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Loughborough University is a campus university
Campus university

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 located in the market town
Market town

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 of Loughborough
Loughborough

Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It had a population of 57,600 in 2004. It is the second largest settlement in Leicestershire after Leicester, is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council, and the home of Loughborough University....
, Leicestershire
Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Hall, situated in Glenfield, Leicestershire, about 3 miles northwest of Leicester city centre, is the seat of Leicestershire County Council and the headquarters of the county authority....
, in the East Midlands
East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the English Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and most of Lincolnshire, although people often speak of the "East Midlands" with only Derbysh...
 of England
England

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.

It has been a university since 1966, but the institution dates back to 1909, when the then Loughborough Technical Institute began with a focus on skills and knowledge which would be directly applicable in the wider world, a tradition which continues to this day, with the UNIEI funded Annual Survey on University Technology Transfer Activities finding Loughborough to be the most efficient technology transfer operation in the UK.






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Loughborough University is a campus university
Campus university

A campus university is a United Kingdom term for a University situated on one site, with student accommodation, teaching and research facilities, and leisure activities all together....
 located in the market town
Market town

Market town or market right is a law term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host Market, distinguishing them from villages and city....
 of Loughborough
Loughborough

Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It had a population of 57,600 in 2004. It is the second largest settlement in Leicestershire after Leicester, is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council, and the home of Loughborough University....
, Leicestershire
Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Hall, situated in Glenfield, Leicestershire, about 3 miles northwest of Leicester city centre, is the seat of Leicestershire County Council and the headquarters of the county authority....
, in the East Midlands
East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the English Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and most of Lincolnshire, although people often speak of the "East Midlands" with only Derbysh...
 of England
England

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.

It has been a university since 1966, but the institution dates back to 1909, when the then Loughborough Technical Institute began with a focus on skills and knowledge which would be directly applicable in the wider world, a tradition which continues to this day, with the UNIEI funded Annual Survey on University Technology Transfer Activities finding Loughborough to be the most efficient technology transfer operation in the UK. It is the 2008 Sunday Times University of the Year. It is known as a sporting university, providing 48 competitors to the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008....
.

Profile

The University has 24 academic departments and over 30 research institutes, divided between three faculties: Science, Engineering and Social Science & Humanities. It has approximately 17,500 students, 61% of whom are undergraduates and 32% are pursuing postgraduate courses and/or research. Its current Chancellor
Chancellor (education)

A Chancellor is the head of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as President or Rector.In most Commonwealth of Nations nations, the Chancellor is usually a Titular ruler non-resident head, often with a Pro-Chancellor as practical Chairman of the governing body ; the actual chief executive of a university is the V...
 is Sir John Jennings
John Jennings (businessman)

Sir John Jennings CBE BSc PhD FGS FRSE is the current Chancellor of Loughborough University, having previously been Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company plc from 1993 to 1997 and a director until 2001....
, CBE, FRSE (the previous chancellor, Sir Denis Rooke
Denis Rooke

Sir Denis Eric Rooke, Order of Merit, Order of the British Empire, Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering was a British industrialist and engineer....
, OM, CBE, retired from the position in summer 2003, having served for fourteen years), and its Vice-Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor

A Vice-Chancellor of a university in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, India other Commonwealth of Nations countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the chief executive of the University....
 is Professor Shirley Pearce
Shirley Pearce

Professor Shirley Pearce CBE BA MPhil PhD is Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University, a position she has held since January 2006. Before becoming the University's 7th Vice-Chancellor Professor Pearce held was a Professor of Health Psychology at the University of East Anglia and Dean of the Institute of Health....
. The previous Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir David Wallace
David Wallace (physicist)

Professor Sir David James Wallace, Order of the British Empire, Royal Society, Deputy Lieutenant is the Director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in University of Cambridge and master of Churchill College, Cambridge....
 CBE FRS DL, was appointed to the Mastership of Churchill College
Churchill College, Cambridge

Churchill College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge and was founded in 1958 as the national and Commonwealth of Nations memorial to Winston Churchill....
, Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
, in succession to Sir John Boyd
John Boyd (ambassador)

Sir John Dixon Ikle Boyd KCMG was the master of Churchill College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge from 1996 to 2006. He has also been the Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Japan, between 1992 and 1996....
 KCMG. David Wallace was Vice Chancellor of Loughborough University between 1994 until December 2005.

