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Westlakes,

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, coor = , pushpin_map = United Kingdom Preston central The University of Central Lancashire (abbreviated UCLan) is a

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based in the city of Preston,

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, England. It has its roots in ''The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge'', founded in 1828. Subsequently, known as Harris Art College, then Preston Polytechnic, then Lancashire Polytechnic, in 1992 it was granted university status by the

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. The university is the 19th largest in the UK in terms of student numbers.

History

The Institution for the Diffusion of Knowledge was founded in 1828 by

Joseph Livesey Joseph William Livesey (5 March 1794 – 2 September 1884) was an English temperance campaigner, social reformer, local politician, writer, publisher, newspaper proprietor and philanthropist. Early life Livesey was born on 5 March 1794 at Wal ...

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. The society was born from a pledge made by seven Preston working men (whose names can be seen on a plaque in the university's library) to never again consume alcohol. The institute was housed in a classical-revivalist building on Cannon Street, before eventually expanding under the endowment of a local lawyer, Edmund Robert Harris, who died in 1877. The expansion brought with it several new buildings and houses in the nearby Regent Street were purchased and demolished as a consequence. The institute became a regional centre for the arts and sciences. As part of

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celebrations in 1897, the institute's trustees paid the Victorian/

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architect Henry Cheers to design the "Victoria Jubilee Technical School" (later known as the Harris Institute and now known as the Harris Building), to be built on Corporation Street. The foundation stone was laid in July 1895. Its goal was to provide local youths with a technical education in all areas. The building was progressive for the period, being powered entirely by electricity. The institute existed in this state until 1932, when it changed its name to become the Harris Art College. It underwent further expansion and in 1952, and became the Harris College. In 1973, this became Preston Polytechnic, then the Lancashire Polytechnic in 1984. In 1992, full university status was awarded, and the University of Central Lancashire came into existence. The first chancellor of the university was Sir Francis Kennedy, and he was succeeded in 2001 by

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. In 2016,

became the new chancellor of the university. The journalism division, now part of the School of Journalism and Media, is one of the oldest in the country, opening as part of the Harris College in 1962. In 1991, it became one of the first to teach journalism undergraduate degrees, with a strong emphasis on practical work. In 2013, the School of Dentistry and the School of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education merged to create the School of Medicine and Dentistry. The university sponsored the now-defunct

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, a

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which opened in September 2013.

Campus

The university is on an urban campus in Preston, with sites in

and in Westlakes,

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(for nuclear and energy related research programmes). A campus in

opened in October 2012. Livesey House is named after temperance activist

. The university opened the new JB Firth building in September 2011, at a cost of £12.5m. It houses the School of Forensic and Applied Sciences, which includes subjects such as chemistry and forensic science. The new building has a 4,000 m² teaching area, which includes six laboratories: two for chemistry undergraduate teaching, one for chemistry research, one analytical laboratory and two fire laboratories. The building was named after James Brierly Firth, a founder of forensic science in Britain. The

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Sports Centre opened, replacing the Foster Sports Centre, in 2011. It is a purpose-built indoor facility on the main campus and offers Students' Union sports clubs, instructor-led classes and individual training. Sports membership (including gym) is free for most students and discounted for staff. Other key facilities include a £15m Media Factory with facilities for digital media and performing arts students, and a 'business incubator'. The £5.3 million Allen Building incorporates facilities for students in the School of Medicine and Dentistry. The university underwent a £200 million expansion programme, with several new buildings at the Preston main campus: * Social Spaces (open as of 2018). Two new social spaces, one located between the Harrington and Greenbank buildings and the other at the Foster building. These social spaces contain a range of relaxation space for students including; pool tables, table tennis tables and a bean bag area. * Engineering Innovation Centre (opened September 2019). A £32 million purpose built teaching and exhibition space. The building contains several specialist labs as well as four flight simulators. It provides an integrated space for teaching, research and direct links with industry. The EIC secured £10.5 million worth of funding via the Lancashire Enterprise Partnerships’ Growth Deal with the Government. The new facility has also received £5.8 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and £5 million from HEFCE's STEM Capital Fund. * Oasis: Faith and Spirituality Centre (open as of May 2018). Consisting of multiple faith rooms, counselling and event space as well as roof terrace, this multi faith centre is to replace the existing one located on St. Peter's Court. * Student Centre and New Square (opened in 2021). This £57 million project was built with the purpose of creating a new campus reception building, housing several student services, meeting rooms, office space, event venues and a rooftop garden. A new square was also built in front of the student centre. Both the new square and student centre were constructed partially on the existing Adelphi roundabout and on the land once occupied by the Fylde building.

