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Lancaster University shares in £1.8m for research into food security

Lancaster University shares in £1.8m for research into food security

Lancaster University and four other institutions have been awarded approximately £1.8m for research into food security as part of a new Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) scheme. Read more comments

New forum to forge innovation between universities and industry

New forum to forge innovation between universities and industry

The Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts has launched an Industry innovation Forum (IIF) to promote competitive advantage and economic growth. Read more comments

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Lancaster University announces Anuj Bidve Memorial Scholarship

Lancaster University has announced the annual Anuj Bidve Memorial Scholarship in honour of its postgraduate student who was killed in Salford on Boxing Day 2011.

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Mon 6 February 2012

Grasslands soils offer some insurance against climate change

Grasslands soils offer some insurance against climate change

The earth beneath our feet plays an important role in carbon storage - a key factor in climate change - and new research published in Nature Climate Change this week shows that in times of drought some types of soil perform better than others.

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Mon 30 January 2012

Touch Screen Democracy For The Twitter Generation

Touch Screen Democracy For The Twitter Generation

Researchers at Lancaster University have been using touch screen technology to help give teenagers more of a say in community life.

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Thu 26 January 2012

LEC in China

LEC in China

Lancaster Environment Centre contributed to a high profile International Environmental Forum and co-organised the First International Workshop on Environment and Health in China with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Mon 23 January 2012

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Walking With Diatoms: Explaining Ecological Status to the People Who Pay The Bills

Dr Martyn Kelly, Bowburn Consultancy

Thursday 09 February 2012, 1200-1300
Engineering Lecture Theatre 1

Martyn Kelly is a freshwater biologist with a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of London and a PhD from the University of Durham, working with Prof Brian Whitton on heavy metal accumulation by aquatic bryophytes. He did post-doctoral research at Durham on stream ecology and on Mediterranean palaeoecology before becoming Senior Lecturer at the University of Jos (Nigeria) between 1989 and 1991. In 1992 he returned to Durham as National Rivers Authority Research Fellow which led...

UCAS Open Day - Environmental Science schemes

Saturday 11 February 2012
Lancaster Environment Centre

Environmental Science schemes open day.

The Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme - assessing chemical threats to biodiversity

Professor Richard Shore, CEH Lancaster

Wednesday 15 February 2012, 1600-1700
LEC Training Rooms 1 And 2

Sustainable Water Stewardship - Gaps and Opportunities

Professor Tim OÂ’Riordan OBE FBA, Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia

Monday 20 February 2012, 1530-1630
LEC Training Rooms 1 And 2

Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, Professor O'Riordan has recently contributed to the Sustainable Water Stewardship: The Next Big Step Forward - a summary of the workshop organised by the Universityof Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership and sponsored by Anglian Water.