Loughborough College Union

In 1919, the Social Union and Sports Committee of Loughborough college combined to form Loughborough College Union (a staff/student body), which in the 1920s invested in 45-50 acres of land (the area between the Towers and the Union Building). By 1929, LCU had become the only ‘college’ member of the Universities Athletic Union. It operated parallel (and sometime sin cinjunctin with) to the SRC (Students Representative Council), till 1952, when Loughborough College splits into 4 separate institutions: Loughborough College of Technology (later LUT, now Loughborough University), Loughborough Training College (later Loughborough College of Education), Loughborough College of Art (later LCAD), and Loughborough College of Further Education (later Loughborough Technical College, now Loughborough College). This meant that by 1955, it was decided to amalgamate Loughborough College Union and the Students Representative Committee, to form the Union of Loughborough Colleges representing all 4 educational institutions (ULC).