The number of students applying to study at Lancaster University has soared this year with applications up by almost 18%, against a sector average rise of just 2%.

We’ve been named the best value for money university in England, have won the 'Best University Halls' award for the last five years running – and are ranked as the best university in the North West by the Guardian, Sunday Times and Complete University Guide.

We're looking for 50 new research academics: those with the big ideas, the unstoppable desire to know more, and the determination to succeed.

Lancaster's School of Computing and Communications is ranked 7th in the UK for world-leading and internationally excellent research.

Lancaster graduate Paul McDevitt, now based in Berlin, spent last year reacquainting himself with the campus and city to produce an exhibition that responds to, and comes from, Lancaster.

New drugs for diseases like cystic fibrosis could be developed as part of Lancaster research into how cells work at a fundamental level.