University of Lincoln

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Coordinates: 53.2285° N 0.5479° W

University of Lincoln
Motto: Excellence through study
Established: 1861 (as Hull School of Art)[1]
Type: Public
Chancellor: Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll
Vice-Chancellor: David Chiddick
Students: 16,705[2]
Undergraduates: 11,295[2]
Postgraduates: 1,370[2]
Other students: 4,040 FE[2]
Location: Lincolnshire and Hull, England, UK
Colours: Green (Pantone 398)     
Affiliations: University Alliance, ACU, East Midlands Universities Association, LiSN, Yorkshire Universities
Website: http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/
This article is about the British university. For similarly named institutions in New Zealand and the United States, see Lincoln University.

The University of Lincoln is a university in the United Kingdom, founded in its current form in 2001, but with its roots in the 19th century Hull School of Art.

It is located primarily in the city of Lincoln but also has campuses in Riseholme, Holbeach and Hull.[3] Its corporate logo is the head of the Ancient Roman goddess Minerva.

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[edit] History

The University of Lincoln started out as the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, having been created the University of Humberside in 1992 from Humberside Polytechnic.

The University has roots going back to the 19th century. These can be traced back to a number of higher educational institutions in Hull, including the Hull School of Art (1861), the Hull Technical Institute (1893), Endsleigh Training College (1905) and the Hull Central College of Commerce (1930).

All these higher educational institutions not associated with the University of Hull were merged in 1976 to form the Hull College of Higher Education. In 1983 this institution became the Humberside College of Higher Education ("HCHE") when it absorbed several courses in fishing, food and manufacturing which were running in Grimsby. HCHE gained polytechnic status in 1990, and then in 1992 was one of the many polytechnics in the UK to become full universities.

[edit] Recent history

University of Lincoln
University of Lincoln

The cathedral city of Lincoln was without its own university well into the 1990s. In 1993 a project company was founded to build a full university campus on disused industrial land at the southwest end of Lincoln's city centre. This was to be combined with the existing University of Humberside to form a new University of Lincolnshire and Humberside.

In 1996 when the new, modern campus beside Lincoln's Brayford Pool was opened by Queen Elizabeth II, it was both the most recently-created University in the UK and an institution with a 130-year history of education in the region.

Higher education in Lincoln was consolidated in 2001 when the University acquired Leicester-based De Montfort University's schools in Lincolnshire: the Lincoln School of Art and Design in uphill Lincoln, and the Lincolnshire School of Agriculture's sites at Riseholme, Caythorpe and Holbeach. Caythorpe was later closed permanently and its activities moved to Riseholme. Courses held in Grimsby were also moved to Lincoln around this time.

Throughout the 1990s, the University's campus facilities in Hull were considerably scaled down as the focus shifted towards Lincoln. In 2001 this process was taken a step further when the decision was made to move the administrative headquarters and management to Lincoln and to sell the Cottingham Road campus in Hull, the former main campus, to its neighbour, the University of Hull - The site is now the home of the Hull York Medical School. The University still maintains a smaller campus, the Derek Crothall Building, in Hull city centre. A smaller campus and student halls on Beverley Road, Hull, were also sold for redevelopment.

As a result of these changes, and because the University's double-barrelled name had come to be regarded as unattractive to students, "Humberside" was dropped and the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside was rebranded "University of Lincoln".

On 28 October 2004, following its redevelopment as a specialist Food science technology park, the campus at Holbeach was reopened by John Henry Hayes, the Member of Parliament for South Holland and the Deepings.

More recently the University's Forensic Science department has been one of only four Universities in the UK accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the department's BSc (Hons) Forensic Science course is accredited by the Forensic Science Society.[4]

[edit] Campuses

The new library building, seen at night.
The new library building, seen at night.

The University has expanded rapidly on the Brayford site since its opening in 1996. Buildings on the Brayford now include a School of Architecture designed by the British architect Rick Mather, a science laboratory facility, a sports centre, and a university library.

The main academic building on the Brayford campus was designed such that, if the University were to fail, it could be easily converted into a shopping centre.[citation needed] The large, open atrium space is surrounded by balconies on several floors, with lecture halls on the ground and classrooms on the higher floors.

The University also maintains several buildings of historic interest in uphill Lincoln (the "Cathedral" campus), including a building named after Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans. At Riseholme, set amongst a 240 hectares (0.93 sq mi) estate and working farm is the former residence of the Bishop of Lincoln. The main building at the much-reduced campus in Hull has been renamed in honour of the late Professor Derek Crothall, a former Pro Vice Chancellor of the University.

[edit] Future plans

The University has ambitious plans to complete the physical development of the Brayford campus. These plans are detailed in the University's Brayford campus masterplan, and include:

  • Landscaping to create two public squares and a formal pond with surrounding lawns (underway in 2008)
  • A second phase of development at Sparkhouse Studios (starts 2008)
  • A second science building
  • A dedicated building for the Faculty of Business and Law
  • A 5,000 m² extension to the Great Central Warehouse University Library

In 2005, the University's halls of residence were leased to a charitable trust for a premium of £30 million. As part of the deal the University would forego the rent that they would have ordinarily received. Part of the £30m will be used to fund the above developments.

