News from 2014

A new use for touchless technology in the operating theatre

Pioneering work using touchless technology for vascular surgery is now being extended to neurosurgery.
Anniversary abseil for Chancellor

From Everest to Lancaster University’s Bowland Tower, Sir Chris Bonington knows no bounds.
Doctors embrace leadership opportunity through bespoke learning

Lancaster University is supporting a Trust’s doctors to develop as leaders and influence improvement in the NHS through a unique bespoke collaborative approach.
New report shows how men suffer double whammy from joblessness

Services are failing to address the serious health problems worsened by unemployment in men, hampering their chances of finding and retaining a job. A new report to coincide with Men’s Health Week (9-15 June 2014) fromthe charity Men’s Health Forum and Lancaster University’s Work Foundation outlinesthe problems and offers solutions.
Designing Sustainability

Design inspired by nature is an alternative to unsustainable models of economic growth according to a Lancaster academic.
Equations reveal the rebellious rhythms at the heart of nature

Physicists are using equations to reveal the hidden complexities of the human body.
New law centre will put Lancaster in the spotlight

Cybercrime, youth justice, sentencing, civil liberties, gender and sexualities come under the microscope at the launch of a new centre at Lancaster University.
Engineering building nearing completion

An official ‘topping out’ ceremony at Lancaster University’s new engineering building on Tuesday prompted a real trip down memory lane for the chairman of Eric Wright Group.
Businesses urged to take advantage of the UK’s top physics department

Businesses have the opportunity to tap into the resources of the UK’s top physics department.
Knighthood and MBE for two Lancaster professors

Two eminent Lancaster academics - an international expert on stress and the workplace and the Head of the Medical School – have received awards in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.