Furness College, Lancaster University
Encyclopedia
Furness College is a college
of the University of Lancaster. In 1968, due to the continued growth of the university the University Council established a shadow syndicate for the fifth college - Furness. The main college building was completed in 1969, whilst the residences first accommodated students in 1970. Furness College is named after the Furness
area of the traditional county of Lancashire
. The college ethos
aims to create a balanced life of social activities, sport, and culture, where staff and students can get to know each other.
Trevor is the college bar. Previously named Furness Bar it was renamed following refurbishments in the 1980s after a vote by the members of the college. Trevor specialises in real ale and has appeared in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide
. The reputation for ale extends to an annual real ale festival, held in the college bar. The bar is host to college socials and various campus societies. The college also has its own wine club which is headed by the college wine steward, an officer of the SCR
.
s in the Furness
region. The nine original residence blocks were demolished in August 2004 to make way for site redevelopment with much larger ensuite buildings. The original buildings were named Dalton, Colton, Aldingham, Hawkshead, Pennington, Kirkby-Ireleth, Ulverston, Urswick and Lowick. The five houses named Furness Perimeter were constructed in 1992. Furness Central re-used the names of four of the original buildings when the new buildings opened in September 2006.
Furness Perimeter: (192 bedspaces)
Furness Central: (347 bedspaces)
About the original residences
Being so much part of the College in its heyday this section is intended to allow old Furnessians to post their photos or memories.
The residences are listed below in the sequence they would be seen as leaving the Quad and the fountain. (a genius of design, the fountain and pond was situated immediately opposite the doors to the bar and the SCR - not much chance of someone going in there every night was there?)
Dalton
Colton
Aldingham
Urswick
Pennington
Lowick
Kirkby-Ireleth
Ulverston
Hawkshead
With the College pretty much controlled by the JCR and SCR alone (the Students Union of the time had only 1 sabbatical and no control of the JCRs) the Residence Blocks had a central identity for many students.
With 10 people sharing one kitchen, two toilets and one small fridge there was necessarily a close bond amongst the inhabitants of each block, and rivalry among the blocks. A number of major waterfights involving firehoses, sorties over the rooftops etc were a feature of every term.
The College Syndicate is the body charged by the charter of the university with the good governance of the college. University Council appoints, on the recommendation of the College Syndicate, the Principal of the college. Other college officers, for example the Senior Tutor and Dean, are elected directly by the Syndicate. The syndicate elects a senior member of college to the University Senate for a three year term and two members to the University Court for three years, once re-newable. Unusually for a Lancaster college, no members of the JCR
are co-opted to the syndicate.
The Furness College Council is responsible for the day-to-day running of the college. It comprises the Principal; eleven members of the SCR
including the Senior Tutor, the Dean, the College Administrator and the College Residence Officer; and eleven members of the JCR
including the JCR executive. The council meets once each academic term
. By convention the college syndicate will not overturn decisions of the council. It will only delay them until the next meeting of the council.
1969 - Tim Harrington
1970 - Stuart Haddock
1971 - Ian Fraser
1972 - Gerald Craggs
1973 - Dick Soper
1974 - Richard Kenney
1975 - John Ward
1976 - Paul Thompson
1977 - Mark Simpson
1978 - Andy Baker
1979 - Richard Coleman
1980 - Gillian Merron
1981 - Alan Fearns
1982 - Kate Marlow
1982 - Morton Geppert
1983 - Bob Newton
1984 - Sam Walker
1985 - Steve Allison
1986 - Louise Gibbs
1987 - Simon Ashly
1988 - William Nicol
1989 - Brendan Crawford
1990 - Ben Goldsmith
1991 - Helen Brandon
1992 - Sarah Carpenter
1993 - Rebecca Lund
1994 - Natalie Wortley
1995 - Guy McEvoy
1996 - Matthew Stephenson
1997 - Stephen Kettle
1998 - Sameera Khan
1999 - Chris Reich
2000 - Sara O'Shea
2001 - James Connolly
2002 - Spencer Lord
2002 - Martine Rygh
2003 - Emma Harper
2004 - Izzy Anderson
2005 - Dave Greenshields
2006 - Jonny Huck
2007 - James Barnard
2008 - Christopher Cheetham
2009 - Dave Prescott
2010 - Luke Anderson
2011 - Rob Dickinson
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
of the University of Lancaster. In 1968, due to the continued growth of the university the University Council established a shadow syndicate for the fifth college - Furness. The main college building was completed in 1969, whilst the residences first accommodated students in 1970. Furness College is named after the Furness
Furness
Furness is a peninsula in south Cumbria, England. At its widest extent, it is considered to cover the whole of North Lonsdale, that part of the Lonsdale hundred that is an exclave of the historic county of Lancashire, lying to the north of Morecambe Bay....
