According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 79.5 million people were forcibly displaced in the world at the end of 2019, and over the course of 2020, that number has soared beyond 80 million*.
Professor Janet Godsell has been appointed as the new Dean of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s School of Business and Economics.
Fast-scaling tech companies founded by º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ researchers and an entrepreneurial graduate have been named winners at the 2021 British Data Awards in quality field that included FTSE 100 giants, tech unicorns, public sector bodies and not-for-profit organisations.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Women’s Engineering Society held the third Female Engineer of the Year Awards online at the end of April.
England Netball has today welcomed º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Sport’s Olivia Murphy to its Vitality Roses backroom team as its new Technical Coach.
In recognition of Mental health Awareness Week (10 May – 16 May), º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Sport is further strengthening its mental health support to its student-athletes through a new partnership with Sporting Minds UK.
Professor Nick Jennings CB, FREng has been announced as the new Vice-Chancellor and President of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ is delighted to welcome UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) to campus as the organisation relocates its headquarters to the East Midlands.
Hourglass, bottom hourglass, top hourglass, spoon, rectangle, diamond, oval, triangle, and inverted triangle… there are nine official female body shape classifications.
LU Arts have launched an audio poetry walk to inspire the º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ community to connect with the outdoors and our beautiful campus, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week (10-16 May).
England Netball has revealed the names of the athletes selected for the Vitality Roses programme ahead of the 2021-22 international season – with four Lightning players included in the squad.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ has announced that former Premier League player Jamie Clapham will take over as its new Men’s football Head Coach.
As part of its innovation programme, HS2 Ltd has signed a ground-breaking agreement with leading infrastructure research centres in UK universities, which will enable it to access world-leading research capabilities, knowledge and facilities.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s latest spinout, Figura Analytics, has raised £180,000 in seed round funding from private investors and the UK’s leading early-stage investor SFC Capital.
Performance analysis has grown immensely in sport with data now playing a key role in influencing decisions both on and off the field of play.
As part of our programme for Mental Health Awareness Week, the Sustainability team and artist Anne-Marie Culhane are delighted to invite staff and students to a Fruit Routes walk later this month.
New figures released today reveal that even before the pandemic, in some parts of the UK, the majority of children are growing up in poverty once housing costs are taken into account.
A Careers and Enterprise Hub has opened its doors in the heart of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ to help local people enhance their skills to access the careers market, progress in their existing careers or launch a new business idea.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ is proud to be hosting this year’s º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ International Athletics (LIA) event on Sunday, 23 May.
Do you know a student who has gone out of their way to help you or to serve the º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ community?
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ International Athletics (LIA) returned to campus on Sunday (23 May) as England secured victory in the 2021 ‘Battle of the Nations’.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ researcher Dr Borja Garcia has been appointed as an adviser to SD Europe.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ alumnus Chris Gill has donated £2 million to the University to enable it to help more students from under-represented groups access and succeed in higher education.
In 1666, Aphra Behn sat in her Antwerp apartment writing what would be another unanswered letter to her English spymasters.
Following the Government’s roadmap from lockdown announcement this week the University has now reviewed and confirmed its plans for the further resumption of activities on its º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ and London campuses.
