Editing Lancaster, Lancashire (section)

===Higher education===
[[File:Lancaster University Courtyard.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Lancaster University]]]]
[[File:Lancaster Grammar School.jpg|thumb|upright|Lancaster Royal Grammar School]]
At [[Bailrigg]] south of the city is Lancaster University, a research university founded in 1964 as one of the seven "[[Plate glass university|plate glass universities]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Seven decades: seven acts of service |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/security-lancaster/about/news/seven-decades-seven-acts-of-service-1 |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk |access-date=19 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> It has an annual income of about £325 million (2020/21),<ref name=finance>{{cite web |title=Financial statements 2021 |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/depts/finance/2021%20Lancaster%20University%20Annual%20Accounts.pdf |publisher=Lancaster University |access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref>  3,000 staff{{cn|date=July 2023}} and 16,403 Lancaster-based students in 2021/22.<ref>{{cite web |title=Student Statistics |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/planning-and-analytics/student-statistics/ |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk |access-date=28 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Its business school is one of two in the country to gain a six-star [[Research Assessment Exercise|research rating]].<ref name="LUMS ranking">{{Cite web |url=http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/research/rae/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430223139/http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/research/RAE/ |url-status=dead |title=RAE 2008: Business & Management Studies |archive-date=30 April 2009}}</ref> Its physics department [[Research Assessment Exercise|rated #1]] in the United Kingdom in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/physics/phyiscs.htm |title=Physics – Lancaster University |first=Lancaster |last=University |access-date=25 April 2009 |archive-date=6 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606073424/https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/physics/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RAE 2008">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/table/2008/dec/18/rae-2008-physics |title=RAE 2008: physics results |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=18 December 2008 |access-date=12 December 2016 |archive-date=21 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921211310/https://www.theguardian.com/education/table/2008/dec/18/rae-2008-physics |url-status=live}}</ref> InfoLab21 at the university is a Centre of Excellence for Information and Communication Technologies.<ref name="InfoLab21">{{Cite web |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/scc/business/ |title=Business |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk |access-date=25 October 2020 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024054224/https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/scc/business/ |url-status=live}}</ref> LEC (Lancaster Environment Centre) has over 200 staff and shares premises with the government-funded [[Centre for Ecology and Hydrology|CEH]]. In 2023 it was 10th, 12th and 14th out of 120 UK universities in "the three main UK league tables".<ref>{{cite web |title=Rankings and reputation |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/why-lancaster/rankings-and-reputation/ |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk |access-date=19 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>    In 2017 it was rated 21st nationally for research in The Times Higher league table. For teaching, it gained the highest Gold ranking for quality in the 2017 government [[Teaching Excellence Framework|TEF]], and in 2018 was ranked 9th for its teaching by ''[[The Independent]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/uk-best-universities-2018-revealed-cambridge-oxford-st-andrews-lse-imperial-durham-ucl-warwick-a7702956.html |title=These are the best universities in 2018 |date=26 April 2017 |website=The Independent |access-date=25 November 2019 |archive-date=29 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929004938/https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/uk-best-universities-2018-revealed-cambridge-oxford-st-andrews-lse-imperial-durham-ucl-warwick-a7702956.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and 9th by ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2017/may/16/university-league-tables-2018 |title=University league tables 2018 |website=The Guardian |date=16 May 2017 |access-date=25 November 2019 |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217013647/https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2017/may/16/university-league-tables-2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Times]]'' Higher placed it 137th worldwide for research and 58th worldwide for arts and humanities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/lancaster-university |title=Lancaster University |date=9 September 2019 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |access-date=3 July 2017 |archive-date=6 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706054209/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/lancaster-university |url-status=live}}</ref> Lancaster University was named International University of the Year by ''The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide'' in 2020.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster-named-international-university-of-the-year |title=Lancaster named International University of the Year |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk |language=en |access-date=9 February 2020 |archive-date=7 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307070247/https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster-named-international-university-of-the-year |url-status=live}}</ref> It has campuses in Malaysia, China and Ghana and plans one in [[Leipzig]], Germany.<ref name=autogenerated1/>

Lancaster is also home to a campus of the [[University of Cumbria]] – more centrally located on the site of the former [[St Martin's College]] – which was inaugurated in 2007. It provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the arts, social sciences, business, teacher training, health care and nursing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lancaster Campus |url=https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/student-life/locations/lancaster/ |website=www.cumbria.ac.uk |publisher=University of Cumbria |access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref> St Martin's college was founded in 1962 as Lancaster College of Education, and took its name from [[Martin of Tours]], a Roman soldier who converted to Christianity, because its premises were a former barracks of the [[King's Own Royal Regiment]]. The college merged with [[Cumbria Institute of the Arts]], in Carlisle, and parts of the [[University of Central Lancashire]], having previously absorbed [[Charlotte Mason College]] in Ambleside, to become the University of Cumbria.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/about/history/ |website=www.cumbria.ac.uk |publisher=University of Cumbria |access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref>