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Who Are We?

3,300 postgraduates

9,400 undergraduates

2500 staff

founded 1964

“Founded in 1964, it has built a formidable reputation in just 45 years.”Sunday Times University Guide 2010

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Lancaster University's accommodation

'Best University Halls' in the National Student Housing Survey of 120 UK institutions for the second year in 2011,

'Best Learning Environment' and 'Best Individual Accommodation'.

International Accommodation Quality Mark, awarded where satisfaction among International students was at 90 percent or higher.

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Provide residential services

Campus halls of residence:

• purpose built in blocks of “studios” or landings

• lots of en-suite if required

• standard single rooms with shared facilities

£300,000,000 building programme

• extra 3,500 rooms on campus – no increase in student numbers

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Student rooms on campus

• Students keep same room through year

• Uni catered meals-deals available

• All rooms have internal phones and are networked: on-line access to internet (incl. in rent), email, library etc

• 24/7 access to computer suites across campus for all students

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Years 2 and 3: Lancaster

‘LUSU’ Housing Office accredits accommodation in local residential areas

• purpose-built halls in the city; OR

• private Victorian terraced housing

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Support services…

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• NHS registered Health Centre

• Pharmacy

• Dental Surgery for emergency NHS Treatment in term time

• Usual confidential services

• Trained First-Aider 24/7 in every College

• Named personal tutor in college

• Named academic tutor in dept

• Professional agencies available to help... (study advice, hardship funds, dyslexia, etc)

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Lancaster Scholarships£1,000 scholarship per year during undergraduate studies

Conditions:

A*, A, A in their A-level examinations (or equivalent academic qualifications)

Students must be from UK, UG and FT, meet the above offer and

place Lancaster as CF

Continuation of the Lancaster Scholarship is subject to satisfactory

academic progression

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Bursaries Combined £5,000 bursary package for students from England

withhousehold incomes less than £25,000 per year

The bursary package consists of National Scholarship Programme :

£1,000 cash bursary in the 1st year of study£1,000 on-campus accommodation discount in the 1st year of

study£1,000 tuition fee waiver in the 1st year of study

A Lancaster Bursary:

£1,000 cash bursary in the 2nd year of study£1,000 cash bursary in the 3rd year of study

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The CityLancaster: lively, historic city

Lowest national crime rate of any English University city

Access:• several regular buses every hour• Cyclepath through dormitory estates• M6, West Coast rail network

English Lake District:• under 45 mins from campus by bus, train or car

• Manchester 1 hour train ride, Preston 20 mins, Liverpool 1½hrs

• City & Campus: the best of BOTH worlds!

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Lancaster University

=1st of all northern Universities

National Student Survey, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, Sunday Times University Guide 2011

Ranked in top 10 of UK Universities

Complete University Guide, The Times, The Guardian 2011

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Key• Working & studying : 8%• Working only : 58% 89% working or

studying• Studying only : 23%• Not available for work or study : 4%• Assumed to be unemployed : 7%

What were Lancaster students (all subjects) doing 6 months after graduating?

National Student Survey 2010