Research

Poverty stigma

Researchers from the School of Social Sciences have worked with the UK's leading poverty charity, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, on poverty stigma and produced a report that makes recommendations for effective action on poverty.

Poverty in Vietnam

Academics from Lancaster University Management School have looked at research that focuses on the effect income uncertainty has on the mental health of Vietnamese coffee farmers. The results found that mental illness and poverty are closely linked in these low-income countries.

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

Poverty public lecture

In September 2023, as part of the University’s Public Lecture Series, Lancaster’s Department of Economics hosted a lecture that examined how people can become stuck in poverty and discussed how we can work together to help end this.

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.