Engagement and Partnerships

We maintain rich and productive partnerships with industry - while offering a raft of support opportunities for collaborators.

Sarah Kemp Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Engagement

Sarah Kemp Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Engagement

"As Pro Vice-Chancellor for Engagement, my role is to ensure the University is focused on high-value, high-impact projects that harness cross-institutional strengths and capitalise on established partnerships such as those with GCHQ, the National Cyber Force and security-related industries.

"Specifically we wish to translate relevant and beneficial learning and knowledge created through our programmes, initiatives and partnerships to maximise impact for our communities of businesses and people, whilst at the same time enhancing the University’s national and international profile and reputation."

Sarah Kemp Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Engagement

Who we work with

Robin Ince and the Beyond Cyber Team

Beyond Cyber 2024: A Look Back at an Extraordinary Series

The 2024 Beyond Cyber Security series has officially concluded, and as the festive season approaches, it’s the perfect time to reflect on what has been an extraordinary set of events.

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Supporting cybersecurity through faultless programming: A guide to Dafny

A Lancaster academic, in collaboration with the Australian National University, explores potential ways in which to achieve defect-free coding, creating a “beginners guide” to verification software.
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University-led £4.9 million initiative to turbocharge North West England’s cyber ambitions

A major new project will fuel the potential of the North West cyber sector to keep the UK at the forefront of cutting-edge cyber security. 
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Join Our New Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Group at the Data Science Institute! 

Are you passionate about promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in data science and AI? Do you want to help create a more inclusive and equitable environment at the Data Science Institute (DSI)? We’re launching a new ED&I group to address these vital issues—and we’d love for you to be a part of it. 
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Cyber Security Executive MBA shortlisted for innovation strategy award

Lancaster University Management School has been shortlisted for the Best Innovation Strategy 2025 award at the AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards 2025 for its Cyber Security Executive MBA programme (CEMBA) delivered in partnership with Templar Executives.
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Dead Man’s PLC: A new cyber threat in the industrial world?

Researchers at Orange Cyberdefence collaborate with Lancaster’s School of Computing and Communications to outline the possibility of a new way cyber criminals could target systems crucial to the functioning of industry-based systems.

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