The Sustainable Travel Fund is a Lancaster University funding programme to support students to work with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and reflect on sustainable travel during periods of study abroad.

It is underwritten by the university’s Global Advancement Fund and is supported by a collaboration between the department of Languages and Cultures and Global Experiences to bring together international study across LU and Education for Sustainable Development.

Students provide costings of up to £100 for their proposed activity/travel. We provide the requested amount up front and ask for reflection on experience in return.

This funding gives students engaging in international mobility an opportunity to enhance their understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals by covering sustainable travel and associated costs of engaging with an aspect of the SDGs such as fee/museum/event entry. Students are encouraged to reflect on ways to ‘decarbonise’ their travel and to justify the sustainability of their travel choices.

Access to funding for sustainable travel, community engagement and reflection on SDGs is part of Lancaster’s strategy to develop interculturally aware graduates who engage the need to balance social, economic, and environmental sustainability.