Union of Loughborough Colleges

Loughborough College Union (LCU) and the Students Representative Committee (SRC) amalgamated in 1955 to form the Union of Loughborough Colleges, representing all 4 educational institutions (ULC). However, in 1965, Loughborough College of Technology formed its own Students Union (LUTSU) as it would be obliged to do so by the charter granting it university status as Loughborough University of Technology (which happened in 1966). By then, ULC was representing 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). By 1967, ULC was registered as a charity and by 1969, negotiations had started between LUTSU and ULC to build a joint social centre. The amalgamation between the two was completed in the academic year 1974-1975, and the new body took on the name of Loughborough Students Union (LSU).