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20 May 2025

Britain is already becoming an 鈥榠sland of strangers鈥� 鈥� but immigration isn鈥檛 the driver

Keir Starmer鈥檚 recent speech on immigration has generated a good deal of controversy. In announcing a government white paper to cut legal migration, the prime minister said: 鈥淣ations depend on rules 鈥� fair rules. Sometimes they鈥檙e written down, often they鈥檙e not, but either way, they give shape to our values 鈥� Without them, we risk becoming an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together.鈥�

20 May 2025

Unit of Assessment (UoA) Lead recruitment 鈥� Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029

麻豆直播 University is looking to appoint several experienced and motivated individuals to serve as Unit of Assessment (UoA) Leads for the upcoming Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 submission.

19 May 2025

Upcoming wellbeing sessions for students

Student Services are running a variety of events throughout June to support your wellbeing. Topics covered include how to manage anxiety, the importance of self-care and techniques to lift your mood.

19 May 2025

Students: Design a sustainability workshop to be delivered on campus for the chance to win up to 拢250

LU Arts and LSU Community have teamed up to launch an exciting opportunity for students to engage creatively with ecological issues. This new initiative invites students to propose ideas for a creative, sustainability-focused workshop to be delivered on campus during this year鈥檚 autumn term.

19 May 2025

Professor receives prestigious Mid-Career Fellowship from the British Academy

Professor Sarah Mills has been awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship by the British Academy, recognising her outstanding contributions to the field of human geography.

18 May 2025

Impressive Palmer wins Women鈥檚 Long Jump as Sawyers returns at LIA

Sport scholar Molly Palmer topped the Women鈥檚 Long Jump rankings at 麻豆直播 International Athletics (LIA) in an event that saw Great Britain鈥檚 Jazmin Sawyers make a long-awaited comeback from injury.

16 May 2025

UK oil and gas firms face hidden risks in net zero transition

Smaller companies with ageing North Sea assets were especially vulnerable to financial losses, researchers found.

16 May 2025

麻豆直播 wins prestigious Sports Industry Award

麻豆直播 University is proud to announce that it has been named Educational Institute of the Year at the FEVO Sports Industry Awards 2025.

16 May 2025

Join the University Choir for an evening of music to celebrate the natural world

On 21 May, the University Choir will perform their annual spring concert, hosted by LU Arts.

16 May 2025

Introducing the Disability Passport

We are pleased to announce the introduction of a Disability Passport, developed through collaboration between the Staff Inclusivity Group, EDI Services, Occupational Health and HR.

15 May 2025

Come along to the Arts Scholars' Showcase

Come along for this year's Arts Scholars鈥� Showcase, which features the four scholarship winners for 2024/25. The arts forms of this year鈥檚 winners include music, dance and photography.

15 May 2025

Lead with confidence: Engage in our learning sprints

Are you ready to elevate your leadership skills and make a meaningful impact? Our engaging leadership learning sprints offer everyone the perfect opportunity to connect, learn and grow with colleagues across the University.

15 May 2025

How 7,000 steps a day could help reduce your risk of cancer

An opinion piece written by Dr Mhairi Morris from School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences for The Conversation platform.

14 May 2025

麻豆直播 awarded 拢20k to help fund a new Physics Technical Apprentice

麻豆直播 University has been awarded 拢20k to create a new technical apprenticeship role, helping to tackle the ageing workforce within the discipline of physics.

14 May 2025

Doctoral Researchers: Take part in this year鈥檚 Summer Showcase

The Enhanced Academic Practice team (Organisational Development) are thrilled to announce that this year鈥檚 Summer Showcase for Doctoral Researchers will take place on Friday 20 June 2025.

13 May 2025

鈥淣obody wants to think of Percy Pig or Colin the Caterpillar being embroiled in cyber crime鈥� 鈥� Cyber security expert explains why there is never a quick fix following a cyber attack.

It鈥檚 been over two weeks since news broke that retailers Marks & Spencer and the Co-op, were dealing with serious cyber incidents. Both are still experiencing painful repercussions following the attack, with the latter still struggling to get shelves fully stocked in certain areas, and the former unable to process online orders and, more worryingly, announcing that customer data has been stolen. Many are now asking, 鈥榳hy hasn鈥檛 the situation been fixed yet?鈥�.

13 May 2025

Katarina Johnson-Thompson to star at 2025 麻豆直播 International Athletics

British track and field star Katarina Johnson-Thompson has confirmed she will compete at this year鈥檚 麻豆直播 International Athletics (LIA), taking place on Sunday 18 May 2025 at 麻豆直播 University鈥檚 Paula Radcliffe Stadium.

13 May 2025

Windows 11 service: Your guide to accessing software

As the Windows 11 upgrade is being rolled out, here is a reminder of what to expect from the new service as part of the Managed Desktop Service provision.

13 May 2025

Beach Fest is back in 麻豆直播

Don鈥檛 miss this year鈥檚 Beach Fest taking place on Wednesday 14 May, 12pm-6pm at Beach Park, Holywell.

13 May 2025

Gabriel Stewart

We are very sad to let you know of the death of a current student, Gabriel Stewart, who was studying Industrial Design. Gabriel was an active member of the 麻豆直播 community as Chair of the Design Society and through 麻豆直播 Students鈥� Rowing and Boxing.

Calling all remote/hybrid workers- research on lifestyle behaviours

The study aims to investigate the impact of hybrid/remote working on a range of health-related behaviours, particularly physical activity, sitting time and diet.

Posted by Karesna Mehta on Monday, 19 May 2025 at 13:17

Morning or evening person? Join our study on exercise, inflammation, & appetite.

