, Graduate College) - Minister of Finance, Guyana * Dave Snowden, Philosophy (1975, County) – Knowledge Management researcher and consultant *
Nahed Taher Nahed Taher (Arabic:ناهد طاهر) is a Saudi businesswoman, founder and chief executive officer of Gulf One Investment Bank, which has its headquarters in Bahrain. Education Taher went to school in Austin, Texas, as her father was completing ...
, Economics (2001, Graduate College) – CEO, Gulf One Investment


Linguistics

* Paul Baker, PhD in Applied Linguistics – Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University * Elena Semino, PhD in Applied Linguistics – Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University *
Jane Sunderland Jane Sunderland (born 1952) is a British linguist and playwright. She is currently an honorary reader in gender and discourse at the Department of Linguistics and English Language of Lancaster University, United Kingdom. Her research focuses on ...
, PhD in Applied Linguistics – Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University * Veronika Koller, PhD in Applied Linguistics – Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University


Media

*
Richard Allinson Richard John McNeill Allinson (born 12 October 1958) is an English broadcaster with Greatest Hits Radio and Greatest Hits Radio 60s is Creative Director of Magnum Opus Broadcasting. Between 1997 and 2014 he was a disc jockey for BBC Radio 2. ...
, Economics (1980, Fylde) – Radio presenter * Louis Barfe, Politics (1995, Fylde) – Journalist *
Stewart Binns Stewart Binns (born 2 August 1950) is a British author and filmmaker who has produced many BAFTA, Grierson Awards, Grierson and Peabody Award, Peabody award-winning documentaries. Early life Binns was born in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster ...
, Politics & Modern History (c.1971?) – Filmmaker and author *
Robert Fisk Robert William Fisk (12 July 194630 October 2020) was an English writer and journalist. He was critical of United States foreign policy in the Middle East, and the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians. As an international correspo ...
, English Literature (1968, Lonsdale) – Middle East correspondent, ''
The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...
'' *
James May James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a co-presenter, alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, of the motoring programme ''Top Gear (2002 TV series), Top Gear'' fr ...
, Music (1985, Pendle) – Television presenter *
Satnam Rana Satnam Rana is a presenter for the BBC, currently presenting on BBC news programme ''Midlands Today'' and features on BBC Radio WM. She worked at Five Live for two years then came to BBC Birmingham where she has been working since 2002. Early l ...
, French Studies (1999, Grizedale) – Television presenter *
Ranvir Singh Ranvir Singh (born 11 August 1977) is a British journalist and television presenter. She is a newsreader and presenter for '' Good Morning Britain'', presenter of '' Riddiculous'' and a relief presenter of ''Lorraine'' (alongside Christine Lamp ...
, English and Philosophy (1998, Pendle) – Television presenter * Anthony Tucker-Jones, International Relations and Strategic Studies (1988) – Military historian and author


