News from 2016
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Lancaster University ranked among Europe’s elite
Lancaster University has been rated among the best universities in Europe. In The Times Higher Education World University Rankings Lancaster appears 59th in their table of Europe’s top 200 Universities.
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New Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
The Academy of Social Sciences has conferred the award of Fellow on a leading expert in religion and values.
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London is greener than you think as plans for world’s first National City Park gain momentum
New research published during Greener London Week has revealed that London is much greener than most people think.
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Researchers examine rights issues affecting overseas campuses
From torture and labour rights violations to restrictions on academic freedom, allegations of human rights violations have proved a challenge to efforts in the transnational provision of education.
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New LU centre will research violence and society
The Violence & Society UNESCO Centre launches at Lancaster University this month with a Public Lecture on trafficking in human beings.
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Quantum leap for new UK centre
The development of quantum technology is to be the focus of a new £2.7m UK Centre for Superconducting and Hybrid Quantum Systems (UK-CSQS).
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Engineers to help improve cancer treatments with new proton imaging technology
Engineers are to develop new imaging technology that could provide more accurate cancer treatments.
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Lancaster University Students Uncover Chinese Culture
Lancaster University students have helped to uncover the secrets of a collection of rarely seen Chinese artefacts and figurines to create the ‘China Uncovered’ exhibition.
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Lancaster statistician helping to develop new crime-fighting forensic techniques
A Lancaster University statistician is working on an international project to develop forensics techniques to help inform criminal courts.
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Royal approval for Lancaster University linguistics centre
Lancaster University’s world-renowned language pioneers, spanning four generations of researchers, received The Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education this week.