Staff and Students celebrated at the Loughborough University PhD Awards 2025
Last week, Loughborough University held its annual PhD Awards, an event dedicated to recognising the outstanding achievements and contributions of individuals within the Doctoral Researcher (DR) community across the two campuses.
Calling all students: Design a book bench for a local primary school
In partnership with Charnwood Borough Council, the University’s Community Warden team and LU Arts have launched a competition to redesign and repaint a series of book benches, which will be donated to local primary schools.
Explore Pilkington Library with an induction tour
The Pilkington Library will be hosting 20-minute induction tours during Semester 1 for all new students.
Join The Conversation – online workshop
Academics and Doctoral Researchers are invited to attend an online training session with The Conversation thought leadership platform on Friday 26 September, from 2 to 4pm.
Racial incidents: support for staff and students
You may have seen media reports of racist incidents and vandalism in parts of the UK. It’s also possible that you or your loved ones may have been impacted by witnessing or being subject to racial abuse.
Loughborough staff member leads Hike for Hope in aid of Hereditary Brain Aneurysm Support
In July, Andy Motch, Partnership Development Manager at the University, Mountain Leader, and brain aneurysm survivor, led 20 hikers, along with three other mountain leaders, to the highest point in the Peak District, in support of the charity Hereditary Brain Aneurysm Support.
Windows 10 & 11 Staff Managed Service: Notice of fix for duplicate email issue
From mid-September, IT Services will be rolling out an update to all Windows 10 and Windows 11 Staff Managed devices to fix an issue where duplicate emails are being stored in the shared @mailbox 'Sent Items' folder when sending from Outlook desktop client.
Your University email account: Introducing Enhanced MailTips
Users will now benefit from the enhanced Email Security MailTips service as we upgrade to the Microsoft Exchange Online service.
Implementation of the annual pay uplift 2025/26
Following the update at the end of August regarding the annual pay award, as confirmed previously, a 1.4% uplift will be applied to all spine points. This will be implemented in the September payroll and backdated to 1 August.
Car park closures during Arrival Week
To assist with the arrival of new students into halls, the car park in front of Brockington and Schofield buildings (Car Park 18) will be temporarily closed.
Calling all students: Design a book bench for a local primary school
In partnership with Charnwood Borough Council, the University’s Community Warden team and LU Arts have launched a competition to redesign and repaint a series of book benches, which will be donated to local primary schools.
Explore Pilkington Library with an induction tour
The Pilkington Library will be hosting 20-minute induction tours during Semester 1 for all new students.
Join The Conversation – online workshop
Academics and Doctoral Researchers are invited to attend an online training session with The Conversation thought leadership platform on Friday 26 September, from 2 to 4pm.
Racial incidents: support for staff and students
You may have seen media reports of racist incidents and vandalism in parts of the UK. It’s also possible that you or your loved ones may have been impacted by witnessing or being subject to racial abuse.
Loughborough staff member leads Hike for Hope in aid of Hereditary Brain Aneurysm Support
In July, Andy Motch, Partnership Development Manager at the University, Mountain Leader, and brain aneurysm survivor, led 20 hikers, along with three other mountain leaders, to the highest point in the Peak District, in support of the charity Hereditary Brain Aneurysm Support.
Windows 10 & 11 Staff Managed Service: Notice of fix for duplicate email issue
From mid-September, IT Services will be rolling out an update to all Windows 10 and Windows 11 Staff Managed devices to fix an issue where duplicate emails are being stored in the shared @mailbox 'Sent Items' folder when sending from Outlook desktop client.
Your University email account: Introducing Enhanced MailTips
Users will now benefit from the enhanced Email Security MailTips service as we upgrade to the Microsoft Exchange Online service.
Implementation of the annual pay uplift 2025/26
Following the update at the end of August regarding the annual pay award, as confirmed previously, a 1.4% uplift will be applied to all spine points. This will be implemented in the September payroll and backdated to 1 August.
Car park closures during Arrival Week
To assist with the arrival of new students into halls, the car park in front of Brockington and Schofield buildings (Car Park 18) will be temporarily closed.