WORLD-CLASS EXPERTISE

Lancaster & Morecambe is a knowledge driven city with one of the most highly skilled workforces in the country. The city's academic community continues to develop its research and commercial skills and forge partnerships with business - locally, nationally and internationally - to create lasting impact.

• Lancaster University has more than 16,500 students from over 120 countries and has won international recognition for the quality of its teaching and research. Ranked as one of the UK's ten leading research universities, it has a world class leadership centre and business school.
• 9% of jobs in the city are directly provided by the higher education sector and students account for 11% of the city population - almost double the national average.
• Lancaster University's world class centres of excellence in ICT (InfoLab21) and environmental technology (Lancaster Environment Centre) provide access to some of the best research facilities in the world and well developed business partnerships.
• Lancaster University's Research & Enterprise Service helps businesses tap into the University's vast learning resources and promotes technology transfer.
• Around 35% of the population is educated to NVQ level 4 (degree or equivalent).
• 70% of secondary school leavers in 2008 achieved an average of 5 GCSEs A-C, well in excess of the England average of 65%.