Lancaster University Custom RSS Feed http://news.lancs.ac.uk A new online artwork as part of the Cultural Olympiad is offering people the opportunity to see what is being said and felt about a sporting event as it unfolds http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Worldwide-response-to-the-Olympics-to-be-shown-online.aspx 056076cc-42dd-4446-b3c1-4b1c304a3a71 2012-05-16T00:00:00.0000000Z ​Animal disease research concentrates too much on the behaviour of micro organisms while ignoring the role played by human beings, according to scientists at Lancaster and Liverpool universities. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Animal-disease-research-misses-the-human-perspective-say-researchers.aspx 8d1fb01c-e6b4-404f-a119-3bbe856e9042 2012-05-15T00:00:00.0000000Z Lancaster University is pleased to announce that Professor Nancy Wright has been appointed Dean of its Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences with effect September 2012. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Lancaster-appoints-new-Dean-for-Faculty-of-Arts-and-Social-Sciences.aspx 8690c120-a387-468a-a7fb-5d4d8698c6bb 2012-05-11T00:00:00.0000000Z Lancaster University has triumphed in the annual battle of the Roses sporting challenge against York University http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Lancaster-win-Roses-2012.aspx e147d02e-bfa7-4220-b9c5-25590a6892d8 2012-05-11T00:00:00.0000000Z ​Lancaster University is bringing a new wave of citizen scientists together with the homeless in the North West to dream up new technology which could change their lives. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/DIY-techie-innovators-working-with-homeless-on-prototype-healthcare-tool.aspx 62eca912-3a6b-41fa-8902-446420b42c0f 2012-05-09T00:00:00.0000000Z The problems of living with bipolar have been well documented, but a new study by Lancaster University has captured the views of those who also report highly-valued, positive experiences of living with the condition http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Research-explores-the-positives-of-bipolar.aspx 02e6faa1-a31d-4f35-9b70-67a89c372458 2012-05-03T00:00:00.0000000Z Businesses have until June 11 to register for funded research and development from a new Centre for Global Eco Innovation in the North West. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/100000-Eco-Innovation-opportunities-for-ambitious-businesses-in-the-North-West--.aspx 24b6412b-c221-4f4b-8537-fdcfc96f407e 2012-05-03T00:00:00.0000000Z Researchers are looking for people to take part in a project examining the role of travel in daily life. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Volunteers-wanted-for-research-project-on-everyday-life-and-travel.aspx 91634661-8c72-424f-b4f0-99cabac8e709 2012-05-03T00:00:00.0000000Z A business idea developed by students from Lancaster University Management School has been awarded a £10,000 innovation prize at an international competition. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/The-skys-the-limit-for-enterprising-business-students.aspx c02a1bae-3b5d-456f-8673-10c5aa113ff0 2012-05-03T00:00:00.0000000Z A Nobel Prize winner involved in the first ever mapping of the human genetic code is to give a public lecture in Lancaster http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Nobel-Prize-winner-to-give-public-lecture-in-Lancaster.aspx 17bc7725-e461-44c5-a8e4-8c379aadbc34 2012-05-03T00:00:00.0000000Z Lancaster University sports centre was the venue for an aerial concert by brass players from the Lancashire Sinfonietta. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Aerial-concert-at-sports-centre.aspx e70ea6d4-00e4-4be1-81a9-1f663c49fd51 2012-05-03T00:00:00.0000000Z ​Student Engineers at Lancaster University have played a part in an ambitious project to build the ultimate racing car. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Engineering-students-have-a-hand-in-supersonic-car-design.aspx a531d2d5-1797-4557-bc3c-926e59b12ae5 2012-05-02T00:00:00.0000000Z Child protection experts will be sharing new and emerging research on best practice in safeguarding at a joint NSPCC and Lancaster University conference on 23-24 May in Manchester. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/New-ways-to-safeguard-children-on-the-agenda-at-.aspx 2c2ffd19-f639-4cee-a76c-bfc1356904b0 2012-04-30T00:00:00.0000000Z Accommodation at Lancaster University has been ranked second in the UK in The Times Higher Education Student Experience survey. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Lancaster-student-accommodation-ranked-second-in-the-UK.aspx 5c3c8cb6-bf7b-4978-9160-af81875398aa 2012-04-26T00:00:00.0000000Z Lancaster is ranked ninth out of UK universities in the Complete University Guide 2013, published on 24 April 2012. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Lancaster-highly-rated-in-Complete-University-Guide-2013.aspx e7e52fd3-339e-4509-93d8-394f38c0d6cb 2012-04-25T00:00:00.0000000Z Two lecturers have both won Lancaster Teaching Awards nominated by students. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Lancaster-Teaching-Award.aspx 612ae8f8-ee94-4468-ad0e-3a2ae5fdb762 2012-04-25T00:00:00.0000000Z New research seeks to inform a United Nations debate on whether to call a temporary halt to the release into the environment of artificially created organisms. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Research-into-the-environmental-implications-of-artificial-life-.aspx 40e4bcec-cb20-41c2-b79d-7c5a04cb834a 2012-04-25T00:00:00.0000000Z Live at LICA’s second annual Curate the Campus arts project features a host of local and international artists putting on unusual projects in unusual locations. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Curate-the-Campus arts festival.aspx 4d3ecb8b-90d1-49cc-a44b-ca14d5f71f24 2012-04-25T00:00:00.0000000Z Five hundred pupils in the Channel Islands have been given a taste of university life with masterclasses from Lancaster University. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Lancaster-Masterclasses-in-the-Channel-Islands-.aspx 3bf46b4b-3967-4b64-838c-31171b39f881 2012-04-19T00:00:00.0000000Z Lancaster University is hosting the UK launch of a €4 million EU-funded design project on 8 May. http://news.lancs.ac.uk/Web/News/Pages/Working-with-designers,-businesses,-academics-and-the-public-to-promote-innovation.aspx 6e811d07-c687-4ae3-9094-0afafbb02d93 2012-04-19T00:00:00.0000000Z