https://lancastersu.co.uk/articles/roses-are-red-in-2025

LANCASTER STUDENTS CELEBRATE HISTORIC ROSES VICTORY!     Students at Lancaster were jubilant this past Sunday, after they scored a record-breaking victory in the annual Roses varsity tournament against rivals York University, winning 184-160.   Lancaster’s triumph means they have...

https://lancastersu.co.uk/articles/lancaster-bucs-success

  It’s been a successful year for sports here at LUSU!       At LUSU, sport is in our blood. From the sports clubs we facilitate—competitive and casual play alike—to the biggest intervarsity tournament in Europe, Roses! This year, we won Roses for the fifth time in a row, a...

https://lancastersu.co.uk/articles/expanding-student-leader-training-at-lancaster

  Written by Emily Houston-Woods Emily is your 2025/26 Activities Officer.   One of my key manifestos aims this year was to expand the training available for our student leaders. I’m really pleased to share that the week before welcome week, we delivered a brand-new programme ...

https://lancastersu.co.uk/articles/student-tackles-214-fells-in-14-days-for-mental-health-charity

After four years at Lancaster University Rugby Union Club Sam Cusworth has set himself an incredible challenge in support of the mental health charity Mind and plans to climb each of the 214 Wainwright peaks in just over two weeks! Covering 326 miles (which is just short of a marathon a day fo...

https://lancastersu.co.uk/articles/we-are-not-cash-cows

Students’ union officers donned cow masks as they staged a protest at Saturday’s Lancaster University open day over plans to extend the institution’s teaching day. Union officers wanted to send the message that students are not ‘cash cows’ after it was revealed that increased recruitment at th...

https://lancastersu.co.uk/articles/introducing-the-black-asian-and-ethnic-minorities-committee

  As we begin a new term, we are thrilled to present a new initiative: the Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities Committee.     The Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities Committee aims to represent the interests and concerns of Black, Asian, and Ethnic Minority students at Lancaster Uni...

https://lancastersu.co.uk/articles/just-play-more

Just Play is launching new Sportivate Clubs and recreational leagues!  Launching this term are two news leagues in addition to football and netball, these sports include mixed basketball & badminton, with the hope to run some social tournaments and knock out competitions. The sports that w...

https://lancastersu.co.uk/articles/making-the-most-of-uni-life-in-the-uk

.container { display: flex; align-items:center; justify-content:flex-start; } .text { padding-left:20px; }   Written by Annika Budhrani Annika is the International Students' Officer at LUSU. While volunteering as an LCO, Annika is also in her second-year of Accounting & Fi...

https://lancastersu.co.uk/articles/securing-the-future-of-accessibility-for-student-groups

Written by Emily Houston-Woods Emily is the LUSU Activities Officer 25/26.    When I ran for Activities Officer, I did so with a very specific goal in mind: ensuring that no student is priced out of their university experience.     This is personal for me. During my own ...

https://lancastersu.co.uk/articles/national-student-volunteering-week-at-lancaster

It’s National Student Volunteering Week! To celebrate we’ll be highlighting some of the wonderful work of our student volunteers here at the students’ union by featuring them in articles on our website over the course of the week. To begin this we thought we’d give you a broad view of some...