LEC Business News
LEC PhD student, Beth Brockett, organises knowledge-exchange event for farmers
Beth Brockett who is researching 'An interdisciplinary approach to modelling ecosystem service delivery at the farm unit scale' for her PhD has organised an knowledge-exchange event.
Mon 13 May 2013
Environment: Over 80 people attend book launch for 'The Burning Question'
Over 80 people attended the book launch for "The Burning Question - we can't burn half the world's oil, coal and gas. So how do we quit?" by Mike Berners-Lee and Duncan Clark in LEC last Friday.
Wed 01 May 2013
Marie Curie Fellowships at LEC
The Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) is welcoming expressions of interest from experienced researchers worldwide who would like to come and work in an exciting, vibrant interdisciplinary research-led department alongside world-leading environmental scientists.
Mon 15 April 2013
Catchment Change Management Hub praised by MP
The Catchment Change Management Hub (CCM Hub) has been praised by Richard Benyon MP, Minister for Natural Environment and Fisheries, following a series of events. In a keynote speech at a recent DEFRA conference, he praised the work of Lancaster University and partners, stating that the CCM Hub was "an excellent example of how we can work collaboratively to share good practice."
Tue 12 March 2013
Opening of £9.8m Centre for Global Eco-Innovation
Entrepreneur and former Science Minister Lord Drayson of Kensington says a new £9.8m Centre for Global Eco-Innovation is at the forefront of a green technological revolution.
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Wed 06 March 2013
Eco-innovation businesses invited to attend pioneering project launch
Ambitious North West SMEs keen to drive forward eco-innovative ideas and products are invited to a major event in Manchester on March 4.
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Thu 21 February 2013
Leading entrepreneur Lord Drayson to give the keynote address at a showcase event in Manchester.
We are delighted to secure Lord Drayson to deliver the keynote address at the showcase event in Manchester on 4th March 2013.
Tue 29 January 2013
LEC's Catchment Change Network launches top tips 2013 Calendar for reducing water pollution from agriculture
The Catchment Change Network (CCN), led by Lancaster Environment Centre, has worked in partnership with Cumbrian farmers and the Eden Rivers Trust to disseminate top tips about how to reduce water pollution from agriculture through a 2013 calendar.
Tue 04 December 2012
N8 Health and Active Aging Innovation Forum Film Live
Dr Mark Rouncefield from the School of Computing and Communications and Professor Trevor McMillan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for research and Chair of the N8 Executive Management Group, joined 100 senior figures from industry, charities, the NHS and the N8 group of universities (Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York) in Liverpool on 21 November for the N8 Health and Active Aging Innovation Forum.
Tue 04 December 2012
UCD Engineering Students Available To Support LEC Partner Companies
Through LEC's KARIM (Knowledge Acceleration and Responsible Innovation Meta-network) project an opportunity has arisen for a number of high calibre postgraduate Engineering students from University College Dublin to undertake work placements with SMEs in the UK.
Thu 29 November 2012
Awards to enter to promote your business
Awards are a way of benchmarking your business, celebrating its success and raising awareness about your services. Each issue we'll feature some awards that we hope will be of interest to you.
Wed 28 November 2012
Could you solve a business problem in your sleep?
A new study from Lancaster University has found that sleeping on a problem really can help people to find a solution, but only if it is a difficult problem.
Wed 28 November 2012
Funding for R&D: Innovation Vouchers Round 2 opens in December
One way your business can work in partnership with LEC is through an Innovation Voucher. The Technology Strategy Board's national Innovation Voucher scheme provides funding so that your business can work with an external expert for the first time, gaining new knowledge to help your business innovate, develop and grow. It enables your business to obtain help from a range of expert suppliers - universities, further education colleges, research & technology organisations, technical consultancies...
Wed 28 November 2012
Lancaster University's work in China can help benefit your company
The International Research and Innovation Centre (IRICE) has been set up between Chinese Academy of Sciences and Lancaster University.
Wed 28 November 2012
LEC resident company leads event to give businesses insight into advances in the energy and fuels from waste sector
Lancaster Environment Centre based multidisciplinary engineering, energy, and environment consultancy Stopford Energy and Environment, a division of Stopford Projects Ltd, partnered with Energy Lancaster, to host a free event on October 24th for organisations that wanted to know more about the advances in energy and fuels from waste sector.
Wed 31 October 2012
Chinese delegation visits Lancaster to develop joint International Research and Innovation Centre
Scientists and business leaders from China visited Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) last week to develop plans for the International Research and Innovation Centre for the Environment (IRICE). Their visit builds on the IRICE launch in Guangzhou earlier this year.
Tue 23 October 2012
First fifty businesses announced in £9.8m eco innovation centre
Fifty businesses have been selected to work intensively with university researchers and graduates on environmentally friendly products and services in a radical new research centre.
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Wed 17 October 2012
Advances in energy and fuels from waste
Wednesday October 24th, 12:30 to 16:00, Lancaster Environment Centre Training Rooms
Thu 20 September 2012
Opportunity for research collaboration with Lancaster Environment Centre
Could your organisation benefit through collaboration with world class scientists at Lancaster Environment Centre? Could you work with LEC to define a three year PhD research project which will deliver economic or societal impacts? For an investment of as little as £1,000pa for three years you could access significant resources to address your critical research needs.
Wed 12 September 2012
Catchment Change Network Workshops share lessons learnt from 3 years of collaborative research with businesses
The Catchment Change Network (CCN), led by LEC, is a NERC-funded knowledge exchange network that brings university scientists, with a broad interest in catchment management, together with a wide range of practitioners to consider future change in catchment systems.
Mon 13 August 2012
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