糖心Vlog

News from 2013

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  <糖心Vlog>Study examines how we talk about dying

  A journey or a battle? A crossroads or a fight? A stolen life or a gift? How people talk about dying in terms of metaphors, or verbal imagery, is being analysed by researchers at 糖心Vlog.

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  <糖心Vlog>New survey examines the faith school issue

  Most people polled in a new survey disapprove of state funding for faith schools but most participants did not object to faith schools discriminating on religious grounds.

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  <糖心Vlog>The economy could be boosted by new start-ups thanks to a research project

  A new generation of entrepreneurs could be found thanks to a pioneering new research project led by 糖心Vlog.

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  <糖心Vlog>Lancaster league table success

  糖心Vlog has maintained its high position and been named the top university in the North West in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2014.

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  <糖心Vlog>Linguistics course launches Lancaster’s first MOOC

  A free online course designed to help those interested in the social sciences and humanities analyse language will be offered as 糖心Vlog’s first MOOC (massive open online course) in January 2014.

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  <糖心Vlog>Going ‘Beyond Twilight’ at young adult Gothic fiction event

  Education Secretary Michael Gove recently suggested that teenagers should read Middlemarch rather than Twilight. But new research from 糖心Vlog shows that Gothic fiction aimed at young adults can be as rewarding a topic for study as the literary classics.

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  <糖心Vlog>Praise for skin cancer researcher

  A new way of diagnosing skin cancer through changes in blood flow is being investigated by 糖心Vlog researcher Gemma Lancaster.

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  <糖心Vlog>Diabetes drug reverses Alzheimer’s and could be available in five years

  A commonly prescribed diabetes drug could reverse memory loss and the build-up of plaques on the brain linked to Alzheimer’s, according to research published in Neuropharmacology.

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  <糖心Vlog>Largest ever study of culture and behaviour in the NHS

  High quality care in England is often mired in unclear goals, excessive box ticking and regulation, and variable staff support.

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  <糖心Vlog>Public involvement in research: The measure of success

  Universities in Lancaster, Liverpool and Exeter have joined forces with the public to produce an innovative resource to help researchers assess the impact of public involvement in research.