University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)
The University is one of the UK’s largest with a student and staff community approaching 38,000. Internationally the University has academic partners in all regions of the globe and it is on a world stage that the first class quality of its education was first recognised. The University has an increasingly thriving campus in Cyprus delivering UCLan programmes and original research within a Central Lancashire environment and culture. In 2010, the University became the first UK modern Higher Education institution to appear in the QS World University Rankings.
Amongst its programme portfolio of some 400 undergraduate and 200+ postgraduate courses, the University has been at the forefront of developing degrees in emerging disciplines such as Fashion and Forensic Science to an evolving portfolio of Dentistry programmes to meet emerging sector needs. Undergraduate Medicine has now been added to that list, a course being delivered in one of the UK’s most modern and inclusive Medical Schools.
Aerospace Engineering is another new programme, part of the University’s commitment to grow its portfolio of engineering-related courses, and is coupled with the development of a £30 million+ Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC). The aim is to provide a rich source of new graduates that reflect the economic priorities of the North West, the UK and indeed the global economy.
The EIC forms a key pillar of the University’s multi-million pound Campus Masterplan which over the next five years will create a world-class educational environment that blends new facilities with the creation of public, green spaces to benefit the University, the City of Preston, and the economy of the North West.
Creating a remodelled campus environment will help drive Central Lancashire’s commitment to academic excellence, striving to ensure that its teaching and learning, research and knowledge exchange activities are all recognised as being of exceptional quality. The impact is perhaps best seen in the results of the Research Excellence Framework: all 16 subject areas in which the university’s research was assessed were judged to contain ‘world leading’ quality.
The University’s reputation as a regional economy powerhouse has been boosted through its strong track record in supporting graduate business start-ups; The University of Central Lancashire is ranked as the leading UK university for incubated start-up businesses still active after three years of trading. It is ranked second in the UK for the number of graduate start-ups still active overall and ranked third in the UK for estimate turnover for active firms. In the last five years the University has helped over 1,000 students or graduates start a business or became self-employed, the second highest figure in the UK.
The University will continue to be a large, financially stable university, powered by highly skilled staff and motivated students. The fruits of its £200 million Campus Masterplan investment in Preston will transform the University as a place to learn, work and do business. It will enhance its standing as an institution with a world-class academic reputation firmly rooted in modern-day relevance
- Ranked as a top modern university in the North West (Guardian University Guide 2009)
- Ranked 10th in UK for Tourism, Transport and Travel (Guardian Subject League Table 2009)
- Ranked 11th in the UK and top in the North West for General Engineering (Guardian Subject League Table 2009)
- Ranked Top 20 for Communications and Librarianship, Media Studies, Social Work and Building, Town and Country Planning (Guardian Subject League Table 2009)
- Rated Top 10 for Forensic and Archaeological Science, Journalism, Technology, Social Policy and Anthropology (2008 National Student Satisfaction Survey)
- Ranked internationally excellent in all 17 of UCLan’s submitted subject areas in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
- World leading Research in Linguistics; Communications, Cultural and Media Studies; Nursing and Midwifery; Social Work and Social Policy & Administration; History; Allied Health Professions and Studies; Physics; Architecture and the Built Environment; Business and Management Studies; Psychology; and Archaeology (RAE 2008)
- UCLan is working closely with NASA to investigate, store, manage and ultimately share the images produced by the space agency’s new solar observing satellite, the Solar Dynamics Observatory
- The University has opened a new School of Dentistry, the first to be opened in the UK for 100 years
- The University has the largest 3D lecture theatre in Europe which is used for teaching purposes across the University’s academic portfolio
- UCLan is a lead partner in the South African Large Telescope (SALT) project— the largest single dish telescope in the Southern Hemisphere and enables UCLan students and researchers to see distant stars, galaxies and quasars a billion times too faint to be seen with the unaided eye – as faint as a candle flame at the distance of the moon
- UCLan has acquired a parallel-processing supercomputer which provides an excellent base for modern physics research. As a part of the Centre for Materials Science, the Computational Physics Lab focuses on a new technological area — nano-structured soft materials and biologically inspired materials
- As part of its Languages 2012 programme UCLan is now offering all students the opportunity to study a range of world languages, such as Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Russian
- UCLan has a strong sustainable development agenda. It has the largest solar panel array of any UK university and in the latest People and Planet University Green League for environmental performance UCLan has performed consistently well from 5th in 2008 to 4th position in 2009 and 4th again in 2010 (out of 119 universities)
About UCLAN Law School
The Law School is one of the major Schools in the University enjoying an outstanding reputation for academic excellence. With over 30 years experience offering the LLB degree, the School prides itself on providing a vibrant, stimulating, friendly and sociable environment in which to embark on a first University experience or to progress to higher level studies.
