and Colleges Sport competitions and have home and away fixtures.
The university outdoor sport facilities can be found at Sports Arena (USA) which is located two miles away and was opened in 2000 by The Princess Royal. The £12 million arena provides facilities for rugby league, rugby union, football (five grass pitches), hockey (two floodlit all-weather pitches), netball, tennis (four floodlit courts), and cycling (1 mile (1.6 km) circuit), as well as an eight-lane athletics area, equipped for school, club, and county competitions.
The university's Motor Sports Engineering and Operations students run a motor racing team, UCLAN Racing.
=== Media ===
The Pulse was a student media brand at the Union. It consisted of a student newspaper which printed six times a year, and began in 1985 as the Ribble Echo; Pulse Radio, founded in 1999 as Frequency Radio; and a TV station. The Pulse stopped broadcasting in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however efforts were taken in 2024 to relaunch the organisation.
== Notable people ==
=== Alumni ===
=== Academics ===
== See also ==
Armorial of British universities
List of universities in the United Kingdom
Post-1992 university
== References ==
== External links ==
University of Lancashire website
UCLan Students' Union website
