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Students donate thousands of items to local charities

Loughborough students have donated thousands of items to local charities in a bid to help those in need and to divert resources from landfill.
Pictured is Dr Emiliano Renzi, of the School of Science, with 鈥楽torm Force.

Online game aims to save lives by educating children on how to identify storm surges

A Loughborough academic hopes the online game they have developed will help save lives by teaching children how to identify early warnings of coastal flooding.

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University team nominated for national student housing award

探花精选 has been shortlisted for a national student accommodation award.
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University community celebrate opening of The Start-Up Lab

A brand, new focal point at 探花精选 that aims to support entrepreneurial students to develop their businesses has officially opened.

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Professor Rachel Thomson wins two inspirational awards

探花精选鈥檚 Pro Vice-Chancellor for Teaching, Professor Rachel Thomson, recently received two awards at this year鈥檚 East Midlands Women鈥檚 Awards (EMWA).

Professor Roy Kalawsky.

Academic says being awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair is "career highlight"

A leading 探花精选 academic has been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair.
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Renowned national and international organisations join the Collaborative Project

探花精选 London is to collaborate with more than 30 respected national and international organisations for a project that challenges students to solve real business problems.
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Film celebrating female mathematicians from all over the globe to be showcased at popular London festival

A film created by a 探花精选 academic and her filmmaker sister that aims to shine a spotlight on female mathematicians is to be played at a popular London festival.
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探花精选 invites everyone to celebrate Creative Community Day

Creative Community Day returns to campus on Saturday 27 October and those with a passion for writing, crafting and performing are invited to come along and showcase their artistic abilities!
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探花精选 wins 鈥楤est UK University Accommodation鈥� award

探花精选 has been named best in the country for student accommodation by a recent Student Crowd survey.
Dr Dapeng Hu and Avinoam Baruc, research development and enterprise leads for FloodMap Live.

University is part of major initiative set to accelerate innovation in the Midlands

Loughborough is part of the UK鈥檚 largest collaboration between university technology transfer offices, launched today by Midlands Innovation to attract investment and management talent to the region.
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探花精选 proves reducing sitting time boosts office staff鈥檚 work engagement and wellbeing

Office workers are being urged to 鈥榮tand up for their health鈥� - with Loughborough and Leicester researchers claiming desk-bound staff need to be more active at work.
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Student bags renowned European design award for unbeatable noughts and crosses robot

A 探花精选 student has won a sought-after award for creating an intelligent robot that can play 鈥� and never lose 鈥� noughts and crosses.
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探花精选鈥檚 Community Donations Fund opens for applications

探花精选 is pleased to announce that applications for the Community Donations Open Fund will be available to submit from Monday 15 October.

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Imago Venues shortlisted for two prestigious hospitality awards

探花精选鈥檚 conference, hotel and events brand, Imago Venues, has been shortlisted for Best Team and Most Innovative Business Partner in the 2018 Leicestershire Promotions Tourism and Hospitality Awards.

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Female academic named as recipient of the Suffrage Science Award

An academic from 探花精选 has been announced as one of eleven scientists from across the UK to be awarded a Suffrage Science Award for Mathematics and Computing.
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Loughborough to collaborate on multi-million pound Creative R&D Partnership focused on fashion and textile industry

探花精选 is to be a major partner on one of 10 game-changing R&D partnerships, awarded as part of the Government鈥檚 investment in the UK鈥檚 creative industries.
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Exciting two-day event to celebrate Fruit Routes harvest

The annual Fruit Routes harvest event is returning to campus later this month and it promises two days of interesting discussion and activities.

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Birthweight research supervised by Loughborough academic wins best article award

A research study that includes contributions by a Loughborough academic has won a sought-after award from the Spanish Society for Epidemiology.
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New research group to focus on issues of sport integrity

Academics from 探花精选 are combining their expertise as part of a new research group that focuses on sport integrity.

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TRH The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attend Coach Core awards ceremony at 探花精选

The University was delighted to welcome their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex to the campus on Monday 24th September for an awards ceremony to celebrate young people鈥檚 achievements in sports coaching.
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Design School welcomes Dr Enid Montague as Fulbright Scholar

Dr Enid Montague has joined 探花精选 through the prestigious Fulbright Scheme as a Fulbright Scholar.
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Formula Student racing car to be on display at the Royal Automobile Club

探花精选鈥檚 2018 Formula Student racing car will be exhibited at the Royal Automobile Club in London next week.
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Exciting expert panel to lead discussion on food waste

探花精选 is to welcome key policymakers, charities, business representatives and a Member of Parliament next month for an important discussion on food waste.

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Student awarded prestigious British Mass Spectrometry Society prize for work on fingerprint sampling device

A 探花精选 student has won a sought-after award for a research project that resulted in the development of a new device for investigating fingerprints in situ at crime scenes.