Lancaster University

29/05/2026

The colours of Lancaster city centre 🌹

26/05/2026

Eid-ul-Adha Mubarak to all in our Muslim community 🐏

26/05/2026

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22/05/2026

A new episode of the Cbeebies TV series 'Zog' penned by our own Dr Tajinder Hayer has just gone live on BBC iPLayer! 🐉

Based on the children's books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the series expands the universe of its globally popular film adaptations, with new storylines and characters.

Watch the episode on iPlayer now 👉 https://pulse.ly/ujsimz6vgh

English Literature & Creative Writing at Lancaster University

A Lancaster University Senior Lecturer has written for the new CBeebies TV series, Zog.

19/05/2026

The use of AI smart lights in care homes reduces falls by around a third, according to new research from our Centre for Ageing Research, which evaluated the use of this technology in care homes in South Lancashire and Cumbria 💡

Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

The use of AI smart lights in care homes reduces falls by around a third say Lancaster University researchers, who evaluated the use of this technology in care homes in South Lancashire and Cumbria.

15/05/2026

Our students might be in the middle of revision, exams, or writing a dissertation at the moment, but summer is just around the corner!

We think it's important to have something to look forward to, so we've compiled this list of fab days out for when deadlines and word counts are over and done 🌞🏖️

🏖️ Morecambe
🐦 3 miles from Lancaster
Get there by: 🚲🚗🚋
If you love: beaches, arcades and a chippy tea! 🐟🍟🍴

🏞️ Caton
🐦 3.5 miles from Lancaster
Get there by: 🚗🚌
If you love: picnics and relaxed walk 🧺

🏞️ Wast Water & High Dam Tarn
🐦 18-33.5 miles from Lancaster
Get there by: 🚗
If you love: the lakes!

🏖️ Blackpool
🐦 19 miles from Lancaster
Get there by: 🚗🚌🚋
If you love: beaches, arcades and roller coasters 🎢🎡🎠

🏖️ Lytham St Annes
🐦 22.5 miles from Lancaster
Get there by: 🚗🚋
If you love: beaches, cafes, and a good charity shop! 🛍️

🏞️ Windermere & Grasmere
🐦 23-30 miles from Lancaster
Get there by: 🚗🚋
If you love: the lakes, cafes, and unique little shops 🍰☕

🏙️ Liverpool
🐦 45 miles from Lancaster
Get there by: 🚗🚋
If you love: shopping, live music, pubs and art 🎸

🏙️ Manchester
🐦 46 miles from Lancaster
Get there by: 🚗🚋
If you love: shopping, big gigs, bars and bar games 🎱🎳🎯

13/05/2026

Some pics of our campus's fluffiest inhabitants! 🦆🐤🐤🐤

If you have a photo of our campus ducks and their ducklings (from this spring or from previous years) we'd love to see them! 📸🎞️

11/05/2026

Campus in the sun 🌞

We're well into the summer term now, and it's lovely to see our students enjoying our campus grounds 🌳🦆

08/05/2026

Join us for the annual Lancaster Environment Lecture! 🌍

The lecture is open to the public, and will explore how a healthy ocean matters to us all - from the food we eat, to the weather we experience and the air we breathe.

Titled 'The Future of the World’s Ocean', the lecture will be delivered by marine biologist Dr Helen Scales, author of 'What the Wild Sea Can Be'.

🌍 Faraday Lecture Theatre
📅 Tuesday 12 May, 7pm

Book your ticket here 👉 https://pulse.ly/rdhbdfe9bo

Litfest, Lancaster | Lancaster Environment Centre

A look at how the ocean is changing faster than at any point in human history will be the topic of a Public Lecture organised by Litfest and Lancaster University’s Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.