News from 2015
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Businesses urged to tap into £300,000 research fund
Businesses are being urged to take advantage of a £300,000 funding pot aimed at boosting research and development projects.
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Current school settlement for religion and belief out of date, say Lancaster experts
The Former Education Secretary Charles Clarke and Professor Linda Woodhead MBE have called on the government to reform the relationship between religion and schools with the publication of a series of policy recommendations.
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Lancaster University awarded funding in recognition of work with business
Lancaster University has been awarded more than £3.1 million of funding in recognition of its work with business – particularly small and medium, sized enterprises (SMEs).
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Cap hides the full extent of violent crime, research has shown
Lancaster researchers have found that a cap masks the scale of violent crime against women in official statistics.
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Lancaster graduates in the fast lane at Bentley
Imagine the world of luxurious high performance cars where you actually get to drive a Bentley as part of your everyday job! That’s precisely what two Lancaster University engineering graduates get to do most days.
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Excellence award for international writing programme pioneer
A Lancaster University academic who founded a global writing community has been honoured for his work.
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Lancaster University to host a series of events examining sleep and sleeplessness
Researchers and the public will explore what it means to be human in the UK's national humanities festival.
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Lancaster graduate up for a Forward poetry prize
Lancaster graduate Andrew McMillan has been shortlisted for a Forward prize, one of the top poetry awards in the UK.
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Lancaster aims to be first UK Minecraft university
Lancaster University is aiming to become the first UK university to be accurately recreated in the computer game Minecraft.
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Minding the gap…. City bats won’t fly through bright spaces
Researchers at Lancaster University have discovered that bats living in a city are less likely to move from tree to tree in brightly lit areas.