Friends Programme Disbursement Committee

Last updated: 03/11/2018

Friends Programme Disbursement Committee

Grants awarded from unrestricted gift funds:

March 2002

Lancaster International Concert Series: Education Outreach£4,000
Digital Aerial Photography & Satellite Imagery for SPEGIS £3,523

Global Governance, Conflict & Resistance (Book Project Workshop)£794

Changes in Channel Stability following Habitat Improvements £1,900

Improving Support for Students with Disabilities (transcribing machine)£665

Heart Start - Nurse Unit defibrillator£4,197

Grizedale College Resource Room£600

Television for non-alcoholic social space - Fylde College£1,250

CD Player Replacements - Bailrigg FM£760

Coaching Award Scheme - LUSU£2,400

Peter Scott Gallery Fund: Access Project£7,332

December 2002

Pendle Graduate Bursaries£1,000

George Fox Foyer (Student Societies activities)£500

Linguistics Departmental Student Hardship Fund£3,000

Music Technology Workstation£4,500

Bowland College Strategic Development £2,500

Enhancing library holdings for the Centre for Media & Performance£1,500

Developing Evaluation Skills: A Workshop£810

July 2003

William Ritchie Travel Fund (research student grants)£5,000

Lancaster International Concert Series: Education Outreach£4,000

Foot & Mouth Feedback Conference£750

Science of the Environment School Workshops£4,500

River Keer Geographic Information System£750

Lancaster University Organic Garden£1,500

Research: Dating Lava Tube Sediments – Saudi Arabia£1,000

Coaching Course, LU Hockey Club£960

Identifying Personal Development Skills, Independent Studies£2,000

Bursaries for Mature Students in Women’s Studies£2,500

December 2003

Outside Play Area Development - Pre-School Centre£4,500

Artist in Residence Project - Peter Scott Gallery£3,000

Morecambe Bay Observatory Software£4,000

Pendle College Foyer Computer Facilities£1,500

Roses 40th Anniversary Celebration£5,000

Sharing Historical Research: student & community projects£2,000

Secure covered cycle parking - Pendle College £3,000

National Student Scout & Guide Organisation Rally 2004£700

July 2004

LUVU Schools Programme£10,000

Student Support Network website£800

Defibrillator – Sports Centre£2,185

Nuffield Young People’s Outreach Programme£2,870

Lancaster International Concert Series: Education Outreach£3,500

Vacation Scholarships – Pendle College£3,000

Research: Bird tables & the transmission of infectious avian disease£5,000

January 2005

Computing – Skills Transfer Event£1,329

Computing – e-Campus Artist in Residence£5,000

Psychology – PsychSpot: Providing Space for Virtual Learning£2,500

Engineering – Interactive White Board for the Engineering Design Office£2,000

Men’s VIII new rowing boat£10,000

Environmental Science – The art & science of terrestrial & aquatic habitats£800

European Languages & Cultures – Genocide in Europe: an online presentation£2,137

County College – Furniture for the Ralph Gibson Study Room£1,000

Bowland College – Computers for the Mature Student’s common room£2,000

Pendle College – Errington Room datapoints£500

English – Graduate Computer Room£3,408

Biological Sciences – Minibeast Science Week£400

July 2005
LUVU – Activate£6,000
Sports Centre - Equipping the swimming pool for water polo & canoe polo£3,425
Bowland College - Community facilities£1,600
Grizedale College - New PCs for college foyer£1,441
Furness College - Refurbishment of off-campus room £3,000
History Department - North West History Research Students' Network£500
Biological Sciences Department - Research project:

"Microbial quality of irrigation water & contamination of vegetables"£4,278
English & Creative Writing Department - "Writing Across Cultures":

a seminar series & conference£3,000
Women's Studies Department - Career networking & mentoring event£1,000

December 2005

Religious Studies - Widening Participation Day£751

Centre for North-West Regional StudiesUpgrading and preservation of archives£6,410

