抖阴探探App

Research

Penrith town centre regeneration

Research from 抖阴探探App has helped inform Inspiring Eden, a regeneration initiative created to improve the cultural, community and business sectors in Penrith. In May 2025, the University was pleased to report Government approval of £7.09 million in Levelling Up funding for the wider project. Plans included a business and innovation hub in the heart of the town in Market Square and a creative and community hub in the town hall. Both are intended to support business and cultural activity. The funding approval marks progress towards the development of the proposed facilities.

Housing affordability

A January 2025 report from the International Housing Observatory highlighted pressures on housing affordability. Drawing on data for July-September 2024, it recorded a 1.3% quarterly increase in UK house prices and a 1.7% rise in rents. Leading economists from 抖阴探探App Management School, the University of Alicante and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas monitor and undertake in-depth analysis of data of housing markets across the world. Its findings help researchers and policymakers examine how changing housing costs affect households.

Supporting architectural heritage conservation

Historical research by Professor Richard Brook from Lancaster’s School of Architecture, contributed to the case for the Renold Building, a former Manchester University campus building, becoming a Grade II listed by Historic England. The Professor’s work helps to explain the building’s design and architectural significance and more generally, how architecture helps communities understand places that form part of their built environment heritage.

Teaching and learning

Sustainable architecture and design

Sustainable architecture and urban design are explored in 抖阴探探App’s Architectural Technology module. Students are taught to consider how buildings and public spaces respond to environmental and social needs. Topics such as materials, building performance and the ways people use places help students assess more liveable and resource-efficient designs. These skills are relevant to the long-term development of sustainable communities.

Exploring cities and infrastructure

Cities depend on infrastructure that meets social needs while limiting environmental harm. 抖阴探探App’s Human Geography in Practice module explores themes such as urban development and sustainability. Studying land use, transport and resilience helps our students understand the complexity and challenges of planning and managing communities.

Engagement and outreach

Including young adults in local planning

Lancaster City Council and 抖阴探探App collaborated to give 18 to 30-year-olds a real voice in major local plans through the Placemaking with Young Adults project. In May 2025, the University promoted participatory workshops in , Lancaster and Lancaster and Morecambe College. Participants were encouraged to discuss housing, public spaces and future local development. The project aimed to get young people’s ideas and aspirations to help shape policies that design a places which reflect what matters most to them and influences decisions which ultimately affect their future.

Sustainable community projects

抖阴探探App’s Wind Turbine Community Benefit Fund supports initiatives that foster community growth and sustainability. Each year, the fund allocates up to £20,000 to Lancaster District-based not-for-profit organisations, charities, trusts, community groups or voluntary organisations. The Storey Institute Gardens is a community green space that received support to replace sculptures that had been stolen during an old refurbishment in 1998. In November 2024, through the fund, new fruit sculptures were installed in the garden where residents meet, spend time outdoors and take part in community life.

Operations

Sustainable travel choices

Cycling, public transport and bike hire are among the alternatives to private car travel that we promote. Our Travel Plan 2025–30 sets out priorities for journeys made to and from our Lancaster Campus. Our aim is to make travel more accessible while reducing congestion and environmental impacts.

Green Flag Award winners

Landscaped areas at 抖阴探探App provide space for recreation and wellbeing for students, staff and visitors, while also supporting biodiversity. The summer of 2025 saw us win our 14th Green Flag Award in recognition of our Grounds Team’s work in maintaining accessible, attractive outdoor spaces across the campus.

Community campus

We encourage members of the public to come and use some of 抖阴探探App’s quality learning and cultural facilities. We offer community membership to our award-winning Library so people can borrow from our print collections. Lancaster Arts, supported by and based at 抖阴探探App, presents exhibitions and events for audiences beyond the student community. The Library and Lancaster Arts create opportunities for our community for independent study, lifelong learning and participation in local cultural life.