Lancaster’s Data Science Institute has been awarded £5.5 million for two large-scale research programmes that will bring significant new understanding and aid decision-making in the areas of environmental and public health policy.
Lancaster University is advertising three fully-funded PhD positions in the Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science, a joint venture between Lancaster University and the NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH). We have recently been awarded a large grant to develop a Data Science of the Natural Environment. As a PhD student, you will be at the heart of this project, benefitting from participating in a large cross-disciplinary team of scientists and all the excitement surrounding that.
A Lancaster statistician’s ‘exceptional’ work to foster impactful research collaborations between academia and industry has been recognised by the Royal Statistical Society.
The Research Network "Functor Categories for Groups" has been awarded further funding by the London Mathematical Society and has now grown to encompass four nodes across the UK.
In October 2017, Professor Garth Dales will visit the Mathematical Institute at Leiden University, Holland, as the Kloosterman Chair.
Science and Technology subjects have ranked among the best in all three major league tables this year. The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide released on Sunday 24th September ranked Mathematics in the top 10 in the UK.
A Lancaster University statistician has been awarded a Distinguished Professorship in recognition of his outstanding achievements.
Staying in education is associated with a lower risk of developing heart disease, finds a study published by The British Medical Journal.
We have successfully achieved accreditation from the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications for our undergraduate degree programmes.
This year we held our fifth Headstart Summer School, run in conjunction with the Engineering Development Trust.