The School’s reputation for quality teaching and learning is evidenced Quality Assurance Agency assessments and by the regular inspections of the postgraduate professional courses which attract very positive feedback on all areas of provision, including quality of learning and teaching, student support offered, course management, staff qualifications and quality assurance processes. The Legal Practice Course is one of the top such courses in the UK, being consistently rated ‘very good’ by the Solicitors’ Regulatory Authority in their annual reviews.
There are opportunities to undertake legal work placements and take part in mooting. Students on the professional courses successfully operate the School’s Pro Bono Law Clinic, advising clients on diverse legal cases involving practical legal issues, supervised and supported by the professionally qualified staff. Law students are encouraged to be active within the School’s Street Law programme.
Support for staff engaged in cutting edge legal research has enhanced the quality of all the School’s courses. The School submitted a strong return for the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), and was judged to be of national/international standard. The RAE rating of 4 out 5 places Lancashire Law School amongst the best modern university law schools. This research activity enhances and underpins teaching across the range of courses.
Law School staff write some of the leading textbooks used by undergraduates on courses around the country. Some of their research has been cited before the Court of Appeal and the European Court of Human Rights and has influenced the development of the law.
Featured Courses
4-YEAR MLAW:INTEGRATING 3-YEAR LLB + 1-YEAR LPC
The undergraduate entry Masters in Law degree provides a rigorous and challenging learning experience, leading graduates to a professional career path within the legal profession to qualify as a Solicitor or with the BPTC, a barrister.
The course integrates the professional academic elements of an undergraduate Bachelor of Laws degree with the vocational training of the Legal Practice Course, to provide an integrated and rigorous exempting degree.
Additional Award
The MLaw integrates the undergraduate and postgraduate academic and vocational stages of training enabling graduates who undertake a training contract to qualify as a Solicitor
Links with Professional Bodies
- Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
- Joint Academic Stage Board of the Law Society (JASB)
- Bar Council
- The Law Society of England and Wales
4-YEAR LLB WITH FRENCH LAW(WITH A YEAR IN FRANCE)
The Law with French Law programme provides an opportunity for students to combine their three years of LL.B legal studies in the UK with a year gaining in depth understanding and experience of French law and culture at one of our partner universities in France. In the global legal and business market, such knowledge and skills will enhance students’ experience and employability. Students will study a number of modules on French law and culture during their year abroad, enhanced by their immersion in a French community during the year abroad.
This course is especially suited to Mauritian students where a year in France will give them the french law element for practising in Mauritius.
GDL : GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN LAW / CPE : COMMON PROFESSIONAL EXAM
The GDL, is a 1-year conversion course which gives non-law graduates or those with an overseas law degree an opportunity to pursue a career in law. It provides the academic stage of legal training.
On successful completion of the GDL students can progress to the vocational stage of training; either the Legal Practice Course(LPC), for those wishing to become a solicitor or the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) for barristers.
