Lancaster University

Small grant funding call! 📢

NERC is funding projects each up to £15K to undertake innovative fieldwork and/or modelling to inform its investment in FDRI digitally smart catchments. The call is open to all from early career to established researchers.

Full details 👉 bit.ly/fdri-smallgrant

Wishing a happy Holi to everyone in our community celebrating today! 🫟

£1.5 million funding will empower ‘Our Bay Our Future’ to grow green jobs - Lancaster University £1.5 million from The National Lottery Community Fund will enable 5000 local young people to access new climate action projects designed to grow skills needed to care for Morecambe Bay and secure local green jobs.

The ‘Our Bay Our Future’ project has been awarded a £1.5 million grant from The National Lottery Community Fund! ⛵

'Our Bay Our Future' will allow local young people to access to new climate action projects, and builds on the work of the Morecambe Bay Curriculum.

What's the best way to learn a new language? Krupa Padhy uncovers how we really learn foreign languages – in a dual challenge involving both Portuguese and Mandarin.

What's the best way to learn a new language? 🤔💬

Check out this new article in BBC Futures, featuring our own Prof Padraic Monaghan and Prof Patrick Rebuschat.

We're delighted to have been presented with a Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education by Their Majesties The King and Queen at St James’s Palace!

The highest national honour in higher education was awarded to us for our creation of core technology for the micro:bit.

📰: https://pulse.ly/atuiz2qnt7

Our Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education winners are on their way to St James’s Palace for the presentation of the Prizes!

We've been awarded the Prize for our work on the micro:bit, which is improving digital literacy around the globe.

Our graduates are lighting up the Lancaster high street! 🛍️

Tora Ramen, Aquila Pizzeria, Doughmance, The Performance Studios and Pre-Law are among the thriving businesses led by our graduates across the city.

📰: https://pulse.ly/ugki5j0ohs

📸: Jordan Beswick

Wishing all in our Muslim community a blessed and peaceful Ramadan 🌙

Lancaster involved in UK-Japan partnership to advance quantum tech - Lancaster University Professor of Experimental Physics Edward Laird is part of an international team awarded major funding of £1.5 million to develop quantum computers in collaboration with Japan.

We're part of a project that's been awarded major funding to develop quantum computers in collaboration with Japan!

Our own Professor of Experimental Physics Edward Laird is part of the international team working on the project, which will run for 5 years and aims to advance quantum technologies.

Today marks the beginning of the #YearOfTheHorse! 🐎

We want to extend our warmest greetings, and hope, happiness and prosperity to our community celebrating at Lancaster and across the globe 🎆

Explore ideas on how to celebrate in Lancaster 👇
https://lancaster.pulse.ly/1wadc59zq9

We do like to be beside the seaside! ⛵

It's fab to have our campus so close to the coast, and while we don't recommend taking a dip at this time of year (🥶!) the sea views are striking no matter the season 🏖️

Lancaster Professor elected to lead key British sociological society - Lancaster University A Lancaster University professor has been elected to lead a key British professional society whose primary objective is to promote sociology.

Our own Prof Imogen Tyler has been elected to lead @britsoci.bsky.social! 👏

Prof Tyler has been elected as Vice-President in 2026 and President Elect in 2027, and will play a central role in representing the discipline at national and international forums.

Saving the ozone layer has ‘polluted Earth with forever chemicals’ Substances brought in to replace CFCs have led to 300,000 tonnes of a potentially toxic chemical being deposited in soil and rivers worldwide, a study claims

It's great to see research led by our own atmospheric scientists featured in @thetimes.com, @dailymail.co.uk, and @newscientist.com!

Our researchers are also set to appear on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science later today.

CFC replacements behind hundreds of thousands of tonnes of global ‘forever chemical’ pollution - Lancaster University Chemicals brought in to help protect our ozone layer have had the unintended consequences of spreading vast quantities of a potentially toxic ‘forever chemical’ around the globe, a new study shows.