LUVU - Activate£3,000

LU Chaplaincy Centre - Raising the profile£3,400

English & Creative Writing - Lancaster University Writers Online (LUWO)£1,500

Institute for Health Research - The Cultural Context of Youth Suicide£3,331

Peter Scott Gallery - Sculpture on campus£2,950

The International Women’s Group - Brantwood House trip£250

Cartmel College - Introduction of off-campus facilities£1,500

Linguistics & English Language - Style in Fiction symposium£500

Mountaineering Club - Training scheme & equipment£842

Lonsdale College - Refurbishment of the JCR office£2,650

July 2006

LUSU Nightline - E-Listening Expansion£2,412

Fylde College - Off-campus facilities£3,952

Biological Sciences - DNA technology workshops for KS4 school children£4,970

Bowland College - Serving the Community (furniture and trophy cabinet) £5,500

Geography - Research project:

“The experiences of Muslim students on LU campus”£4,541

Geography & Biological Sciences - Research project:

“Magnetic mineral in human brain tissues:

an indicator of neurological disease?ӣ4,377

Music - Bass flute acquisition£2,250

LU Boat Club - development project£2,300

LU Canoe Club - Canoe polo funding£1,785

December 2006

Peter Scott Gallery – University Art Collections Online£3,862

Educational Research – Engaging Parents as a Widening Participation strategy£3,500

Pendle College – Disabled computer access£870

English & Creative Writing – “Literature Live at Lancaster“£2,500

Research & Enterprise Services – “Watermark”: a student accessibility

computer software project£5,000

LUSU/Create – Friends Student Business Start Up Fund£5,400

Pendle – Picnic tables for Pendle quad£1,200

Furness College – TV Room Refurbishment£1,500

LUMS – “TeamOverseas” participation at Spi Dauphine sailing regatta£2,400

Continuing Education – laptops for senior learners£2,000

July 2007

Grizedale College - Outdoor Social Space£700

Fylde College - New seating for social areas and continuing improvements to

JCR and off-campus facilities£2,400

Centre for e-Science –Research project:

Improving the effectiveness of research through assessing

the current and future use of ICT by Lancaster University research staff£1,500

Department of Biological Sciences - The role of hormones in insect immunity£4,906

Department of Philosophy - Philosophy in the classroom£4,000

Sociology and Computing - A Multidisciplinary Workshop and Exhibition

Matterealities : Mobilities : Innovation£2,300

Department of History - ‘Counter-mapping the self: agency and history in

Asian Studies in the North (SASIN) Network£1,000

Lancaster International Concert Series - World Wide Webcast Concerts£4,350

LUSU - Have a go and get active£3,500

LUSU - Promoting social responsibility at Lancaster University£5,500

December 2007

Bowland College – Mature & Off-Campus Student Facilities £3,700

Cartmel College – Showcase Facility for Arts Students £1,554

Lonsdale College – Outdoor Furniture £1,578

Law School – Lancaster University Innocence Project £3,361

English & Creative Writing – Wordsworth’s Sense of Place: Home at Grasmere £1,796

Accounting & Finance and Economics – Purchase of additional handsets for

PRS RF system £4,452.08

European Languages & Cultures – German Film Club £1,000

LICA (Music) – Enhancement of Live Performance Teaching, Capturing,

PA and Diffusion System £3,803

Continuing Education – Student Ambassador Presentation Skills Training£375

Biological Sciences – Behavioural interactions underlying biodiversity

effects on pest control £4,454

Student Services – Talking Heads Videos and Funding Support Promotional

Video Advertisement £2,000

LUSU – Roses Tournament 2008 £4,000

LUSU – Societies Union Honours Board & Trophy £700

July 2008

Applied Social Science - An exploratory study of virtual text:

young people’s views on gun culture£1,200

Biomedical & Life Sciences – pilot research project into the causes of skin cancer£5,590

