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940px"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/13/lancaster-reindeer-day-organisers-defend-event-against-the-petition-to-exclude-live-animals">Lancaster Reindeer Day organisers defend event against petition to exclude live animals</a> </h2> <div class="story__author"> <img class="ab-image" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eabe30b390d9986bcd64b31d367b762d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fthetab.com%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fthetab-four%2Fassets%2F_img%2Fplaceholder.jpg&r=g" /> <div class="short-post-meta"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://thetab.com/author/amyhitchen" title="Posts by Amy Hitchen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Amy Hitchen</a> | <span class="tags"> <a href="https://thetab.com/news" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="story__excerpt"><p>‘Reindeer should be at home with their families like we are at Christmas’</p> </div> </div> <div class="article__single post-404563 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news university-lancaster"> <div> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/13/professor-at-lancaster-university-appointed-to-climate-change-committee"> <img decoding="async" src="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13104457/Untitled-design-48-1-940x480.png" srcset="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13104457/Untitled-design-48-1-940x480.png 940w, https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13104457/Untitled-design-48-1-293x150.png 293w" width="100%" height="400" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/13/professor-at-lancaster-university-appointed-to-climate-change-committee">Professor at Lancaster University appointed to UK’s Climate Change Committee</a> </h2> <div class="story__author"> <img class="ab-image" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eabe30b390d9986bcd64b31d367b762d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fthetab.com%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fthetab-four%2Fassets%2F_img%2Fplaceholder.jpg&r=g" /> <div class="short-post-meta"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://thetab.com/author/amyhitchen" title="Posts by Amy Hitchen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Amy Hitchen</a> | <span class="tags"> <a href="https://thetab.com/news" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="story__excerpt"><p>Professor Rebecca Willis will join the committee to tackle climate change</p> </div> </div> <div class="article__single post-404801 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news university-lancaster"> <div> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/13/lancaster-universitys-law-school-law-clinic-is-open-to-give-advice-to-the-public"> <img decoding="async" src="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13125231/Untitled-design-51-1-940x480.png" srcset="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13125231/Untitled-design-51-1-940x480.png 940w, https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13125231/Untitled-design-51-1-293x150.png 293w" width="100%" height="400" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/13/lancaster-universitys-law-school-law-clinic-is-open-to-give-advice-to-the-public">Lancaster University’s Law School clinic is open to give advice to the public</a> </h2> <div class="story__author"> <img class="ab-image" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eabe30b390d9986bcd64b31d367b762d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fthetab.com%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fthetab-four%2Fassets%2F_img%2Fplaceholder.jpg&r=g" /> <div class="short-post-meta"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://thetab.com/author/amyhitchen" title="Posts by Amy Hitchen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Amy Hitchen</a> | <span class="tags"> <a href="https://thetab.com/news" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="story__excerpt"><p>Law students will give free legal advice from 18th November to 10th March</p> </div> </div> <div class="article__single post-399718 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-features university-lancaster"> <div> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/12/i-fear-for-the-future-what-lancaster-students-think-about-the-us-presidential-election"> <img decoding="async" src="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/10160643/Untitled-design-47-1-940x480.png" srcset="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/10160643/Untitled-design-47-1-940x480.png 940w, https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/10160643/Untitled-design-47-1-293x150.png 293w" width="100%" height="400" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/12/i-fear-for-the-future-what-lancaster-students-think-about-the-us-presidential-election">‘I fear for the future’: What Lancaster students think about the US presidential election</a> </h2> <div class="story__author"> <img class="ab-image" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eabe30b390d9986bcd64b31d367b762d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fthetab.com%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fthetab-four%2Fassets%2F_img%2Fplaceholder.jpg&r=g" /> <div class="short-post-meta"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://thetab.com/author/amyhitchen" title="Posts by Amy Hitchen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Amy Hitchen</a> | <span class="tags"> <a href="https://thetab.com/features" rel="category tag">Features</a> </span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="story__excerpt"><p>‘A criminal over a woman. Nice one, America’</p> </div> </div> <div class="article__single post-402733 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news university-lancaster"> <div> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/11/lancaster-university-law-school-seeks-volunteer-jurors-for-mock-criminal-trials"> <img decoding="async" src="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/10160141/Untitled-design-46-1-940x480.png" srcset="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/10160141/Untitled-design-46-1-940x480.png 940w, https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/10160141/Untitled-design-46-1-293x150.png 