Leicester City: Fairy-tale or Modern Football?
Dr Borja García says the Leicester City story is an excellent example of modern football…
Don’t just sit, get fit, and move it
Have you heard? Today’s the day (29 April) to make a stand for workplace health. Are you ready to take up the On Your Feet Britain challenge? Our sedentary behaviour expert Dr Stacy Clemes shares her top tips on how to sit less and move more.
Embedding Human Factors for NHS patient safety
Professor Sue Hignett in the Loughborough Design School says it’s possible to design out error in the health service…
5 things you didn’t know about eating habits in Shakespeare’s day
This weekend (23 April) marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Our expert, Renaissance Scholar Dr Joan Fitzpatrick, takes a look at what dietary literature tells us about food habits in Shakespeare’s day.
Dieting and Weightloss in the Seventeenth Century
English lecturer Dr Sara Read says our ancestors had the right idea when it came to losing weight…
The carbon bootprint: Can we make football greener?
Football seems to be a low-impact past time in terms of the environment but Director of the Institute for Media and Creative Industries at Loughborough University London and environmental writer Professor Toby Miller reveals that the beautiful game is beginning to build up a huge carbon footprint…
The National Living Wage – a turning point in policy for low-income working families
Today (1 April) sees the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW): a compulsory £7.20 an hour for over-25s. Donald Hirsch, Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) at Loughborough University shares his view…
Beyond the badge – how Girlguiding reflects our society
As Girlguiding launches a new badge for mental health, Dr Sarah Mills explains how a closer look at the organisation’s evolving badge programme reveals wider changes in society over time.
Brexit and the trade debate
Huw Edwards, Lecturer in Economics at Loughborough University, discusses Brexit and the trade debate…
Regulating athlete behaviour: Promoting integrity in sport
James Skinner, Professor of Sport Management and Director of the Institute for Sport Business, discusses the behaviour of high-profile athletes and the wider impacts…