Lancaster University
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In 1947 a public meeting in Lancaster endorsed a proposal that there might be a university college established in the city. Although the idea lapsed for lack of government funding, in early 1961 it was revived by Lancashire County Council, and a Promotion Committee for a University in North-West Lancashire, chaired by Lord Derby, presented a proposal to the University Grants Committee for Lancaster to be chosen.
On 23 November 1961 an announcement was made in the House of Commons to that effect, and two bodies were set up to bring the new institution to life: an Academic Planning Board, chaired by Sir Noel Hall of Brasenose College, Oxford, and an Executive Council for the Establishment of a University at Lancaster, chaired by Sir Alfred Bates. The founding vice-chancellor, Charles Carter, came into post on 1 April 1963, on 14 September 1964 H.M. the Queen approved the Charter and Statutes, and the first students were admitted in October 1964 to study for degrees that were from the outset to be conferred by the university. Teaching took place at St Leonard's House, and students were accommodated in lodgings in Morecambe or Lancaster. H.R.H. Princess Alexandra was installed as Chancellor in November 1964 and remained in post until December 2004. The transfer of departments from Lancaster to Bailrigg took place between 1966 and 1970, at the same time as the first four colleges were being established, enabling students to come into residence from 1968 onwards.
The founding subjects were in the natural sciences, business subjects, and the humanities, including an emphasis on modern languages, while the second generation of subjects focussed particularly on social sciences and technology. Four colleges were initially set up: Bowland and Lonsdale, Cartmel and County, and another five followed by 1990; Furness and Fylde, Pendle and Grizedale, and the Graduate College. Much time and effort was expended in building up the physical form and infrastructure of the university, including an increasing amount of space for research, and in the first decade of the new millennium a major expansion of residential accommodation took place at Alexandra Park, enabling all new students to have a room of their own, and most of other years who wished to be in residence to do so. From the outset the university was committed to undertaking research as well as teaching, and many successful teams built on early initiatives; for example, on the environment, low temperature physics, or the study of the creative arts.
Courses by Department:
- Accounting and Finance
- Art
- Biological Sciences
- Computing and Communications (School of)
- Design
- Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences
- Economics
- Educational Research
- Engineering
- English and Creative Writing
- Environmental Science
- European Languages and Cultures
- Geography
- History
- Lancaster Environment Centre
- Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts
- Law
- Linguistics and English Language
- Management Science
- Marketing
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Music
- Organisation, Work and Technology
- Physics
- Politics, Philosophy and Religion
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Theatre Studies
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