Arts

*
Roger Ashton-Griffiths Roger Ashton-Griffiths (born 19 January 1957) is an English character actor, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his role as Mace Tyrell in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones''. Life and career Born in Hertfordshire, As ...
, Music (1978, Furness) – Actor * Damian Barr, Sociology and English Literature (1998, Bowland) and MA Contemporary Sociology (2000) – Journalist and writer * Paula Brackston, MA Creative Writing – Writer *
Lucy Briers Lucy Jane Briers is an English actress. Her film, stage and television roles have included appearances in ''Pride and Prejudice'' (1995) and sitcom '' Game On''. Early life and education Lucy Jane Briers was born in Hammersmith, London. She is ...
, Independent Studies (1988, Cartmel) – Actress * Brian Clegg, Operational Research (1977, Bowland) – Author of popular science books *
Joseph Delaney Joseph Henry Delaney (25 July 1945 – 16 August 2022) was an English author. He was best known for his children's dark fantasy series, ''Spook's'', inspired by the folklore, history and geography of Lancashire. The series has been published ...
, English (1975, Lonsdale) – Writer *
Simon Emmerson Simon Emmerson (12 March 1956 – 13 March 2023) was an English musician and record producer. He founded the bands Working Week, Weekend, and Afro Celt Sound System. Early life and education Simon was born in London, the son of Alan Emmerso ...
, Independent Studies (1978, Bowland) – Musician *
Emily Fleeshman Emily Fleeshman (born 26 December 1986) is an English actress. She is most widely known for her roles as Nikki in ''Still Open All Hours'' and Sally in '' Moving On''. She is the elder daughter of actor David Fleeshman and actress Sue Jenkins ...
, Theatre Studies (2007) – Actress * Andrew Ford, Music (1978, Cartmel) – Composer *
Liam Gerrard Liam Gerrard is a British-Irish film, television and theatre actor. He is also an acclaimed voice-over artist and audiobook narrator. He is best known as the villain 'The Square Squire' in the Daytime Emmy Award winning show Odd Squad and for ...
, Theatre Studies (2004, Grizedale) – Actor *
Rainer Hersch Rainer Hersch (born 7 November 1962) is a British conductor, actor, writer and comedian known for his comical take on classical music. He has toured in more than 30 countries and has broadcast extensively, principally for the BBC. His radio seri ...
, Economics (1985, Cartmel) – Comedian and musician *
Ursula Holden-Gill Ursula Holden-Gill (born 2 January 1974) is an English actress and dramatherapist, best known for her roles as school secretary Carol on Channel 4's comedy drama ''Teachers'' (2001–2004), Alice Dingle on ITV's soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (2004 ...
, Theatre Studies (1999, Graduate College) – Actress *
Janni Howker Janni Howker is a British writer of adult and children's fiction who has adapted her own books for the screen. She has worked across the UK running creative writing workshops for adults and children, and is involved in several arts developmen ...
, Independent Studies (1980, Cartmel) and MA Creative Writing (1984) – Writer of teenage fiction *
Tez Ilyas Mohammed Tehzeeb Ilyas (; born 8 April 1983), popularly known as "Tez" Ilyas, is a British stand-up comedian. He is best known for starring in the BBC Three comedy, ''Man Like Mobeen'' and presenting the satirical comedy programme, ''The Tez O'C ...
, Biochemistry (2004) – Comedian *
Ralph Ineson Ralph Michael Ineson ( ; born 15 December 1969) is an English actor and narrator. Ineson's notable film roles include Amycus Carrow in the final three ''Harry Potter'' films (2009–2011), William in '' The Witch'' (2015), the title characte ...
, Theatre Studies (1991, Furness) – Actor *
Daniel Ings Daniel Ings (born 30 November 1985) is a British actor. He starred as Luke Curran in the Channel 4/Netflix comedy series '' Lovesick'' (2014–2018). Other credits include '' Psychoville'' (2011), '' The Café'' (2011), ''The Crown'' (2016–201 ...
, Theatre Studies (2008) – Actor, including in Netflix hit series The Gentlemen. *
Karen Lloyd Karen Lloyd is an English author, poet, and environmental activist from the Lake District. She is the author of ''The Gathering Tide'' (Saraband 2016) (selected as one of ''The Observer'' Writers’ Books of the Year in 2016), ''The Blackbird Diar ...
, Creative Writing – Author and environmentalist *
Ursula Martinez Ursula Martinez (born 1966) is a British theatre maker, performer and director. She grew up in South London, the daughter of an English father and Spanish mother, both teachers. After graduating in French and Theatre at Lancaster University, sh ...
, French and Theatre Studies – Performance artist * Andrew Miller, Creative Writing (1997) – Novelist * Caroline Moir, English Literature – Author *
Piri Sophie Leigh McBurnie (born 14 March 1999), known professionally as Piri, is an English musician. Born in Rochdale, she is half of the band Piri & Tommy and an original member of the female and genderqueer collective Loud LDN. Three of her w ...
, Chemistry (2020) – Musician *
Andy Serkis Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his motion capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for computer-generated characters such as Gollum in ''The Lo ...
, Independent Studies (1985, County) – Actor. He is on the
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of all time. *
Dean Sullivan Dean Sullivan (7 June 1955 – 29 November 2023) was an English actor, best known for playing Jimmy Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside'' between 1986 and 2003. Early life Dean Sullivan was born in Liverpool on 7 June 1955. He grad ...
, Teaching Degree – Actor (Played
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in
Brookside Brookside may refer to: Geography Canada * Brookside, Edmonton * Brookside, Newfoundland and Labrador * Brookside, Nova Scotia United Kingdom * Brookside, Berkshire, England * Brookside, Telford, an area of Telford, England United States * Bro ...
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Jo Walton Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel '' Among Others'', which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and '' Tooth and Claw'', a Victorian-era novel w ...
, (1985) - Writer *
Sarah Waters Sarah Ann Waters (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as '' Tipping the Velvet'' and '' Fingersmith''. Life and education Early life Sara ...
, English Literature (1988, Graduate College) – Author *
Peter Whalley Peter Whalley (February 21, 1921 – September 18, 2007) was a Canadian caricaturist, cartoonist, illustrator and sculptor. Whalley was born in Brockville, Ontario, went to King's Collegiate School in Windsor, Nova Scotia until 1937, and a ...
, Philosophy (1967, Lonsdale) – Writer


