In The Media
The History Man, a four-part mini-series BBC adaptation of Malcolm Bradbury's novel of the same name, was filmed at the university, masquerading as the fictional University of Watermouth.
In 2011/2012, Lancaster received the focus of international media after Anuj Bidve, an MSc student from Pune, India, who was enrolled on a micro-electronics course at the university, was the fatal victim of a shooting in Salford, Greater Manchester.
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“The media no longer ask those who know something ... to share that knowledge with the public. Instead they ask those who know nothing to represent the ignorance of the public and, in so doing, to legitimate it.”
—Serge Daney (1944–1992)