Engineering Department - Safety Wear Storage Lockers£2,600

Institute for Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development –

Ethical Sourcing for Business£3,055

Medicine - Travel Bursaries for Medical Electives£5,000

Politics & International Relations - ‘I am an American’ exhibition in USA£768

CEEC with Alumni & Development Office - Lancaster Career Mentoring Scheme £6,300

Centre for Northwest Regional Studies – Lancashire maps and

cartographic records: access, dissemination and updating£800

Lancaster International Concert Series - Online Composition Resource£6,300

LUSU - Student Media Group Project£6,500

LUSU - Fylde College JCR£2,820

December 2008

Lancaster University Volunteering Unit (LUVU) – Supporting

young social enterprise in primary schools£7,464

Engineering - The Mobile Engineering Activity Centre (MEAC)£10,000

Pre-School - Multi-Sensory Room£3,000

LUSU - Safety/Activity Matting for Societies£5,111

Furness College - Furness College Study Room£2,980

Applied Social Science (Criminology) - Marketing to

Prospective Criminology Students through Innovative E-Content£700

European Languages & Cultures - German Writer in Residence£650

Religious Studies - Paul Fletcher Memorial Fund£1,000

Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA – Music) - Instrumental/Vocal

Tuition Hardship Fund£4,500

ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGEN) –

Undergraduate Internship Scheme£2,000

September 2009

Cartmel College - Live Entertainment Initiative£6,739

University Chaplaincy Centre - Improving the Communal Facilities£3,958

Department of Physics - Science Outreach for Schools £9,000

Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences - Be a Scientist!' £3,592

Department of European Languages & Cultures (DELC) - Audiovisual equipment

for DELC Resource Centre£900

Department of Linguistics and English Language - Northwest Network for

English and Linguistics Pedagogy£934

Graduate Student Association (GSA) - Graduate College Alumni Library£1,780

LUSU Sailing Club - Fleet of second-hand team racing boats£5,300

LUSU and University Facilities - Seasonal Events£10,000

LUSU Swimming & Water Polo Club - ASA competitive membership£396

April 2010

Fylde College – Improvement of Fylde College Branding and Advertising and

Enhancement of College environment through the provision student art works£1000

Graduate College – New Ideas Festival £5500

FASS, Department of English & Creative Writing – Uganda/Sudan Women’s

Writing Link £5077

FASS, Public Arts – Combined Public Arts Web Site £5000

FASS, Literacy Research Centre/Linguistics & English Language:

Edwardian Postcard Project Exhibition and Festival£2808

School of Health & Medicine (SHM), Biomedical and Life Sciences:

The Dynamics of Blood Flow and Oxygenation £5000

Library – Discovering the Tom Milne Popular Fiction Archive £2000

LUSU, Student Media Board – Live Events Coverage £6097

LUSU, Theatre Group – LU Theatre Group present Dr Faustus

at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival £5000

September 2010

Educational Research – Exploring and expanding the student experience£7,184

Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion (Philosophy Section) –

Politics, Philosophy and Religion for Critical Citizenship£5,000

Centre for Gender and Women's Studies - Development of video-conferencing

as a teaching resource for short intensive modules £1,875

Department of European Languages and Cultures (DELC) -

Digital voice recorders and video camera equipment £712

Psychology Department - Development of an assessment tool to identify

undergraduates in need of learning support £632

Psychology Department - Reading Circles: supporting young readers £1,509

Library - Leisure Reading Collection £4,550

Canoe Club - Canoe Funding £1,781

LUSU and University Facilities - Lancaster Special Events – Winterfest£11,000

Student Services – Student hardship and welfare fund£10,000

May 2011

Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (LICA):

Lancaster University Theatre Group: Malfi - Edinburgh Fringe Festival £5,467.00

Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (LICA) - Peter Scott Gallery:

better collections with better access £6,350.00

Physics Department - "Aurora Explorer" at the

Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition £3,000.00

Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) - Understanding the contribution

of the stomata of cereals to crop stress tolerance£3,508.00

Art Department/Final Year Art Students –LU Fine Art Exhibition Tour £3,805.00

Hockey Club – Umpiring£525.00

LUSU Involve - Student Summer Schools and International Opportunities £9,800.00

Sailing Club - Replacement of Safety Equipment £3,650.00

Triathlon Club - Lancaster University Triathlon Club Aquathon £1,000.00

Research and Enterprise Services (RES) - SimVenture - Enterprise Simulator £6,000.00

