Queen's Anniversary Prize 2002
World-leading role in sports research, education and development
Loughborough University has an international reputation for its pioneering research and education in sports science, physical education, and health-related physical activity. Its pivotal position is enhanced by strengths in coaching, elite performance and wide-ranging participation, and is reinforced with an extensive network of partnerships with industrial companies, external agencies and major sports bodies, many located on campus.
The impact of Loughborough University on the world of sport is substantial and far-reaching. The people, and the methods and techniques, developed here have transformed the way that sport is researched, taught, coached, played and managed throughout the UK and abroad.
The breadth of knowledge, skills and facilities at the University has enabled it to achieve a position as the country's premier institution for sports development, education and research.
Many thousands of people in sport have been taught, trained and equipped by the University. Some of them are still based here, as world leading researchers, teachers, coaches and performers. Many more are in influential positions far and wide in the world of sport, now making their own distinctive and significant contributions.
The University's ability to play this vital developmental role is based on the excellence it consistently achieves in its world-renowned research and high quality teaching. This is enhanced by strengths in coaching, elite performance and wide-ranging participation.
The scale, quality and, most importantly, the integration of all these activities creates a special environment that has established the University's reputation across the world as a pioneering and acknowledged force in sport education. This standing enables it to develop mutually beneficial partnerships, to recruit top quality students, and to attract and retain world class staff.