Recent Stories
- Unborn babies 'practise' facial expressions in the womb
- Lancaster leads the way in cyber security bursary scheme
- Physicists gain insight into the UK's biggest killer
- Engineering students make finals of national start-up business competition
- Social media plagued by privacy problems, say researchers
- Lancaster Environment Centre conducts roadside pollution research for BBC
- Lancaster set to receive funding boost to stimulate UK's economy
- Billion-year-old water could hold clues to life on Earth and Mars
- How do we find out about cyber criminals?
- First, carbon footprints... now you can calculate your 'nitrogen footprint'
New Masters Scholarships in Cyber Security and Network and Internet Systems
The School of Computing and Communications are offerinng new scholarships in the following Masters schemes. We have scholarships available for both Home/EU students and Overseas students. Successful applicants will receive a reduction in the tuition fee to the value of £1,500 for UK and EU students, and £3,000 for overseas students.
The courses are:
MSc Network and Internet Systems
Applicants need to have applied for the course through the admissions portal and uploaded relevant supporting documentation.
In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must submit a short essay (maximum of 2 sides of A4) tackling the following question:
"The Internet has continued to evolve since its inception more than 30 years ago. Discuss how you see the Internet continuing to develop over the next 10 years, and consider the potential impact on the underlying networking technologies."
MSc in Cyber Security
Applicants need to have applied for the course
through the admissions portal and uploaded relevant supporting documentation.
In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must submit a short essay (maximum of 2 sides of A4) tackling the following question:
"What has been the most significant cyber security event in the last 5 years and why? Your answer should draw together research and public commentary in order to reinforce your reasoning."
The closing date for applications for both subjects is Wednesday June 6th. Please submit to scc-msc-enquiries@lancaster.ac.uk, as either an MS Word or PDF document.
For more details about the courses please see the links below.
Mon 30 April 2012
Latest News
Unborn babies 'practise' facial expressions in the womb
Researchers from Durham and Lancaster Universities suggest that a foetus's ability to show a "pain" facial expression is a developmental process which could potentially give doctors another index of the health of a foetus.
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Mon 17 June 2013
Lancaster leads the way in cyber security bursary scheme
Lancaster is one of four UK universities selected to take part in an 'industry first' sponsorship initiative encouraging students to take up Masters-level cyber security degrees.
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Mon 10 June 2013
Physicists gain insight into the UK's biggest killer
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the UK, accounting for a third of all fatalities through illnesses such as stroke and heart disease.
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Wed 29 May 2013
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