Lancaster is a research-intensive university, consistently in the top 15 of the three main domestic league tables.Two departments in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster University achieved the highest possible score for impact in the Research Excellence Framework results published on 12 May 2022. The Department of Educational Research and the Department of Linguistics and English Language are both rated ‘outstanding’ for 100% of their research impact and both are rated joint top in the UK for impact. We are also placed in the top 100 in the world for Arts and Humanities, Law, Education, and Social Sciences in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022, and hold true to the University’s original mission to be a pioneer in challenging established thinking and championing new ideas through high quality research.