Book your place for the next Professional Services Town Hall
Professional Services colleagues are invited to a Town Hall session with our Chief Operating Officer, Richard Taylor on Wednesday 4 November from 2-3pm in the Edward Herbert Building, room EHB110B or online via Teams.
University
Armistice Day Ceremony of Remembrance: Wednesday 11 November
The University’s Armistice Day service will take place on Wednesday 11 November, from 10.50am-11.10am in the Garden of Remembrance.
Design
Explore the 2026 SDCA Postgraduate Showcase
Loughborough’s School of Design and Creative Arts (SDCA) have launched their highly anticipated Postgraduate Showcase.
Applications for the 2027 Teaching Innovation Awards are now open
Applications are now open for the 2027 round of Teaching Innovation Awards (TIAs) and are actively welcomed from students, academic and learning support staff.
International Hangouts with LU Arts: Autumn Programme
Looking for a creative outlet and a way to meet new people or chat with friends? Come along to a craft session hosted by LU Arts as part of the International Hangouts programme.
University
Celebrating Diwali: Information for students and staff
Diwali, also known as Deepavali, is an important festival celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists. Diwali takes place on 8 November, and Hindus celebrate the festival for five days, beginning on 6 November.
Arts and culture
Songwriting short course
Learn the fundamentals of songwriting in this beginner-friendly six week course for staff and students.
Have your say: The Staff Experience Survey 2026 is now live
Our annual staff survey is open throughout November – have your say on the things that are important to you and your experience of working here.
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University
Armistice Day Ceremony of Remembrance: Wednesday 11 November
The University’s Armistice Day service will take place on Wednesday 11 November, from 10.50am-11.10am in the Garden of Remembrance.
Design
Explore the 2026 SDCA Postgraduate Showcase
Loughborough’s School of Design and Creative Arts (SDCA) have launched their highly anticipated Postgraduate Showcase.
Applications for the 2027 Teaching Innovation Awards are now open
Applications are now open for the 2027 round of Teaching Innovation Awards (TIAs) and are actively welcomed from students, academic and learning support staff.
International Hangouts with LU Arts: Autumn Programme
Looking for a creative outlet and a way to meet new people or chat with friends? Come along to a craft session hosted by LU Arts as part of the International Hangouts programme.
University
Celebrating Diwali: Information for students and staff
Diwali, also known as Deepavali, is an important festival celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists. Diwali takes place on 8 November, and Hindus celebrate the festival for five days, beginning on 6 November.
Arts and culture
Songwriting short course
Learn the fundamentals of songwriting in this beginner-friendly six week course for staff and students.
Have your say: The Staff Experience Survey 2026 is now live
Our annual staff survey is open throughout November – have your say on the things that are important to you and your experience of working here.
View all news
Sport
Loughborough expert features on leading science podcast
Professor Vicky Tolfrey, Director of Loughborough University's Centre for Para and Disability Sport Innovation, is featured in a new episode of the chart-topping A Question of Science podcast, released 4 November.
Sport
Graham’s Family Dairy serves up new partnership with Loughborough University
Graham’s Family Dairy has extended its partnership with Loughborough Sport as Official Protein Dairy Partner for the University’s tennis programme.
War and security
Supermarket cyber attacks: Known risks, repeated failures
This week, a second wave of cyber attacks has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across Europe.
Health and medicine
Gambling-related suicide can affect people from all backgrounds, pioneering UK study finds
The first UK study to use a psychological autopsy approach to explore gambling-related suicide and serious suicide attempts has found recurring patterns of severe gambling harms among people from a wide range of backgrounds and circumstances.
University
Professor Nichola Callow to lead education and student experience at Loughborough University
Loughborough University has appointed Professor Nichola Callow as its new Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Student Experience.
Health and medicine
Prime Minister should make tackling England’s obesity crisis his personal mission, says Health Committee as Loughborough research used as evidence
Research published by Loughborough University has formed part of the Health and Social Care Committee’s call for the Prime Minister to make it his “clear, personal mission” to tackle England’s obesity crisis.
