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Lancaster researchers are working to protect some of the world’s most vulnerable marine ecosystems and the people that depend on them.

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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.

National Student Survey 2022
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7th best in the UK for Sustainability

Sustainability is at the heart of Lancaster University. We are now ranked 7th in the UK and joint 26th in the world in the new QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which measures and compares sustainable impact from universities across the globe. 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.

Sustainability at Lancaster

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Guidelines published to help improve practice when the state intervenes to safeguard an unborn or newborn baby

Guidelines to help improve practice when the state takes action to safeguard an unborn or newborn baby have been finalised and published by Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. The work has been led by the Centre for Child & Family Justice Research at Lancaster University.
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Lancaster University to host Anticipation conference in 2024

Lancaster University will host the flagship international conference in Futures studies in 2024.
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£5.8 million project to deliver a more sustainable future for Open Access books

A new project, led by Lancaster University, that works to increase access to valuable research is to receive more than £5.8 million in funding.
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Former student returns to Lancaster to launch new book

An internationally acclaimed author, who studied creative writing at Lancaster University, is all set to return to the city to launch her new book next month.
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Lancaster subjects ranked among the best in the world

A host of Lancaster University subjects have been placed in the global top 100, according to the latest QS World Rankings - with Linguistics coming in tenth place.
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Tackling food insecurity could improve children’s learning

Indian children’s education can be impaired when their households struggle to access enough nutritious food, new research led by the Food Security for Equitable Futures research team based at Lancaster University, has found.

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