Research

Social factors influence surgery

Researchers from Lancaster University Medical School have undertaken a study that suggests that social and environmental factors - like income, education, air quality, and access to green space, can have small but significant impact on a person’s physical readiness for surgery.

Poor health of older people in the North

Academics from Lancaster University have co-authored a report into disadvantages faced by older people living in the North, in areas such as health, life expectancy, housing, nutrition, employment, and social isolation.

Campus life

Lancaster Sanctuary Scholarships

Our Sanctuary Scholarship offers students who are refugees or have humanitarian protection the support and resources they need to integrate into our community here at Lancaster.

Student Financial Support

Students can access different grants or funds to help support personal development or assist with financial hardship from Lancaster University's Student Money Advice, which is a service that offers support on managing your money.

Free Essentials

Each college at Lancaster has a Community Cupboard, where students experiencing financial difficulties can pick up free food and hygiene products. There are also five campus locations where students or staff can pick up free sanitary products. Lancaster University Students Union offers LUSU Pantry, to help Lancaster students and staff with free food and basic hygiene products during the cost-of-living crisis.

Outreach and engagement

Library Sanctuary Collection

Lancaster University Library has a collection of print resources developed in collaboration with local charity, Global Link Lancaster, to support the local refugee/asylum seeker community in developing English language skills. Members of the community can join the University Library via our Community Card scheme.