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Nicola de la Haye Building, which along with the Peter de Wint Building are the home to the School of Art, Architecture & Design (AAD), and the home of the Media Archive for Central England. At the University of Lincoln, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

 

In the 13th Century women were little more than the property of their husbands and barred from public life. Upon the death of her father Lord Richard de la Haye, she inherited the position of Constable of Lincoln Castle.

 

By May 1217 during the First Barons’ War much of England had been taken by the combined French and rebel English forces including the city of Lincoln. Only Lincoln Castle remained in support of the current monach King Henry III.

 

She keept power of Lincoln Castle during months of sieges, until William Marshal arrived with royalist forces to support the Castle. This is seen as a turning point in and meant that Prince Louis would not take the English throne.

 

Lincoln was awarded Gold – the highest standard possible - in the national Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) award in 2017, an independent assessment of teaching quality in UK higher education. The University states that this award reflects their “exciting teaching, great support for students and excellent employment outcomes”.

 

The School of Art, Architecture & Design say how “this can be demonstrated by an impressive number of our students annually winning international design awards, such as the RSA Student Design Awards and D&AD New Blood Awards. Our innovative ‘Student as Producer’ initiative offers students the opportunity to engage in real academic research and external professional projects.”

 

Information Sources:

www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/lsd/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Lincoln

www.visitlincoln.com/blog/nichola-de-la-haye

 

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