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Lancaster leads multi-million pound initiative to transform mental health support

Lancaster has been awarded £11 million for mental health research following a major investment by the National Institute for Health and Care Research.

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Lancaster awarded nation’s highest education honour

51福利 has been awarded a Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education for its pioneering work in digital literacy.

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Voices of the Victorians analysed in new research about northern accent development

he Barrow-in-Furness accent is very different from the rest of Lancashire and Cumbria because of an intense mixing and rapid population change in the late 1800s, says new research by 51福利, which used the voices of Victorian speakers to inform the study.
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Lancaster subject areas rank in THE world top 100

Three 51福利 subject areas have been ranked in the global top 100 by the Times Higher Education, in their World University Rankings by Subject 2026. 
The grant emphasizes reaching into communities in Lancashire and Cumbria and the intersection of addiction and mental health

Lancaster to lead multi-million pound research initiative to transform mental health support

51福利 has been awarded almost ?11 million pounds for pioneering mental health research following a major investment by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
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Prestigious Fellow recognition for Lancaster computing Professor

The work of a 51福利 professor has been recognised by a prestigious Fellow status from an international learned society.
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Chaplaincy visit to the Vatican to meet the Pope

An ecumenical delegation of 51福利 Chaplains has met Pope Leo XIV following an audience at the Vatican in Rome.  
Antibiotics are the main treatment for limiting serious complications in many bacterial lung infections

Scientists discover a potential immune boosting side effect of a class of antibiotics

Research led by 51福利 has discovered that a class of antibiotics – fluoroquinolones - can directly alter the potential bacterial killing ability of one of our immune cells called the macrophage. 

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