Cyprus

UCLan Cyprus is a branch campus of the University of Central Lancashire situated in

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. The campus opened in 2012 and is licensed and registered as a university in

. It is the only private British university in Cyprus. It accepts international students. UCLan Cyprus is the first University in Cyprus that has a

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for use by the School of Law students. UCLan Cyprus offers bachelor's degrees in business administration, advertising and marketing communications, accounting and finance, hospitality and tourism management, computing, mathematics, English language studies, law, web design and development, sport and exercise science and psychology. It offers master's degrees in business administration, business management, marketing management, education leadership, teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) with applied linguistics, financial and commercial law, computing, cybersecurity, data analytics, sport & exercise science and forensic psychology.

Academic profile

The university has students and researchers from over 100 countries and partnerships with 125 international institutions. It has a base in China's Shenzhen Virtual University Park, conducting collaborative research with some of China's leading universities into nanotechnology with applications in drug delivery, water purification and fire toxicity. Within the School of Language and Global Studies, staff speak 30 languages and represent 22 nationalities. UCLan has 98 professors, over 600 research or knowledge transfer-active members of staff, and 763 research students. There are 246 Honorary Fellows of the university. The university has the following schools: * Centre for Collaborative Learning * Arts and Media * Business * Community Health and Midwifery * Dentistry * Engineering * Humanities, Language and Global Studies * Justice * Management * Medicine * Natural Sciences * Nursing * Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences * Psychology and Computing * Social Work, Care and Community * Sport and Health Sciences * Myerscough College (Associate School)

International developments

UCLan enrolls students from over 100 countries and has partnerships with 125 international institutions located across the world. Each year over 2,000 international students study at the university's Preston Campus. UCLan was the first modern university in the UK to be included in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. In 2013 QS awarded UCLan the full five stars for its approach to ‘Internationalisation’ with a proven track record for specialising in all aspects of international educational provision. UCLan has over 3,000 students enrolled offshore, across a diverse range of countries including China, Greece, India, Mauritius, Singapore and the United States. In 2012 the university opened UCLan Cyprus, a €53 million branch campus in

. It is the only private British university in Cyprus. In 2013, following receipt of Chinese Ministry of Education approval and together with its partner Hebei University (HBU), the UCLan established the ‘Hebei/UCLan School of Media, Communication and Creative Industries’. Initially the joint School will have non-independent status, meaning that although it will be a separate entity from HBU it will be wholly owned by it. The School will have 800 students, recruiting 200 per year for the four-year duration of the programmes. The intention is to grow to 1,600 students and then to focus on a broader range of subjects, targeting science in the second wave. When successfully operating at the expanded level, the School will apply for independent campus status.

Rankings

UCLan is in the top 3.7% of universities worldwide according to The Centre for World University Rankings 2016 (CWUR). UCLan is in the top 800 universities globally according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Film production

UCLAN is the only university in the UK to run a feature film module. Results of this course include The Collaborators (2015), Audax (2014), The Wedding (2013), Wraith (2012) and Needle In The Hay (2011).

Research

Research activity at UCLan includes working with NASA on solar dynamics, with the Department of Health on stroke research, with industry on digital media projects and collaboration with the Football Association, Professional Golfers Association and International Olympic Committee on sport and exercise science research.

Undergraduate research

UCLan has established one of the UK's largest paid undergraduate research internship schemes. Since the scheme launched in 2008, nearly 450 interns have worked directly alongside UCLan researchers on projects as diverse as digital publishing, wind power analysis, facial composite development and smart bandage exploration.

Autonomous systems research

In 2012, UCLAN announced a partnership with the BAE Systems, and four other north-western universities (

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, Lancaster and

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) in order to work on the Gamma Programme which aims to develop "autonomous systems". According to the University of Liverpool 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".

Student life

Students' Union

The nightclub and live music venue at the Students' Union, '53 Degrees', has two floors with a bar on each and occasionally hosts musical performers. Across two rooms, total capacities are 1,100 & 350 for club nights and 1,400 and 350 for all live gigs. The adjoining bar, 'Source', is open seven days a week during term times. '53 Degrees' is no longer owned by the Students' Union however Freshers' Week events are still run in the venue.

Sports

There are over 35 sports clubs run by the students’ union. Many have block bookings at the Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre and UCLan Sports Arena in term-time for training and matches. The sports clubs participate in

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competitions and have home and away fixtures. The university outdoor sport facilities can be found at UCLan Sports Arena (USA) which is located two miles away and was opened in 2000 by

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. The £12 million arena provides facilities for

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(five grass pitches),

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(two floodlit all-weather pitches),

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, tennis (four floodlit courts), and cycling ( circuit), as well as an eight-lane athletics area, equipped for school, club, and county competitions. The university's Motor Sports Engineering and Operations students run a motor racing team, UCLAN Racing.

