The University of Lancashire to host a free reunion for Preston & Lancashire Polytechnic grads

If yere you a student at Preston Polytechnic or Lancashire Polytechnic between 1973 and 1992, then the University of Lancashire is inviting you back to Preston for an upcoming Polytechnic Reunion.

The free event is taking place between 12.30pm and 5.30pm on Friday ,June 5 at the Preston Campus and will offer a host of sessions which will take you on a trip down memory lane.

Dr Keith Vernon, University Historian and fellow Polytechnic alumnus, will deliver a talk entitled Learning and Living at Preston's Polytechnic.

University Archivist Francesca Robinson will also host an archives’ session which will see memorabilia, photographs and artifacts from the Polytechnic days on display.

A highlight of the event will be a student led campus tour will allow you to see how the campus and facilities have evolved over the past 50 years.

This walkaround will include some of the recently built state-of-the-art multi-million-pound buildings alongside those which polytechnic graduates would have studied in.

This will be followed by a drinks reception where alumni can share stories and reminisce about their time as students.

Maggie Wild, Head of Development and Alumni at the University, said: “Our Polytechnic years were a formative and significant period in our history, and we are delighted to welcome alumni back to campus.

“This reunion offers a valuable opportunity to reconnect with fellow graduates, reflect on shared experiences from the 1970s through to the early 1990s, and see how the University has evolved while retaining the spirit from those earlier times.”

You can book your free place online now.