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Lancaster University and Litfest announce new annual international fiction lecture

The first ever ‘Lancaster International Fiction Lecture’, a joint initiative by Lancaster University and Litfest, one of the oldest literature festivals in the country, will be delivered by highly acclaimed Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vásquez. 
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Using internet in retirement boosts cognitive function

Using the internet during your retirement years can boost your cognitive function, a new Lancaster University study has found. 
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University Library extension is a real page-turner

An £11million extension to Lancaster University Library – providing 450 additional study spaces and reflecting a new vision – was officially opened by the Vice-Chancellor Professor Andy Schofield last Friday afternoon.
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Food security for millions undermined by lack of policy support for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture

Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture are overlooked by policymakers and decisionmakers despite providing livelihoods for more than 100 million people and sustenance for a billion people worldwide, according to researchers including Lancaster University’s Professor Christina Hicks.
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Lancaster Arts launches autumn season

Lancaster Arts announces a season of live arts events this autumn continuing their on-going theme of water, focussing on the environmental crisis we are facing.
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Trouble in the English Language primary classroom

Research evidence suggests that especially in the area of grammar teachers typically do not know enough and lack confidence but Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University Willem Hollmann argues that the gaps in teachers’ knowledge and confidence are not their fault.

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