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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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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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Scientists need helping hands from businesses and community groups

Scientists behind a pioneering hand identification research project need help from businesses and community groups to build a ‘control’ database of images.
L-R: Researcher using nanoscribe – the printing has to be undertaken in orange light; examples of shapes printed using this technique; material was printed in worms that included an embedded star shape from printed ink (unpolymerized material, such as the ink, shines green under UV light

New research takes step towards laser printed medical electronics

Researchers have taken a major step towards 3D laser-printed materials that could be used in surgical procedures to implant or repair medical devices.
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How mums are taking the lead in shaping children’s education – new study

A new global study, which takes a gender-sensitive approach, has found that a mother’s educational status plays an increasingly important role in shaping their children’s educational status, while the importance of the father’s educational status has declined.
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Lancaster University researchers help reveal evidence of potential Roman temple and religious enclosure

Lancaster University staff and student researchers have discovered evidence suggesting a Romano-Celtic temple under public land near Lancaster Castle - which would be only the second of its type found in northern Britain.

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