By addressing critical issues, including protecting athletes from the long-term impacts of career-ending injuries to helping the wider public lead healthier lives, we're using sport as a vehicle for positive change.

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Empowering people and communities with sport.

We're pioneering positive change across the sporting landscape.

Our researchers are working to create safe environments for young people in sport. They’re also using Para sport to boost the visibility and inclusion of disabled people in sub-Saharan Africa.

They’re applying novel technology to remove human biases from football coaching and team selection by using emerging technologies like AI.  

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Inadequate equipment. Career-ending injuries. Inclusivity barriers. This all needs to change, now. 

Loughborough University’s award-winning partnership with adidas tailors sportswear to everybody, empowering athletes and particularly women with better-fitting, more temperature-sensitive gear - from bodysuits to bras.

In their pursuit of better performing kit, whether bicycles or cricket helmets, Loughborough University engineers are making improvements to sports equipment with positive results for safety and performance in areas ranging from the science or practice of building or flying aircrafts to workplace safety.

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Cycling record smashed by Loughborough graduate

University wide expertise helped graduate Axel Dopfer smash prestigious German hour record.

Loughborough University researchers collaborate with World Wheelchair Rugby

Research has been taking place to support World Wheelchair Rugby’s (WWR) commitment and strategy to increasing female participation in the sport.
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Revolutionising Rehabilitation

Pioneering science and technology hold the key to personalised rehabilitation
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Pioneering science and technology hold the key to personalised rehabilitation

Loughborough student designs handheld device that aims to detect sports-related concussions in 10 seconds and prevent long-term health problems.

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A century of experience enhancing minds and bodies through research and innovation has empowered us to pursue a better, fairer, healthier world.

At Loughborough University, we're a diverse team of students, researchers, and professionals united by an urgent common goal - to make the world a better place.

Because the world can't wait. Neither should you.

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Our sports legacy is about more than winning medals. It's about creating opportunities for everyone, excelling academically and athletically, and promoting equity and inclusion on the field and in the classroom. It’s about bringing together sport, health, and wellbeing for the benefit of all.

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We believe that living well means more than just surviving. Learn more about our efforts to ensure a smart, sustainable, healthy and dignified life for everyone.

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Our expert researchers are determined to use their knowledge in pursuit of better and do even more to improve the lives of people across the globe.

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