News from 2015
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Farmers’ views sought on bioenergy crops
Farmers are being urged to share their perspectives on bioenergy crops as part of a new study.
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Lancaster Researchers at Climate Change talks in Paris
Researchers from Lancaster University are attending the 2015 United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21) currently taking place in Paris.
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Lancaster appoints Tintin scholar as UK's first professor of graphic fiction and comic art
Lancaster University has appointed renowned French graphic novelist and critic Benoît Peeters as its Visiting Professor in Graphic Fiction and Comic Art, the first such appointment in the UK. The news was announced by Professor Simon Guy on Wednesday 25 November.
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Report exposes Southeast Asia’s illegal orchid trade
A thriving and illegal trade in Southeast Asia’s threatened and rare orchids is going largely unnoticed in Thailand and across its borders, according to a new report.
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Reshaping the future of design
Computer scientists at Lancaster have created technology that promises to revolutionise product design.
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Royal approval for Lancaster University linguistics centre
Lancaster University’s world-renowned language pioneers, spanning four generations of researchers, are to receive The Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.
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More support needed to guide young people into work
Government should focus resources on supporting young people in to mainstream employment rather than encouraging self-employment, a new report recommends.
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Engineering company praises Lancaster for supporting its best ever year
A North West engineering company has enjoyed its best ever year and has singled out Lancaster University’s support in helping the business to grow.
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Lancaster University at the heart of UK-China food security research
Soil Scientists from the UK and China are meeting this week to discuss how they can work together to help improve food security.
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Major step towards a vaccine against a lethal disease that kills endangered tortoises
Researchers may have found the basis for a vaccine against a disease that threatens endangered tortoises.