Lancaster University

Researchers investigating brain activity in older people say the coordination between neuronal activity and the brain’s oxygenation is altered.The findings are published in Brain Research Bulletin by scientists from Lancaster University,…

Lancaster Medical student Sakshee Ramakrishnan has won an award in the 2023 Healthsense Student Prize Competition.Sakshee, who is a Year Two medical student, was the winner in the medical/dental student entry category.She said she was…

Rose Johnston of Lancaster University has been awarded the title of Berkshire NHS Trust Volunteer of the Year for her work as a moderator on an online mental health forum.Rose volunteers for the Support Hope and Recovery/Resource Online…

Lancaster University’s Hazelrigg weather station has experienced its wettest July since records began at the site in 1967.A total of 224.9 mm of rain fell during July – an amount more than 2.5 times the average of 87.3mm. This exceeds the…

Staff and students from Lancaster Medical School have been teaching health promotion and basic life support to children from five local primary schools. The five schools included Ellel St John’s Primary, Willow Lane Community Primary and…

Lancaster University has taken tenth position in a national league table, released this morning.Retaining its place as the Complete University Guide’s best higher education institution in North West England, Lancaster is up one place on…

Lancaster University Management School’s family business experts have used their specialist knowledge to help create of a new award recognising the region’s tourism and hospitality firms.The Family Owned/Run Business Award will be awarded…

A Lancaster University professor has been elected as a trustee of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS) and will help to shape and support its future direction.Professor Imogen Tyler will serve a three-year term of office with the AcSS,…

Important figures in Lancashire and South Cumbria’s healthcare system have been inspired to bring innovative ideas to the NHS through a new Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) programme.The first cohort of students from the…

More than 6% of the UK population aged 16 and over – that is one in 15 – changed their reported sexual identity over a six-year period, according to new research led by Lancaster University.Analysing data from a national survey (the…