This section will keep you up-to-date with all the latest news from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences.
Millions of pounds of government cash to help carry out wide-ranging research to identify the health needs for people in Leicestershire has been confirmed.
A new project, funded by the Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research, will explore gambling and mental health in elite cricket.
Loughborough University has agreed a landmark international partnership with The Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport (the GO) to drive the elevation of activities connected to women’s sport.
It is widely understood that the more a muscle is challenged, the stronger it gets. Now, researchers at Loughborough University have put this to the test by describing how the psychological ‘muscle’ also positively adapts following physical challenge.
Loughborough University, in collaboration with Spirit of 2012 and Counsel, recently hosted a roundtable event at Loughborough London to discuss the findings of a feasibility study looking at the potential for a UK Capital of Sport.
Loughborough University’s Professor of Applied Disability and Para Sport, Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey, recently received an award at this year’s East Midlands Women’s Awards (EMWA).
Two former Loughborough University MSc students won an award for best junior researchers at a conference in Seville on Sport and Inclusion, presenting their findings on how to remove barriers to getting more women coaches into snowsports.
A PhD student exploring how the brain communicates with knee muscles after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury has won first prize at the NRC Rehabilitation Technologies conference 2024 with a poster explaining her research.
Dr Claire Madigan, Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour at Loughborough University, has been awarded a prestigious five-year National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Advanced Fellowship.
The development of “superhuman” strength and power has long been admired in many cultures across the world.
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