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! ❤️

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 👇

One of our researchers has been awarded a £3 million Green Future Fellowship by @raeng.org.uk! ⚙️ Dr Rostislav Mikhaylovskiy has been awarded the fellowship for his project to develop a new type of memory, which could lead to cooler and more energy-efficient data storage in the future.

Find out how an AI warning system is being used to predict fatbergs with our Head of the School of Engineering Prof Raffaella Villa on the BBC's Tech Now 📺 Watch the episode now on BBC iPlayer! 👇

Wishing everyone in our Jewish community a very happy first day of Hanukkah 🕯️✨

It was great to have Mr Motivator on campus on Monday! 🕺 Mr Motivator visited our Health Innovation Campus to film videos to help cancer patients prepare for surgery through exercising at home. Read the full news story here 👉 https://pulse.ly/xp3gfcrh6o

Menswear is thinking pink this season - but for some, it's a question of politics. Fab to see our own Prof Veronika Koller quoted in this new article in Vogue Business! 🛍️

Find out why holding #COP30 in Amazonia, at the frontline of climate change, was important despite the failure to address fossil fuels in this new piece for @uk.theconversation.com 🌍 This article is co-authored by our own @josbarlow.bsky.social with @alexanderlees.bsky.social and Dr Joice Ferreira.

Congratulations to Prof Karen Broadhurst, who received an OBE at Windsor Castle last week! 👏 Prof Broadhurst champions compassionate and effective services for women whose children are at risk of entering the care system. Read the full story here 👉 https://pulse.ly/olyczjjjud

Congratulations to the team behind NW CyberCom for winning Sector Collaboration Initiative of the Year at the KE Awards last week! 🎉 Read the full story here 👉 https://pulse.ly/zin1bexomw

A new BBC investigation reveals that more than 1000 adopted children in the UK have returned to care in the past five years, and these findings might only be the tip of the iceberg according to our own Prof Laura Machin. (1/2)

We’re very proud to have three research initiatives shortlisted for major awards this evening! 🎉 The KE Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in knowledge exchange across the UK and beyond. (1/5) #KnowledgeExchange | #KEAwards25

Happy Lancashire Day! 🌹

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.

Our own Prof Jos Barlow is at #COP30! 🌍 Jos (@josbarlow.bsky.social) has been presenting recent findings from the Sustainable Amazon Network research group, including studies on climate extremes, tropical forest fires, and the importance of avoiding forest degradation.

We’re set to create a new nuclear educational facility that’s unique in the UK! Thanks to a £2 million grant from OfS, we’ll create a highly reconfigurable control room simulator to help train the next generation of nuclear engineers and cyber security experts.

Congratulations to Profs Christina Hicks, Nick Graham, Richard Bardgett, Alfredo De Massis and Pedram Ghamisi, who have been named on the Highly Cited Researchers list! 👏 Find the full Highly Cited list here 👉 https://pulse.ly/hkjdxgyxqx #HighlyCited2025 | @clarivateag.bsky.social

A major international project to examine how the transatlantic traffic in enslaved African people shaped the development of Europe will be led by our own Prof William Pettigrew, thanks to a new €10 million grant. (1/3) @globalaffairslu.bsky.social | @erc.europa.eu

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 to the episode here 👉 https://pulse.ly/ppgp4hu8qe

Find out which artwork haunts our own Gothic expert Prof Catherine Spooner in this new article for @uk.theconversation.com 🧛🎨

Autumn on campus 😍 Thank you to Rilda (RildaTaneko on Instagram) for sharing these pics with us!

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 👉 https://pulse.ly/lrvxp8y5eq

Seabirds act as powerful connectors between marine and terrestrial ecosystems - and protecting them can help tackle the crises of climate change, failing ocean health, and biodiversity loss, according to a new study published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity 🐦

The SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) system is facing ‘a worsening crisis’, according to a new Child of the North report update by @n8research.bsky.social 📝👇 @childofthenorth.bsky.social | @healthequitynorth.bsky.social | @cfyounglives.bsky.social | #ChildrenFirst

Ever wondered how you might fare on The Traitors? Pick up some tips in this new article written by our own Dr Lara Warmelink (@larawarmelink.bsky.social) for @uk.theconversation.com on how to defend yourself when you're accused of lying 🤫👇