Politics
From banks to tanks: The Autumn Budget 2026 explained by Loughborough experts
Loughborough experts have unpicked some of the biggest talking points from Chancellor John Healey's Autumn Budget yesterday. From the £100 energy payment to the £10bn of additional economic and military support for Ukraine... here's what they said.
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Sport
Graham’s Family Dairy serves up new partnership with Loughborough University
Graham’s Family Dairy has extended its partnership with Loughborough Sport as Official Protein Dairy Partner for the University’s tennis programme.
War and security
Supermarket cyber attacks: Known risks, repeated failures
This week, a second wave of cyber attacks has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across Europe.
Health and medicine
Gambling-related suicide can affect people from all backgrounds, pioneering UK study finds
The first UK study to use a psychological autopsy approach to explore gambling-related suicide and serious suicide attempts has found recurring patterns of severe gambling harms among people from a wide range of backgrounds and circumstances.
University
Professor Nichola Callow to lead education and student experience at Loughborough University
Loughborough University has appointed Professor Nichola Callow as its new Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Student Experience.
Health and medicine
Prime Minister should make tackling England’s obesity crisis his personal mission, says Health Committee as Loughborough research used as evidence
Research published by Loughborough University has formed part of the Health and Social Care Committee’s call for the Prime Minister to make it his “clear, personal mission” to tackle England’s obesity crisis.
Politics
From banks to tanks: The Autumn Budget 2026 explained by Loughborough experts
Loughborough experts have unpicked some of the biggest talking points from Chancellor John Healey's Autumn Budget yesterday. From the £100 energy payment to the £10bn of additional economic and military support for Ukraine... here's what they said.
View all news
Welcome to your noticeboard
This is a space for staff and students to self-submit informal University information and opportunities. You can use this noticeboard to share:
- Call-outs for research participants
- Voluntary roles and positions
- Changes to your service or department, e.g. a change in opening hours
- Temporary car parking changes
The noticeboard is not for:
- Duplicating content posted on the news channel
- To promote events open to our University community (this should be self-submitted under the dedicated ‘Events’ tab instead).
Donate unwanted books to the Library to support the annual Jólabókaflóð event
For Staff and Students
Campus announcements
The Library is hosting Jólabókaflóðið in the last week of the Autumn term, where staff and students can browse a display and choose a free book to take away.
Matthew Cunningham
Join the Trophée Vhélio: Design, Build and Race a Solar-Powered Tricycle
For Students
General opportunities
Interested in sustainable innovation, teamwork, and community impact? Join a student team to design, build and race a solar-powered electric tricycle in the 2027 Trophée Vhélio edition. You'll race in May 2027, from Rouen (France) to Hastings (UK).
Marianna Coulentianos
Participants needed: Are you receiving a flu vaccine this autumn?
For Staff and Students
Research participant call-outs
We are conducting a study to explore how body composition and metabolic health may affect people's immune response to the annual flu vaccine.
Stanislava Katsarova-Harrison
Research participants needed: Free performance testing (VO2max/Lactate)
For Staff and Students
Research participant call-outs
I am looking for cyclists and triathletes (male or female) who ride at least three times a week. You will receive a full physiological profile—including VO2max, Lactate Threshold, and HR zones—and will also be financially compensated for your time.
Mohammad Alali
Information for staff interested in joining UCU - University and College Union.
For Staff
Other
Information for staff interested in joining UCU - University and College Union. We are a trade union and organisation of workers who have come together to maintain and improve their conditions of employment. Our branch represents and acts on behalf of staff who work at Loughborough University.
Lboro UCU
UK Secondary PE Teachers Needed: Research on Digital Technology Use in PE
For Staff and Students
Research participant call-outs
Researchers at Loughborough University are conducting a study exploring how digital technology is currently used within secondary school physical education (PE) across the UK.
Jike Yang
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International Hangout - Diwali Arts and Crafts
For Students
Arts
Reading Workshop with Anna Kornbluh
For Staff and students
Academic
Reading Workshop with Anna Kornbluh
For Staff and students
Academic
Creative Methods Exchange: Across the Life Course
For Staff
Academic
Building Belonging: A Conversation on Islamophobia
For Staff and students
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
WHO Global Launch Webinar: New Global Estimates on Adolescent Physical Activity
For Staff and students
Research