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Schools and Colleges

Information, resources and activities designed for teachers and advisors to help you support your students on their journey to higher education and finding out more about Lancaster

What we do

We offer a wide variety of events, activities and talks to support young people from a diverse range of backgrounds to consider their future education choices. You’ll find us in schools and colleges, at UCAS fairs and delivering on-campus events – anywhere in which we can engage with students! We’re passionate about promoting the benefits of higher education and providing excellent information, advice and guidance and hope to work with your school or college soon.

Talks and Presentations

From explaining student finance to providing top tips on how to write a personal statement, our student recruitment team can visit your school to deliver a variety of different presentations.

Careers Fairs

Our professional student recruitment team are available to attend careers fairs around the country, giving your students the opportunity to find out more about our degrees, applying to higher education, studying at a campus-based university and future career options.

Widening Participation

We believe everyone, regardless of background, should have the opportunity to access and succeed in higher education. Our widening participation activities aim to open doors and support under-represented groups to progress onto university.

Subject Events

Our faculties and departments deliver subject-based activity for school and college groups throughout the year. From taster lectures to inter-school and college challenge competitions, there's a wide range of activity on offer designed to enthuse your students.

Campus Tours and Visits

Visiting our campus is a great opportunity for your school or college to tour our facilities and learn more about university life, whilst also meeting some of our current students.

Teacher CPD

Join us for a series of free CPD, networking and best practice sessions, led by various academic departments across the University.

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School & College Campus Visits

Our Recruitment and Admissions team deliver bespoke campus visits for schools and colleges in the UK. If you are interested in bringing your students to our beautiful campus for a taste of university life, find out more and get in touch here.

On-Campus Visits

Working with our Library

Our library team offer a range of opportunities for schools and colleges including Research Days to support students undertaking qualifications such as Extended Project Qualifications (EPQs), A Levels and International Baccalaureates. Find out more and request a visit here.

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Lancaster on Tour

Join us at one of our two regional Teacher and Advisor conferences in Nottingham and Maidenhead. Let’s talk Lancaster: colleges, faculties, courses and more.

Lancaster on tour
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Widening Participation

Widening participation aims to ensure that the higher education sector is an open and inclusive environment, representative of the society we live in. At Lancaster University, we believe in presenting all individuals, regardless of background, with the opportunity to access and succeed in higher education and beyond.

We offer a wide range of activities aimed at school groups and individuals, designed to introduce students to higher education and showcasing future options available to them.

For more information about each of our widening participation activities and work across the student lifecycle, please visit our widening participation webpages.

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Meet the team

Our team are based across the country and are responsible for visiting schools and colleges and delivering our campus-based events. Take a look to see who might visit you in your school or college and how to get in touch with them.

Meet the team

Get in touch

Contact us to discuss activities available for your school or college, or to sign up for our regular teacher and advisors newsletter.

Overseas schools and colleges

Alongside the activity we run in the UK, our International Recruitment team works with schools and colleges all over the world. Teachers and counsellors based outside of the UK can get in touch with the team to get information about Lancaster University and discuss engagement activities.

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