293w" width="100%" height="400" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/11/lancaster-university-law-school-seeks-volunteer-jurors-for-mock-criminal-trials">Lancaster University Law School seeks volunteer ‘jurors’ for mock criminal trials</a> </h2> <div class="story__author"> <img class="ab-image" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eabe30b390d9986bcd64b31d367b762d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fthetab.com%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fthetab-four%2Fassets%2F_img%2Fplaceholder.jpg&r=g" /> <div class="short-post-meta"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://thetab.com/author/amyhitchen" title="Posts by Amy Hitchen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Amy Hitchen</a> | <span class="tags"> <a href="https://thetab.com/news" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="story__excerpt"><p>Mock trials will be held in a replica court room at Lancaster University</p> </div> </div> <div class="article__single post-402416 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news university-lancaster"> <div> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/11/lancaster-graduate-diagnosed-with-cancer-after-initially-mistaking-symptoms-for-a-hangover"> <img decoding="async" src="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/08154830/Canva-Download-8-1-940x480.png" srcset="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/08154830/Canva-Download-8-1-940x480.png 940w, https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/08154830/Canva-Download-8-1-293x150.png 293w" width="100%" height="400" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/11/lancaster-graduate-diagnosed-with-cancer-after-initially-mistaking-symptoms-for-a-hangover">Lancaster graduate diagnosed with cancer after initially mistaking symptoms for a hangover</a> </h2> <div class="story__author"> <img class="ab-image" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eabe30b390d9986bcd64b31d367b762d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fthetab.com%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fthetab-four%2Fassets%2F_img%2Fplaceholder.jpg&r=g" /> <div class="short-post-meta"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://thetab.com/author/amyhitchen" title="Posts by Amy Hitchen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Amy Hitchen</a> | <span class="tags"> <a href="https://thetab.com/news" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="story__excerpt"><p>‘I was 22 and thought I was just hungover… then it got scary’</p> </div> </div> <div class="article__single post-402744 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news university-lancaster"> <div> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/11/phd-student-at-lancaster-university-to-become-statistics-ambassador"> <img decoding="async" src="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/10142933/Canva-Download-11-1-940x480.png" srcset="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/10142933/Canva-Download-11-1-940x480.png 940w, https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/10142933/Canva-Download-11-1-293x150.png 293w" width="100%" height="400" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/11/phd-student-at-lancaster-university-to-become-statistics-ambassador">PhD student at Lancaster University to become statistics ambassador</a> </h2> <div class="story__author"> <img class="ab-image" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eabe30b390d9986bcd64b31d367b762d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fthetab.com%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fthetab-four%2Fassets%2F_img%2Fplaceholder.jpg&r=g" /> <div class="short-post-meta"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://thetab.com/author/amyhitchen" title="Posts by Amy Hitchen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Amy Hitchen</a> | <span class="tags"> <a href="https://thetab.com/news" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="story__excerpt"><p>Tessa Wilkie is set to become a Statistical Ambassador for the Royal Statistical Society (RSS)</p> </div> </div> <div class="article__single post-398488 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news university-lancaster"> <div> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/05/workers-trapped-on-lancaster-supermarket-roof-receive-unexpected-pizza-delivery"> <img decoding="async" src="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/05145108/Canva-Download-3-1-940x480.png" srcset="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/05145108/Canva-Download-3-1-940x480.png 940w, https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/05145108/Canva-Download-3-1-293x150.png 293w" width="100%" height="400" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/11/05/workers-trapped-on-lancaster-supermarket-roof-receive-unexpected-pizza-delivery">Workers trapped on Lancaster supermarket roof receive unexpected pizza delivery</a> </h2> <div class="story__author"> <img class="ab-image" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eabe30b390d9986bcd64b31d367b762d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fthetab.com%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fthetab-four%2Fassets%2F_img%2Fplaceholder.jpg&r=g" /> <div class="short-post-meta"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://thetab.com/author/amyhitchen" title="Posts by Amy Hitchen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Amy Hitchen</a> | <span class="tags"> <a href="https://thetab.com/news" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="story__excerpt"><p>‘It was a large Meat Feast Sizzler on a deep pan base’</p> </div> </div> <div class="article__single category-news university-lancaster content-type-mature special-content"> <div> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/10/31/lancaster-uni-consent-collective-announced-as-a-new-society"> <img decoding="async" src="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/31122906/Mark-your-calendars-as-Lancaster-on-Ice-returns-from-Saturday-23rd-November-to-Sunday-5th-January.-6-1-940x480.png" srcset="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/31122906/Mark-your-calendars-as-Lancaster-on-Ice-returns-from-Saturday-23rd-November-to-Sunday-5th-January.