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6 March 2009 - PR 09/28
Festival of Science
Six of Loughborough University’s top professors, all world-leading in their areas of science, are gearing up to present lectures at Loughborough Town Hall tomorrow (Saturday, 7 March) as part of the ‘Festival of Science’.
Held as part of National Science and Engineering week, as well as the University’s Centenary celebrations, the event starts at 9.55am and is free to anyone wishing to attend.
Members of the public are able to attend as many of the presentations as they wish. At the end of each presentation, there will be opportunities for questions followed by a short break. Seats will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis.
The full programme is as follows:
9.55am - Welcome from Professor Ken Parsons, Dean of Science
10am - 'Weird Science' - Dr Klaus Neumann, Department of Physics
11am - 'Life, The Universe and Everything' - Professor Stephen Fletcher, Department of Chemistry
12noon - 'Why Sleep?' - Professor Jim Horne, Sleep Research Centre
2pm - 'Bras to Bridges or Why
Bras don’t work' - Professor John Tyrer, Faculty of Engineering
3pm - 'From Pottery to Scramjets: Advanced Ceramics in the Modern World' - Professor Jon Binner, Department of Materials
4pm - 'Dumb Computers, Clever Programs and Innovative Applications' - Professor Paul Chung, Department of Computer Science
For more information, please log on to: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/faculty/sci/news/festival_of_science.html
For all media enquiries contact:
Jo Lumani
Senior PR Officer
Loughborough University
T: 01509 228697
E: J.P.Lumani@lboro.ac.uk
Notes for editors:
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research, strong links with industry and unrivalled sporting achievement.
It was awarded the coveted Sunday Times University of the Year 2008-09 title, and is consistently ranked in the top fifteen of UK universities in national newspaper league tables. In the 2008 National Student Survey, Loughborough was voted one of the top five universities in the UK, with 22 out of 30 of its subject areas being ranked in the top ten for overall satisfaction. It was named winner of the 2006 and 2007 Times Higher award for the UK’s Best Student Experience and winner of the 2007 award for Outstanding Support for Overseas Students. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, the University has been awarded six Queen's Anniversary Prizes – an achievement bettered by no other institution.
It is a member of the esteemed 1994 Group – a set of internationally recognised, research-intensive universities – and has a reputation for the relevance of its work. Its degree programmes are highly regarded by professional institutions and businesses, and its graduates are consistently targeted by the UK’s top recruiters.
Loughborough is also the UK’s premier university for sport. It has perhaps the best integrated sports development environment in the world and is home to some of the country’s leading coaches, sports scientists and support staff. It also has the country’s largest concentration of world-class training facilities across a wide range of sports.
For all media enquiries contact:
- Jo Lumani
Senior PR Officer
Loughborough University
T: 01509 228697
E: J.P.Lumani@lboro.ac.uk