The University has won six Queen's Anniversary Prize
Queen's Anniversary Prize

The Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education is a biennially awarded series of prizes awarded to Universities and Colleges in the further and higher education sectors within the United Kingdom....
s for Higher and Further Education for work with the aeronautical and automotive industries (1994); support for developing countries (1998); for a pioneering role in developing applications of modern optics and laser technologies (2000); for its world leading role in sports research, education and development (2002); for its world leading role in social policy in recognition of its outstanding and widely respected work in evaluating and helping develop social policy-related programmes, such as those for cared for children, social security policy, crime prevention, education initiatives and young carers (2006); and for recognition of its vehicle, road and driver safety research (2007).

In The Guardian
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 2007 league tables, Loughborough was ranked 9th. In the 2007 Times rankings it was 6th overall but fell to 12th position in the latest edition for 2008.

Loughborough University is regarded as the country's premier university for sports development, research and education. The University has the largest sports scholarship programme in the UK. There are currently over 250 international athletes studying and training there.

UK University Rankings
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2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Times Good University Guide 12th 12th 6th 14th 10th 12th 14th 21st 21st 21st 26th 26th 37th 35th= 29th= 28th= 18th
Guardian University Guide 10th 9th 21st 21st 36th 24th 27th          
Sunday Times University Guide  11th 13th 17th 15th 13th= 13th 26th 12th 16th 25th 21st     
The Independent 13th 11th              
FT       13th 16th 30th 22nd 24th      
Daily Telegraph   11th    8th 8th         


History


Origins

Hazlerrigg Front Lawn
The University traces its roots back to 1909 when a Technical Institute was founded in the town centre. There followed a period of rapid expansion during which the Institute was renamed Loughborough College and the development of the present campus began.

In 1952 the College was divided into four separate institutions: Loughborough College of Technology, Loughborough College of Art, Loughborough College of Further Education and Loughborough Training College. In 1966, the College of Advanced Technology as it had then become received university status. In 1977, the University broadened its range of studies by amalgamating with Loughborough College of Education (formerly the Training College).

More recently, in August 1998, the University merged with Loughborough College of Art and Design. In the early years, efforts were made to mimic the environment of an Oxbridge
Oxbridge

Oxbridge was originally a fictional composite of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in England, and the term is now used to refer to them collectively, often with implications of superior intellectual or social status, emphasising the apparent "difficulty" of gaining admission....
 college (e.g. requiring students to wear gowns to lectures) whilst maintaining a strong practical counterbalance to academic learning. During World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, the Institute served as an "instructional factory", training workers for the munitions industry.

The Loughborough colleges

Following the war, the Institute fragmented into four separate colleges:
  • Loughborough Training College (teacher training)
  • Loughborough College of Art (art and design)
  • Loughborough College of Further Education (technical and vocational)
  • Loughborough College of Technology (technology and science)


The last was to become the nucleus of the present university. Its rapid expansion from a small provincial college was due largely to the efforts of its Principal, Dr Herbert Schofield (1882-1963).

The influence of Herbert Schofield

Schofield became Principal
Principal (university)

The Principal is the chief executive and the Provost of a university or college in certain parts of the Commonwealth of Nations....
 in 1915 and continued to lead the College of Technology until 1950. Over his years as principal, the college changed almost beyond recognition. He purchased the estate of Burleigh Hall
Burleigh Hall

Burleigh Hall was a English country house situated near Loughborough in the county of Leicestershire. Its land now forms part of the campus of Loughborough University....
 on the western outskirts of the town, which became the nucleus of the present 433 acre (1.75 km²) campus. He also oversaw the building of the Hazlerigg and Rutland halls of residence.

From college to university

In 1963, the Robbins Report
Robbins Report

The Robbins Report was commissioned by the British government in the 1960s to look into the future of higher education in the United Kingdom. The Committee on Higher Education was chaired by Lionel Robbins from 1961 to 1964....
 on higher education recommended that all Colleges of Advanced Technology should be given the status of universities. Consequently, on 19 April 1966 Loughborough College of Technology was granted a Royal Charter
Royal Charter

A royal charter is a charter granted by a Monarch to create institutions or other forms of incorporated bodies . In the United Kingdom legal tradition a royal charter is in the form of letters patent....
 and became Loughborough University of Technology.

