News archive - 2007
December 2007
- National teaching award presented to Loughborough University engineer
Issued on December 21, 2007 - Tony the Tiger says swimming is "Grrreat!"
Issued on December 13, 2007 - Britain's top ranked wheelchair tennis player among those to be
honoured by Loughborough
Issued on December 12, 2007 - Event celebrates five years of successful partnership
Issued on December 3, 2007
November 2007
- Double
success for Loughborough at Times Higher awards
Issued on November 30, 2007 - Environmental issues among school students' recommendations to
University
Issued on November 27, 2007 - Loughborough swimming coach picks up second honour in two weeks
Issued on November 27, 2007 - Ground breaking passenger detection technology wins global award
for innovation
Issued on November 23, 2007 - Cool Acoustics unveils Secret Valentine polymer guitar collaboration
Issued on November 27, 2007 - Study shows campaign for cricket in schools gives children life
skills
Issued on November 23, 2007 - School
students have their say about the University, as part of national
'11 Million Take Over Day'
Issued on November 21, 2007 - New Professor
of Exercise Physiology appointed at Loughborough University
Issued on November 21, 2007 - Road traffic
death reduction wins Loughborough its sixth Queen's Anniversary
Prize
Issued on November 16, 2007 - Loughborough sculptor selected to create artwork for Beijing Olympics
Issued on November 14, 2007 - Loughborough swimming coach to receive prestigious national sports
award
Issued on November 14, 2007 - Loughborough
University to hold international sanitation and water conference
in Ghana
Issued on November 9, 2007 - Local dignitaries to open multi-million pound Business School
extension
Issued on November 9, 2007 - Loughborough
University water scheme helping to save lives in India
Issued on November 5, 2007 - University rewards long service
Issued on November 5, 2007 - Companies
to benefit from product design service
Issued on November 2, 2007 - Papers invited
for 2008 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference
Issued on November 1, 2007
October 2007
- Women's
contemporary photography group IRIS relocates to Loughborough
University
Issued on October 31, 2007 - Open day aims to encourage mature students to consider university
Issued on October 30, 2007 - World's
best lacrosse player to conduct coaching clinic at Loughborough
University
Issued on October 25, 2007 - Acoustics
and vibration project wins Loughborough student national SET award
Issued on October 24, 2007 - Cricket clinics to inspire youngsters
Issued on October 22, 2007 - Sustainable
dishwasher wins Loughborough students Royal Academy Design Award
Issued on October 16, 2007 - Up to
£50K grants to develop novel sporting goods concepts and
technologies
Issued on October 15, 2007 - Combating
corruption in the Commonweath
Issued on October 11, 2007 - Loughborough
University appoints Chief Operating Officer
Issued on October 8, 2007 - ASHRAE
President to dispel myths on US attitudes towards climate change
Issued on October 8, 2007 - University arts programme launches with a celebration of sound
Issued on October 4, 2007
September 2007
- 07/125 Loughborough shortlisted for two Times Higher student awards
- 07/124 Community information on offer to students at Bazaar event
- 07/123 First Loughborough University spin out launched with IPSO investment
- 07/122 Loughborough confirms its place amongst UK's educational elite
- 07/121 Former England netball captain and Great Britain hockey international join Loughborough coaching staff
- 07/120 Midlands Consortium delighted to be chosen to host £1 billion energy institute
- 07/119 Interactive playground product i.play set to revolutionise outdoor play
- 07/118 Loughborough University to validate degrees at the British University of Egypt
- 07/117 Computer models help raise the bar for sporting achievement
- 07/116 National Student Survey places Loughborough University in top five
- 07/115 Research reveals children's perceptions of 'chavs' and 'posh'
- 07/114 Loughborough to hold information seminar on workplace wellbeing programme
- 07/113 Graduate career paths
- 07/112 "Get on yer bike!" scheme launched at Loughborough
August 2007
- 07/111 Abstracts invited for 13CON conference
- 07/110 Waitrose renews sponsorship of Loughborough's retail management degree
- 07/109 Congestion Charge potentially unsafe for motocyclists, claim researchers
- 07/108 Loughborough remains in top flight of UK universities
- 07/107 Loughborough University study calls on health and safety professionals
- 07/106 Loughborough to host Manu Samoa training camp ahead of World Cup
- 07/105 Bikers show support for customised products
- 07/104 World Championships athletes to use Loughborough meeting for final preparations
- 07/103 Helping households reduce energy use
- 07/102 Automatic child car booster seat wins Loughborough students international acclaim
July 2007
- 07/101 Loughborough continues to grow in popularity
- 07/100 New technology could end misery of flat congestion charges
- 07/99 State-of-the-art athletics centre to be named after Lord Coe
- 07/98 Dame Kelly Holmes, Tony Benn and Sue Townsend among those to be honoured by Loughborough University
- 07/97 E.ON sponsors University research chair to find tomorrow's clean energy technology
- 07/96 imago at Loughborough University wins top industry award
- 07/95 Controlling nature's rhythms
- 07/94 Critics praise Loughborough lecturer's moving new book
- 07/93 University land plans being prepared
- 07/92 Loughborough embarks on an ambitious football player development plan
June 2007
- 07/91 Science Summer School 2007
- 07/90 Loughborough academics invited to Royal Society exhibition
- 07/89 British Crime Survey misleads public by omitting three million crimes, say Loughborough researchers
- 07/88 University teams up with local firm to give care leavers insight into HE
- 07/87 mathscard revision aid popular with teachers, students – and Johnny Ball!
