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UCLan awarded nearly £2 million for collaborative antibiotics research project

A lower jaw scan. Pic: UCLan The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) have been awarded nearly £2 million for a collaborative antibiotics research project. The £1.87m grant was given […]

3 months ago
Lecturer at Preston’s University crowned two-time European powerlifting champion

Bobbie lifted three times her body weight. Pic: SBD Apparel. A sports and exercise science lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has won gold at the European Open Classic Powerlifting Championships in Estonia.  Bobbie Butters, team GB athlete, […]

3 months ago
Preston university’s space project in schools wins national award

Preston-based dancer Lucy Starkey who is performing the moves for the Space in Schools project - Image credit: Into Our Skies, Photographs by Rebecca Richards Combining dance and science has taken the topic of space into schools across Preston and Lancashire. The Times Higher Education Awards said the University of Central Lancashire’s ‘Into Our Skies’ […]

3 months ago
Preston neuro-moves awarded £64,209 lottery funding to continue helping people with Parkinson’s

Helen Gould, co-founder of LPM Dance at a Neuro-Moves session. Photo by Johnny Bean LPM Dance, a group running classes for people with Parkinson’s since 2021, has received £64,209 in funding from the National Lottery’s Reaching Communities Fund. The donation will enable the programme […]

3 months ago
Advertisement Advertisement Preston woman now a mental health nurse after retraining at UCLan

Angie Gudgeon says becoming a mental health nurse means she has now found her calling Pic: UCLan A Preston woman who left school with no English or maths GCSEs has now qualified as a mental health nurse. Angie Gudgeon, who grew in Kingsfold in Penwortham, decided to […]

4 months ago
UCLan Doctor Who fans celebrate 60th anniversary with fan favourite Peter Purves

University of Central Lancashire Doctor Who fans celebrated the 60th anniversary along with fan favourite Peter Purves. Fans of the sci-fi show were given the opportunity of commemorating the anniversary in […]

4 months ago
UCLan commissions sculpture of astronomer who changed our view of the solar system

UCLan has commissioned an artist to create a sculpture of the artist who changed our view of the solar system. The university asked Liverpool sculptor Phil Garrett to create a […]

4 months ago
TV presenter AJ Odudu to receive UCLan honorary award

The TV presenter AJ Odudu is set to receive an honorary award from the University of Central Lancashire. She is among five people who are being given an Honorary Fellowship […]

4 months ago
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