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We've been awarded a Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education!
This national honour has been awarded to us for our work on the micro:bit, a pocket-sized programmable computer that’s improving digital literacy skills around the globe.
#QEdPrizes | @QEdPrizes
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🏆 WINNERS 🏆
We’re delighted to share that the partnership between @LancasterUni and Quantum Base has been awarded ‘Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year’ at the @TimesHigherEd Awards 2025.
Read more ➡️ ow.ly/U9UA50Xtk8I
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Join Prof Caron Gentry in our latest 'This is Lancaster' episode to hear how her research into the history of women and terrorism took her across the Atlantic to the UK, where she is now the Head of our new School of Global Affairs! 🌍
Listen here 👉 pulse.ly/jcerayerqa
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Meet ITV journalist, podcaster and entrepreneur Warren Nettleford in our new season of 'This is Lancaster', and find out how he found lifelong friendships - and himself - during his time as a Lancaster student 🌹
Listen to the episode here 👉 pulse.ly/24twqv4vuz
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Congratulations to Prof Adam Taylor (@Adatomy) of Lancaster Medical School, who has now written an impressive 150 articles for @ConversationUK – with a combined number of reads of more than 18 million!
Read his most recent piece below 👇
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Find out how Kate Foster draws on lessons she learned as a language student at Lancaster in her work tackling global trade barriers in our new season of 'This is Lancaster' 💬
Listen to the ep here! 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/34P…
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We're wishing all in our community who celebrate this occasion a very happy and prosperous Diwali 🕯️
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In ep two of our new season of 'This is Lancaster', we speak to Lancaster grad David Watson, whose work sees him travelling the globe 🌍
Listen to 'A World of Difference: All in a day’s work – selling the UK around the world' 👉 pulse.ly/4g0r4Pulse
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Lancaster University retweeted
Congratulations to @LancasterUni spin-out @quantumbase which has been shortlisted in The Times Higher Education Awards 2025 @timeshighered #THEawards
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We're kicking off the new season of our This is Lancaster podcast with Lancaster graduate Raisa Richardson, who's Head of Talent Integration at @ManUtd! ⚽
Listen to the episode, 'A World of Difference: Taking the Man Utd brand across the globe' here 👉 pulse.ly/9zuoxtvchb
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Alice Martin of our think tank @WorkFoundation responded to a new @ONS study showing the impact of motherhood on earnings, and her comments appeared all over the media this week, including articles in The @FinancialTimes, The @Telegraph and The @Guardian.
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What a fab first day of Arrivals Weekend! We hope all of our new students have had a great time so far, and are settling in to their new home-away-from-home 🌹
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Don't miss Dr James Robinson on @BBC Focus on Africa, discussing the findings of a study looking into the role dried fish plays in providing vital nutrients to millions of people in Africa 🌍
Listen from 25 mins on @BBCSounds 👇
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Join Dr Leonie Smith of @globalaffairslu for the new podcast 'Confessions of an Early Career Researcher', developed by @BritishAcademy_ with @LeverhulmeTrust, featuring our very own Dr Temidayo Eseonu and Dr Inés Gregori Labarta as guests!
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We’ve once again been named as top in north-west England!
Find out more about the The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 👉 lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancast…
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A new league table of UK universities is out and we’re ranked 14th in the UK and top in north-west England! Find out more about our performance in The Guardian University Guide 2026 👉 lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancast…
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Don't miss Lecturer in Medical Humanities Dr Michael Lambert on ITV’s @longlostfamily tonight and tomorrow at 9pm. The two-episode special reunites mothers and adoptees separated through Mother and Baby homes in England.
📺: itv.com/watch/long-lost-fami…
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We’re going to be on #UniversityChallenge!
Don’t miss the show on Mon 1 Sept as Hyland, Hussain, Wiggins and Neale (and the obligatory duck mascot) take on Lincoln in the first round 🦆
ALT The team sit on the famous University Challenge panel, with their surnames displayed, and presenter Amol Rajan behind them
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A huge well done to the team for reaching the televised rounds and to Lancaster University Students’ Union for their work selecting and supporting them!
Find out more about the show and our team
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