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Step right up: Applications for The Lancaster Tab’s editorial team 2025/26 are now open!
We’re looking for Editor in Chief, News Editor, Features Editor, Social Media Editor, and TikTok Editor
The results are in: These are your LUSU Officers for 2025/26
Voting was open from Tuesday 4th to Thursday 6th March
LUSU FTO candidate admits that he does not know ‘what the FTOs do’
One candidate said that students are ‘reasonably distrustful’ of the Students’ Union
LUSU presidential candidates questioned on lack of female presence in panel
‘Women don’t feel empowered to take on these roles’
We asked every FTO candidate the same questions, and here’s what they said: Part Three
Do you know who you’re voting for?
We asked every Lancs FTO candidate the same questions, and here’s what they said: Part Two
We’re living for the banners in Alex Square
We asked every Lancs FTO candidate the same questions, and here’s what they said: Part One
Happy election week y’all!
We went charity speed dating at County Bar, and honestly, it was a vibe
We got pizza but no dates, so hey, it was a good night out
The Lancaster Tab is looking for new writers, and here’s why it should be you
Our open meeting is on Tuesday 21st January at 6pm in the Harpley Lounge
Take this Lancs this-or-that and we’ll tell you if you’re on the naughty or nice list
It’s the end of Quizmas!
Reveal your festive Lancs plans and we’ll tell you the cheesy romcom tropes headed your way
There will be a Christmas prince heading for some of you…
You asked and we delivered: Here is Lancaster University’s Spotify Wrapped 2024
Guys, you need some better music in your lives xx
Five types of romances you’re bound to come across during your time at Lancaster Uni
If you’re friends with the PDA couple, I am so sorry x
Lancaster University Boat Club is fundraising £5,000 for a new boat
‘Our equipment is not up to the same standard as we are’
We asked ChatGPT to make an itinerary for when your parents come to visit Lancs
One of the restaurants it suggested closed in 2020
Now term has started, here’s our ultimate Lancaster Michaelmas term bucket list
We all need a break from our laptop screens x
We asked ChatGPT how to survive Lancaster University’s Freshers’ Week and it was savage
No, I will not be doing the YMCA in Sugar, but thanks for the suggestion x
In case you’ve missed it, here’s everything going on at Vibe this Freshers’ Week
Catch me at the brat night on Tuesday
Lancs students: Here are nine lies you will hear as freshers and why you shouldn’t listen
Your flatmate might be fit but it doesn’t mean you should commit flatcest
Guys, Highest Point has been cancelled for 2025 and we’re all devastated
‘It’s not feasible to continue losing money year after year without reassessing our approach’
Are you a Lancaster University fresher? Here’s what current students think you should know
Laundry on a Sunday afternoon isn’t a good idea
The sesh head to the serial crier: All the types of people you’ll meet on Freshers’ Week
Don’t kid yourself, you’re on this list too
Lancaster University rises two places in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide
We beat York by five places
Student excluded for role in pro-Palestine encampment on Lancaster Uni campus can graduate
Joe was given the news following a four month wait during which he missed his graduation ceremony
It’s official: The Lancaster Tab is looking for new writers!
Our open meeting is on Tuesday 8th October in the Harpley Lounge (Pendle Brew) at 6.30pm
The Daily Mail released a university ranking guide and it’s not looking good for Lancaster
York beat us and that’s not ok
Fundraiser for recent Lancaster graduate with terminal cancer raises £16k in under 24 hours
Fine art and design graduate Alex was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in March 2023
‘Students haven’t eaten in three days’: LUSU President says live on BBC Question Time
‘The government doesn’t prioritize students and it hasn’t in the last decade’
All the incredibly niche moments from GCSE Drama that permanently altered our brain chemistry
Every single devised piece was either about drugs, teenage pregnancy, alcohol or all three
Bouncer cleared of manslaughter after death at GLOW nightclub in June 2022
Glow closed following the incident and reopened as Vibe in October 2022
What are Lancaster students listening to? Here’s your Lancaster Wrapped 2023!
We are a uni of Swifties and this surprises NO ONE
One two three, let’s go b***h: Here’s what 1989 (Taylor’s Version) song each Lancs college is
Grizedale need to Shake It Off x
Lancaster University student accused of rape on campus appears before court
Dale Fishwick is also accused of the false imprisonment of the two women
Over 30 Lancaster Univeristy lecturers call for ban on meat at food outlets on campus
They are supporting Plant Based Universities, who work in 50 universities across the country
‘You deserve a refund’: Lancaster UCU tells students they haven’t got what they paid for
‘You are real people, like all of us, who expect to receive the service you have paid for’
Lancaster UCU announces 11 extra days of strike action amid marking boycott
‘Industrial action and the prospect of strikes is likely to be a cause of concern for many students’
Students still not allowed back into accommodation as cause of Kaspa’s fire still unknown
“We still don’t know when we will be able to go back.”
Lancaster University announces shortlist for LUSU Sports Awards 2023
The ceremony will celebrate Lancaster’s recent Roses win
People on Twitter are sharing the worst way they got dumped and honestly, it’s brutal
Imagine getting a breakup text from your boyfriend as he lies next to you x
Your guide to the Lancaster colleges, based on vibes, stereotypes and proximity to Greggs
Because it turns out people are still using an article of ours from 2019 (!) to pick their colleges x
The time has to come to vote in the second round of Lancaster BNOC 2023: Heat Two
Which of these wonderful folk is your BNOC?
The time has come to vote in the second round of Lancaster BNOC 2023: Heat One
These wonderful people are competing in the most important competition of their lives x
Lancaster University admits graduations may be deferred for final year students
The university published its advice for students about the marking boycott this afternoon
Lancaster Uni to host international Futures studies conference in 2024
The Anticipation conference will coincide with the university’s 60th anniversary
Sugar announces DJs Belters Only will be playing Roses closing party
Lancs – you’re in for a good one
Take this quiz to find out how long you’d actually last in The Hunger Games
I’d be killed at the Cornucopia x
UCU strikes: We asked people on the Lancaster picket lines why it’s important to be there
‘We need to stand together against the marketisation and support the strikes’
Lancaster isn’t a Russell Group university, and here are all the reasons why it doesn’t matter
We’re more than an arbitrary label x
‘The university was worried’: Demilitarise Lancaster on the Charles Carter occupation
The group believe they have gained more awareness for their cause through the action
We talked to new Lancaster societies one year on to see how things are going
SwiftSoc had 300 people at an event and SoupSoc raised £100 for foodbanks
Lancaster Uni cuts hot water and electricity: Life inside the Charles Carter occupation
There has been no electricity in the daytime and intermittent hot water
BREAKING: Lancaster students barricade Charles Carter in support of UCU strikes
The building has been completely barricaded by over a dozen students
Roses and the reading room: Moments that alter a Lancaster Uni student’s brain chemistry
Cartmel accommodation actually exists?