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Alumna Claire Fitton’s co-founds award-winning Uniform Design Consultancy
Claire Fitton was drawn to the Multimedia Textiles course at Loughborough. She found a space that encouraged her to explore fashion, interiors, materials, and processes, without the pressure to specialise too soon. She graduated from the course in Fashion and Textiles in 2006 - we chatted to her to find out how her studies at Loughborough kickstarted a career in the fashion industry.
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Alumna Sri Hollema launches Mat Zero’s Founder’s Edition heated product range
Following success with her Mat Zero concept earlier this year at Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Awards for 2025, Sri Hollema has now reached the commercial launch phrase of its limited Founder’s Edition heated product range.
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Alum builds an emotive-AI powered app to unlock a new media experience
Indy Sanders has launched a start-up, Lucid, an app designed to understand to your current mood and connect users with featured video content from acclaimed global filmmakers.
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Savanna Strategy offers alumni 25% off Intelligence training course
Nikki Ramos, a Loughborough graduate and former law enforcement officer for the UK’s National Crime Agency, is offering alumni a 25% discount on an immersive training course for intelligence skills through her company, Savanna Strategy.
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Alumna shares story of supporting children in Ghana through creativity
Vera Nti has launched Orphan Art, and organisation creating custom artwork using the handprints of children in orphanages to raise funds for their education and wellbeing.
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Sri tackles cold temperatures with award-winning design
Sri Hollema (Product Design and Technology, 2018) has recently been awarded a prestigious Purple Plaque for her outstanding work on an innovative heated sleeping mat powered by solar energy.
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Entrepreneurial alumnae celebrated for receiving Purple Plaque awards as part of events hosted at the Loughborough campus
Earlier this year, three Loughborough University graduates were named winners of Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Awards for 2025.
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Alumnus Ollie set to launch Hotpod Yoga Franchise
Ollie Ashworth (Marketing and Management 2023) will be launching a Hotpod Yoga business in Crouch End, London in July.
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Alumnus’ family business stems from love of cycling
When we invited alumni to share their #LboroJourney stories recently, we received some great insights into the experiences of our former students. George Laight shared his story about BikeStow, his family-run business that he also spent time at university developing.
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Alumnus launches website to help new graduates break into the sports industry
Joe Jackson (History and Politics 2019) has established Starting Out Sports, a website designed to support and guide aspiring professionals looking to get into the sports industry.
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Design graduate secures Dragons’ investment in life-saving kit
Industrial Design and Technology graduate, Zak Marks, secured a £75,000 investment from Dragons’ Den entrepreneurs, for a stake in his emergency anaphylaxis kit business.
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International Women's Day: Georgie Dickins shares her leadership story
To honour International Women’s Day, we spoke with alumna Georgie Dickins (European Business 2001) who discussed her career in leadership.
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Alumnus co-founds GRYD Energy, bringing the UK’s first solar subscription to life
Scott Whiteside, who graduated in 2016, has co-founded GRYD Energy, a solar tech startup providing the UK’s first true solar subscription.
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Three Loughborough graduate entrepreneurs named as Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation
Three Loughborough University graduates have been named as winners of Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Awards for 2025.
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Jamie headed stateside for exciting internship with the UN
Recent graduate Jamie Clark has landed a role as Sustainable Development Goals Intern in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) at the United Nations (UN). He is headed to New York very soon and is excited for his new adventure.
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AI social commerce app raises $1.4M in pre-seed funding
Alumnus Ronan Harvey-Kelly (International Business 2021) is co-founder of Haz, an innovative AI social commerce app which has raised $1.4m in pre-seed funding.
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Jo Hurst-Croft - from Loughborough to leading change
Jo Hurst-Croft's (Politics with Geography 2003) journey from Loughborough University to leading ARC Ride shows how education, passion, and hard work can pave the way to success.
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CAIR London app launched by alumna Tanya to combat London Underground air pollution
In a bid to tackle the pervasive issue of air pollution in the London Underground, alumna Tanya Beri (Graphic Communication 2016 and MA User Experience Design 2020) has launched CAIR London.
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Alumnus awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowship
Adriano Randi (Chemistry 2019) has been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowship to further advance his spin-out company RV3 Tech.
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Children’s storybook entrepreneurs seek Sooper investment from TV Dragons
If you’re a Dragons’ Den fan, you’ll no doubt have seen a recent episode featuring alumna Charlene Mitchell-Hood and her husband Simon Hood pitching for investment in a bid to help solve literacy problems in the UK and US. If you’re yet to catch the latest series, go and check out iPlayer before reading any further… this story contains spoilers!
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Pavegen Selected by UEFA’s Champions Innovate Program to Revolutionise Fan Engagement
Pavegen, a leading innovator in kinetic energy technology founded by alumnus Laurence Kemball-Cook, has been chosen as one of the pioneering start-ups by UEFA’s Champions Innovate program, in collaboration with PepsiCo, Just Eat Takeaway.com, and Mastercard.
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Loughborough Business School recognises four people with Distinguished Alumni Awards
Each year, Loughborough Business School (LB) honours a select group with the Distinguished Alumni Award. At the end of 2023, four people were recognised with awards for their work spanning themes such as retail, communications, ecommerce, and climate tech.
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Loughborough graduate entrepreneur wins start-up accelerator
Loughborough graduate entrepreneur Katie Michaels (Industrial and Product Design, 2020) has been named as the latest winner of the Leicester Startups Accelerator programme.