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Postgrad student will travel to the UN headquarters to promote her disaster resilience research

A Loughborough PhD student will travel to the UN headquarters in Switzerland to promote her work which uses social media to engage people in emergency risk communication.
St Bart's winning classroom design.

Winning outdoor classroom design for Leicestershire school is revealed

A group of Loughborough University students are set to see their ideas brought to life as their outdoor classroom design for a Leicestershire school has been selected to be developed by an architect.
A house with energy coming out of it.

£1.6m grant to improve building façade technologies for better energy efficiency

A project to create new technologies to improve the energy efficiency of buildings is set to get underway as a group of researchers from Loughborough University, the University of Nottingham and University of Exeter have been awarded a £1.65m grant from the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council).

Elite wheelchair tennis athletes visit Loughborough University

Loughborough University’s Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport has welcomed some of Great Britain’s most talented wheelchair tennis stars to campus.

Research aims to produce negative-emission fuels from industrial CO2

Scientists at Loughborough have created a new chemical process which converts industrial CO2 emissions into useable green fuels and chemicals.
Plants.

Wealth from waste – three ways pollution can be turned into something useful

Solving environmental problems usually just means cleaning up the mess people have made. But scientists are increasingly interested in creating something valuable from pollution.

photo of a presentation at the Centre of SMART conference at Loughborough University London

Centre for SMART holds conference featuring industry-leading speakers

The Centre of Sustainable Manufacturing and Recycling Technologies (SMART) and Internet of Food Things (IoFT) Network Plus recently held an event at Loughborough University London to discuss how the food manufacturing industry can take advantage of opportunities brought forward by the advent of the fourth industrial revolution (industry 4.0).

Loughborough MP Nicky Morgan highlights the importance of “homegrown innovation” during tour of campus engineering labs

MP Nicky Morgan has championed “homegrown innovation” during a tour of Loughborough University’s engineering labs where she was shown a new rail technology which aims to end points failure delays in Britain.

Loughborough student Keita Orelaja scores with his popular new app Skouted

Loughborough University student, Keita Orelaja, has co-founded a free app which connects promising footballers with elite level scouts.

Environment Campaign: University launches new drive to promote game-changing environmental research and innovations

Loughborough University is celebrating the academics and projects which tackle some of the most challenging areas of climate change, ecology, sustainability, technology and renewable energy as part of a two-month initiative to highlight environmental research.
A woman cooking with biomass and an electric alternative in the background.

Loughborough University leads a UK aid programme to tackle climate change

Loughborough University and the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) joined forces in leading a UK aid research project to find innovative, clean and modern alternatives to biomass fuels, such as charcoal and wood.

Loughborough project bid to grow local rehabilitation and medical technology sector receives Strength in Places Funding

A project bid to grow the local rehabilitation and medical technology sector, of which Loughborough University is a key partner, has received funding from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Strength in Places Fund.
Universities Minister in STEMLab with students and SU representatives

Universities Minister visits Loughborough as part of British Science Week

Chris Skidmore MP – Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation – visited Loughborough University on Friday 8 March.

Student wins prestigious engineering scholarship

A Loughborough University student has been awarded a prestigious scholarship which recognises talented engineers.
black banner with LU Arts 'STEAM Week'

Loughborough University merges the arts and STEM to host week of exciting events

Loughborough University will be hosting a week of creative inter-disciplinary events involving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

A doctor holding a liver drawing.

Overweight men needed for study that looks at liver health and diabetes

Forty men are needed for study that is looking to identify whether tackling liver fat is the key to treating conditions linked to being overweight and obese such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

poster to promote STEM Day

Members of the public invited to attend and be inspired by University’s annual STEM Day

Loughborough University will be once again holding its ever popular STEM Community Day – an event full of fun and inspiring activities linked to science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

S. A. Agulhas II.

Weddell Sea Expedition: Science programme complete

At the start of January 2019, Dr Jeff Evans, a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography in the School of Social Sciences, boarded the 134m-long S. A. Agulhas II – one of the largest and most modern research ships anywhere in the world.
Students and Wing Yip representatives.

Students praised for “bringing fresh insight” to Wing Yip as part of unique collaborative module

Students from the Loughborough University School of Business and Economics (SBE) have been praised by the Managing Director of Wing Yip for their hard work on a unique module that saw them analyse real-life business strategies.

Dr Duncan Depledge.

Leading geopolitical expert who established polar regions parliamentary group to join Loughborough University

Dr Duncan Depledge, a leading authority on political geography, international relations, and security studies, will be joining Loughborough University in February.
A HGV in London.

Unsafe HGVs to be removed from London’s roads thanks to Loughborough University research into dangerous designs

The most unsafe HGVs will be removed from London's roads as part of a world-first scheme that was defined and tested by Loughborough University researchers.

Barry Eccleston outside Hazlerigg Building.

New Year’s Honours for remarkable Loughborough alumni

Seven Loughborough University alumni have been recognised for their outstanding achievements and service in the 2019 Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.

Photo of students taking part in a workshop at Jellyfish headquarters

Students attend alumni-led visit at top London digital marketing agency

A group of Loughborough students recently visited the head offices of a top marketing agency in London to learn more about careers in digital marketing.
The 134m-long S. A. Agulhas II. Image courtesy of Weddell Sea Expedition.

Academic to embark on scientific expedition that will study giant ice shelf and attempt to locate Shackleton’s lost ship

A Loughborough University academic is embarking on a 45-day scientific expedition that hopes to increase understanding of one of the largest ice shelves in Antarctica and locate Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated ship.

Pictured is a doctor examining a scan.

Academics part of £11.2m project assessing the effectiveness of personalised breast cancer screening

Loughborough University academics are to conduct research as part of a large-scale international project investigating whether personalised breast cancer screening is a better screening option for women aged 40 to 70.