[edit] Organisation

There are four faculties of study:

Plus several extra-faculty academic departments:

  • Riseholme College (Principal: Val Braybrooks)
  • The Centre for Health Improvement and Leadership in Lincoln (CHILL) (Director: Christine Abbott)
  • The Centre for Education Research & Development (CERD) (Director: Mike Neary)
  • The School of Theology & Ministry Studies (Head of School: the Reverend Dr Mark Hocknull)

[edit] Facilities

[edit] Library

The University Library was opened in December 2004. It is based in the Great Central Warehouse ("GCW"), a renovated former industrial railway goods warehouse. There are smaller libraries at the University's three branch campuses.

[edit] The Engine Shed

The Engine Shed
The Engine Shed
Main article: Engine Shed (theatre)

The Engine Shed, opened in September 2006, is the dedicated Student Centre facility for the university.

The venue consists of three bars (upper and lower Tower Bars and the Engine Shed bar itself), a venue hall with the capacity of 1,500, Students' Union offices and the Student Opportunities, Activity & Participation (SOAP) Centre.

A number of notable artists have played at the venue, including The Charlatans, The Zutons, Embrace, The Cooper Temple Clause, Deftones, The Beautiful South, Dirty Pretty Things, Babyshambles, Kings of Leon, Stereophonics, Reverend And The Makers, The Kooks, The Human League, Supergrass and The Cribs.

[edit] Lincoln Performing Arts Centre

The Lincoln Performing Arts Centre (LPAC) (opened January 2008) houses a 450-seat multipurpose auditorium designed for live arts performances, conferences, and film screenings. The theatre's programme of events is designed to complement, rather than compete with, those of its neighbouring venues.

The building is home to the Lincoln School of Performing Arts. Arranged around the theatre are studios for dance, drama and music, as well as office spaces and control and dimming rooms designed specifically to enable instruction of students during live performance.

[edit] People

There are 16,705 students at Lincoln, including 11,295 undergraduates and 1,370 postgraduate students.[2] There are 448 academic staff across all the campuses. The University's Chancellor is Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, and the Vice-Chancellor is Professor David Chiddick, appointed in 2001.

Notable alumni include Mary Parkinson, television presenter and the wife of fellow television presenter Michael Parkinson.

[edit] Students' Union

Lincoln Students' Union was refounded in 2001, along with the University, and consists of full and part-time officers.

[edit] Bullet Magazine


University of Lincoln's Student Union - Student Orientated & Run Magazine.

  • Magazine Editorial Team (2008/9)


Editor - Helen Clark
Deputy Editor - Christopher Charnley
Design Editor - Christopher Abrams

  • Distribution - Between 2,00 - 3,000 issues around all University of Lincoln Campus’s, range from Brayford Pool to the Hull Campus.


  • Audience - 20,000 Students (18-30 years old)


  • Award winning Bullet Magazine produces six annual issues across the academic year, in its infamous hand bag size ideal for students on the move. The magazine allows students the opportunity to develop their professional skill, gaining an insight into working, and allows students to implement aspects of their degree, whilst giving the CV a very big boost during their time at the magazine.


  • The editorial content of the magazine is student lead; however it still reflects SU principles, such as safe drinking, sexual and personal safety campaigns.


  • Bullet Magazine prides itself on taste and decency whilst also standing out as risky and cutting edge. Bullet offers a balanced approach offering the right to respond to all features and articles.


  • Bullet Magazine currently covers a wide aspect of features such as fashion, current affairs, music, sports, features and is currently developing into the world of online media (2008).


  • Particular features within Bullet have seen great success such as the ever so popular, Single in Cathedral City. A Lincoln adaptation of the infamous ‘Sex and the City’, as two singletons (male and female perspective) depict key affairs within their time as a singleton of Lincoln and life at the University.
  • Bullet was recently awarded best issue, and best design within the Lincolnshire county beating high profile media such as The Linc, Pulp Magazine and Siren FM. (2008)


Official Website: http://www.bulletonline.org


[edit] Union Structure

In 2001, the Students' Union was refounded as a "students' union co-operative", the first of its kind in the UK.[citation needed] All students were required to buy membership of the Union, which gave them a far greater say in the decision-making process. Regular member meetings were held, across the various campuses; all student members could speak, and present motions to be voted on, which would be accepted by the Union, if constitutional.

However, various legislative changes in the UK – as well as more practical problems (such as the cost of insuring the Union) – meant that the co-operative structure was not viable in the longer term. Accordingly, in 2007, the Union was reconstituted as a company limited by guarantee, and registered as a charity, introducing a more conventional governance structure.

[edit] In popular culture

In August 2000, the University's Learning Resources Centre (now the Media, Humanities & Technology building) was the location for some of Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart's scenes in Possession, the 2002 adaptation of A. S. Byatt's eponymous novel.[5]

[edit] References

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  1. ^ Lincoln, University of. A-Z Unis & Colleges. The Independent (2007-07-27). Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
  2. ^ a b c d e Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2006/07 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet). Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
  3. ^ Maps - University of Lincoln. University of Lincoln. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
  4. ^ BSc (Hons) Forensic Science. University of Lincoln (2007-11-21). Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
  5. ^ McCann, Grace (2002-10-24). Star-struck Lincoln. The Independent. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.

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