It gradually remodelled itself in the image of the plate glass universities
Plate glass university

The term plate glass university has come into use by some to refer to one of the several universities founded in the United Kingdom in the 1960s in the era of the Robbins Report on higher education....
 of the period, which had also been created under Robbins.

Later history

In 1977, Loughborough Training College (now renamed Loughborough College of Education) was absorbed into the University. The Arts College was also amalgamated with the University in 1998. These additions have diluted the technological flavour of the institution, causing it to resemble more a traditional university with its mix of humanities, arts and sciences. Consequently in 1996, the University dropped the "of Technology" from its title, becoming "Loughborough University".

Reputation

The Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology
Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology

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, or CREST, runs the internationally recognised masters programme in Renewable Energy. The Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies
Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies

The Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies is a department of Loughborough University located in Leicestershire in the UK....
, or PIRES as it is commonly known, is home to a number of world class experts in the area of European Politics and International Relations, including Professor Michael H. Smith, Professor David Allen, Professor Brian Hocking, and Mark Webber. PIRES scored a 5 in the latest Research Assessment Exercise, confirming its world class status.

Campus

The University's main campus is in the Leicestershire
Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Hall, situated in Glenfield, Leicestershire, about 3 miles northwest of Leicester city centre, is the seat of Leicestershire County Council and the headquarters of the county authority....
 town of Loughborough
Loughborough

Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It had a population of 57,600 in 2004. It is the second largest settlement in Leicestershire after Leicester, is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council, and the home of Loughborough University....
 and until 2003 it was developing a secondary campus at Peterborough
Peterborough

Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of as of June 2006. For ceremonial counties of England purposes it is in the Counties of England of Cambridgeshire....
. The Loughborough campus (once the estate of Burleigh Hall) covers an area of 433 acres (1.75 km²), and includes academic departments, halls of residence, the Students' Union, two gyms, gardens and playing fields. Of particular interest are the walled garden, the "garden of remembrance", the Hazlerigg-Rutland Hall fountain-courtyard and the Bastard Gates. In the central quadrangle of the campus stands a famous cedar
Cedar

Cedar is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae. They are most closely related to the Firs , sharing a very similar cone structure....
, which has often appeared as a symbol for the University. Unfortunately a heavy snowfall in December 1990 led to the collapse of the upper canopy which gave the tree its distinctive shape. The recent acquisition by the University of Holywell Park from Advantica Technologies and a 23 acre parcel of land between New Ashby Road and Holywell Park from 3M Heath Care Limited has increased the size of the campus to .

Organisation

Loughborough University is headed by a Vice-Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor

A Vice-Chancellor of a university in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, India other Commonwealth of Nations countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the chief executive of the University....
, Professor Shirley Pearce
Shirley Pearce

Professor Shirley Pearce CBE BA MPhil PhD is Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University, a position she has held since January 2006. Before becoming the University's 7th Vice-Chancellor Professor Pearce held was a Professor of Health Psychology at the University of East Anglia and Dean of the Institute of Health....
. The University is organised into three faculties: Science, Engineering and Social Science & Humanities with 24 academic departments and over 30 research institutes.

Faculty of Science
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Human Sciences
  • Information Science
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Physics
  • Ergonomics & Safety Research Institute
  • Materials


Faculty of Engineering
  • Aeronautical & Automotive Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil & Building Engineering
  • Electronic & Electrical Engineering
  • Systems Engineering
  • Wolfson School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering


Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
  • Business School
  • Design & Technology
  • Economics
  • English & Drama
  • Politics, International Relations and European Studies
    Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies

    The Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies is a department of Loughborough University located in Leicestershire in the UK....
  • School of Sport & Exercise Sciences
  • School of Art & Design
  • Social Sciences
  • Teacher Education Unit


Traditions


The official colour of the University is African Violet
Saintpaulia

Saintpaulia, commonly known as African violet, is a genus of 6 species of herbaceous perennial plant flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania and adjacent southeastern Kenya in eastern tropical Africa, with a concentration of species in the Nguru mountains of Tanzania....
. The coat of arms
Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
 incorporates several symbols relevant to the history of the Loughborough area, including Offa of Mercia
Offa of Mercia

Offa was the King of Mercia from 757 until his death in July 796. He was the son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa of Mercia, a brother of King Penda of Mercia, who had ruled over a century before....
's cross (a symbol of the ancient kingdom of Mercia
Mercia

