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The origins of the floppy hat…

Written by Dr Katryna Kalawsky. Last week (18th-21st July 2017) was a very special time for many – it was Loughborough University’s summer graduation period! Around 3,000 students received their degrees including many Doctorates! Huge congratulations to all! On the Friday afternoon, I had a pleasure of being part of the procession as a Civic […]

Embedded Intelligence CDT & the Digital Economy’s Summer School

Written by Chira Tochia. The Digital Economy Network’s (DEN) 2017 Summer School was hosted by the Embedded Intelligence Centre of Doctoral Training (CDT) at Loughborough University’s London Campus; the trendy, forward thinking area of Here East. The theme for this year’s Summer School was “Innovation insights for the digital workforce of tomorrow” and held over […]

Engaging Research: Developing productive partnerships with end-users

Written by Amelia Bulcock – Department of Geography. In March 2017 I had the opportunity to attend a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) 5-day residential course focussed on engaging the public with research. I became aware of the course directly from NERC (they fund my PhD) and via fellow researchers in my office who had […]

Social Science Research Conference 2017

Written by Cuomu Zhaxi. Image by Elizabeth Peel. On 12 June 2017, the Department of Social Sciences had its 12th Annual Social Sciences Research (SSR) Conference. A great selection of papers showcased some of the excellent PhD projects carried out by postgraduate research students from the Department of Social Sciences. These researchers have taken on […]