Politics and law

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Taye Atske Selassie Taye Atske Selassie Amde (, born 13 January 1956) is an Ethiopian diplomat and politician who is serving as president of Ethiopia since 7 October 2024. He has worked as ambassador on numerous occasions in the United Nations. Prior to assuming th ...
, PhD in Political Science, International Relations, and Strategic Studies –
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
of
Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
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Audrey Azoulay Audrey Azoulay (; born 4 August 1972) is a French Jew of Moroccan descent, French Civil Service, civil servant and politician who has served as the 11th Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UN ...
, Business Administration (1993) – French politician and former Minister of Culture *
Paul Bristow Paul Bristow (born 27 March 1979) is a British politician who has served as Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough since 2025 and formerly served as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Peterborough (UK Parl ...
, History and Politics (Cartmel) – Former MP for
Peterborough Peterborough ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is north of London, on the River Nene. A ...
* Sir Alan Campbell, Politics (1978, Furness) – MP for
Tynemouth Tynemouth () is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, England, River Tyne, hence its name. It is east-northeast of Newcastle up ...
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Simon Danczuk Simon Christopher Danczuk ( ; born 24 October 1966) is a British author and former Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) who represented the constituency of Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency), Rochdale between 2010 ...
, Sociology (1992, Cartmel) – Former MP for
Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the United Kingdom 2021 Census, 2021 Census, the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wid ...
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Hilton Dawson Thomas Hilton Dawson (born 30 September 1953) is a British politician who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancaster and Wyre from 1997 until 2005. Dawson became the chairman of the North East Party in 2014, and was the pa ...
, Social Admin (1982, Pendle) – Former MP for
Lancaster and Wyre Lancaster and Wyre is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since its recreation in 2024 by Cat Smith of Labour Party. The seat was originally established in 1997 but was repl ...
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Suzanne Evans Suzanne Elizabeth Evans (born February 1965) is an English journalist and politician, formerly associated with the UK Independence Party (UKIP). On 6 May 2010, Evans was elected as a Conservative councillor in the London Borough of Merton Counc ...
, Religious Studies (1987, Cartmel) – Former Deputy Chairman of the
UK Independence Party The UK Independence Party (UKIP, ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of parliament (both through defect ...
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Jo Grady Jo Grady (born 7 April 1984) is a senior lecturer in Employment Relations at The University of Sheffield, and a British trade union leader who serves as the general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU). Biography Grady was born ...
– General Secretary of the University and College Union (UCU) *
Theresa Griffin Theresa Mary Griffin, Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe (born 11 December 1962), is a British politician who served as a Labour Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2014 to 2020. In the European Parliament ...
, English and Theatre Studies (1984, Cartmel) and MA Theatre Studies (1985) – Former MEP for North West England *
Rami Hamdallah Rami Hamdallah (; born 10 August 1958) is a Palestinian politician and academic. He served as Prime Minister of the State of Palestine from 2013 to 2019 and was previously the president of An-Najah National University in Nablus from 1998 to 2 ...
, Linguistics (1988, Graduate College) – Former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority *
Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig Ruth Beatrice Henig, Baroness Henig, (; 10 November 1943 – 29 February 2024) was a British academic historian and Labour politician. Family Ruth Beatrice Munzer was born on 10 November 1943 to Kurt and Elfrieda Munzer, who were Jewish refu ...
, PhD in history (1978) – Academic and Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords *
Joan Humble Joan Humble (born Jovanka Piplica; 3 March 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackpool North and Fleetwood from 1997 to 2010. Early life Humble's first job was working in a delicatessen. H ...
, History (1972, Lonsdale) – Former MP for Blackpool North & Fleetwood *
Alan Milburn Alan Milburn (born 27 January 1958) is a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from 1992 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he served for five years in the Cabinet, first as Chief Secretary to the Treasury f ...
, History (1979, Pendle) – Chancellor of Lancaster University and former MP for
Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...
* Michael Payne, Law (Cartmel) – MP for
Gedling Gedling is a village and former civil parish which gives its name to the larger Borough of Gedling in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies north-east of Nottingham city centre. The parish was abolished in 1935 and absorbed into the urban distr ...
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Colin Pickthall Colin Pickthall (born 13 September 1944) is a former British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Lancashire. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1992, and retired at the general election of 2005 ...
, Creative Writing (1967, Lonsdale) – Former MP for Lancashire West *
Tim Roca Juan Timothy Charles Roca (born 14 November 1985) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Macclesfield since 2024, when he gained the seat from the Conservative Party. Roca is the first ever Labour MP for ...
, History (2007, Fylde) – MP for
Macclesfield Macclesfield () is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is sited on the River Bollin and the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east; the town lies south of Ma ...
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Cat Smith Catherine Jane Smith (born 16 June 1985) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2015, representing Lancaster and Wyre since 2024 after her former constituency, Lancaster and Fleetwood, was a ...
, Sociology and Gender Studies (2006, Cartmel) – MP for
Lancaster and Fleetwood Lancaster and Fleetwood was a constituency created in 2010 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished, with the majority being inc ...
* Helen Southworth, English (1978, Lonsdale) – Former MP for Warrington South * Baddegama Samitha Thero – Former MP of
Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Śrī Laṇkā Pārlimentuvā'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் '' ...
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Christian Wakeford Christian Wakeford (born 9 November 1984) is a British politician serving as Assistant Government Whip since 2024. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury South since the 2019 general election. Elected in 2019 as a Conservative, he ...
– Politics (2007, Grizedale) – MP for
Bury South Bury South is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 by Christian Wakeford. Wakeford was elected as a Conservative but defected to the Labour Party in January 2022. He was re ...
* Michael Wheeler – MP for
Worsley and Eccles Worsley and Eccles is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Following completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Since 2024, it h ...


