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Mapping Britain’s inequalities by identity

Researchers from 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 have identified a new way to map Britain’s inequality – not by geography, but by identity – opening up new opportunities for detecting their consequences across multiple outcomes.

12 August 2025

a child, head bowed, with phones in hand

Hit TV series Adolescence: “your child could receive these types of online messages. It's not out of the ordinary” – 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 expert says (VIDEO)

The hit Netflix series, Adolescence, which delivers a hard-hitting storyline around a social media-fuelled killing and the influence of incel subculture, has highlighted the very real concerns children and young people face navigating the online world.

3 April 2025

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Loughborough helps outline potential roadmap to UK Capital of Sport

A partnership, involving 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网, has helped outline the potential roadmap to making a UK Capital of Sport a reality.

7 August 2024

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Study reveals how sports programmes for young children can combat future youth violence

A study conducted by 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 has examined how sporting interventions aimed at young children can reduce youth crime and violence in London.

7 March 2024

麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 joins forces with Spirit of 2012 and Counsel to explore a UK Capital of Sport

Leading researchers from 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 have joined forces with Spirit of 2012 and Counsel to deliver a new project to explore the potential for a UK Capital of Sport.

18 September 2023

UK GPs under mounting health pressures - new study reveals

GPs from across the UK are experiencing concerningly high levels of burnout, a new 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 study has found.

12 September 2023

Social class and early life sport experiences can enhance university inclusion – new study

New research has found that young people who have more experience of organised sport during childhood may adapt more readily to university life.

30 March 2023

Loughborough agrees partnership with Hackney Wick FC to create new academy

麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 and Loughborough College have agreed a community development partnership with London-based football club Hackney Wick.

16 January 2023

Loughborough colleagues contribute to key sport Commission

Last week marked the end of the Chiles Webster Batson Commission on Sport and Low-Income Neighbourhoods.

7 November 2022

Helping Pacific Island communities build energy resilience – new paper

The inhabitants of the Pacific Islands are locked in an ongoing battle against rising sea levels and tropical cyclones which ravage their homes and their energy infrastructure with devastating regularity.

16 November 2021

Researchers publish recommendations to enhance diversity of UK’s sports coaches

Researchers from 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 have outlined a series of recommendations to enhance the diversity of sport coaches across the UK.

15 October 2021

New £2.3m study to evalsuate the social and cultural values of urban trees

A climate emergency has been declared by 74% of UK local authorities and many are responding to the issue by increasing their tree planting targets, as this will help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

10 August 2021

“I truly felt loved and appreciated”: A graduate’s remarkable contribution to life at Loughborough as she battled her own challenges

Leah Langley, who has graduated with a degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology this summer, has inspired many staff and students with her passion and positive attitude towards life at 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网.

2 August 2021

Cofounders of Pickle Illustration, Lauren Jefferis and Olivia Collins, are some of the local entrepreneurs already benefiting from LU Inc’s business start-up support.

麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 launches business start-up accelerator programme that looks to nurture talent across Leicestershire

麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 has partnered with Charnwood Borough Council to launch an exciting new programme that aims to help local people working on unique, early-stage products or services bring their vision to life.

22 July 2021

One Britain One Nation Day is the perfect vehicle for the government’s values campaign

The UK government has officially endorsed the celebration of June 25 as One Britain, One Nation (OBON) Day.

25 June 2021

Researchers create innovative products from used plastic water bottles in Rwanda, Kenya and Nigeria

This image shows a fruit picker in Kenya harvesting avocado with a 3D printed tool created from waste plastic water bottles.

21 June 2021

New game aims to protect the cultural heritage of marginalised communities against disasters

A game has been developed to help people understand how cultural and natural heritage can be used for disaster risk reduction and sustainable development.

5 November 2020

Exhibition presents rare opportunity to see drawings by some of the most important and innovative artists working today

An unmissable exhibition that is said to be “akin to having a tiny Tate show in the East Midlands” is to open at 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网 next week.

15 September 2020

Graduate completes degree whilst juggling caring responsibilities after the loss of her parents

Fine Art graduate Abigail Collins started her degree expecting to focus on her studies and settle into a new chapter of her life.

4 August 2020

Mayor and Mayoress of Charnwood meet Olympian in first official visit

Councillor David Snartt and Mrs Joan Snartt, the Mayor and Mayoress, met Olympic Gold Medal winner Adam Peaty on their first face-to-face visit since taking up office.

3 August 2020

Illustration of a woman with a prosthetic leg.

Prosthetic limbs affect our attitudes to disability – expressive design might change things for the better

Amputation can have a devastating effect on a person’s body image and sense of self. The use of prosthetic limbs may help, but when it comes to their appearance, options are often limited.

13 July 2020

Image of a bus stop shelter design for the 1960s Leicester art trail

Student uses illustration as a powerful tool to celebrate the stories of everyday people from 1960’s Leicester

Lauren Jefferis is a final-year Graphic Communications and Illustration student within the School of Design and Creative Arts at 麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网.

6 July 2020

MEET THE MAKER: Student’s spore trap design aims to save UK trees and inspire the next generation of citizen scientists

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health – an opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can benefit the environment and other areas.

1 July 2020

Illustration of people pointing at a woman with a LGBT flag.

FEATURE: "LGBTQ people have faced loneliness, job loss and hostility in the COVID-19 lockdown and for some communities it’s been a life or death situation"

“Coronavirus has been labelled as the ‘great leveller’ as it can affect people from all walks of life; on the one hand that’s very true but on the other, it’s a total myth.

22 June 2020

Fears coronavirus lockdown will increase child poverty in UK as latest figures show rise of almost a fifth in the last four years

New research shows that child poverty in the UK has increased by 2.8% in the last four years, but experts fear the figure will grow due to the impact of coronavirus.

20 May 2020

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