Chemicals brought in to protect the ozone layer have spread vast quantities of a potentially toxic ‘forever chemical’ around the globe, reveals a new study led by our researchers 🧪

Some winter sunshine on campus ⛅

BBC Radio 4 - The White Lady of Morecambe by Jenn Ashworth - Episode guide All episodes of The White Lady of Morecambe by Jenn Ashworth

Don't miss this chilling new ghost story on BBC Radio 4, written by our own Prof Jenn Ashworth and read aloud by Julie Hesmondhalgh! 👻

Episodes will air every weekday evening at 10.45pm, beginning Mon 2 February, and will be available online shortly after broadcast.

Prestigious Fellow recognition for Lancaster computing Professor - Lancaster University The work of a Lancaster University professor has been recognised by a prestigious Fellow status from an international learned society.

Congratulations to Prof Steve Hodges, who's been recognised as a Fellow of @acm.org for his contributions to interactive device and systems research! 🎉

Steve is known for his work on the SenseCam wearable camera and for his contributions to the BBC micro:bit, used by 70 million children globally.

Lancaster University's £11m boost for mental health research The plan aims to make mental health research more local and more "accessible and effective".

Great to see our £11 million @nihr.bsky.social award for mental health research reported by the BBC! 👇

Lancaster to lead multi-million pound research initiative to transform mental health support - Lancaster University Lancaster University has been awarded almost £11 million pounds for pioneering mental health research following a major investment by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

We're going to be leading a multi-million pound research initiative to transform mental health support! 🧠

We've been awarded almost £11 million pounds for pioneering mental health research, following a major investment by @nihr.bsky.social

Congratulations to our own @adatomy.bsky.social, who’s been elected a Fellow of @rsb.org.uk in recognition of his significant expertise in anatomy and his impact on the biosciences 👏

Adam is a globally renowned science communicator on all subjects related to the human body 💀

Confessions of an Early Career Researcher is a podcast by ECRs, for ECRs. Produced by the British Academy, in collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk.

You can watch the full episode on our YouTube channel: bit.ly/3NkMVTs

Marine biology scientist recognised by Fellow status in world’s oldest ecological society - Lancaster University A Lancaster University marine biologist has been recognised with prestigious Fellow of the British Ecological Society (BES) status.

Congratulations to @salkeith.bsky.social of @lec-reefs.bsky.social, who has has been recognised as a Fellow of @britishecologicalsociety.org! 👏

Dr Keith pioneered the concept of ‘macrobehaviour’, exploring behavioural patterns across large geographical regions, varying species, and long timescales.

Finding your voice: What makes an ECR? | Episode 1 | Confessions of an Early Career Researcher From developing your PhD, acclimatising to UK higher education structures, or navigating the vast expanse of LinkedIn – is there one right way to be an Early...

Check out the video version of the @britishacademy.bsky.social podcast 'Confessions of an Early Career Researcher', hosted by our own Dr Leonie Smith of @globalaffairslu.bsky.social and featuring Dr Temidayo Eseonu as a guest! 👇

A marine scientist explains why she eats seafood—even octopus Conservationist Christina Hicks explains the tension between protecting marine life and depending on it for food, and how our seafood choices ripple across the world.

Is it possible to save our seas and enjoy seafood at the same time? 🐟🍴

Check out this #NationalGeographic interview with marine scientist and conservationist Prof Christina Hicks of @lec-reefs.bsky.social on sustainable seafood and protecting marine life 👇

Snow on the Ashton Memorial

Snow on the frozen pond in Williamson Park

Snow over Lancaster, from Castle Hill

Snow over Lancaster, from the quay

Lancaster transformed into a winter wonderland over the last few days of our vacation period! ☃

Keep up to date with latest news from our uni with @lancasteruninews.bsky.social! 📰👇

Happy New Year to all in our Lancaster community!

Merry Christmas to all in our community who celebrate! We hope you have a fantastic day ✨

Our social media team will now be out-of-office until Mon 5 January 👉📅

Until then, students can find our vacation support and services (including events and activities over the winter break!) through the link below 👇
lancaster.ac.uk/vacation

Thank you for a wonderful year - see you soon! ❤️

5 common kitchen products you can't recycle this Christmas It's that time of year when we over-indulge and over-consume - but what can't you recycle of all the extra stuff in your home?

Confused about Christmas recycling? 🎅♻️

Check out this article about which common Christmas items can or can't be recycled, featuring guidance from our own Dr Alison Stowell 👇