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Design-led research has the power to change the world….

A collection of short films putting the spotlight firmly on the start-up and breadth of a major research project at Lancaster University was premiered on Tuesday.

Changes in writing style provide clues to group identity

Small changes to people's writing style can reveal which social group they "belong to" at a given moment say psychologists.

Lancaster Professor and leading forensic anthropologist appointed to the House of Lords

Lancaster University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Engagement Professor Dame Sue Black has been made a non-party-political peer by the House of Lords Appointments Commission - recognised for her outstanding contributions as a forensic anthropologist, anatomist and academic. 

Research project aims to improve justice for sexual violence survivors during Covid-19

A new project, led by Lancaster and Coventry Universities, will explore the impact of Covid-19 on the experiences of sexual violence survivors as their cases go through the criminal justice system (CJS).

Six Lancaster University stars picked out as Future Leaders

Six current and recent Lancaster University students have been named among the UK’s most outstanding African and African Caribbean future leaders. 

Foreign language learners should be exposed to slang in the classroom and here’s why….

Experts say English slang and regional dialect should not be banned from classrooms but when you’re getting to grips with a second language how helpful is it to learn non-standard lingo?

Very, says Sascha Stollhans, of the Department of Languages and Cultures at Lancaster University, in a recently published policy paper.