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Body positivi-tea: Barbie, social media, airbrushing and more discussed on the latest episode of Cuppa with a Scientist

The topic of ‘body positivity' never seems to leave headlines and recently there have been questions about whether the movement is as beneficial as it sounds.

2 June 2021
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Loughborough’s Winer leads digital transformation at Club Atlético Banfield

Loughborough University London Institute for Sport Business PhD student, Fede Winer, is part of the team behind a digital transformation at Argentine Primera División side Club Atlético Banfield.

1 June 2021

Alumnus donates £2 million to support student access and success at Loughborough

Loughborough alumnus Chris Gill has donated £2 million to the University to enable it to help more students from under-represented groups access and succeed in higher education.

25 May 2021
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LIA returns as competitive athletics light up Loughborough

Loughborough International Athletics (LIA) returned to campus on Sunday (23 May) as England secured victory in the 2021 ‘Battle of the Nations’.

23 May 2021
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The Loughborough International Athletics (LIA) meeting returns to campus this weekend

Loughborough University is proud to be hosting this year’s Loughborough International Athletics (LIA) event on Sunday, 23 May.

21 May 2021
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Experts in Sport: The power of performance analysis

Performance analysis has grown immensely in sport with data now playing a key role in influencing decisions both on and off the field of play.

18 May 2021
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Former Premier League pro announced as new Men’s football Head Coach

Loughborough University has announced that former Premier League player Jamie Clapham will take over as its new Men’s football Head Coach.

17 May 2021
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UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) to relocate to Loughborough University

Loughborough University is delighted to welcome UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) to campus as the organisation relocates its headquarters to the East Midlands.

13 May 2021

Professor Nick Jennings announced as Loughborough University’s next Vice-Chancellor

Professor Nick Jennings CB, FREng has been announced as the new Vice-Chancellor and President of Loughborough University.

11 May 2021
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Loughborough Sport to partner with Sporting Minds UK

In recognition of Mental health Awareness Week (10 May – 16 May), Loughborough Sport is further strengthening its mental health support to its student-athletes through a new partnership with Sporting Minds UK.

10 May 2021
Olivia Murphy

Loughborough Sport’s Murphy joins England Netball’s coaching team

England Netball has today welcomed Loughborough Sport’s Olivia Murphy to its Vitality Roses backroom team as its new Technical Coach.

7 May 2021

Professor Janet Godsell appointed Dean of Loughborough’s School of Business and Economics

Professor Janet Godsell has been appointed as the new Dean of Loughborough University’s School of Business and Economics.

6 May 2021

Loughborough welcomes two world-leading figures in sustainability

Loughborough University’s School of Business and Economics has appointed two new Honorary Visiting Professors to strengthen both its research and practice in sustainability.

5 May 2021
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Examining sport clubs as 'missing spaces' for young people in care – new study

Loughborough University academics have secured a second prestigious British Academy small grant to explore care experienced young people’s engagements with sport clubs and coaches.

4 May 2021
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Loughborough Behavioural Medicine researcher awarded £100,000 fellowship

Dr Nicola Paine, Lecturer in Health Psychology within the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University, has been awarded a £100,000 Springboard Fellowship from the Academy of Medical Sciences.

28 April 2021
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Experts in Sport: The importance of recovery in elite-level sport

Within sport, it is well known that recovery plays an important part of any training schedule, but how exactly does this impact team sports?

27 April 2021

Loughborough’s new £1m high-performance computer will transform research

A new £1.1m high-performance computer has been officially unveiled at Loughborough University.

26 April 2021
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Commonwealth Games England announce John Steele as next Chair post Birmingham 2022

Loughborough University’s Executive Director of Sport, John Steele, has been announced as the next Chair of the Commonwealth Games England Board.

21 April 2021
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Loughborough University to launch new Lightning wheelchair basketball team

Loughborough University has been selected as a High-Performance Partner for British Wheelchair Basketball in a move that will also see the formation of a brand-new Lightning team.

20 April 2021

Loughborough University to honour Leicestershire’s Public Health leaders

Honorary degrees are to be awarded by Loughborough University to Leicester and Leicestershire’s public health directors, in recognition of their outstanding contribution throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

19 April 2021
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Loughborough University granted £100k for new research project

A team from Loughborough University’s School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences has secured circa £100,000 in funding to produce a model for identification of novel wound therapeutics that restore skeletal muscle function after significant soft tissue injury.

15 April 2021

University pays tribute to The Duke of Edinburgh

Loughborough's Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Allison has paid tribute to Prince Philip following the announcement of his death earlier today.

9 April 2021

Professor appointed Chair of award-winning technology company

Loughborough’s Professor Phillip Cartwright has been announced as the new Chair of technology company Lontra – the latest in a long line of high-profile industry appointments for the University academic.

17 March 2021
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Former England internationals select Loughborough as their training base

Former England internationals Des Walker and Dennis Wise have chosen Loughborough University’s campus for an extensive training camp - all in the name of unearthing the next Indonesian football talent.

10 March 2021
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Leading Loughborough academic calls for change in concussion crisis

A Loughborough University academic has called for radical change in the concussion crisis in sport in a recently published report.

9 March 2021
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