News from 2013
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Lancaster University’s oldest student gains PhD
A grandfather who served in World War Two has graduated from Lancaster University a month after his 90th birthday.
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Chancellor’s Medallists
The Chancellor’s Medal is presented annually to the most meritorious students.
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Honorary degree for Cambridge scientist
A recognised world leader in the use of solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study structure and function in inorganic materials has been awarded an honorary degree.
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Alumni awards for prominent women
One of the world’s most powerful women and a renowned Kenyan politician have both returned to Lancaster University to receive Alumni awards.
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Making dementia friendly neighbourhoods
Lancaster researchers will join a team of European experts which will investigate the role of the neighbourhood in the everyday lives of people with dementia and their families in a new research project announced during the G8 dementia summit today (11 December).
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Lancaster University to evaluate Big Lottery initiative
A Lancaster University Professor will head up a research team examining if giving people greater control over their lives and community can positively affect their health and wellbeing.
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Lancaster University on BBC University Challenge
Lancaster University is to field a team of alumni on a Christmas edition of the BBC’s University Challenge hosted by Jeremy Paxman.
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Cyber security conference at Lancaster University
Business risks and growth opportunities were the focus of the north’s largest annual cyber-security conference this week.
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Lancaster to develop ‘Big Data’ experts of the future
Lancaster University has secured over £500,000 to train a new generation of MSc students in the area of ‘Big Data’.
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela will be revered and remembered globally for the life he has led and what he has come to represent in terms of the struggle for the democratic rights of black South Africans.