The University of Lancashire, formerly known as the University of Central Lancashire before its 2025 rebrand, is introducing a new "block learning" timetable from September 2027 that will let students study one module at a time rather than several in parallel. The change, described by the university as designed to suit "the 21st-century student", reflects the make-up of its student body, roughly a third of whom are mature students returning to education with significant commitments outside their studies, and will be phased in across humanities, law and policing, arts and media, and computing, maths and physics courses over two years.

The university, based in Preston with additional campuses in Burnley and Westlakes in Cumbria, is investing in new clinical skills spaces for its healthcare courses and a five-year wireless IT upgrade across all sites. It runs more than 40 degree apprenticeship programmes, expected to have 2,800 students enrolled by September 2027, and offers extensive financial support, with almost half of students receiving some form of bursary; support ranges from a standard household-income bursary worth up to £2,250 over a degree to four fully tuition-funded medical scholarships and sports scholarships worth up to £5,000. Around 1,600 accommodation places are available across its campuses, with self-catered rooms costing between £3,738 and £6,762 for a 42-week contract.