Mixed fortunes and consultations in HE
As a new university chemistry department is planned, UCAS announces an overall drop in applications
Lancaster University will open a new department of chemistry, and admit students to a new undergraduate degree in chemistry in October 2013.
A head of department will be appointed to drive the development forward and it is expected that up to 25 new members of staff will be hired in the first major phase.
The new department will establish a challenging research-led MChem degree programme, which will build on Lancaster's research and take advantage of industry relationships and placements. Moving to a chemistry department and to a full chemistry degree will enable Lancaster to recruit additional strong science students, from the UK and abroad, in a market where the numbers of applications to study chemistry in research-led universities are increasing.
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