{"id":318,"date":"2018-02-01T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=318"},"modified":"2018-02-15T18:12:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T18:12:26","slug":"letters-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/02\/01\/letters-7\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear subtext,<\/span><\/p>\n

On the ‘There’s only one University in Lancashire’ thread.<\/span><\/p>\n

I do applaud UCLAN’s short sightedness on changing their name and as a Lancs Poly graduate I well remember the arguments raging amongst staff about naming. I recall the favourite at the time amongst chattering classes was University of Central Lancashire at Preston which was dropped when they realised it would be UCLaP. Perhaps that should be one of their options?<\/span><\/p>\n

As a former employee: I should also point out there is a third University in Lancashire, the University of Cumbria, which whilst headquartered in Cumbria retains its largest campus in our County. It also retains a campus in East London for Policing and PGCE training, which amused me most when you heard the red buses halt just a few yards up the road and announce they had arrived at ‘University of Cumbria’ causing some confusion in the initial days. I know HS2 will be fast, but not that fast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Hurst<\/span><\/p>\n

ISS<\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear subtext,<\/span><\/p>\n

Your item about the current proposals for the re-naming of the University of Central Lancashire is a replay of a debate from 1991, when Preston Polytechnic was about to become a university and proposed to the Privy Council that it should be called the University of Lancashire. Harry Hanham, robustly supported by the Senate and the Council, lost no time in pointing out the exceptional level of confusion, not to the advantage of the University of Lancaster, that would follow and the proposal was rejected. It is concerning that the issue should be raised again so soon, and with an identical proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marion McClintock<\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear subtext,<\/span><\/p>\n

Small addition to the subtext point about lower case signage; the letters on the wall of the ‘postgraduate statistics centre’ have been all lower case since it was built (10 or 15 or so years ago I think).<\/span><\/p>\n

Tom Palmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Mathematics & Statistics<\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear subtext,<\/span><\/p>\n

This should perhaps be linked for all law students and faculty as a follow up to your best headline ever:<\/span><\/p>\n

Jay-Z’s 99 Problems, verse 2: a close reading with Fourth Amendment guidance for cops and perps<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/pdf.textfiles.com\/academics\/lj56-2_mason_article.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Steve Wright<\/span><\/p>\n

FHM<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear subtext, On the ‘There’s only one University in Lancashire’ thread. I do applaud UCLAN’s short sightedness on changing their name and as a Lancs Poly graduate I well remember the arguments raging amongst staff about naming. 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