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An agenda-setting conference at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) assembled some of the world’s leading experts on waste.The three-day Opening the Bin 3 (OtB3) event attracted close to 100 specialists from 20 countries across…

A new study revealing that huge expansions of extensive large-scale agriculture is making the South American plains more vulnerable to widespread flooding should act as a “wake-up call”, say researchers.The grasslands of the Argentinean…

New research by the Work Foundation at Lancaster University reveals 1.3 million disabled workers are trapped in severely insecure work in the UK – and 430,000 say they want to work more hours.Disabled workers are 1.5 times more likely to…

Academics from Lancaster University Management School involved in a study examining the overrepresentation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic solicitors in complaints about solicitors made to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)…

A Lancaster University researcher, whose work with survivors of the Manchester Arena attack to explore support for young people affected by terrorism and disasters, has been awarded a £10,000 Churchill Fellowship.Dr Cath Hill, from the…

Lancaster Professor Isobel Hook, who witnessed the successful launch of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid Satellite Mission, has described it as a “wonderful experience”.The launch was on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy…

Academics from Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) are hosting a unique event to mark the official launch a brand-new app, designed to improve innovation across the adult social care sector.The app has been created by…

June 2023 has been the hottest June since records began at Lancaster University’s Hazelrigg weather station.The average maximum daily temperature for June 2023 was 21.5C, compared to 20.9C in June 1970, the previous hottest June recorded…

Researchers from Lancaster University have taken their demands for an overhaul in the provision of radiotherapy to Parliament.Dr Lisa Ashmore from Lancaster Medical School, lead academic for the ground-breaking Gynae Cancer Narratives…

A new £250K project involving Lancaster University researchers will examine the environmental impacts caused by autonomous Internet technologies, including AI and Machine Learning, and how design-led research can help to redress these…