Accrington Uni
 

Apparently Accrington has applied for a university.

Accrington in the running for university campus (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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Not a moment to soon:hehetable The Accrington Academy for young ladies is fully booked up.:D:D

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I doubt if an academy for young ladies in Accrington would ever pass an Ofsted inspection ( or trade descriptions ) :D

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Who the hell would want to go to Accy Uni :rolleyes:

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Nout wrong with the Accrington University of Life Sam, one or two of us have graduated from there with flying colours:D

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I think that's what used to be known as the 'Approved' version ;)

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A one in twenty seven chance of it happening seems a bit slim.

Although 20,000 students spending their dosh in the local pubs/shops, would be a very good thing for the area.

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Preston used to be a nice place to live when all they had was a polytechnic...

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You are right on there .... a university puts a hell of a lot of "dosh" into the local economy .... Queens University at Kingston, the oldest degree granting institution in English Canada, puts over 2 billion dollars annually into Kingston ... and the students, most of them well-heeled, spend over 250 million.:theband: ... there would be fewer problems with pub and store closings with all those students spending their cash.

An aside: Part of Queens campus is in England. Queens owns Herstmonceux castle in Sussex, donated by a grateful alumnus, Alfred Bader, who also gave Queens a couple of Rembrandts.:eek:

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well owt that generates growth has got to be a plus in my book, ya can either look at the positives in life or negatives, to each his own.:rolleyes:

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There are lots of benefits. Queens employs thousands of Kingstonians in non-academic jobs: maintainance, catering, janitorial etc. And these are well-paid unionised jobs, with great benefits. And there will be lots of construction jobs which would help out local contracters, tradesmen and laborers. Queens is presently spending in the region of 400 milliion dollars on renovations, and a lot of this cash stays in the community. Kingston General Hospital is a well respected institution, and one of the reasons the care there is of such high quality is that it is a teaching hospital attached to the university, and, as such, is staffed by top class physicians and surgeons; and it receives extra government cash. So, if Accy does get a university, the benefits to the community will be immense. Time to start bugging your local politicians to push for the university.

Hey, and I could apply for a job. Here's my application.

Dear whoever:

I was born in Clayton ... bottom end of course .... and I like Thwaites bitter ... give me a job ... ta.

Yours sinseerli

E. Slater, B.Ed., B.A. (Hons.) (Sask.), M.A., Ph.D (Queens).

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there ya go sorted already we get a uni, eric comes home, margaret is happy.:D

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And you could teach a graduate class in Lancashire Dialect, and the influence of the public house on society in North East Lancashire:theband:

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As Eric says, it would pump massive amounts of money into the local economy. Hull University President claims that we as students pump over £200 million into the local economy.

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pubs and pot noodle shops?

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ah but most of thats on credit.:)

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Everythings on credit these days cashy:(

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Without trying to be a party pooper, are these university campus things actual universities or are they extensions to the college offering university courses ?

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Very true. I note that even during the turbulent times we are experiencing, friends are still managing to get extended overdrafts.

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I doubt it, Accrington & Rossendale College already does this.

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Yep you can go on a uni course at accy and get full grants and a lot more besides.

OK its a possible influx of money.. but if it does become a proper uni which i doubt.. for me it will ruin the town... it will expand and take over... it will be wall to wall students everywhere... a town full of teenagers from all over the country isnt a good thing. I have seen it happen and its not a pretty sight.

I would be more than a little suprised if this happened anyway :)

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There were probably equally negative townsfolk in Cambridge in the thirteenth century.;)

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Do we really need a town full of pot smoking drunks?

And then there'll be all the students as well.:hehetable

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There is always a down side, if you google "aberdeen street party", you might find something.

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i know you like to argue anything i post. but really.. did you even bother to read it this time or are you getting lazy? I have seen first hand what a uni can do to a town.. I watched it grow and spread like a virus.. money isnt everything and shouldnt blind people to other problems..

its an opinion.. thats all.. based on true events as they say in all the best movies :)

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I only say something if I happen to believe it's true, and not because it may be the opposite of what you've posted. Your opinion really isn't that important to me, that I need to contradict it just for the sake of something to do.

You mentioned the decline of Preston since it's Polytechnic became the University of Central Lancashire.

You said, and I quote, 'if it does become a proper uni which i doubt.. for me it will ruin the town... it will expand and take over... it will be wall to wall students everywhere... a town full of teenagers from all over the country isnt a good thing. I have seen it happen and its not a pretty sight.'

What you failed to mention is that when Preston had a Polytechnic, it also had a student body of tens of thousands, drawn from all over the U.K., and overseas.

So your perceived decline of Preston isn't down to the fact that it now as a university, because for at least the last forty years previously it has had a large student population, with thousands of students from outside the Preston area.

I think the chances of Accrington having a university are slim, but if it did happen the benefits would only be positive. From the money the students spend in the town's pubs and shops, to the creation of hundreds of jobs, from lecturers and technicians, to cleaners and caterers, the positives would far outweigh the negatives.

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Don't knock it. I lived in a University Town for 3 years and it was great. The uni influenced a lot of what happened in the town and, I've got to say, there was a sort of academic "boost" that you don't get everywhere. The quality of life was enhanced by the great number of students and professorial staff that made up a portion of the population.

Mind you, it also helped that there was a beautiful cathedral, a castle, a tree-lined river with old stone bridges, old-fashioned shops and attractive residential areas. Durham City is a lovely place. :D

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When I lived in Lancaster it was full of reasonably educated idiots.
Now they have PhD's in the subject.:hehetable::(

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Lancaster is a good example, even though the main campus is based outside the city.

When it was founded in the sixties it had a massive effect on the city itself and the surrounding areas. Financially the area received a massive boost, and cultural life flourished, and it still is, forty four years on.

Off the top of my head I can't think of one university town that doesn't have at least one book shop, something Accrington is bereft of.

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Daughter been up to my gaff today and bought a load of books for her UNI course for a fraction of what it would cost at a book shop:confused::confused:

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Where did you graduate.----------- University Of Accrington, Tha no's .

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It does sound odd.

Then again so does Bournemouth University, but that exists.:D

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Thats where the OAPs go to get their PHDs:D