Media

''The Pulse'' is the student newspaper. It is six times a year, and began in 1985 as the ''Ribble Echo'' and then was named ''Pluto'' until June 2016. It is now printed in tabloid format with colour photography. The newspaper published its first edition on 12 September 2016. ''Pulse Radio'' is the student radio station which is located on the ground floor of the Students' Union building. It was founded in 1999 as ''Frequency Radio'' and is currently broadcasting during term time. The new radio station started broadcasting on 12 September 2016. ''Pulse Radio'' is the student television station which is located on the ground floor of the Students' Union building. The station covers news, entertainment, and documentaries.

Notable people

Alumni

Estelle Asmodelle Estelle Asmodelle, formerly known as Estelle Maria Croot, is a polymath. She is an Australian model, actress, belly dancer, musician, activist, abstract artist and physicist. She became Australia's first legally recognised transgender person ...

, Australian model and activist *

Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu (; born 21 August 1994) is a British actress, model and television personality of Turkish origin. After portraying the role of Isil in the Turkish soap opera ''Kuzey Yıldızı İlk Aşk'' in 2022, she won the eighth seri ...

, Turkish actress, singer, model and television personality *

Waqar Azmi Waqar Azmi is listed in the world's 500 most influential Muslims by Georgetown University, as well as the Asian power 100 list of the most influential Asians in the UK and, the Muslim power 100 List of the most influential Muslims in the UK. He ...

, EU Ambassador and former Chief Diversity Adviser to the Prime Minister, Cabinet Office *

Jim Bamber Jim Bamber (1948 – 20 June 2014) was a British artist and editorial cartoonist specialising in motorsport, who is best known for his motor racing related caricatures which incorporate his distinctive driver designs, that adorned every issue of ...

, illustrator for Autosport (Preston College of Art) *

Polly Billington Polly Billington (born 1967) is a former BBC journalist who worked on the ''Today'' programme before becoming a special advisor to Ed Miliband. She was the media director for his successful bid in the 2010 Labour leadership election. Billingto ...

, journalist and special adviser to

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* Isioma Daniel, journalist *

Victoria Derbyshire Victoria Antoinette Derbyshire is a British journalist, newsreader and broadcaster. Her eponymous current affairs and debate programme was broadcast on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel from 2015 until March 2020. She has also presented ''News ...

, broadcaster on

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Reni Eddo-Lodge Reni Eddo-Lodge (born 25 September 1989) is a British journalist and author, whose writing primarily focuses on feminism and exposing structural racism. She has written for a range of publications, including ''The New York Times'', ''The Guar ...

, journalist and author of '' Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race'' * Mary Fitzpatrick, photographer, visual artist Liverpool Art Prize * Richard Frediani, Editor of BBC Breakfast *

Andy Goldsworthy Andy Goldsworthy (born 26 July 1956) is an English sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculptures and land art situated in natural and urban settings. Early life Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire on 26 Ju ...

, visual artist *

Nina Hossain Nina Hossain is a British journalist and presenter employed by ITN as the lead presenter of the ''ITV Lunchtime News''. Background Hossain was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England to a Bangladeshi father and an English mother. Her fa ...

, ITV News broadcaster *

Simon Kelner Simon Kelner (born 9 December 1957) is a British journalist and newspaper editor. Kelner studied at Bury Grammar School. His older brother is the journalist and broadcaster Martin Kelner. He is Jewish. He started work at ''Neath Guardian'' in ...

, former editor of ''

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'' *

Sarah Ann Kennedy Sarah Ann Kennedy is a British voice actress best known for providing the voices of Miss Rabbit and Mummy Rabbit in the children's animated series ''Peppa Pig'', Nanny Plum in the children's animated series ''Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom'' and D ...

, British voice actress *

Carl Lygo Carl Raymond Lygo (born October 1967) is a British barrister and academic who was the founding vice-chancellor of BPP University. Since 2018 he has been the Chairman of University of Europe for Applied Sciences in Germany and since 2019 the Vice ...

, Vice-Chancellor,

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Lee Mavers Lee Anthony Mavers (born 2 August 1962) is an English musician. Mavers was the songwriter, singer and rhythm guitarist in The La's and is best known for the song "There She Goes (The La's song), There She Goes" from October 1988. Mavers was orig ...

, founding member of Liverpool band

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Adam McClean Adam McClean (born c. 1989) is a British journalist, broadcaster and filmmaker who works for the BBC. He presents national television news items for BBC Breakfast and BBC News. He is also credited as having worked on Panorama. He spent his early ...

