Welcome to Your SU

Your Education Officer, Niamh McAuley, has recently been appointed as a member of the Quality Assurance Agency’s (QAA) Student Strategic Advisory Committee (SSAC).  

Stagecoach recently announced the price of an Annual UniRider for the 26/27 academic year. Since last year it’s gone up by well over 40%! 

From September, students taking the short 10 minute bus journey to campus from their student house will have to pay £555 for the privilege. Not only that, but the new Annual UniRider only covers 9 months of the year (the same as the old Terms 1+2+3 Pass). That means an inexplicable increase of 42.6%! 

Protect your money and personal details by only accessing official events and accounts provided by your University and Students’ Union.

We want all Lancaster University students to be safe – and for new students that starts even before you arrive.

Over the summer, you may come across ‘Freshers’ social profiles, group chats and link trees that promise they’re ‘100% official’ and that their events are nearly sold out – but they may not be what they seem.

Don’t risk sharing personal details with unofficial accounts or giving away your money for events that may not take place. Instead, follow the simple tips below and make sure that in the run up to Welcome Week, you connect to official University and Students’ Union (LUSU) accounts.

When I first arrived in the UK as an international student to begin my MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, I knew I wanted to get involved and give something back to my course community. Early in the term, I submitted an application describing who I was and what I hoped to achieve if elected as an Academic Representative. A week later, I received the email confirming I had been elected, a moment I remember as both exciting and slightly daunting, since I would be the sole representative for a cohort of 52 students from across the world. 

The OIA are the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education. They are an independent body who exist to help students resolve complaints fairly and independently when things have gone wrong.