Lancaster University | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 05/10/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_University


00:02:19 1 History
00:05:37 2 Campus
00:05:46 2.1 Bailrigg
00:11:18 2.2 South-West Campus
00:12:11 2.3 Health Innovation Centre
00:13:02 2.4 Services
00:13:54 2.5 Cultural venues
00:17:51 3 Off-campus
00:18:24 3.1 Chancellor's Wharf
00:19:06 4 Organisation and administration
00:19:16 4.1 Colleges
00:21:54 4.2 Academic departments
00:22:28 4.3 Governance
00:24:17 4.3.1 Visitor
00:24:58 4.3.2 Chancellor
00:25:24 4.3.3 Vice-Chancellor
00:25:50 5 Academic profile
00:26:00 5.1 Admissions
00:27:10 5.2 Reputation and rankings
00:28:21 5.3 Joint programmes
00:30:10 5.4 Programmes abroad
00:31:37 5.5 Research
00:32:59 5.6 International Foundation Year
00:33:53 6 Student life
00:34:02 6.1 Students' Union
00:35:38 6.2 Sport
00:37:37 6.2.1 Intercollegiate sport
00:39:17 6.3 Arts, media and culture
00:40:33 6.4 Religious groups
00:41:17 7 Notable people
00:41:26 7.1 Alumni
00:41:35 7.1.1 Business
00:42:39 7.1.2 Media
00:43:21 7.1.3 Arts
00:45:43 7.1.4 Politics and law
00:47:22 7.1.5 Sport
00:47:40 7.1.6 Education
00:48:10 7.1.7 Science
00:49:01 7.1.8 Other



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Lancaster University (legally the University of Lancaster) is a collegiate public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established by royal charter in 1964, one of several new universities created in the 1960s.
The university was initially based in St Leonard's Gate in the city centre, before moving in 1968 to a purpose-built 300 acres (120 ha) campus at Bailrigg, 4 km (2.5 mi) to the south.  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 chancellor, Princess Alexandra.
Lancaster is one of only six collegiate universities in the UK; the colleges are weakly autonomous. The eight undergraduate colleges are named after places in the historic county of Lancashire, and each have their own campus residence blocks, common rooms, administration staff and bar.
Lancaster is ranked in the top ten in all three national league tables, and received a Gold rating in the Government's inaugural (2017) Teaching Excellence Framework. In 2018 it was awarded University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, and achieved its highest ever national ranking of 6th place within the guide's national table. The annual income of the institution for 2016-17 was £267.0 million of which £37.7 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £268.7 million.Along with the universities of Durham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York, Lancaster is a member of the N8 Group of research universities. Elizabeth II, Duke of Lancaster, is the visitor of the University. The current chancellor is Alan Milburn, since 2015.