#loughboroughuniversity — Public Fediverse posts

For Black History Month our Archivist Ruth Maguire has shared some original research on the lives and achievements of Black students who attended Loughborough University in the 1930s-50s. You can see more at https://blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/2026/10/black-history-month-2026-honouring-our-community/ or by visiting our small exhibition in the Pilkington Library foyer #BlackHistoryMonth #LoughboroughUniversity

https://www.europesays.com/at/438467/ Laufen im Wald steigert die Leistung – 182 Meter mehr bei gleicher Anstrengung #AT #Austria #Bewegung #Fitness #Gesundheit #GibMir10TagsLaufenImWald #Health #KörperlicheAktivität #Lauftraining #LoughboroughUniversity #Motivation #Österreich #SmartUpNews #SportInDerNatur #Waldlauf

The best fabric for extreme heat? It’s more complicated than you think

When it’s really hot out, getting dressed seems pretty simple: Wear something light, loose and made for summer.…
#Environment #clothing #cooling #Cotton #directsunlight #fiber #garment #georgehavenith #goodfabric #LoughboroughUniversity #meredithmcquerry #po-chunhsu #polyester #Professor #Skin #sweat
https://www.europesays.com/3216816/

https://www.europesays.com/3216816/ The best fabric for extreme heat? It’s more complicated than you think #clothing #cooling #Cotton #DirectSunlight #Environment #fiber #garment #GeorgeHavenith #GoodFabric #LoughboroughUniversity #MeredithMcquerry #PoChunHsu #polyester #Professor #Skin #sweat

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1107479/ Madeleine McCann’s brother ‘excited’ to swim for Scotland in ‘full circle moment’ #2014CommonwealthGames #Britain #GreatBritain #LoughboroughUniversity #MadeleineMcCann #Scotland #SeanMcCann #UK #UnitedKingdom

Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggests https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/27/screen-time-damage-under-twos-development-study #ChildrensHealth #DigitalMedia #Children #Smartphones #ParentsAndParenting #EarlyYearsEducation #Education #Society #LifeAndStyle #Media #Family #Technology #UniversityOfLeeds #LeedsTrinityUniversity #LoughboroughUniversity #AstonUniversityBirmingham #Research #UkNews

https://www.europesays.com/ro/213194/ Calculul cinic din UE: De ce Ucraina și Moldova vor adera mai greu decât România #AderareaRepubliciiMoldovaLaUe #AderareaUcraineiLaUe #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CeleMaiPopulareSubiecte #CristianNitoiu #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #interviu #LatestNews #LatestNews #LoughboroughUniversity #moldova #News #RazboiInUcraina #RO #Română #Romania #Romanian #Știri #Titluri #TopStories #TopStories #ucraina

Retirement ‘cliff edge’ warning as figures indicate income levels needed

Significant numbers of people are at risk of a retirement “cliff edge” fall in income when they stop…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Personalfinance #Business #LoughboroughUniversity #PensionsUK #PersonalFinance #retirement #RetirementLiving #RetirementSavings #standardofliving
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/683545/

Back at Loughborough this weekend.
The University Library: Brutalism. Angles. Light. Shadow.

#LoughboroughUniversity
#BrutalistArchitecture
#BlackAndWhitePhotography
#Architecture

20 years ago today I walked into the Loughborough University campus to start a new job (this after being a student there 90-93 and working there 98-00).

I'm still working there. Aside from breathing and being married, there are very few things I've done continuously for 20 years!

As the old marketing slogan used to say - "Loughborough is for life!" 🙂

#LoughboroughUniversity #job #20years

Brain-mimicking neuron moves robots closer to human-like control

Scientists have created a single artificial neuron that can mimic activity from different regions of the brain, marking…
#NewsBeep #News #Technology #artificialneurons #braininspiredhardware #CA #Canada #LoughboroughUniversity #memristortechnology #neuromorphiccomputing #RoboticsResearch
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/292357/

Study identifies the major downside of wearing a fitness tracker

Fitness and calorie tracking devices can induce feelings of “shame” in users who fail to meet their set…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Fitness #BritishJournalofHealthPsychology #fitnessapps #fitnesstrackers #Health #LoughboroughUniversity #socialmediaposts #UniversityCollegeLondon #weightlossgoals
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/247538/

Study identifies the major downside of wearing a fitness tracker

Fitness and calorie tracking devices can induce feelings of “shame” in users who fail to meet their set…
#NewsBeep #News #Fitness #BritishJournalofHealthPsychology #fitnessapps #fitnesstrackers #Health #LoughboroughUniversity #socialmediaposts #UK #UnitedKingdom #UniversityCollegeLondon #weightlossgoals
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/220189/

Study identifies the major downside of wearing a fitness tracker

Fitness and calorie tracking devices can induce feelings of “shame” in users who fail to meet their set…
#NewsBeep #News #Fitness #AU #Australia #BritishJournalofHealthPsychology #fitnessapps #fitnesstrackers #Health #LoughboroughUniversity #socialmediaposts #UniversityCollegeLondon #weightlossgoals
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/234390/

How free is the speech in our Universities? Can their students and facility criticise the Rich?

