Business News
Engineering students make finals of national start-up business competition
Engineering students Scott Nash, Daniel Richardson and Aaron Aboshio have won the northern heat of the Youth Entrepreneurs Scheme 'Engineering YES' competition for their spin-out renewable energy company Atlantis.
Thu 23 May 2013
The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation makes finals of national innovation awards
The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation has been announced as a finalist in the PraxisUnico Impact Awards.
Thu 23 May 2013
Social media plagued by privacy problems, say researchers
The privacy management of 16 popular social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter, is "seriously deficient," according to a study being published in the June issue of Computer magazine.
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Tue 21 May 2013
TNP to build Blackpool's own high-speed internet infrastructure
A pioneering partnership between a resident company of InfoLab21, The Networking People (TNP), and Blackpool Council will enable up to six North West local authorities to benefit from a compliant, secure, high-capacity broadband network independent from national telecoms companies.
Fri 17 May 2013
How do we find out about cyber criminals?
Security Lancaster and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics held a workshop to form a new collaborative group who will widen the knowledge of cybercrime and start developing innovative approaches to obtaining information on cyber criminals. The workshop included security researchers and statisticians, solicitors specialising in cybercrime, and experts from government agencies.
Thu 16 May 2013
Lancaster to play leading role in UK-India cyber security team
University-based 'Security Lancaster' is to be part of a bid to increase UK-India cyber security research collaborations tackling key issues demanding global cooperation.
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Mon 13 May 2013
Company rewards Security Lancaster students for business solutions
Three MSc in Cyber Security students were rewarded by security company Secarma for their solutions to global security challenges.
Wed 01 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
Royal Seal of Approval for Rinicom
Lancaster-based Rinicom Limited, whose Chief Executive is the School of Computing and Communications' Professor Garik Markarian, has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2013 (export), one of the UK's highest accolades for business success.
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Wed 01 May 2013
Google funds research on analytics for digital signs
A £25,000 Google grant will enable researchers at Lancaster University's School of Computing and Communications to expand their work on digital sign analytics.
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Wed 17 April 2013