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Sir Alan Langlands officially opens the Learning Zone
The £2.5m Learning Zone has been officially opened by Sir Alan Langlands FRSE, Chief Executive of HEFCE, who said he was pleased to c ...
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Could you trade a paperclip for a house?- Jan 2010:
LUYES president Lauren Dalton-Jarvis trades her paperclip with Louise Briggs from LUMS
Lancaster University Young Entrepreneurs’ Society is to distribute a thousand paperclips across camp ... more
Could Satnavs Cause Carcrashes ?- Jan 2010: Could satnavs be as dangerous as mobile phones if used while driving? That’s the question being posed by researchers from Lancaster University and Royal Holloway, University of London, who are inves ... more
Lancaster leads £3.24 million creativity project- Feb 2010:
Dr Corina SasComputer Scientists at Lancaster University are leading a £3.24 million project investigating the role of creativity in science and technology.
Computer scientists, psychologist ... more
Postgraduate Statistics Centre: Putting Knowledge to Work: A New Approach. Karen Evans- February 2010: Postgraduate Statistics Centre – Teaching and Learning Seminar Programme
Putting Knowledge to Work: A New Approach
Speaker: Prof. Karen Evans, Institute of Education, University of London.
Ap ... more
Law School Guest Speaker: Recent Developments in the Russian Legal System. Gennady Esakov- February 2010: Law School Guest Speaker Seminar
Recent Developments in the Russian Legal System
Professor Gennady Esakov, (Professor of Criminal Law), Moscow State Law Academy
Professor Gennady wil ... more
CETL Master Class: Multivariate Data Analysis for Environmental Biologists- February 2010: The Postgraduate Statistics Centre (CETL), Department of Mathematics and Statistics are hosting a Master Class on Multivariate Data Analysis for Environmental Biologists, to be held on 23rd-25th Mar ... more
Accounting Seminar: Divident Smoothing and Predictability. Richard Priestley- February 2010: Accounting Seminar
Divident Smoothing and Predictability
Richard Priestley (Norwegian School of Management)
Visit http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/departments/Accountin ... more
Functional Literacy – New Idea or Déjà Vu? Reflections on Adult Literacy Policy in England- February 2010:
Department of Educational Research Seminar Series
Functional Literacy – New Idea or Déjà Vu?: Reflections on Adult Literacy Policy in England
Presented by Professor Mary Ha ... more
LRC Seminar: Farmers Facing Traceability: A case-study approach from Burgundy, France- February 2010: Literacy Research Centre Seminar Series
Farmers Facing Traceability: A case-study approach from Burgundy, France
Nathalie Joly and Laura Sayre, Institut National de la Recherche Agronom ... more
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Summer School News
The Department of Continuing Education (DCE) is currently running a widening participation summer school for 46 year 10 pupils from schools in south Cumbria. This residential summer school takes place on 4 - 6 August and has been organised in conjunction with Aimhigher Cumbria, Barrow Community Learning Partnerships, Cumbria Pathfinder and Barrow Excellence Action Zone. It aims to encourage able pupils to think about entering higher education.
Next week sees the start of two more residential summer schools run by the Department of Continuing Education:
Lancaster is the only north west university to run a summer school for the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY), which is organised from Warwick University. The Departments of Art, History, Economics, Engineering, Psychology and Music, and the Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy, are all contributing courses as part of this residential summer school for 150 of the top 5% of Britain's school children. The courses run from 9 - 20 August, and include a wide array of exciting activities designed to stimulate the minds of 11 - 16 year olds and give them the chance to work in small groups with leading academics. For our academics, this summer school offers a fairly unique opportunity to work with very bright school-children and share expertise with academics at the 6 universities running NAGTY summer schools elsewhere in the UK.
The Lancaster University Pre-sessional Programme for around 50 north American year abroad students runs from 12 Aug to 10 Sept. Three courses on British history, culture, geography and science, with a focus on the north west, provide academic credits for students who will be studying in the UK in the autumn term.
The Lancaster University Summer Programme of residential holiday courses and activities ran for two weeks at the end of July. With over 550 participants, this was the largest attendance for 8 years. The programme included many new courses such as Parapsychology and Haunted Houses, a scientific introduction to methods for researching strange phenomena, and the North West Gourmet Tour, which introduced participants to the growing popularity of gastronomic tourism. Also popular were courses on the First World War, Ruskin, Discovering Churches and Botanical Illustration. A vibrant programme of evening activities ensured an enjoyable holiday experience, with many participants keen to return next year.
For information about any of these summer school, please contact the DCE on 92623/4.
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