News from 2016
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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ISF team take their Mobile Utopia to Somerset House
How will we be living in 2051? How do we want to be living?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.