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In the UK for Social Work

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For Communications and Media Studies

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In Britain for Sociology

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Top 100

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Professor Chris Grover, Head of Department, on what makes our interdisciplinary department special

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Supporting and improving the wellbeing of staff and students

We promote working practices that strive to provide a supportive, caring environment that includes activities, opportunities and time to look after our wellbeing.

Find out more on our wellbeing and resilience site

Study

Whatever your background, you can find inspiration, develop new skills and build a community in our diverse courses.

Research

Discover how our world-leading research shifts ways of thinking, engages with diverse communities, and has a significant societal impact.

Read about our past research: Sociology Department Research Archive

Digital Media Studio

Our Media and Cultural Studies degrees blend theory and practice, helping students develop flexible critical and creative skills for a changing media landscape. The Digital Media Studio provides access to loanable technology and tools to build and enhance skills in critical (digital) media practices.

Digital Media Studio

Experiencing Sociology

Experiencing Sociology is a programme for major and combined major undergraduate students studying Sociology. The programme runs alongside the main academic programme of study to support students' personal and career development, as well as their integration into our vibrant department culture.

Experiencing Sociology

Social Work at Lancaster

Our social work teaching partnerships demonstrate our commitment to working with employers in order to improve student placements and better prepare students for employment after graduation. The value of this work is reflected in the high regard employers have for our graduates.

Social work at Lancaster

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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. 
Little Roma girl looking over her shoulder. She has a green hair decoration

Study reveals unique challenges facing Roma migrants in children's services

A lack of trust, based on historic discrimination, has damaged the relationship between Roma families and children’s services in England, according to a new report, published today, which calls for a new Government strategy to promote social inclusion.
Top left: Dr Cath Hill is interviewed by a film crew from Norway’s national TV channel, TV2. Bottom left: Secretary General of NATO General Jens Stoltenberg with the Bee The Difference (BTD) team. Main image shows Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre addressing the commemoration ceremony held in Oslo’s government quarter with the BTD team in the background.

Norwegian Prime Minister welcomes Lancaster University researcher

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and the Secretary General of NATO, General Jens Stoltenberg, welcomed Lancaster University researcher Dr Cath Hill and her research project team to the commemoration of the Oslo city and Utoya Island terror attacks.

 
Cards being glued together. Cards say poverty, low pay and inequality

Report looks at ‘stigma’ through a new lens to stamp it out of society

Stigma is a glue that holds poverty, inequality and economic insecurity in place enabling and exacerbating inequalities of wealth, health and opportunity, says a new report out today.
Mid-Career Fellowship recipients (left to right): Professor Fiona Edmonds, Dr Ala Sirriyeh and Professor Carolyn Pedwell

Outstanding academics’ Fellowships will SHAPE public understanding and engagement

Three Lancaster University researchers are among 44 ‘outstanding mid-career academics’ to receive prestigious Fellowships from the British Academy.
Front cover of report (pink and purple background) bearing wording Children in Care in the North of England

Children in the North at greater risk of entering care – new report

A new report, co-authored by Lancaster University researchers, has revealed the £25 billion burden of children in care which has been placed on stretched services in the North of England.

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