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IAS to launch Annual ‘Time Theme’ with virtual workshop and performance

The Institute of Advanced Studies will be launching its annual Theme, Time, on Friday 27 November with a pair of exciting events: a virtual workshop bringing three IAS Visiting Fellows together in a ‘trialogue’, and a participatory performance work commissioned by Radar to mark the launch of Time.

19 November 2020
Mel Marshall

UK Sport’s new leadership programme has Loughborough University backing

A new programme developed by UK Sport to increase female representation in high-performance coaching has the backing of leading sports specialists at Loughborough University.

23 November 2020

Loughborough awarded £1m to research alternatives to single-use plastic packaging

Loughborough University has been awarded around £1m to help tackle waste plastic in the UK.

24 November 2020

It’s not just you – work during COVID has become much harder

The pandemic has seriously altered how we work. According to statistics published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in September 2020, US$35 trillion (£26 trillion) has been lost globally in labour income. There has also been an estimated loss of 17% of working hours worldwide since 2019, with young people and women being hit hardest. And many of those still in jobs are working under very different conditions.

23 November 2020
Adam peaty

Peaty breaks another world record as London Roar are edged out in Budapest

Adam Peaty broke his own 100m breaststroke world record this weekend as London Roar were edged out to eventually winners Cali Condors in the International Swimming League.

23 November 2020

Technology for screening fruit juice could provide rapid Covid screening

Loughborough University researchers are hoping a technology they developed to quickly screen liquids for microorganisms can be adapted to provide rapid testing for Covid-19.

24 November 2020
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Experts in Sport: In conversation with elite ultrarunner Tom Evans

In this week’s special edition of the Experts in Sport podcast, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences’ Dr Richard Blagrove sits down in conversation with elite level ultrarunner and Red Bull athlete, Tom Evans.

25 November 2020

Professor Robert Allison announces decision to retire from role of Loughborough University Vice-Chancellor

At today’s meeting of Loughborough University Council (the institution’s governing body), Professor Bob Allison announced that he would be retiring from the post of Vice-Chancellor and President at the end of the current academic year.

26 November 2020
Wheelchair Basketball

IWBF appoints Loughborough University to lead on Classification research and development of a new Minimum Impairment Criteria (MIC) for wheelchair basketball

IWBF, the international governing body for the sport of wheelchair basketball, has collaborated with British Wheelchair Basketball to commission Loughborough University to undertake a research project on their new minimum impairment criteria (MIC).

27 November 2020

Using storybooks to help young children with maths – new review

Storybooks and tutoring could be important tools for improving young children’s maths skills, according to a new review.

27 November 2020

Loughborough University in partnership with China Scholarship Council to increase PhD scholarship offers

The University strengthens its partnership with China Scholarship Council (CSC) with 20 PhD. scholarships on offer for the 2021-22 academic year.

30 November 2020
Will Shannon's public workbench

New art installation unveiled in Loughborough’s student village

Each year LU Arts invites a different artist to spend a year developing a new work for the University’s art collection, which takes inspiration from the University’s Handicrafts history.

30 November 2020
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