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High praise from students

Students participating in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2024 rated Lancaster University highly for teaching, academic support, and learning resources. Among other successes, Lancaster scored 91.5% for learning resources, 88.5% for teaching quality, and 89.9% for academic support.

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Sharks are abandoning stressed coral reefs in warming oceans

Grey reef sharks are having to abandon the coral reefs they call home in the face of warming oceans, new research finds.
Girls in the North have a lower healthy life expectancy

How women in the North of England are disadvantaged

Women in the North of England die earlier and are more likely to live in poverty than women in other regions of the country according to research co-authored by Lancaster University.
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Improving UK's resilience to floods and droughts

Five million people a year are affected by floods and droughts in the UK, with the number and the cost of damage set to increase in the coming years due to climate change.
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Lancaster University and partners sign up to new strategic partnership

Lancaster University is one of nine organisations who have pledged to work together more closely to improve the lives of the local community with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
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Lancaster professor’s cool award will enable work with ‘glacial flour’

A Lancaster University professor, whose current inspiration comes from glacial archaeology, has won a prestigious award for ‘excellence and innovation’ in water-based media.
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Women at risk of ‘digital overload’ – new research reveals

When it comes to juggling using digital technology for both work and family, women are at greater risk than men of ‘digital overload’, according to new research led by Lancaster University. 

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