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The 2025 Sir Paul Curran award for academic journalism goes to Jeremy Howick

Jeremy Howick, Professor of Empathic Healthcare and Director of the Stoneygate Centre at the University of Leicester, has been named this year’s winner of the Professor Sir Paul Curran Award for Excellence in Academic Journalism.

The Conversation

Ken Eason obituary

Other lives: Loughborough University expert on the organisational impacts of introducing computer technology

The Guardian - UK

Landmark changes to insurance cover for female athletes to be implemented

The implementation of major changes to insurance for female athletes will ensure cover for pregnancy, contraception, menopause and other health conditions

The Guardian - UK

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‘Clean power everywhere’: How space-based solar could help us go beyond net zero targets

Once considered a dystopian fantasy, space-based solar could soon transform the renewable energy sector.

Euronews

‘When a match is going well, smile’: inside the scheme helping ethnic minority referees

The Core X programme is working to elevate match officials from underrepresented communities into the professional game

The Guardian - UK

World Cup footballs and Olympic ‘hot pants’: why Loughborough University is in a different league

The university renowned for its sporting excellence is also playing hard behind the scenes, teaming up with adidas to revolutionise sportswear and equipment

The Guardian - UK

Going for gold – and the grassroots: how Loughborough University is levelling the playing field in para sport

From the Paralympics to school PE, Loughborough’s expertise in sports tech and social research is widening accessibility for everyone

The Guardian - UK

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‘We’re driving change that will benefit women’ – meet the world’s first professor of women in sport

With just 6% of sports studies focused exclusively on females, Prof Leanne Norman and the research hub she leads at Loughborough University are determined to tackle the gender gap

The Guardian - UK

Bionic bandages, lab-grown muscle and more: how Loughborough University became a hi-tech hub for injury rehab

Sports rehab research at Loughborough University is turning fantasy into reality with the aim of supercharging recovery and making treatments more widely available

The Guardian - UK

Freed from traditional constraints, J.Laverack's unveil their new aero titanium Speedform

This small UK brand is perhaps most famous for it's Aston Martin collaboration, but how do you follow that? By launching not one but two new bikes at this year's Rouleur Live show

Cycling Weekly

Domestic abuse commissioner criticises antiquated views in family court hearings

Research found evidence of abuse within 73% of hearings and in 87% of the case files they reviewed.

The Independent UK

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

The Guardian - UK

More than a quarter of British pubs have closed since 2000. Here’s why

Recent figures from the British Beer and Pub Association show that pubs will close at the rate of one a day in the UK during 2025

The Independent UK

People Who Have A Microscope Share The Most Interesting Things They Observed Up Close (New Pics)

What's lurking where our eyes can't see?

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James Ward-Prowse and Erin Cuthbert back new innovative football training device

The Curl Master ONE is designed to help players improve their ball curling technique

Tom’s Hardware

Scientists print 'world's smallest violin' in platinum with nanolithography — UK physicists push toward nanoscale computing

Physicists at the UK's Loughborough University have printed the "world's smallest violin" in platinum, measuring 13 x 35 microns. The nanolithography achievement will pave the way for studying the future of nanoscale computing.

The Independent UK

Cost of ‘minimum retirement lifestyle’ has fallen amid lower energy prices

The changes are mainly due to reduced energy costs and some small spending adjustments by research participants, the PLSA said.

The Independent UK

The secret to getting a perfect strike in bowling, according to scientists

A Loughborough scientist has helped to crack the secret to scoring a perfect strike - and to uncover the physics behind it

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The Independent UK

The hidden costs of your digital storage – and how to clean it up

LET’S UNPACK THAT: Feel like you’re constantly shelling out for more and more digital storage? Katie Rosseinsky explores why our data usage is spiralling, and asks the experts about the troubling impact on the environment

The Independent UK

8.3 million UK workers to have ‘unliveable’ sick pay despite changes, say campaigners

Exclusive: Millions of workers in the UK get just a third of minimum wage if they fall sick, putting financial strain on those with cancer struggling to pay bills

The Guardian - UK

Future of cricket up for debate, from language and diversity to gambling

The Hundred welcomed huge investment as the Cricket Research Network pondered what lies ahead for the sport

Salon

Another reason to avoid red meats

"Eating processed red meat . . . was linked to a 16% higher risk of dementia and a faster rate of cognitive aging"

The Independent UK

Woman rowing solo from Europe to South America feeling ‘grateful’ for journey

Zara Lachlan has overcome a cut leg and a capsized boat as she hopes to break three world records while raising money for charity.

The Times of India

Shakib Al Hasan fails second bowling action test ahead of Champions Trophy

NEW DELHI: In a new setback ahead of the Champions Trophy, Shakib Al Hasan was banned from rolling his arm over in both local and international cricket after failing a second test of his bowling action.

The National (Scotland)

One-third of Scots say Commonwealth Games should end – so how can it continue?

THE Commonwealth Games needs to adapt if it is going to last, experts have said – after an exclusive new poll showed that one-third of Scots think…

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