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Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has campuses in the city centre and Headingley. The university's origins can be traced to 1824, with the foundation of the Leeds Mechanics Institute.
She was Principal Lecturer of Politics and Social History at Leeds Polytechnic, later Leeds Metropolitan University and now Leeds Beckett University. [1] She was active in local Leeds societies, including the West Yorkshire Group of The Victorian Society , the Ford-Maguire Society, the Thoresby Society , the Leeds Philosophical and Literary ...
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After unsuccessfully applying for jobs in industry, Lynette became a lecturer at Leeds Polytechnic, later called Leeds Beckett University after a friend encouraged her to apply. [1] She taught a range of subjects including computer hardware, professional skills for computing, and the political and social implications of technology. [ 1 ]
The City of Leeds College changed its name to the City of Leeds College of Education in 1964. [14] It merged with the physical education college in 1968 to form the City of Leeds and Carnegie College and in 1976 merged into Leeds Polytechnic which in 1992 became Leeds Metropolitan University. [1]
Leeds University Union (LUU) is the representative body for the students at the University of Leeds, England. It is led by a group of student sabbatical officers known as the Student Executive, and supported by around 140 full-time staff members, with up to 500 student members of staff at peak times, as well as hundreds of dedicated volunteers.
An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa (Latin: 'for the sake of the honour') is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements (such as matriculation, residence, study and the passing of examinations).
In the 1920s, Leeds-based law firm Middleton & Sons – including Leeds (Victoria) University alumni, solicitor R. Noel Middleton, his wife Olive and his sister Gertrude Middleton, also donated to university building schemes. [95] [96] [93] [97] R. Noel Middleton's wife was the niece of Pro-Chancellor Arthur Lupton. [98] [99]