Sport

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Louie Hinchliffe Louie Hinchliffe (born 18 July 2002) is a British sprinter. On 7 June 2024, he won the 2024 NCAA Championships 100 metres title with a time of 9.95 seconds for the University of Houston Cougars. That month, he also won the 100m title at the Br ...
– Team GB athlete * Philip Nicholson – Northumberland cricketer *
Jason Queally Jason Paul Queally (born 11 May 1970) is an English track cyclist. He won a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Early years Born at Great Haywood, Staffordshire, Queally spent his childhood in Caton, a village near Lancaster. He a ...
, Biological Sciences (1992, Bowland) – Cyclist


Education

* Alfred Morris, Accounting and Finance (1970, Graduate College) – Former Vice-Chancellor of University of West of England (until 2006) * Belinda Probert, PhD in Politics (1976) – Former deputy Vice-Chancellor,
La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora, Victoria, Bundoora. The university was established in 1 ...
(2008–2012) * Mimi Sheller, PG Cert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (2003) – Professor of Sociology,
Drexel University Drexel University is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony Joseph Drexel, Anthony J. Drexel, a financier ...


Science

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David Favis-Mortlock David T. Favis-Mortlock is an English geomorphologist and musician. Born David Mortlock on 27 August 1953, he grew up in Barking, Essex, UK, later moving to Basildon New Town, where he attended Barstable School. He studied environmental sciences ...
, Environmental Sciences (1975, Furness) – Environmental Change Institute,
University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...
* Sarah Mercer, Phd in Applied linguistics (2008) – Professor of Linguistics,
University of Graz The University of Graz (, formerly: ''Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz'') is a public university, public research university located in Graz, Austria. It is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-old ...
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Ng Cho-nam Ng Cho-nam (, August 15, 1960 – December 13, 2019), , was a Hong Kong environmental studies scholar and conservationist who taught as an associate professor within the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong. He served as a top ad ...
, PhD in Environmental Sciences – Associate Professor of Geography,
University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of ...
* Raoni Rajão, PhD in Organisation, Work and Technology – Associate Professor of Production Engineering,
Federal University of Minas Gerais The Federal University of Minas Gerais (, UFMG) is a federalIn the Brazilian Higher Education context, ''Federal'' does not mean ''collegiate'' (even though most Federal Universities in Brazil enjoy a similarly collegiate system), but it means ...
and Director for Deforestation Control Policies,
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Brazil) The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (, abbreviated MMA) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The ministry emerged from the Special Secretariat for the Environment within the now-extinct Ministry of the Interior from 1974 t ...
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Lucy Rogers Lucy Elizabeth Rogers (born 1973) is a British author, inventor, and engineer. She is a visiting professor of engineering, creativity and communication at Brunel University London and has served as a judge on the BBC Two show ''Robot Wars'' fr ...
, BEng Engineering (1995, Fylde) and PhD in engineering (2001) – Inventor and Science Communicator


See also

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Armorial of UK universities The armorial of British universities is the collection of coats of arms of universities in the United Kingdom. Modern arms of universities began appearing in England around the middle of the 15th century, with University of Oxford, Oxford's being ...
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List of universities in the United Kingdom This is a list of universities in the United Kingdom (alphabetical by substantive name). Below that are lists of university colleges and other recognised bodies (institutions with degree awarding powers), followed by a list of defunct institution ...
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Plate glass university A plate glass university or plateglass university is one of a group of universities in the United Kingdom established or promoted to university status in the 1960s. The original plate glass universities were established following decisions by ...


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External links

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