It's time for our Festival of Social Science 2025! With a line-up of events for curious minds of all ages, this year's festival covers a range of topics including the future of healthcare, the rise of AI, and our relationship with the landscape around us. Find out more through the link below 👇

Congratulations to Prof Adam Taylor (@adatomy.bsky.social) of Lancaster Medical School, who has now written an impressive 150 articles for @uk.theconversation.com – with a combined number of reads of more than 18 million! Read his most recent piece below 👇

Congratulations to Prof Steve Hodges, who has been awarded the Mountbatten Medal by the Institution of Engineering and Technology! 👏 The medal was awarded to Prof Hodges for his work inspiring children to engage with technology, including his contributions the BBC @microbit.org program.

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! 👉 https://pulse.ly/a37n1iyg37

Fab to see Prof Cris Halsall of Lancaster Environment Centre quoted by @theguardian.com as part of a report looking at forever chemicals and the River Wyre in Lancashire 👇

We're wishing all in our community who celebrate this occasion a very happy and prosperous Diwali 🕯️

Even as we move further into autumn, the walk along Lancaster canal is just as lively and colourful as ever 🏞️🍂 Thank you to Yunheezhang on Instagram for these super atmospheric pics!

In ep two of our new season of 'This is Lancaster', we speak to Lancaster grad and founder of Elementary Communications 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' 👉 https://pulse.ly/chpllge4d8

Interested why the discovery of metal-organic frameworks (Mofs) has led to three scientists receiving the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry? Our own John Griffin, Professor in Materials Chemistry, has written a piece for The Conversation @lancasterunichem.bsky.social theconversation.com/nobel-chemis...

It's great seeing campus full of students again! We love the start of a new academic term ❤️

We’re very excited to share our plan to open a new campus in Bengaluru! The news was announced during the Prime Minister’s first major trade mission to India www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/new-ind...

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 Manchester United! ⚽ Listen to the episode, 'A World of Difference: Taking the Man Utd brand across the globe' here 👉 https://pulse.ly/43t9lvzh7f

Alice Martin of our think tank @workfoundation.bsky.social 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 @financialtimes.com, @telegraphnews.bsky.social and @theguardian.com 👇

Check out this new article from @timeshighered.bsky.social, 'From lab to London Stock Exchange', for six practical lessons Lancaster collaborators Rob Young, Alan Gilchrist and Mark Rushforth learned through transforming quantum research into Lancaster’s first spin out company Quantum Base 👇

Our researchers have contributed to the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission Report released today on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems. Prof Christina Hicks led the ‘justice’ strand of the commission, and Dr James Robinson also contributed to the report as an author.

Our partnership engagement team have launched a new Business and Innovation platform to make it easier for people looking to work with us on research and innovation projects. To find out more about the support and opportunities on offer, follow our new channel @lancsunibusiness.bsky.social

Join Dr Leonie Smith of @globalaffairslu.bsky.social for the new podcast 'Confessions of an Early Career Researcher', developed by @britishacademy.bsky.social with @leverhulme.ac.uk, featuring our very own Dr Temidayo Eseonu and Dr Inés Gregori Labarta as guests! 📰: https://pulse.ly/jpyxa4vha8

Wishing a very sweet and joyful Rosh Hashanah to everyone in our Jewish community 🍯

Sun-dried and smoked fish are the overlooked yet vital nutrient-packed superfood providing much needed nutrition across tropical Africa, according to a new study 🐠 📰: https://tinyurl.com/yveejt7u 📸: Christina Hicks, Tane Sinclair-Taylor, James Robinson @lec-reefs.bsky.social

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 👉 https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster-named-university-of-the-year-in-the-northwest-of-england-the-times-and-the-sunday-times-good-university-guide-2026

Find out how imitating the well-known can help people get to grips with new technology in this new article on making the switch from refuelling to recharging, written by our own Dr Nicole Bulawa for @uk.theconversation.com 🚗🔌

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 📰: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster-stays-in-the-top-15-universities-in-the-uk-in-guardian-league-table

Rain or shine, we can't wait for our campus to be full of students again when the new term starts! 🌹