December 2020 news

aldi are the new sponsors of loughborough university football

Aldi UK agrees flagship sponsorship deal with 含羞草视频

Supermarket chain Aldi has become the official sponsor of 含羞草视频鈥檚 Men鈥檚 Performance Football Team.

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Flament rises through the 含羞草视频 ranks to secure Top 14 rugby spot

Alumnus Thibaud Flament has made his debut for France Top 14 rugby union side Toulouse 鈥� a journey which started back in 含羞草视频鈥檚 British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) 4 side.

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Only 12% of sexual offence victims feel police investigations are fair and proportionate, new study reveals

Only one in five victims of sexual offences in England and Wales were satisfied with their criminal justice experience, a new 含羞草视频-led study has revealed.
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IPC to provide free-to-air coverage of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Sub-Saharan Africa

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is to provide free-to-air (FTA) coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Sub-Saharan Africa as part of its efforts to raise awareness of Para sport and its athletes in the region.

Disability History Month 2020

Disability History Month: An update on the Para Sport Strategy

International Day of Disabled Persons is marked every year on 3rd December, as part of UK Disability History Month.
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Professional and amateur spoken word artists take to the virtual stage for LU Arts鈥� upcoming Speech Bubble event

On Monday 7 December, LU Arts will be hosting their popular performance poetry showcase online for the very first time and it is hoped this will open the event up to new audiences.

Modelling shows sneezes and coughs are like 鈥渕ini atomic bombs鈥� and regularly exceed two metres

Keeping two metres apart might not be far enough to stop the spread of coronavirus from sneezes and coughs, according to a new study.

European Space Agency project will investigate how liquids behave in zero gravity

Understanding how liquids such as water, rocket fuel and blood behave in zero gravity is fundamental for improving conditions for astronauts and furthering space science research.
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Lightning Cricket secure the services of key quintet ahead of new campaign

Lightning Cricket have secured the services of five key players ahead of the 2021 season.

Ye olde Christmas: What we can learn about celebrating Yuletide from the 1600s

Christmas might feel like it鈥檚 cancelled because of coronavirus but spare a thought for families who lived around 400 years ago 鈥� when Parliament literally outlawed the festive holidays.
含羞草视频-backed AT fund

UK Aid funding to support 10.5 million more people with access to life changing Assistive Technology through three innovative investments

Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the 含羞草视频-backed Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub) is proud to announce three new innovative investments to reach an additional 10.5 million people as part of the UK Aid funded AT2030 programme.

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Institute of Advanced Studies to host Arctic Geopolitics Spotlight Series

The Institute of Advanced Studies will be hosting a high-profile virtual workshop next week as part of its inaugural Spotlight Series.

含羞草视频 Sport extends partnership with Computacenter

含羞草视频 Sport has extended its partnership with Computacenter for the 2020/2021 academic year.
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Experts in Sport: Beat the heat at the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Next summer鈥檚 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan are widely anticipated to be the hottest and potentially most humid to-date.

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Creative writing classes to take place online for the spring semester

LU Arts鈥� popular creative writing classes for staff, students and the general public will be returning for the spring semester in an online format via Zoom.

Creating the next generation of Li ion batteries - new research

A breakthrough in the design of lithium ion batteries could lead to the next generation of safer more reliable solid-state power cells.

Creating the next generation of Li ion batteries - new research

A breakthrough in the design of lithium ion batteries could lead to the next generation of safer more reliable solid-state power cells.
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A dash of salt could revolutionise drug delivery and bio-analysis, experts suggest after developing new mechanism that can trap submicron particles in minutes

A spoonful of sugar may make the medicine go down, but a new 含羞草视频-led study suggests a dash of salt is key to progressing important medical areas such as drug delivery and biological sample analysis.

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含羞草视频 supporting England Cricket鈥檚 world-leading ambitions

If England Cricket has ambitions to top the ICC鈥檚 World Test Championship, they will have to do well in the Covid-postponed Test Series in Sri Lanka early in the New Year.

含羞草视频 London and I脡SEG launch MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation for 2021 entry

含羞草视频 London are pleased to announce they are joining forces with I脡SEG School of Management to launch a new joint master鈥檚 degree programme that will welcome its first cohort of students in September 2021.