Why UCLAN Law School
- UCLan Law school is rated amongst the best Modern University Law Schools (RAE 2008)
- Legal Practice Course has consistently been highly ranked in Law Society assessment visits and is one of only a handful of UK institutions to achieve a rating of “very good” throughout the years using grading
- Staff include many practising solicitors and barristers from the UK and other jurisdictions, some sit as judges in UK courts
- LLB student won the highly competitive and prestigiousPrince of Wales Scholarship to study the Bar Training Course leading to qualification as a Barrister
- CPE student won Inner Temple Scholarship to study the Bar Training Course leading to qualification as a Barrister
- 8 undergraduate students have won funded places on the London City Solicitors Educational Trust summer professional training programme
- Placement module opportunities for students to obtain real work experience
- Options for Study Exchanges e.g., Some Students have spenta year studying in the USA and Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean
- Jerome Lynch QC Head of Chambers, Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn, co-presenter Nothing but The Truth (Channel 4) 1998-99, presenter Crime Team (Channel 4) 2002, presenter People’s Court (ITV1) 2005
- Carl Lygo CEO of BPP University College, obtained a first-class law degree from the University of Central Lancashire
- Stephanie KerrSolicitor & Chair of the Junior Lawyers Division of NW Law Society & of the Young Professionals Association
- Stuart Ripley Former Premiership footballer, Stuart Ripley, graduated from UCLan with a combined honours degree in Law and French. Stuart won the English Premiership in 1995 & played for England
- Richard Frediani Head of News, ITV Granada
- Sophie Allen Actress
- Simon Kelner Editor in Chief, The Independent
- Jonathan Blake Senior Broadcast Journalist, BBC News
- Amy Molyneaux Fashion Designer (co-owns label PPQ with Percy Parker)
- Professor Soo Downe Professor of Midwifery, received OBE, prestigious awards in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2011
- Angela Murphy Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) received OBE, prestigious awards in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2011 for her services to Higher Education
- Caroline Watkins — the only nursing professor of stroke care in the UK, contributes significantly to stroke service development, at a local and national level, through the North West Stroke Task Force, as an advisor to the Department of Health on the implementation of the National Stroke Strategy, and as Project Lead for DoH of the new UK Forum for Stroke Training
- Professor Anthony D’Emanuele Chair in Pharmaceutics and Head of the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire. Before arriving at UCLan, Tony was a Senior Lecturer at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester. Tony has been a visiting scientist at the Department of Pharmacy, University of São Paulo and also the Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tony has been invited to give over 70 lectures, has received six awards, has one patent, and is the author of over 120 publications. Tony has supervised over 30 research students. Tony was Chairman of the UK-Ireland Controlled Release Society
- Jane Ireland Lecturer in forensic psychology, Assoc. Fellow – British Psychological Society – Chartered Forensic Psychologist Accredited Expert Witness (Court Appointed Consultancy), 2002 , Chair- BPS Division of Forensic Psychology, 2006
- Dr. Mohammed El Said Lecturer in International Trade Law, qualified solicitor under the Jordanian Bar Association, worked as a consultant with leading media organizations in the Middle East and for other international organizations including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Health Organization (WHO)
- Professor Michael Cavadino studied law at Oxford University and criminology and socio-legal studies at the University of Sheffield. He was awarded his doctorate in 1984 for his research into the operation of the Mental Health Act
- Professor Richard Taylor studied law at Oxford University and the London School of Economics and qualified for the Bar before joining the Law Department at the University of Central Lancashire. He has written numerous books and articles on copyright, criminal law and the law of contract and co-authored a series of books on criminal justice legislation in the 1990’s commencing with a book on the Criminal Justice Act 1991 and concluding with one on the Crime and Disorder Act 1998
- Professor Keyuan Zou Professor of International Law at the Lancashire Law School of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), United Kingdom. He specializes in international law and Chinese law
Location: Preston, UK
Intake: January — Selected Postgraduate Courses
September — All Courses
Time Difference from Mauritius: (-) 3 hours
Travel time from Mauritius: 12 h 52 mins
Distance from London:2 hrs 10 mins
Closest Train Station:Preston (Lancs)
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