Central Lancashire

Posted August 2nd, 2007 by csc104

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University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2HE

Contact number:

0)1772 201201

Website:

http://www.uclan.ac.uk

Brief history:

The Institution for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1828 by Joseph Livesey's Temperance Society. The society was born from a pledge made by seven Preston workingmen (whose names can be seen on a plaque in the university library) to never again consume alcohol.

In 1992, Lancashire Polytechnic was awarded University status and has undergone continuous improvement and development since, bearing the name University of Central Lancashire.

University Life

Accommodation & Surrounding Areas:

Availability
- Most first years guaranteed accommodation in halls or university owned houses if they require it.
- 1400 beds on campuses

Costs
- No catered accommodation
- Self catered room with wash basin in traditional halls cost £53 per week.
- Self catered en suite in cluster flats cost £75 per week.
- Self catered room with wash basin in traditional halls cost £68

Contract Period
- 42 weeks

Locations
- All halls are within five minutes walk of the campus and all houses are within a 2km radius

Facilities
- Internet access included
- Utility bills included

Resources:

Library
- 600 000+ books and journals
- 1200 study places

Opening hours
- 55 weekday hours
- 14 weekend hours

IT
- 1180 computers available

Transport:

Service
- University bus service connects all the major sites

Cost
- £30 a month

Welfare:

Services
- Student Union Advice Centre
- Full GP Health Centre on campuse
- Counselling service
- Chaplaincy
- Childcare on campus

Security
- 24 hour security team
- CCTV

Sporting facilities:

Foster Sports Centre (FSC) is an indoor facility on the main University campus.
- Sports Hall (caters for Badminton, Basketball, Fencing, 5-a-side Football, Indoor Hockey, Netball, Tennis and Volleyball)
- Fitness Suite
- Fitness Studio (with martial arts and dance classes)

Preston Sports Arena which is located just 2 miles away.
- 8 football pitches (one of which is of Premiership quality)
- 3 rugby pitches
- 2 multi purpose pitches
- 7 5 a side pitches
- 7 a side all weather pitch
- 8 lane athletics track
- Indoor training facility and fitness suite
- Tennis courts
- Cricket pitch
- Local facilities are hired to provide Canoeing, Climbing, Golf, Horse Riding, Squash, Tennis, Trampolining and Windsurfing.

Costs
- Annual sports membership costs students £70

Sports Clubs
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Canoe
- Caporeira
- Cricket
- Fencing
- Football
- Gaelic Football
- Golf
- Hockey
- Horse Riding
- Jui Jitsu
- Karate
- Kung Fu
- Mountaineering
- Ski
- Netball
- Rugby League
- Rugby Union
- Skydiving
- Snowboard
- Squash
- Swimming
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Trampoline
- Volleyball
- Windsurf

Boring but important

Fees and bursaries:

Undergraduate fees
- All courses set at £3070

Scholarships
- The Ones to Watch Scholarship; £1000 per annum award for students where their household principal earner’s
gross salary is less than £60,000 per year.
- Excellence Scholarships; 80 £2000 awards for students with excellent pre entry qualifications, in some cases supported by a written ‘application’ of no more than 500 words, to be assessed by the appropriate Head of Department demonstrate a level of excellence or the potential for excellence.
- Excellence in Sport Scholarship; 20 £2000 award for students who demonstrate a level of excellence or the potential for excellence.
- Harris Scholarships; £1000 award for students from Lancashire who are in financial difficulty.

Notible alumni:

Tjinder Singh and Ben Ayres of Cornershop.... "Brimful of Asha on the 45!!"

Visiting

Open day dates:

2007
- Saturday 24th November
2008
- Saturday 14th June 2008

Road:

Travelling from the North by Motorway M6
- Leave the M6 at Junction 32 (M55) and take Exit 1 (A6) to Preston/Garstang. Turn left from the slipway onto the A6 to Preston and proceed through five major road junctions with traffic lights. Immediately after the fifth set of traffic lights, take the right hand lane and bear right at the next set of lights into Moor Lane. (There is a right filter in operation at these traffic lights). You will be following the signs for Liverpool. The University is also signposted along the route.
- At the end of Moor Lane is a large roundabout. The University (Foster Building) is situated on the right hand side of the roundabout.

Travelling from the South by Motorway M6 (also from M61 (M62) and M65)
- Leave the M6 at Junction 31. Turn left from the slip road onto the A59 towards Preston. The Tickled Trout Hotel will be on your right hand side. Proceed to the first roundabout bearing left to follow the signs for Preston City Centre to New Hall Lane. The University is signposted along the route. New Hall Lane ends in a T junction with traffic lights. Turn right and proceed to the first traffic lights at the ringroad. Go straight ahead onto the dual carriageway. Approaching the next set of traffic lights take the second lane from the right in order to be in the correct lane to enter Walker Street. The Holiday Inn is on the left hand side.
- Turn right at these lights and then immediately left into Walker Street. Proceed to the end of Walker Street at the junction with a large roundabout. The University of Central Lancashire will be facing you as you enter this roundabout.

Buses:

Services to the Students Union and the Harris Buildings
- 24/25 Lea via Fylde Road & Tulketh Road
- 31 to Savick via Brook Street & Lane Ends
- 33 to Tanterton via Brook Street & Lane Ends (Plungington Road into town)
- 35 to Tanterton via Fylde Road & Lane Ends
- 44 to Ingol via Brook Street & Lane Ends (Plungington Road into town)

Services to the Harrington Buildings and to the Library and Learning Resources buildings
- 22 and 23 to ASDA/Sherwood and Royal Preston Hospital via
Plungington Road, Black Bull Lane and Sharoe Green Lane

Services to the Sports Arena
- 31 to Savick via Fylde Road, Brook Street and Lane Ends (The nearest stop is at the bus turning circle
on Savick Way with a 5 minute walk in a northerly direction along a footpath through the park to the Arena)

Services to the Livesey House Buildings
- All the above services that go past the Students Union, the Harris Buildings, Harrington Buildings and to
the Library and Learning Resources buildings use the bus stop at the Dog & Partridge on Friargate