Bishop Grosseteste University’s origins can be traced back to 1862 when an Anglican teacher training college for women was established. To mark the college’s centenary it was renamed Bishop ...

History: Named after the thirteenth century Bishop of Lincoln, it was established as an independent Anglican HE institution in 1862. It received full university college status in 2006 and was ...

It changed its name in 1962 to honour the former Bishop of Lincoln, Robert Grosseteste, and was granted university status in 2012. The news of the name change has been met with mixed reaction in ...

Bishop Grosseteste University, also known as BGU, is over 150 years old and based in a single-site campus in the heart of historic uphill Lincoln. By Charlotte Lytton 16 April 2013 • 11:32pm .