December 2011

Fylde College - Developing live entertainment in Fylde College£3,110.08

Department of Psychology - Use of iPad technology for communication by children with special needs £2,814.00

Department of Psychology - Support for publicity and student projects at the Lancaster Babylab £4,191.00

Department of English & Creative Writing - Writing for Liberty£5,364.50

Department of European Languages and Cultures - Capturing Witches: Histories, Stories, Images

conference bursaries£2,500.00

Department of Politics, Philosophy & Religion - Politics, Philosophy and Religion for Critical

Citizenship (Phase 2)£2,000.00

Educational Research - Students' careers and alumni experiences£9,630.00

Lancaster Medical School - A development and dissemination project in memory of Dr Tracy Dryden £4,385.00

Lancaster Medical School - Medical Ethics Student Debating Series£3,425.00

LUSU & University Facilities - Building the Campus Experience through headline Campus Events £10,000.00

LUSU - Law Society - Lancaster Law Trip to Brussels£4,000.00

LUSU – ULMS - Bass Instrument Bid £5,816.61

LUSU - Lancaster University Ballroom Dancing Society - Team Kit Overhaul£2,000.00

LUSU - Canoe Club - Canoe Polo Funding£1,425.00

LUSU - Lancaster University Oxfam Society - Lancaster University Oxfam Society£500.00

December 2012

Graduate College/LUMS - English Language Support and Cultural Development (‘The English Café’) £2095.50

LICA and RES -Lancaster University Placement Toolkit£3750

Developing FilmClub for International Students£2000

LEC - Get Sorted: self-leadership in your degree and beyond£3200

FST - Creating a new STEM outreach activity/kit to be used at the Big Bang Science Fair 2013 £3237.50

LEC - “So you want to be an environmental scientist?”£4438

Physics Department - Semiconductors and photonic devices project laboratory£3500

LUSU – Academic Departmental Reps –

Department Representative Conference 2013£1000

LUSU – Ballroom Dancing Society - Hosting the Annual Northern

Universities Dance Competition£3000

LUSU – Pendle College JCR - Funding for a PA kit for

college initiatives such as ‘Pendle Live’£7965.55

LUSU – Bailrigg FM - Bailrigg FM Outside Broadcast and live sessions equipment£8564

LUSU – Baking SocietyLancaster University Baking Society Kitchen£3000

LUSU – Theatre GroupUpgrade to LUTG’s Lighting Infrastructure£10,000

LUSU – Hip Hop Society - Performing Arts Mirrors£3984

LUSU – University of Lancaster Music Society (ULMS) –

Replacement of percussion instruments£4500

Library - Leisure Reading Collection Development£1061

Pre-School Centre - Creation of Outdoor Classroom£5000

December 2013

FASS - FASS Enterprise CentreCampus in the City£5,000.00

FST – Psychology - Mobile kit for student ambassadors and outreach activities for Department of

Psychology£1,973.14

Honorary University Archives - Lancaster University Jubilee Oral History Projects£5,000.00

LUSU - Lancaster University Cycling Club - Lancaster University Cycling Club - making cycling more

accessible and inclusive £3,000.00

FST – Chemistry - Chemistry Outreach for Schools£5,532.20

SBS - Careers / Disability / Colleges and Wellbeing with support from LUSULeadership development

course for students with a disability£6,000.00

FST - Mathematical Physics Group/Business Partnerships and Enterprise - Women in Science': A

promotional event designed to engage staff, students and alumni of the university with the wider

science and business community£1,000.00

Student Based Service / Student Registry - Get it done!' Group coaching for PhD students in the final

stages of completion£3,900.00

FST – Engineering - Lancaster Racing: Green Power Challenge£2,500.00

Confucius Institute - Lancaster University Chinese Music Group£2,483.00

LUSU - Union Conference£3,500.00

SBS - Careers / Student Funding Service - Travel Bursary Scheme£7,000.00

December 2014

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