, BBC Breakfast and

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journalist *

Paul Nuttall Paul Andrew Nuttall (born 30 November 1976) is a British politician who served as Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2016 to 2017. He was elected to the European Parliament in 2009 as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate, and ...

, UKIP MEP * Ian Payne, Sky sports broadcaster * Brent Sadler, CNN correspondent * Andrew Shie, Assistant

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of the

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(

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and

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), first Anglican Bishop from Brunei *

Gemma Hallett Gemma Hallett (born 24 August 1981) is a Welsh rugby union retired professional player who has played second row and number 8, earning 35 caps for Wales. Hallett started her international career making her appearance in the Welsh Students squad ...

, International Rugby Player and Entrepreneur *

, BBC Radio Five Live and television presenter *

Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes (22 March 1914 – 21 July 2008) was an English industrialist. He was the head of British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC) from 1968 to 1975. Life and career Stokes was born in Plymouth, and educate ...

, industrialist and life peer * Mike Sutton, originator of the Market Reduction Approach *

Bryan Talbot Bryan Talbot (born 24 February 1952) is a British comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'' and its sequel '' Heart of Empire'', as well as the ''Grandville'' series of books. He collaborated ...

, award-winning comic book artist and writer * Mark Tattersall, television presenter ''Granada Reports'' *

Don Warrington Don Warrington MBE (born Donald Williams, 23 May 1951) is a Trinidadian-born British actor. He is best known for playing Philip Smith in the ITV sitcom ''Rising Damp'' (1974–78), and Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in the BBC detective serie ...

, actor * William Watt, 2010 Digital Journalist of the Year *

Kerry Wilkinson Kerry Wilkinson (born 4 November 1980) is a British author and sports journalist born in Bath, Somerset. In 2018, his book ''Ten Birthdays'' won the Romantic Novelists' Association award for Young Adult Novel of the Year. Along with Marius Gabri ...

, UK number one bestselling author * Angela Wakefield British fine artist

Academics

* Dame Susan Bailey, Professor of Child Mental Health since 2004 *

Warwick Fox Warwick Fox (born 1 March 1954) is an Australian-UK philosopher. He is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Central Lancashire, and his books include ''Toward a Transpersonal Ecology: Developing New Foundations for Environmentalism;'' ...

, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy *

Duncan Glen Professor Duncan Munro Glen (11 January 1933 – 20 September 2008) was a Scottish poet, literary editor and Emeritus Professor of Visual Communication at Nottingham Trent University. He became known with his first full-length book, ''Hugh MacDia ...

, former lecturer in graphic design *

Stanley Henig Stanley Henig (born 7 July 1939) is a British academic and former Labour Party politician. He was Deputy Pro-Chancellor of Lancaster University from 2006 until 2011. Early life Stanley Henig was born on 7 July 1939 in Leicester, the son of t ...

, former head of the Department of Politics and European Studies *

Lubaina Himid Lubaina Himid (born 1954) is a British artist and curator. She is a professor of contemporary art at the University of Central Lancashire.Turner Prize The Turner Prize, named after the English painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist. Between 1991 and 2016, only artists under the age of 50 were eligible (this restriction was removed for the 2017 award) ...

winner * Christine King, former head of the School of Historical and Critical Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Arts *

Ewa Mazierska Ewa Mazierska (born 1964 in Włocławek, Poland) is a reader in Contemporary Cinema, in the Department of Humanities of the University of Central Lancashire. Her publications include various articles in Polish and English and a number of monogra ...

, Professor in Contemporary Cinema since 2008 *

Ewan McKendrick Ewan Gordon McKendrick (born 1960) is Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford. He is known for his academic work on the contract law, law of contract, as well as publications in the law of unjust enrichment and commercial law. ...

, former lecturer in law * David Andrew Phoenix, Deputy Vice-Chancellor from 2008 to 2013 *

Rex Pope Rex Pope is a British historian who was formerly head of the school of historical and critical studies at Lancashire Polytechnic. Pope is a specialist in the social and economic history of Britain in the later nineteenth and twentieth centuries. H ...

, former head of the School of Historical and Critical Studies *

Michael Thomas Michael or Mike Thomas may refer to: Entertainment * Michael M. Thomas (born 1936), American novelist of financial thrillers * Michael Tilson Thomas (born 1944), American conductor, pianist, and composer * Michael Thomas (actor) (1952–2019), Bri ...

, Professor of Higher Education and Online Learning * John K. Walton, former professor of social history * Laurence Williams, Professor of Nuclear Safety and Regulation from 2010 to 2014

References

External links

University of Central Lancashire website

UCLan Students' Union website
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