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Doctor Who and Batman actor Colin McFarlane awarded honorary degree from Loughborough University

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Loughborough University honours Paralympic stars Emma Wiggs and Jessica-Jane Applegate with honorary degrees

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Loughborough University wins 44th consecutive BUCS title

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Loughborough to host warm-up games ahead of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026

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Press releases

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Could the copper in your diet help prevent memory loss, as new study suggests?

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"Even your mum knew who Hulk Hogan was": Wrestling researcher reflects on WWE star's legacy

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Loughborough expert urges focus on outcomes, not targets, in pension reform

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Loughborough and Volleyball England strengthen partnership

Expert comments

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"Housing investment needs to be backed up by concrete detail about delivery, rather than this investment simply delivering more ‘affordable’ housing, which is anything but for many households."

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“Recent cyber attacks weren’t purely technical failures, they started with people, processes, and misplaced trust” – Cyber Security expert comments on run of high-profile online attacks

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“Are we dangling on the edge of a digital apocalypse given all of the high-profile attacks recently?”

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“In our interconnected world, a hacker’s keyboard can disrupt the journey from farm to fork” – cyber security expert comments on growing vulnerability in our food infrastructure.

Featured experts

Andrew Peck

Cyber resilience PhD researcher

Dr Anna Fitzpatrick

Dr Anna Fitzpatrick

Lecturer in Performance Analysis and Skill Acquisition

Dr Meilan Yan

Associate Professor in Financial Economics

Dr Shirin Dora

Lecturer

The Conversation

Read the latest thought leadership pieces our academics and Doctoral Researchers have written for The Conversation.

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Consolation, community, national identity: what is lost when pubs close – and how they can be saved

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Britain is already becoming an ‘island of strangers’ – but immigration isn’t the driver

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The prospect of a US pope was once viewed with suspicion – but Leo XIV could prove an important counter to Trump

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Israel’s peace movement offers a ray of hope amid the pain of Gaza conflict

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Sport

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Loughborough to host warm-up games ahead of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026

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Loughborough plays host to England Men’s Test team ahead of summer international schedule (VIDEO)

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Impressive Palmer wins Women’s Long Jump as Sawyers returns at LIA

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Katarina Johnson-Thompson to star at 2025 Loughborough International Athletics

Children & Young People

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LEGO improves maths and spatial ability in the classroom - new findings

Environment

Contoured Thoughts by Evan Ifekoya (2019). Courtesy of Evan Ifekoya and LUX, London

Nipple-covered sea creatures and aquariums filled with tears – Sea Inside’s alternative perspective on oceans in crisis

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