-6-1-940x480.png 940w, https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/31122906/Mark-your-calendars-as-Lancaster-on-Ice-returns-from-Saturday-23rd-November-to-Sunday-5th-January.-6-1-293x150.png 293w" width="100%" height="400" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/10/31/lancaster-uni-consent-collective-announced-as-a-new-society">Lancaster Uni Consent Collective announced as a new society</a> </h2> <div class="story__author"> <img class="ab-image" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eabe30b390d9986bcd64b31d367b762d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fthetab.com%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fthetab-four%2Fassets%2F_img%2Fplaceholder.jpg&r=g" /> <div class="short-post-meta"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://thetab.com/author/amyhitchen" title="Posts by Amy Hitchen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Amy Hitchen</a> | <span class="tags"> <a href="https://thetab.com/news" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="story__excerpt"><p>The members create a safe space to help with care and confidentiality about sexual harassment, assault and violence</p> </div> </div> <div class="article__single post-42434 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news university-lancaster"> <div> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/10/10/engineering-students-from-lancaster-university-shortlisted-for-prestigious-national-award"> <img decoding="async" src="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/12103830/Canva-Download-22-1-940x480.png" srcset="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/12103830/Canva-Download-22-1-940x480.png 940w, https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/12103830/Canva-Download-22-1-293x150.png 293w" width="100%" height="400" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/10/10/engineering-students-from-lancaster-university-shortlisted-for-prestigious-national-award">Engineering students from Lancaster University shortlisted for prestigious national award</a> </h2> <div class="story__author"> <img class="ab-image" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eabe30b390d9986bcd64b31d367b762d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fthetab.com%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fthetab-four%2Fassets%2F_img%2Fplaceholder.jpg&r=g" /> <div class="short-post-meta"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://thetab.com/author/amyhitchen" title="Posts by Amy Hitchen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Amy Hitchen</a> | <span class="tags"> <a href="https://thetab.com/news" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="story__excerpt"><p>The winners will be announced in November</p> </div> </div> <div class="article__single post-42185 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news university-lancaster university-warwick"> <div> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/09/24/lancaster-palestine-solidarity-campaign-aims-to-raise-16k-for-clean-water-in-gaza"> <img decoding="async" src="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/31143528/Mark-your-calendars-as-Lancaster-on-Ice-returns-from-Saturday-23rd-November-to-Sunday-5th-January.-8-1-940x480.png" srcset="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/31143528/Mark-your-calendars-as-Lancaster-on-Ice-returns-from-Saturday-23rd-November-to-Sunday-5th-January.-8-1-940x480.png 940w, https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/31143528/Mark-your-calendars-as-Lancaster-on-Ice-returns-from-Saturday-23rd-November-to-Sunday-5th-January.-8-1-293x150.png 293w" width="100%" height="400" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/09/24/lancaster-palestine-solidarity-campaign-aims-to-raise-16k-for-clean-water-in-gaza">Lancaster Palestine Solidarity Campaign aims to raise £16k for clean water in Gaza</a> </h2> <div class="story__author"> <img class="ab-image" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eabe30b390d9986bcd64b31d367b762d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fthetab.com%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fthetab-four%2Fassets%2F_img%2Fplaceholder.jpg&r=g" /> <div class="short-post-meta"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://thetab.com/author/amyhitchen" title="Posts by Amy Hitchen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Amy Hitchen</a> | <span class="tags"> <a href="https://thetab.com/news" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="story__excerpt"><p>Atef, a Lancaster University graduate, is raising £16,000 to install a well in Gaza</p> </div> </div> <div class="article__single post-42094 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news university-lancaster"> <div> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/09/11/the-guardians-league-table-rates-lancaster-university-11th-in-uk-and-top-in-north-west"> <img decoding="async" src="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/12103621/Canva-Download-21-1-940x480.png" srcset="https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/12103621/Canva-Download-21-1-940x480.png 940w, https://cdn.thetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/12103621/Canva-Download-21-1-293x150.png 293w" width="100%" height="400" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px"> </a> </div> <h2> <a href="https://thetab.com/2024/09/11/the-guardians-league-table-rates-lancaster-university-11th-in-uk-and-top-in-north-west">The Guardian’s league table rates Lancaster University 11th in UK and top in North West</a> </h2> <div class="story__author"> <img class="ab-image" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eabe30b390d9986bcd64b31d367b762d?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fthetab.com%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fthetab-four%2Fassets%2F_img%2Fplaceholder.jpg&r=g" /> <div class="short-post-meta"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://thetab.com/author/amyhitchen" title="Posts by Amy Hitchen" class="author url fn" rel="author">Amy Hitchen</a> | <span class="tags"> <a href="https://thetab.com/news" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="story__excerpt"><p>Lancaster remains in the same spot for the third year running.</p> </div> </div> <div class="article__single post-373564 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news 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