area of the traditional county of Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
. The college ethos
Ethos
Ethos is a Greek word meaning "character" that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology. The Greeks also used this word to refer to the power of music to influence its hearer's emotions, behaviors, and even morals. Early Greek stories of...
aims to create a balanced life of social activities, sport, and culture, where staff and students can get to know each other.
Facilities
Good Beer Guide
The Good Beer Guide is a book published annually by the Campaign for Real Ale listing what they consider to be the best cask ale outlets in the United Kingdom.-Details:...
. The reputation for ale extends to an annual real ale festival, held in the college bar. The bar is host to college socials and various campus societies. The college also has its own wine club which is headed by the college wine steward, an officer of the SCR
SCR
SCR may refer to:In business:* Solvency Capital Requirement Solvency II.In associations, companies, institutions:* Smyrna Cassaba Railway an Ottoman railway* Senior Common Room of a higher education institution* South Central Railway in India...
.
Departments
Furness College is situated off the south spine of the Bailrigg campus. The Main building will be completely refurbished from September 2011, re-opening as part of the University's School of Health & Medicine a year later. The college areas on the ground floor will be refurbished at the same time.Symbols
The Furness JCR motto is Everywhere else is nowhere, summing up the social reputation of the college. Following a major branding exercise by the University in 2008, the college's long standing colours of purple and silver were adopted officially by the University, replacing the often used red, orange, black and white. The logo was also re-drawn. The choice of Purple and Silver was reaffirmed by a meeting of the College Syndicate on the 11th October, 2010.Names of Residence Blocks
The college residences are named after villages, houses or fellFell
“Fell” is a word used to refer to mountains, or certain types of mountainous landscape, in Scandinavia, the Isle of Man, and parts of northern England.- Etymology :...
s in the Furness
Furness
Furness is a peninsula in south Cumbria, England. At its widest extent, it is considered to cover the whole of North Lonsdale, that part of the Lonsdale hundred that is an exclave of the historic county of Lancashire, lying to the north of Morecambe Bay....
region. The nine original residence blocks were demolished in August 2004 to make way for site redevelopment with much larger ensuite buildings. The original buildings were named Dalton, Colton, Aldingham, Hawkshead, Pennington, Kirkby-Ireleth, Ulverston, Urswick and Lowick. The five houses named Furness Perimeter were constructed in 1992. Furness Central re-used the names of four of the original buildings when the new buildings opened in September 2006.
Furness Perimeter: (192 bedspaces)
- GreenoddGreenoddGreenodd is a village in the Furness area of the county of Cumbria but within the historical county of Lancashire. For local government purposes the village is also within the area of South Lakeland District. It is located 3 miles north-east of Ulverston at the junction of the A590 trunk road and...
- Bardsea
- BrantwoodBrantwoodBrantwood is a country house in Cumbria, England, overlooking Coniston Water. It has been the home of a number of prominent people, including John Ruskin. The house and grounds are administered by a charitable trust, the house being a museum dedicated to Ruskin...
- TorverTorverTorver is a hamlet and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria south west of the village of Coniston and west of Coniston Water....
- WetherlamWetherlamWetherlam is a mountain in the English Lake District. It is the most northerly of the Coniston Fells, the range of fells to the north-west of Coniston village; its north-east slopes descend to Little Langdale.-Topography:...
Furness Central: (347 bedspaces)
- AldinghamAldinghamAldingham is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It is situated on the east coast of the Furness peninsula, facing into Morecambe Bay, and is about east of Barrow in Furness, and south of Ulverston...
- ColtonColton- England :* Colton, Cumbria* Colton, Leeds * Colton, Staffordshire- United States :*Colton, California* Colton, New York* Colton, Ohio* Colton, Oregon* Colton, South Dakota* Colton, Utah, a ghost town...
