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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 1d

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

Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 1d

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 👇

‘Motherhood penalty’ costs women an average £65,618 in pay by time first child turns five

Women’s average monthly earnings fall by 42% compared with one year before birth, ONS study finds

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 5d

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 👇

From lab to London Stock Exchange: six lessons for quantum tech founders who want to change the world

Deep-tech commercialisation requires different strategies from those that drive typical start-ups. Three university collaborators share six practical lessons from transforming quantum research into a public company with a £14.8 million valuation

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 5d

The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

YouTube video by The Lancet

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 5d

The report finds that shifting global diets could prevent approximately 15 million premature deaths per year, and could deliver returns of $5 trillion a year through better health, restored ecosystems, and climate resilience 🌍

The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...

www.thelancet.com

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 5d

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.

Lancaster researchers play key role in new landmark EAT-Lancet Commission into food systems - Lancaster University

Lancaster University researchers have contributed to the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission Report released today on Healthy, Sustainable, and Just Food Systems. The report presents the most comprehensive glo...

www.lancaster.ac.uk

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 7d

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

Business and Innovation - Lancaster University

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 14d

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

Confessions of an Early Career Researcher

Navigating the world of academia after your PhD can feel overwhelming, exciting, and a little bit secretive. 'Confessions of an Early Career Researcher' is a candid, honest, and inspiring podcast for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) at every stage of their journey.

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 15d

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

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 15d

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

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 19d

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

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 21d

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 🚗🔌

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 28d

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

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Sep 4

Great to see our own Prof Richard Bardgett of the Lancaster Environment Centre quoted in @theguardian.com, discussing regenerative farming and soil health 🌱

Down and dirty: how regenerative farming is digging into microscopic soil life

Nurturing everything from bacteria and fungi to worms is seen as essential to helping minimise use of chemicals and machinery

www.theguardian.com

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Sep 3

Is ChatGPT speech going to erode human creativity? Find out in this new article by our own Dr Vittorio Tantucci, written for @uk.theconversation.com 👇

ChatGPT only talks in cliches – here’s why that’s a threat to human creativity

AI doesn’t worry about sounding boring.

theconversation.com

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Sep 3

Don't miss Lecturer in Medical Humanities Dr Michael Lambert on ITV’s Long Lost Family tonight and tomorrow at 9pm. The two-episode special reunites mothers and adoptees separated through Mother and Baby homes in England.

📺: https://www.itv.com/watch/long-lost-family/1a8904

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Sep 3

Today our own Prof Rebecca Willis of the Lancaster Environment Centre is appearing in parliament to give evidence to the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee on how to build public support for the UK’s energy transition 🌍

3 September 2025 - Building support for the energy transition - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

14:30 - Room 5, Palace of Westminster

committees.parliament.uk

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Aug 29

Make sure to tune in for Quizzy Monday next week to see our students on University Challenge!

Our fantastic team is made up of captain Lex Wiggins, Talhah Hussain, and Eoin Neale, who will be representing Furness College, and Josie Hyland and team reserve Fatima Al Sharef, representing Pendle! 👏

BBC Two - University Challenge, 2025/26, Lincoln v Lancaster

The University of Lincoln faces a team from Lancaster University.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Aug 27

Great to see Lancaster bird expert Dr Stuart Sharp explaining the importance of ringing and tagging birds in this piece published by the BBC today! 🐦

'Tagging these tiny birds takes years of training' - BBC News

Conservationists at a Lancashire nature reserve says learning how to ring birds takes years to master.

www.bbc.com

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Aug 21

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
www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/fingers...

Fingers on buzzers for Lancaster ‘University Challenge’ quad - Lancaster University

It’s fingers on buzzers for a team of four students from Lancaster University who are all set to compete in University Challenge, one of the toughest, high-profile quiz team challenges on TV.

www.lancaster.ac.uk

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Aug 21

We’re going to be on #UniversityChallenge!

Don’t miss the BBC2 show on Mon 1 Sept as Hyland, Hussain, Wiggins and Neale (and the obligatory duck mascot) take on Lincoln in the first round 🦆

The team sit on the famous University Challenge panel, with their surnames displayed, and presenter Amol Rajan behind them

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Aug 19

Great to see research led by our own Dr Ben Surridge and @freshwaterbio.bsky.social in @theguardian.com, The Independent, BBC News and @telegraphnews.bsky.social!

The research finds ‘Poor’ water quality in many parts of Windermere.

Listen again to Ben on BBC Radio 4 Today from 1 hr 14 mins in 👇

Today - 19/08/2025 - BBC Sounds

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Aug 18

Great to hear Rebecca Florisson of @workfoundation.bsky.social on BBC Radio Four, speaking to Anita Rani and listeners about hybrid working 💼

Listen again on BBC Sounds from 27 mins 👇

Woman's Hour - Listener Week: Living with an incurable diagnosis, Sex therapy, Hybrid working - BBC Sounds

A listener asks to hear from other mothers with cancer about how they told their children

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Aug 18

We've earned another Green Flag Award! 🌳💚

Our campus has received the Green Flag Award (recognising the excellent management of parks and green spaces) for the fourteenth time, thanks to the work of our brilliant grounds team!

📰: https://tinyurl.com/bde82znk

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