Issue 10 - 24 February 2026
In this issue, Pro Vice?Chancellor Global Simon Guy reflects on Lancaster’s international partnerships and local impact and welcomes Professor Steve Decent back as Vice?Chancellor.
Features include an honorary Doctorate for Professor Dato’ Elizabeth Lee; a £3 million Royal Academy of Engineering award for terahertz?driven magnetic memory to cut data centre energy and water use; Professor Jason Rothman’s research linking bilingualism to delayed dementia onset; the LUNAR nuclear control room simulator for immersive fission, SMR and fusion training; the Moral Leadership in a Volatile World programme; a remote exercise prehabilitation trial to protect cognition during chemotherapy; alumnus Dr Samuel Cusworth’s microplastics research and industry collaborations; and ongoing resilience and soil restoration partnerships with Dnipro University of Technology.