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Student skydive challenge - in memory of loved ones

Students to take part in skydive challenge in memory of loved ones

Every year º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Students’ Union Rag runs a skydiving event to raise money for their chosen charities, but for 2021 they have offered students the opportunity to choose which charity they fundraise for.

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º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ supporting England Cricket’s world-leading ambitions

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

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Experts in Sport: Beat the heat at the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Next summer’s 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’ popular creative writing classes for staff, students and the general public will be returning for the spring semester in an online format via Zoom.
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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 º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ-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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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.

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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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.

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Aldi UK agrees flagship sponsorship deal with º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ

Supermarket chain Aldi has become the official sponsor of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s Men’s Performance Football Team.

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Flament rises through the º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ ranks to secure Top 14 rugby spot

Alumnus Thibaud Flament has made his debut for France Top 14 rugby union side Toulouse – a journey which started back in º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) 4 side.

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New art installation unveiled in º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s student village

Each year LU Arts invites a different artist to spend a year developing a new work for the University’s art collection, which takes inspiration from the University’s Handicrafts history.

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ in partnership with China Scholarship Council to increase PhD scholarship offers

The University strengthens its partnership with China Scholarship Council (CSC) with 20 PhD. scholarships on offer for the 2021-22 academic year.

Wheelchair Basketball

IWBF appoints º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ to lead on Classification research and development of a new Minimum Impairment Criteria (MIC) for wheelchair basketball

IWBF, the international governing body for the sport of wheelchair basketball, has collaborated with British Wheelchair Basketball to commission º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ to undertake a research project on their new minimum impairment criteria (MIC).

Professor Robert Allison announces decision to retire from role of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Vice-Chancellor

At today’s meeting of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Council (the institution’s governing body), Professor Bob Allison announced that he would be retiring from the post of Vice-Chancellor and President at the end of the current academic year.
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Experts in Sport: In conversation with elite ultrarunner Tom Evans

In this week’s special edition of the Experts in Sport podcast, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences’ Dr Richard Blagrove sits down in conversation with elite level ultrarunner and Red Bull athlete, Tom Evans.

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Peaty breaks another world record as London Roar are edged out in Budapest

Adam Peaty broke his own 100m breaststroke world record this weekend as London Roar were edged out to eventually winners Cali Condors in the International Swimming League.

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UK Sport’s new leadership programme has º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ backing

A new programme developed by UK Sport to increase female representation in high-performance coaching has the backing of leading sports specialists at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ.
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º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ to play role in £1million+ Para Sport Against Stigma project that aims to change attitudes towards people with disabilities in Africa

A £1.89m collaborative project between º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the University of Malawi, Chancellor College will aim to overcome stigma and discrimination against people with disabilities in Africa.

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IAS to launch Annual ‘Time Theme’ with virtual workshop and performance

The Institute of Advanced Studies will be launching its annual Theme, Time, on Friday 27 November with a pair of exciting events: a virtual workshop bringing three IAS Visiting Fellows together in a ‘trialogue’, and a participatory performance work commissioned by Radar to mark the launch of Time.
The latest cohort of top tennis talent from º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s National Tennis Academy have settled into life on campus.

Latest recruits check in at National Tennis Academy

The latest cohort of top tennis talent from º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s National Tennis Academy have settled into life on campus.

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Elsevier and US-UK Fulbright Commission announce º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ academic as winner of Early Career Researcher Award

A º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ academic in the Department of Geography and Environment has been named as one of the 2020 winners of the prestigious Early Career Researcher (ECR) UK Awards.
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Peaty breaks 100m breaststroke world record in Budapest

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s Adam Peaty produced a stunning swim this weekend to break the 100m Breaststroke short course world record in the International Swimming League (ISL).

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New study to explore the psychosocial impact of physical challenge

It is widely understood that the more a muscle is challenged, the stronger it gets.

Professor of Culture and Society appointed as Dean of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Professor of Culture and Society, Lisanne Gibson has been appointed as Dean of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s School of Social Sciences and Humanities.
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England icon Johnson checks in on Lightning

Martin Johnson, England Rugby’s 2003 World Cup winning captain, has offered his expertise and insight to º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Lightning’s squad on a recent campus visit.