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Welcome to Lancaster Popular legend has it that once you have lived in Lancaster you’ll either never leave, or have to keep coming back. Whether or not that’s true in your case only ti me will tell, but in the meanti me you’ve got three or four years of life changing excitement, personal evoluti on, good ti mes, new friendships and relati onships, and at ti mes, more than a litt le bit of hard work to be going on with. Freshers’ Week at Lancaster is an energeti c and fun packed week aimed at easing you into student life, and this guide details the main events run by the University, the Students’ Union (LUSU), and any other notable events run for everyone. Keep it safe: You’ll need this to know where to go, what to do and when you should be doing it. University is as much about the experience as it is about getti ng a degree - you’ll get a lot out of it, and there’s always the opportunity to put a lot back into it. Those Freshers’ Reps you meet on day one were probably in your positi on last year, and could be the fi rst of many friends you make here. The JCR Exec are all current students that will be around all week to look aft er you, and don’t forget about your College Offi cers and your College Advisor: These people may be staff members but they also put a lot into making sure that your student experience is as good as it can be. You may fi nd this the perfect ti me to try something new - try out for teams, join clubs and societi es, get healthy, do some volunteer work - or you may just take everything in your stride, whatever comes your way. There is no ‘typical’ Freshers’ Week any more than there are ‘typical’ freshers. You can do your own thing. So have a great Freshers’ Week then! Make the most of it, know your limits, and be yourself... now read on to see what Lancaster can off er YOU... 3 Arts & Entertainment Lancaster & Morecambe www.citycoastcountryside.co.uk Lancaster is packed full of Georgian buildings and its mariti me past is strongly evident. Parts of the Norman Castle are open to visitors at certain ti mes, and if you visit you can see where the Birmingham Six were tried and the Pendle Witches were imprisoned (the castle remained a working prison unti l very recently). Next to the Castle is the Priory & Parish Church of St Mary. The annual fi reworks display at the Castle and Priory is popular with students and is always spectacular. Well worth checking out come November! Just down from Castle Hill is the Judges’ Lodgings Museum, and down on the quayside you can fi nd the Mariti me Museum, worthy of a look if you’re interested and get the chance during your ti me here. These are also worth bearing in mind if your family decide to pay a visit later in the year and you can’t think what to do with them! Towering over the east side of the city is the Ashton Memorial folly, in the centre of the 38 acre Williamson Park: a great place to relax and get away from everything if you need to. And of course the seaside is only a short bus ride away - Fish and Chips on Morecambe promenade is a good way to while away a few hours! Arts www.liveatlica.org The main Bailrigg campus plays host to any number of hidden gems, and some of the following might interest you or your guests: Now in its 44th year, and held in the Great Hall, Lancaster Internati onal Concerts is a major provider of classical and world music in north 4 5 Lancashire. ‘Meet the arti st’ sessions take place before events, budget movies. See dukes-lancaster.org for more informati on. The providing an invaluable insight into the creati ve process for the public, Dukes also produce the annual promenade plays in Williamson Park, staff and students. which are well worth investi gati ng when summer comes calling. Radio If it’s art you’re interested in, the University has two galleries on www.bailriggfm.co.uk campus: the Peter Scott Gallery, sited in the Great Hall complex, is home to a fantasti c art collecti on which includes Japanese and Chinese If you are staying in you might want to tune into our own radio stati on, art, anti quiti es, works by twenti eth century Briti sh arti sts and prints Bailrigg FM. The frequency is 87.7FM or online via the website. Bett er by signifi cant European arti sts such as Dürer, Miró, Ernst and Vasarely. sti ll; why not get involved with the stati on? You can fi nd out more at The gallery also hosts a diverse visiti ng programme of exhibiti ons and the Freshers’ Fair. events (including recent projects with FutureEverything, AND Festi val and SPILL Festi val). Nightlife www.thesugarhouse.co.uk The Ruskin Library is the striking building you will see as you come up the main drive, by the roundabout. John Ruskin was the nineteenth It might not be as cosmopolitan as Manchester or as lively as Leeds century’s most famous criti c of art. See lancs.ac.uk/depts/ruskinlib. but we reckon you’ll instantly love Lancaster and appreciate the nightlife it has to off er. Film & Theatre www.liveatlica.org There are a plethora of bars from the banks of the canal, through the www.cinema.lusu.co.uk streets of the city and even underneath Castle Hill, to suit all tastes. www.dukes-lancaster.org Many regularly have late licences, or bands and DJs playing live. Ask your JCR or their Freshers’ Reps about the best places for you - they’ll The Nuffi eld Theatre is one of the largest professional studio theatres probably take you there in the week anyway. in Europe. It presents public performances of theatre, contemporary dance and live art from some of the best-known and respected The variety of clubs in Lancaster and Morecambe are complemented companies from the UK and abroad. The theatre presents up to by the LUSU-run venue in Lancaster city centre: The Sugarhouse. 30 visiti ng professional shows a year, plus public performances by Converted from an old sugar warehouse (hence the name…) recent students from Theatre Studies and the University’s student theatre live acts have included DJ Fresh and Labrinth. The Sugarhouse runs and dance societi es. three student nights in any standard week, with free return buses to campus at the weekend. LUSU (the Students’ Union) runs a cinema at the heart of the campus and on four or more nights in the week you can catch a selecti on of current and classic ti tles, twice nightly. Films cost £3 for adults, or £2 with a Purple card - much cheaper than if you went into the city. Off campus, there is a multi -screen Vue cinema in Lancaster, and an Apollo in Morecambe. The Dukes in Lancaster is a well loved repertory theatre and also shows fi lms, specialising in independent or low 6 7 Shops & services Eating In There are food shops on campus where you can stock up your kitchen and prepare to cook, in Edward Roberts Court (head for the Tower, you won’t go far wrong) and at the south end of the main campus in Pendle College. And if that’s not quite what you had in mind, there are a variety of take-aways where somebody else will do the hard work for you... Eating Out www.lancaster.ac.uk/eat www.citycoastcountryside.co.uk Restaurant wise there are a number of eateries on campus: County College has Refuel, plus the popular independent County Diner. Furness has the Fish & Chip shop, Sultan of Lancaster Experience and Pizzett a Republic, Pendle has Wong’s Chinese Restaurant and the Wibbly Wobbly Burger Bar, and Café 21 sits on the top level of Infolab 21. There are also coff ee shops in Fylde College and in the Management School, and the food court in Barker House Farm. In the city there are plenty of bars and restaurants to eat out at. Many of them put special student deals on, in fact you can probably get a diff erent meal deal for every night of the week if you play it right! Shopping Local Alexandra Square is the main commercial centre of the University campus, and both Natwest and Barclays banks have branches on site, though Lloyds, HSBC and others operate in the city so you certainly have more opti ons open to you. Away from the Square, there’s also a cash machine down on Alexandra Park and one outside the Sports Centre. Around the square you will fi nd a news agency, Greggs bakery, 8 9 a hairdresser’s salon, Wallings ice cream parlour, Blackwell’s bookshop, Banking Post Offi ce and Uni Travel – where you can also book your train ti ckets. The Base, home of all student services, also sits at the top of the If you have not got a UK bank account, we recommend that you square in University House. open one as soon as possible aft er you arrive. You need to nominate an account for the payment of any University awards for which you Shopping Around may qualify, and ensure that you keep the University informed of any www.citycoastcountryside.co.uk changes.