- 07/86 Innovation prizes awarded to student designers
- 07/85 Investigating the science behind sports surfaces
- 07/84 Loughborough Professor launches European 'Safety and Health at Work' week
- 07/83 Loughborough University research shows ESC technology could cut UK road deaths by up to a quarter
- 07/82 All systems go for new campus student accommodation
- 07/81 UK no longer leading the way in road safety
- 07/80 Summer of sporting fun for children on offer at Loughborough University
- 07/79 Degree shows offer exciting glimpse into the future of art and design
- 07/78 Self-portrait sculpture announced as runner-up in national competition
- 07/77 Loughborough University sports science service launch healthy lifestyle initiatives
- 07/76 Enterprising students rewarded for innovative business plans
- 07/75 Students' inventive ideas win top design awards
May 2007
- 07/74 Run into Martin Johnson all day? Okay says Loughborough University American football player
- 07/73 Loughborough University American football team coach looking forward to charity match on Monday
- 07/72 University Prizes Reward Caring students
- 07/71 Students' mural brings a splash of colour to local school
- 07/70 Loughborough researchers urge Government to rethink childhood obesity strategy
- 07/69 Loughborough International Athletics match spectators have chance to win Radcliffe, Thompson signed memorabilia
- 07/68 Loughborough University in running to host £1 billion energy institute
- 07/67 Two of Britain's most renowned war artists lead ground-breakinig exhibition
- 07/66 New study illustrates the lives of young carers
- 07/65 European indoors champion Gillick to make outdoors debut at Loughborough International Athletics match
- 07/64 Award scheme celebrates Loughborough's environmental BEST
- 07/63 Pip has winning designs on 3M
- 07/62 Children's Commissioner to give Queen's Anniversary Prize public lecture
- 07/61 Helping children to cope with cancer
- 07/60 IPTME wins third successive award
- 07/59 Dobriskey confirmed for Accenture Loughborough International Athletics match
- 07/58 Student wins prestigious art prize
- 07/57 Award brings Duncan a taste of success
- 07/56 Loughborough breaks intoThe Guardian's top ten
- 07/55 Loughborough students reach finals of Mercury Prize art competition
April 2007
- 07/54 Helping children explore the world of reading
- 07/53 Co-director of Chicken Run to give lecture at Loughborough
- 07/52 Johnny Ball to open new Loughborough University facility
- 07/51 Loughborough University to recruit energy research volunteers
- 07/50 Volunteers required for study into ageing
- 07/49 New era for community liaison arrangements
- 07/48 University seeks nominations for student community awards
- 07/47 Cricket clinics aim to inspire youngsters
- 07/46
Loughborough University announces strategic partnership with IPSO
Ventures
March 2007
- 07/45 Green Gown awards recognise Loughborough University's environmental efforts
- 07/44 Thales' innovator to visit Loughborough as Professor in Integrated Systems Design
- 07/43 Loughborough graduate Panesar named one of Wisden's cricketers of year
- 07/42 Loughborough's Tancock clinches world champs bronze
- 07/41 Regional health technology innovation awards announced
- 07/40 Loughborough's Tancock smashes records, qualifies for world champs final
- 07/39 University cricket performance manager Walker named captain of ECB selection side
- 07/38 Loughborough men's hockey team qualify for inaugural Champions League
- 07/37 Swimmers given Olympic boost ahead of world championships
- 07/36 Loughborough swimmers head British challenge at World Champs
- 07/35 Loughborough Innovation Centre celebrates four years of helping early stage businesses on the path to success
- 07/34 Tackling adult obesity wins recognition for Loughborough student
- 07/33 Hint of revenge for Loughborough tennis teams ahead of BUSA finals
- 07/32 Loughborough rugby team seeking to clinch promotion this weekend
- 07/31 Date for Accenture Loughborough International Athletics match announced
- 07/30 Gillick named European athlete of the month for February
- 07/29 £15 million Sports Technology Institute set for Loughborough University
- 07/28 Loughborough academic invited to be Visiting Fellow and Visiting Professor at Princeton University
- 07/27 Exploring the influence of gender in construction research
- 07/26 Fifth place at European indoors could signal end of Dobriskey's bitter-sweet 12 months
- 07/25 University offers insight into its postgraduate opportunities
- 07/24
Gold medals tops superb contribution from Loughborough at European
Indoors
February 2007
- 07/23 Zero Waste brings new Borough art
- 07/22 Huge Loughborough presence at European indoor championships
- 07/21 Join in the fun during National Science and Engineering Week
- 07/20 Loughborough University tennis team within touching distance of national club finals
- 07/19 Loughborough triathlete Renouf attempting first Ironman
- 07/18 Loughborough University's Marsh's innings not enough for England
- 07/17 University appoints first dedicated sports PR officer
- 07/16 Applications to Loughborough rise by almost twice the national average
- 07/15 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Dobriskey selected for European Champs
- 07/14 Loughborough University to help build tomorrow's world
- 07/13
Families with babies needed to take part in new study
January 2007
- 07/12 Leaders in British computer animation gather for conference
- 07/11 St James's Place announces sponsorship of Loughborough swim programme
- 07/10 University appoints new Director of Arts
- 07/09 Loughborough University takes mobile phone health monitoring to India
- 07/08 Loughborough appoints Director of Marketing and Communications
- 07/07 Loughborough student jets off to USA on entrepreneurship scholarship prize
- 07/06 More women students choose engineering – but not as a career
- 07/05 Chief Medical Officer to give guest lecture
- 07/04 More enthusiastic hoppers required
- 07/03 UK and US Arabs: Semi-detached 'foreigners' or committed citizens?
- 07/02 Loughborough Professor to receive top honour from Netherlands
- 07/01 Motorola donates equipment to Loughborough University