News from 2016

Dean’s Fine Art Prize winners announced

Artwork depicting the diversity of everyday life and the surreal nature of human expression earned two students top honours.
"Lab in a bubble"

Mathematical Physicists at Lancaster are involved in a £4.5m project to investigate extreme physical phenomena in laboratories so tiny that their diameters are equivalent to one tenth of the width of a human hair.
MSc Finance rises to 30th in world rankings

Lancaster’s MSc Finance has risen 10 places to be ranked 30th in the world by the Financial Times.
Genetic clue to how patients respond to treatment for Parkinson's Disease

Researchers have identified a gene variant which explains why some patients with Parkinson’s Disease respond well to drug treatment and other do not.
ISF team take their Mobile Utopia to Somerset House

How will we be living in 2051? How do we want to be living?
New play captures ‘red hot’ post-war news story

The secret history of a Watford council estate will be brought to life at the Watford Palace Theatre in July.
Bright spots shine light on the future of coral reefs

Researchers have discovered a handful of ‘bright spots’ among the world’s embattled coral reefs, offering the promise of a radical new approach to conservation.
A ‘real life’ glimpse of a community at war

A local history project is all set to launch an interactive website packed with fascinating true-life stories about the Lancaster and district community during the First World War.
New research shows dramatic decline in female job satisfaction since early 1990s

- Women’s expectations now more closely match reality and as a result these more closely match the expectations of men. - Paradox of “contented female worker” has vanished as there is no longer a job satisfaction gap between men and women.
University backs sixth form honours scheme

Lancaster University has entered a strategic partnership with Barrow Sixth Form College under a formal academic link that will open up new opportunities for students.