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Alumni Welcome the Return of Chemistry at Lancaster

High-flying Lancaster Chemistry graduates from entrepreneurs to barristers have applauded the University’s decision to invest in a brand new Chemistry Department which opens its doors to students next year.
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Gillian Merron Dresses for Success

Gillian Merron (Marketing, 1981, Furness) was a British Labour Party politician, who was also the Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1997 to 2010. From 2009 to 2010 she was Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health at the Department of Health. Since then she has found an exciting way to make a difference as a volunteer dresser for the charity 'Dress for Success'.
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Mysteries of the Universe Unlocked - Discovery of the Higgs Particle

This year the discovery of the Higgs particle marked a breakthrough in our understanding of the universe. But what next for the generation of Lancaster physicists who worked on the world's largest scientific experiment?
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Graduate Funds PPR Scholarships

Lancaster’s Department of Politics, Philosophy & Religion (PPR) was delighted to host a visit by senior alumnus, David Lewis (Politics and International Relations, Lonsdale, 1975) and his wife, the writer, Georgina Harding, in March. It was David’s first trip back to campus since the 1970s.    
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Lancaster Network Breaks into London Art World

Alumnus Phil Allison runs a media and publishing company in London with a turnover of over a million pounds, but his route to the top has not been easy. He moved to London with four friends after doing a Visual Arts degree in 1997.
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Alumni and Friends Funding Hits £1 Million

Donations made by alumni and friends of Lancaster University have funded over £1m worth of projects across campus.  Established in 2001, the University’s Friends Programme has provided a way for supporters to donate on a regular basis. 
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WAM App Opens Up New World

A Lancaster graduate, who designed a new mobile phone application to help travellers, has been featured in the National Geographic Traveller magazine.
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Creative Writers Head Up 'Free Speech' Magazine

Lancaster's Creative Writing Programme played a key role in bringing together four editors to work on a global online art and literary magazine. ‘The Missing Slate’ is a rapidly expanding magazine for all forms of art – visual and literary—with the key aim of upholding free speech.
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Life Outside the Office

Actor Ralph Ineson shudders at the idea of what Chris Finch - his repulsive and arrogant alter ego in the hit comedy series 'The Office' - would have got out of three years at Lancaster University, had he gone there.
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Money Talks

As Chief Executive of the Government's Money Advice Service (MAS), it is important that Caroline Rookes remembers at first hand what it feels like to struggle for money.
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