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For us, Lancaster is everything a university should be. It's somewhere you can belong, a community to join with a collection of colleges that offer close-knit support and a proud identity. We set high standards, and we challenge, pushing people to new heights. We support and guide people through their studies, research and careers.

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Lancaster ranked 1st in North and 8th in England for student satisfaction

Lancaster University has been given an overall satisfaction score of 83.6% in this year’s National Student Survey (NSS), ranking 1st in the North, 8th in England and 11th in the UK when compared to other universities.

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Positive change: carbon net-zero by 2035

Sustainability is at the heart of Lancaster University. We declared a climate emergency in 2020 and aim to become carbon neutral by 2035. Discover more about our sustainability strategy, our world-leading research and our achievements so far.

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Rapid monkeypox test under development at Lancaster University to spearhead global response to emerging outbreaks

Scientists at Lancaster University are developing a portable diagnostic test which can detect the monkeypox virus - along with a raft of other viruses - within 30 minutes.
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Why do Black, Asian and minority ethnic background solicitors receive a larger proportion of complaints than their white colleagues?

Lancaster University Management School is working with the Universities of Cardiff and York to conduct a new study to examine why there is overrepresentation of those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in reports made to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). 
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Northern dialects are holding their own, study shows

Southern dialects may be spreading across the UK, but the North is pushing back in some areas, new research by Lancaster University has shown.
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Waterstones launch for student’s powerful collection of poetry

A Lancaster University student’s powerful debut poetry collection, described as ‘essential reading for anyone grappling with the concept of gender’, will be published later this month and launched at Waterstones in September.
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Eden Project North Levelling Up Fund bid for £50m submitted to Government

A bid for £50m of public investment in Eden Project North in Morecambe has been submitted to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund by Lancaster City Council.
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Lancaster Professor part of 10M Euro new European AI centre of excellence

A Lancaster University Professor is among a new network of top European experts in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, developing and deploying cutting-edge AI solutions with ambitions to become the world’s beacon of AI. 

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