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artists impression of new look Foster building entrance

Preston university building gets £1.9m revamp

6th, May 2012 by Ed Walker

Work has started to makeover one of the main university buildings in Preston. Foster Building, at the University of Central Lancashire, which borders Corporation Street and Marsh Lane, is getting a £1.9m revamp. The refurb, being undertaken by Bamber Bridge based firm Conlon Construction, will see a new reception hall, three new lecture theatres and an updated medical centre for the city’s student population. Construction [...]

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William Shakespeare’s connections with Preston revealed

20th, April 2012 by Ryan Owen Gibson

A Preston-based university lecturer will seek to answer a question that has baffled literary scholars for years – did William Shakespeare spend some of his ‘lost years’ at Hoghton Tower on the outskirts of the city? On Monday 23rd April, Shakespeare’s 448th birthday, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Drama Catharine Francis will seek to separate the facts from the fiction, and she is inviting the [...]

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UCLan chief wants to see closer links between university and local community

31st, March 2012 by Ed Walker

A senior staff member at the Preston-based University of Central Lancashire has called for closer links with the local community. Pro vice-chancellor for engagement, Margaret Bruce, has posted for The Guardian’s Higher Education network saying UCLan wants to work with local businesses more. In her blog post she explains how she regularly meets with local big employers to see how the university can do better, [...]

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Business aims for international acclaim by nurturing young local talent

5th, March 2012 by Joseph Stashko

A Preston business is aiming to combat unemployment among young people by partnering with local universities. Transcription Global, a transcription, translation and interpreting company based in Winckley Square is working with international students who are studying in the area to translate and proofread files in their native language on a freelance basis. By paying students in the area to translate and proofread files in their [...]

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Dragon’s Den entrepreneur Kirsty Henshaw develops online game with Preston student’s help

23rd, February 2012 by Ed Walker

Preston’s star of Dragon’s Den has helped a local student develop a new online game. Kirsty Henshaw, from Penwortham, won the backing of Duncan Bannatyne and Peter Jones last year for her business Worthenshaws – and now she’s decided to help local creative types. Ms Henshaw’s new website includes a game called Hungry Hedgehogs designed and built by University of Central Lancashire student Saija Sipilä. [...]

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Dutch orchestra prepare for Preston-leg of UK tour

8th, February 2012 by Ed Walker

An exciting Dutch ensemble orchestra will be coming to the city tomorrow night. Orkest de Ereprijs bring their music to Preston Minster on the Preston stop of their UK-wide tour. The group will be performing music by a number of composers including Steve Reich and Louis Andriessen. Nick Casswell has been involved in organising the event. He said: “Orkest de Ereprijs are a great, exciting [...]

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Lancashire prepares for strike as 110 schools close

29th, June 2011 by Joseph Stashko

The government is facing its first industrial strike against its public sector cuts today as up to 750,000 public sector workers strike over planned changes to their pensions. According to data made available by the Guardian, 110 schools overseen by Lancashire education authority are set to close, from a total of 698 (15.8%). Schools that fall under Blackpool education authority are worse hit, with 75.6% [...]

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Opinion: A UCLan graduate on the fees increase

6th, April 2011 by Joseph Stashko

John Walker is a former student of UCLan, where he studied interactive digital media. He now runs the multimedia design studio Walker Studios. Yesterday the University of Central Lancashire announced that they would raise the tuition fees to the maximum amount set by the government from autumn 2012. This sees the cost of a single year at the university rise from just shy of £3,300 [...]

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Opinion: £9,000 for PowerPoint presentations every week? No thanks.

5th, April 2011 by Georgia Smith

This is a cross post from Georgia Smith, a second year journalism student at UCLan. The original entry can be found on her blog here. We’ve all known for a while about the coalition government’s decision to remove the cap from university tuition fees – but today’s announcement from the University of Central Lancashire that they are to start charging students £9,000 a year from 2012 [...]

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UCLan announces £9000 fees

5th, April 2011 by Joseph Stashko

The University of Central Lancashire has just announced its tuition fees for the academic year 2012/13; £9000. The news comes after other universities in the north west including Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores universities, Lancaster University and the University of Manchester all confirmed their move to higher fees. UCLan now joins 29 other universities across the country in announcing the maximum possible fees for its [...]

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Preston in February – A roundup

1st, March 2011 by Joseph Stashko

Feburary saw an upturn in content on Blog Preston due to an influx of new writers as well as several significant announcements. We started the month of with Glover’s Court being wrongly named as the most crime-ridden street in England, after the new Police.uk government database incorrectly listed crimes happening all over the town centre as having happened on a single road. Hopefully the foul [...]

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University urging students to be greener

10th, February 2011 by Melvin Rao

The University of Central Lancashire has launched a week long scheme encouraging students to be greener. But the people responsible for running the project are parading around campus in a fuel-guzzling red double decker bus which is used to promote their eco message. The bus is driven between its depot in Blackpool and the university every other day – adding up to more than 188 [...]

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Student lands lucrative job at local flooring firm

29th, December 2010 by Cara Woodley

A student from a Preston-based university is set to race ahead in the pay stakes, landing a job that earns over £40,000 upon graduation. Events management student Rachel Coleridge-Smith (pictured above, left), from Lytham, Lancashire, is set to go straight into a high-paced managerial role travelling the world. Rachel, who started at the University in Central Lancashire in 2008, will take on her role as [...]

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