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/oct/08/uk-universities-offered-to-monitor-student-social-media-for-arms-firms-emails-show

#Education #ArmsTrade #UKUniversities #SocialMedia #Students #FreeSpeech #LoughboroughUniversity #HeriotWattUniversity #GlasgowUniversity

Opinion | Rise of ‘autonomous’ agentic AI raises the geopolitical stakes https://www.byteseu.com/760535/ #AgenticAi #AI #AIActionSummit #AssaultWeaponBans #CarbonTaxes #China #DeepSeek #EleonoreFournierTombs #GeopoliticalInfluence #Geopolitics #LoughboroughUniversity #paris #Technology #TechnopoliticalRivalry #UnitedStates #USMilitary

Very lovely moment during yesterday's English graduation ceremony when a member of domestic services was award the Loughborough University Gold Medal.

(Also: I made my BBC debut.)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clmy5rg77pzo

#loughborough
#loughboroughuniversity
#lborofamily

Bailey emphasized that British banks have played a crucial role in maintaining financial stability in the country, navigating the challenges of the past four years robustly. #BankOfEngland #AndrewBailey #FinancialReserves #FinancialStability #BritishBanks #LoughboroughUniversity

Poets and unacknowledged legislators of the world, submit your work to the Overton Poetry Prize.

https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/english/overton-poetry-prize/

#poetry #poetryprize #lborofamily #loughboroughuniversity

Funded PhDs at Loughborough University.

If you are thinking about a PhD project on James Joyce, Modernism, Literary archives, Textual scholarship, Authorship, Book history, or History of publishing/reading, do get in touch.

Also interested in any of the above topics with links to digital humanities.

https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/ssh-funded-studentship/

#phd #phdopportunity #phdfunding #highereducation #loughboroughuniversity #research

Loughborough University has a brandnew Creative Writing Society. I'm pleased they've asked me to come and talk about the state of publishing today this Thursday. First draft of Powerpoint: done.

#creativewriting #publishing #publishingindustry #loughboroughuniversity #loughboroughfamily

#promotion

"Liberal Arts is the perfect way to open your opportunities up with module options being varied from the very beginning." Meet Loughborough University's Liberal Arts student Benji

https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/english/our-students/benji-fackrell/

#Loughborough #LoughboroughUniversity #lboro #LiberalArts #undergraduate #undergraduatedegree #studying #university #highereducation

The good news? #RAAC isn’t always dangerous. The bad news: #ItsNotJustInSchools

Alarmist reports won’t help in the lengthy task of locating and treating buildings it’s in. We will be hearing about it for a while
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/06/raac-isnt-always-dangerous-bad-news-not-just-in-schools

#ChrisGoodier is professor of #ConstructionEngineering and materials at #LoughboroughUniversity

Yesterday, the Institute of Advanced Studies at Loughborough University hosted a seminar on "Editing Aphra Behn's Fiction", organized by my wonderful colleague Elaine Hobby. The seminar was recorded and is now available at https://t.co/6KE7AEzSkt.

#editing #scholarlyediting #textualscholarship #AphraBehn #research #englishliterature #LoughboroughUniversity

Kudos for @lboroenglish. Proud to be working with such a fantastic team.

#HE #HEmatters #university #English #lboro #LoughboroughUniversity #Loughborough #completeuniversityguide

Give 'OUTSIDE THE LINES' a follow.

'Outside the Lines' is a literary festival put together by our MA students in English at Loughborough University.
https://outsidethelineslboro.wordpress.com/?fbclid=PAAaaUqdcRji0eMnwh9RKCw1MXuYDdLGFYMWTs3R1oBZKCkCHEuhjvn99fSho

Also find them on the 'Gram @outsidethelines

#loughborough #loughboroughuniversity #literature #creativewriting #festival #LiteraryFestival #leicestershire

May interest #bedridden &/or #housebound, “A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise” (link below) per #LoughboroughUniversity, who “showed changes to the inflammatory response similar to that following exercise. The #AntiInflammatory response to #exercise is important as it helps to protect us against infection and illness… This suggests that repeated passive heating may contribute to reducing chronic inflammation.”
https://theconversation.com/a-hot-bath-has-benefits-similar-to-exercise-74600

#Chalkdust issue 16 has arrived in #Loughborough. Copies can be found outside the School of Science reception and in the lobby of the Brockington building, and may appear randomly at other locations on campus.

#chalkdust16 #LoughboroughUniversity

Ex-John Cooper building on our campus.

#loughboroughuniversity #loughborough #lborofamily #campus #rubble #photography #architecturalphotography #exarchitecturalphotography