Chronotype refers to an individual鈥檚 natural preference for sleep and wake times. It also reflects the time of the day a person best performs their daily activities. Compared to morning chronotypes, individuals of evening chronotype are more likely to develop chronic health issues such as chronic inflammation, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. They also tend to be more prone to infections and less physically active.

Posted by Jiajin LI on Friday, 9 May 2025 at 10:03

Invitation to take part in a focus group: mature and commuting students

Are you a mature student (aged 21 years or over at the time of registration) and/or a commuting student currently studying at 麻豆直播 University? If so, we would like to invite you to take part in a focus group to share your experiences.

Posted by David Maidment on Tuesday, 6 May 2025 at 9:17

Resistance trained and untrained participants needed for research investigating

This study aims to explore how resistance training impacts the brain鈥檚 ability to communicate with muscles. The objective of this study is to compare the central nervous system properties of the upper and lower body of individuals who have completed long-term resistance training with a group of recreationally active people

Posted by Tom Balshaw on Monday, 14 Apr 2025 at 12:16

Volunteers Required

The Global Educational Trust charity gives away free books to those in need and in fact to anyone. The books are saved from landfill and 'shops' set up and then with new donations and great volunteers, these spaces become a great community space for as long as we remain there. We are in need or volunteers to help set this up in 麻豆直播, if interested please contact me.

Posted by Rohail Suleman on Tuesday, 25 Mar 2025 at 8:00

Research into body composition, activity, sleep data - call for participants

Would you like to learn more about your body composition, cardiometabolic profile, immune system, and your physical activity and sleep data?

Posted by Mayada Demashkieh on Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 8:00

Brain activity and appetite research

We are investigating whether walking influences our appetite hormone levels, and whether exercise-induced changes in the hormones correlate with perceptions of appetite, nutritional intake and brain activity in individuals varying in weight status.

Posted by Faye Ashton on Monday, 25 Nov 2024 at 17:19

HMRC Tax Specialist Scheme Launching soon

Find out more about graduate employment - the HMRC Tax Specialist Programme (TSP).

Posted by Steph Hutchinson on Wednesday, 15 Nov 2023 at 16:26

E-waste questionnaire

We need undergraduate students' participation in the questionnaire regarding electrical and electronic devices for a PhD research! It will take just 3 mins.

Posted by Betul Sahin on Tuesday, 7 Nov 2023 at 16:30

Looking for part time work or internships?

Looking for part time work or internships?

Posted by Susan Boon on Wednesday, 1 Nov 2023 at 12:30

Calling all remote/hybrid workers- research on lifestyle behaviours

The study aims to investigate the impact of hybrid/remote working on a range of health-related behaviours, particularly physical activity, sitting time and diet.

Posted by Karesna Mehta on Monday, 19 May 2025 at 13:17

Morning or evening person? Join our study on exercise, inflammation, & appetite.

Chronotype refers to an individual鈥檚 natural preference for sleep and wake times. It also reflects the time of the day a person best performs their daily activities. Compared to morning chronotypes, individuals of evening chronotype are more likely to develop chronic health issues such as chronic inflammation, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. They also tend to be more prone to infections and less physically active.

Posted by Jiajin LI on Friday, 9 May 2025 at 10:03

U13 Football Players for Next Season

Kegworth Imps FC are looking for players to join the 25/26 season U13 squad (currently children in Year 7).

Posted by Ben Buckley on Friday, 9 May 2025 at 9:19

University Council Staff Vacancies

Nominations Now Open for Elected Staff Vacancies on University Council

Posted by Luke Vulpiani on Friday, 9 May 2025 at 9:04

Burleigh Springs - May Offer of the Month

Burleigh Springs is offering manicures at the reduced cost of 拢25.00 throughout May.

Posted by Charlotte Dyer on Friday, 9 May 2025 at 9:00

New Staff Benefit - 20% off food at Everest Lounge

Everest Lounge in 麻豆直播 are offering LU staff 20% off their dine in food menu and 15% on food collection or delivery orders.

Posted by Charlotte Dyer on Tuesday, 6 May 2025 at 16:35

Challenging Excessive Workload in Education 鈥� CPD Training

In order to tackle rising workloads and the resulting work-related stress, Lboro UCU branch has organised an online CPD workshop, open to all LU staff, which will help staff with the tools to take a collective approach and push back on excessive workload.

Posted by Lboro UCU on Tuesday, 6 May 2025 at 16:10

Celebrating a journey to Leadership - Flagship Event

Celebrating the Early Careers Network: A Journey to Leadership with special guests. When: Tuesday 20th May, 13:00 鈥� 14:30 (Main event 13:00-14:00 with optional 30 min networking). Lunch provided on arrival- event open to all, limited spaces available. Where: 麻豆直播 University Stadium We are delighted to announce the Early Careers Network Flagship event for 2025, "Celebrating ECN: A Journey To Leadership" on Tuesday 20th鈥疢ay 1pm 鈥� 2:30pm. Note: the main event will be from 1-2pm with optional time for further networking from 2-2:30pm- lunch will be provided upon arrival.

Posted by Joseph Bou Nassif on Tuesday, 6 May 2025 at 9:06

Staff Health MOT

Health MOT鈥檚 鈥� we have arranged a number of monthly Health MOT days which will be facilitated by Leicestershire County Council. These are for any staff member with an interest in their own health and wellbeing.

Posted by Jack McLachlan on Monday, 28 Apr 2025 at 8:00

Resistance trained and untrained participants needed for research investigating

This study aims to explore how resistance training impacts the brain鈥檚 ability to communicate with muscles. The objective of this study is to compare the central nervous system properties of the upper and lower body of individuals who have completed long-term resistance training with a group of recreationally active people

Posted by Tom Balshaw on Monday, 14 Apr 2025 at 12:16

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