- HawksheadHawksheadHawkshead is a village and civil parish in the Cumbria, England. It is one of the main tourist honeypots in the South Lakeland area, and is dependent on the local tourist trade...
- PenningtonPennington-Places:United States*Pennington, Alabama*Pennington, New Jersey*Pennington, Texas*Pennington, Wisconsin**home to The Pennington School*The Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana*Pennington County, Minnesota...
About the original residences
Being so much part of the College in its heyday this section is intended to allow old Furnessians to post their photos or memories.
The residences are listed below in the sequence they would be seen as leaving the Quad and the fountain. (a genius of design, the fountain and pond was situated immediately opposite the doors to the bar and the SCR - not much chance of someone going in there every night was there?)
Dalton
Colton
Aldingham
Urswick
Pennington
Lowick
Kirkby-Ireleth
Ulverston
Hawkshead
With the College pretty much controlled by the JCR and SCR alone (the Students Union of the time had only 1 sabbatical and no control of the JCRs) the Residence Blocks had a central identity for many students.
With 10 people sharing one kitchen, two toilets and one small fridge there was necessarily a close bond amongst the inhabitants of each block, and rivalry among the blocks. A number of major waterfights involving firehoses, sorties over the rooftops etc were a feature of every term.
Governance
JCR
JCR may refer to:* Revolutionary Coordinating Junta of 1970s urban guerrilla communist parties in South America* Content repository API for Java * Junior Common Room...
are co-opted to the syndicate.
The Furness College Council is responsible for the day-to-day running of the college. It comprises the Principal; eleven members of the SCR
SCR
SCR may refer to:In business:* Solvency Capital Requirement Solvency II.In associations, companies, institutions:* Smyrna Cassaba Railway an Ottoman railway* Senior Common Room of a higher education institution* South Central Railway in India...
including the Senior Tutor, the Dean, the College Administrator and the College Residence Officer; and eleven members of the JCR
JCR
JCR may refer to:* Revolutionary Coordinating Junta of 1970s urban guerrilla communist parties in South America* Content repository API for Java * Junior Common Room...
including the JCR executive. The council meets once each academic term
Academic term
An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called terms...
. By convention the college syndicate will not overturn decisions of the council. It will only delay them until the next meeting of the council.
College Officers
- Principal and Treasurer: Dr. Reuben Edwards
- Vice-Principal: Olga Gomez
- College Administrator: Beverley Whitaker
- College Residence Officers: Louise Calvert & Andrew Gibson
- Senior Tutor: Rev. Kevin Huggett
- Dean: Dr. Ruth E. Alcock
- Assistant Deans: Nicol Shadbolt, Devon Barrow and Adam Baron
- DPS: Martin Hulland
- College Wine Steward: Harry Latham
- SCR Social Secretaries: Judith Young & Martin Hulland
JCR Presidents
1968 - Nikki Sims1969 - Tim Harrington
1970 - Stuart Haddock
1971 - Ian Fraser
1972 - Gerald Craggs
1973 - Dick Soper
1974 - Richard Kenney
1975 - John Ward
1976 - Paul Thompson
1977 - Mark Simpson
1978 - Andy Baker
1979 - Richard Coleman
1980 - Gillian Merron
1981 - Alan Fearns
1982 - Kate Marlow
1982 - Morton Geppert
1983 - Bob Newton
1984 - Sam Walker
1985 - Steve Allison
1986 - Louise Gibbs
1987 - Simon Ashly
1988 - William Nicol
1989 - Brendan Crawford
1990 - Ben Goldsmith
1991 - Helen Brandon
1992 - Sarah Carpenter
1993 - Rebecca Lund
1994 - Natalie Wortley
1995 - Guy McEvoy
1996 - Matthew Stephenson
1997 - Stephen Kettle
1998 - Sameera Khan
1999 - Chris Reich
2000 - Sara O'Shea
2001 - James Connolly
2002 - Spencer Lord
2002 - Martine Rygh
2003 - Emma Harper
2004 - Izzy Anderson
2005 - Dave Greenshields
2006 - Jonny Huck
2007 - James Barnard
2008 - Christopher Cheetham
2009 - Dave Prescott
2010 - Luke Anderson
2011 - Rob Dickinson