2020 news

Loughborough University launches new mathematics research centre

A new maths research centre which aims to boost the UK’s poor understanding of the subject has officially been launched at Loughborough University.
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Experts examine the 2019 General Election

On 31 January, a range of media, political and polling experts gathered at Loughborough University London to analyse the General Election campaign and the influence of Brexit.
Armed Forces Covenant re-signing

Loughborough University re-signs Armed Forces Covenant

The University has continued its commitment to supporting the military community by re-signing the Armed Forces Covenant.
Jamie Barker's new book

Loughborough academic publishes new sporting book

Dr Jamie Barker, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences has co-authored a new book titled ‘The Psychology of Soccer’.

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Loughborough political communication expert appointed to influential digital freedoms committee

Professor of Political Communication Cristian Vaccari has been appointed to the Council of Europe’s new Expert Committee on Freedom of Expression and Digital Technologies.
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Institute of Advanced Studies welcomes applications for residential fellowships

The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) is delighted to announce a major new initiative which will begin from September 2020.

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Criminology professor to present public lecture on how to solve the knife crime problem

Loughborough’s Head of Social and Policy Studies and Professor of Criminology Steve Case will present a new approach to dealing with knife crime in a public lecture at the University on Wednesday 18 March.
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Loughborough academic gives talk on decarbonisation at Royal Academy of Engineering policy plenary

Dr Joanna Boehnert, Lecturer in Design and the Creative Industries, spoke last month at the Royal Academy of Engineering’s National Engineering Policy Centre plenary on socio-political intersections in design contributions to decarbonisation.
BUCS swim success

Records tumble as Loughborough dominate BUCS swimming

Loughborough swimmers turned on the style at last weekend’s British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) National Championships, returning home with 30 medals and five broken records – and the over the overall team title.

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Loughborough students team up with local start-up to win prestigious national challenge

Loughborough students have teamed up with an East-Midlands based start-up in the hope of securing prestigious internships at the global online marketplace, Amazon.

Voting is now open to help choose the winners of the Spring 2020 CALIBRE Awards

Voting is now open to help choose the winners of the Spring 2020 CALIBRE Awards.

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Loughborough students win the first European Triathlon Union Innovation Award

Two Loughborough students have accepted the first European Triathlon Union Innovation Award.

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Universities lead project to deliver largest ever investment into HE technicians

A new project led by a consortium of eight Midlands-based universities and industry partners – including Loughborough University – is to shine a light on the expertise of their technical community by delivering a package of measures to support their career advancement and development.

Loughborough best university in the world for sports-related subjects for fourth year running

Loughborough has yet again been crowned the best university in the world for sports-related subjects by the global QS higher education league table.

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2020 applications for the Spring Open Fund are open

Applications have opened for the University’s Spring Open Fund, an initiative that provides funding to local community groups and organisations.

Winners from Leicestershire Live Innovation Awards

Four awards including overall champion for University's innovative businesses

Innovative businesses, founded by the University’s academics and graduates triumphed at the Leicestershire Live Innovation Awards on Friday, winning four of the twelve categories, including the overall champion, Innovator of the Year.

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Campus-wide charity drive aims to donate 26,500 items to local and national good causes and cut the amount of household waste going to landfill

Loughborough University, Loughborough Students’ Union and several local and national good causes are joining forces this month in a bid to gather and donate tens of thousands of items to those in need.

An ethical future could make life harder for the poorest – but it doesn’t have to

The British supermarket chain Morrisons recently announced that it will only sell free-range eggs.

More caffeine is not the answer for tired lorry drivers – new study shows too much coffee could have negative effects

Lorry drivers who consumed large amounts of coffee and energy drinks reported having crashed more compared to those only drank small quantities of caffeine, according to new research.
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Curious Kids: Do grownups still grow?

Do grownups still grow? – question submitted by Emma, aged five, from the UK.

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LGBT women in construction say gender is a bigger career barrier than their sexuality

“I can hide that I’m gay, but I can't hide that I’m a woman.”

Controlling the spread of coronavirus without shutting down society

Taking no action to curb the spread of COVID-19 would lead to an uncontrolled outbreak but completely isolating people would have a devasting impact on the economy.
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Loughborough shortlisted for 10 Whatuni Student Choice Awards

Loughborough is nominated in 10 out of 13 categories in the Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCA) 2020.
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Computer scientists develop novel artificial intelligence system that predicts air pollution levels

Imagine being scared to breathe the air around you.

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Applications now being accepted for the SPIN Accelerator programme

Loughborough University is once again contributing to the rapid scaling of sports tech start-up companies by hosting the UK leg of a global sports accelerator programme - and this time it's virtual.