Mercia was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons Heptarchy. It was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands....
, within whose borders the town now stands) and the peafowl
Peafowl

The term peafowl can refer to the two species of bird in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family , Phasianidae. The African Congo Peafowl is placed in its own genus Afropavo and is not dealt with here....
 from the arms of the Dukes of Rutland
Duke of Rutland

Earl of Rutland and Duke of Rutland are titles in the peerage of England, derived from Rutland, a traditional county. The Earl of Rutland was elevated to the status of Duke in 1703 and the titles were merged....
. The motto of the University is veritate scientia labore ("with truth, wisdom and labour", or, alternatively, "with truth, knowledge and industry", depending on the translation).

The University has a strong tradition in both engineering and sporting. From its strong engineering and technical background it has now expanded, becoming a centre of excellence in the field of sport
Sport

Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of regulation of sport or traditions and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome , but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports and motor...
s and sports science
Sports science

Sport Science is a discipline that studies the application of Scientific method and techniques with the aim of improving sporting performance. Human movement is a related scientific discipline that studies human movement in all contexts including that of sport....
. It has graduated a number of world-class athletes including Paula Radcliffe
Paula Radcliffe

Paula Jane Radcliffe, Order of the British Empire is a British Long-distance track event and currently holds several world records.Radcliffe's distinctive "nodding" action while running has made her instantly recognisable to British viewers....
 and Lord Coe. In keeping with this tradition, Loughborough University students have won the British Universities Sports Association
British Universities Sports Association

British Universities & Colleges Sport is the governing body for university-level sports in the United Kingdom. BUCS was formed in June 2008 following a merger of the British Universities Sports Association and University College Sport organisations....
 championship every year for over three decades. Sports students were previously entitled to wear a different style of scarf
Scarf

A scarf is a piece of fabric worn on or near the head or around the neck for warmth, cleanliness, fashion or for religion reasons....
 from other undergraduates however this has now been discontinued. The university is the home of the England and Wales Cricket Board's National Academy
ECB National Academy

The National Cricket Performance Centre first came into existence in the winter of 2001-2002 and has been based at Loughborough University since 2003....
, opened in November 2003.

The phonetic spelling "Lufbra" is sometimes used amongst students, graduates, and in Students' Union publications, and the name is also often abbreviated to "lboro" both casually as well as within more formal/academic circles, stemmed from the university's URL
Uniform Resource Locator

In Information technology, a Uniform Resource Locator is a type of Uniform Resource Identifier that specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism for retrieving it....
 of "www.lboro.ac.uk".

Students' Union


The students' union
Students' union

A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges, universities and has started to appear in some high schools....
 is unusual in English universities, in that its premises are owned by the students themselves. The Union building sits in the north-eastern corner of the campus, and offers a range of facilities for clubs and societies, retail, entertainment and other activities. The Union has five rooms, each with its own theme. The most popular night in the Union is "FND", on a Friday. Hey Ewe is also well attended on wednesday nights, which is an evening to celebrate the University's sport successes of the day.

Along with Loughborough Students Union's numerous sports clubs, the Union hosts and organises many other activities and societies. LSU is also home to Loughborough Campus Radio, LSUTV and Label Magazine.

The current Students Union President is David Goss, but as of August 1st 2009 will be Robert Hulme.

Student halls

There are currently 18 halls, some undergraduate, some postgraduate, some both. The halls are as follows:

  • Butler Court (East Park)
  • Cayley
    George Cayley

    Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet , sometimes known as "the father of Aerodynamics", was a prolific English engineer from Brompton, Scarborough, near Scarborough, England in Yorkshire....
     Hall (Student Village)
  • David Collett Hall (West Park)
  • Elvyn Richards Hall (Resited to new blocks in Village Park development)
  • Falkner Eggington Courts (undergraduate and postgraduate)
  • Faraday
    Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday, Fellow of the Royal Society was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry....
     Hall (Student Village)
  • Forest Court (Post-Grad) (Off-Campus)
  • Harry French Hall (undergraduate and postgraduate) (Off-Campus)
  • Hazlerigg and Rutland Hall (Resited to new blocks in Village Park development)
  • John Phillips (postgraduate) (Resited to new blocks in Village Park development)
  • Royce
    Henry Royce

    Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet, OBE was a pioneering car manufacturer, who with Charles Stewart Rolls founded the Rolls-Royce Limited company....
     Hall (Student Village)
  • Rutherford
    Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, Order of Merit , Royal Society was a New Zealand-born British chemist who became known as the father of nuclear physics....
     Hall (Student Village)
  • Robert Bakewell Hall (New development in Village Park)
  • Telford
    Thomas Telford

    Thomas Telford was born in Langholm, Scotland, UK. He was a stonemason, architect and civil engineer and a noted road, bridge and canal builder....
     Hall (Student Village)
  • The Holt (undergraduate and postgraduate) (Off-Campus)
  • Towers Hall
    Towers Hall

    Towers Hall is a Dormitory accommodating 310 students at Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, it is located on the 'East Park' of the University's campus....
     (East Park)
  • William Morris
    William Morris

    William Morris was an English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, and Socialism associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement....
     (undergraduate and postgraduate)
  • The original John Phillips hall was merged with William Morris for the academic year 07/08 after additional accommodation was added, however one of the new halls being built is to be named John Phillips.
  • The original buildings of Elvyn Richards (informally known as 'Old Elvyn') are currently being used for halls overflow students, and next year will be home to Towers students whilst the tower block is refurbished)


  • The original buildings of Hazlerigg and Rutland were used at the start of the academic year 08/09 for hall overflow, however both have been earmarked for an highly controversial £7.5 million conversion to offices for the Vice Chancellor, Professor Shirley Pearce
  • All Stars, new for the academic year 2008/2009 it is designed to group all the off campus private halls, including Waterways, Print House, Asha House and The Foundry together.


The University is currently building new accommodation on the site of an existing car park, car park number 7, on the north side of campus. Three new halls for undergraduates and one new hall for postgraduates will be built. The overall development will be a mix of four and five storey buildings, arranged around a courtyard to identify the individual halls. The halls will be provided with self catering facilities but two of the halls will include flexible packages for the nearby restaurant and social centre.

Library

The Pilkington Library opened in 1980. It covers 7,777 square metres over three floors with 780 study places, including 140 workstations over 400,000 books; 4000 printed journals and access to 6000 e- journals. The Library has a history of undertaking research in the field of library and information work.

There is an open access area where students are allowed to take in cold food and drinks as well as to engage in group discussions. The library has full wireless internet access (wifi
WIFI

WIFI is a radio station broadcasting a Variety radio format. Licensed to Florence, New Jersey, USA. The station is currently owned by Forsythe Broadcasting....
).

University leadership


Chairs of Governors
  • A.A. Bumpus (1909-25)
  • B.B. Barrow (1925-34)
  • William Bastard (1934-36)
  • W. H. Wright (1936-40)
  • Sir Robert Martin (1940-52)
  • Sir Harold West (1952-1957)
  • Sir Edward Herbert (1957-1963)
  • Sir Herbert Manzoni
    Herbert Manzoni

    Sir Herbert Manzoni Order of the British Empire Institution of Civil Engineers was a British people civil engineer known for holding the position of City Engineer and Surveyor of Birmingham from 1935 until 1963....
     (1963-1966)


Chancellors
  • Lord Pilkington (1966-1980)
  • Sir Arnold Hall (1980-1989)
  • Sir Denis Rooke
    Denis Rooke

    Sir Denis Eric Rooke, Order of Merit, Order of the British Empire, Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering was a British industrialist and engineer....
     (1989-2003)
  • Sir John Jennings
    John Jennings (businessman)

    Sir John Jennings CBE BSc PhD FGS FRSE is the current Chancellor of Loughborough University, having previously been Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company plc from 1993 to 1997 and a director until 2001....
     (2003-)


Principals
  • S.C. Laws (1909-1915)
  • Herbet Schofield (1915-1950)
  • Major-General W.F. Hasted (1951-1952)
  • Interim 'triumvirate' Jan-Sept 1952: H.E. Falkner, J.W. Bridgeman, C.D. Bentley
  • Wing Commander H.E. Falkner (1952-1953) (Acting)
  • H.L. Haslegrave (1953-1966)


Vice Chancellors
  • H.L. Haslegrave (1966-1967)
  • Professor E.J. Richards (1967-1975)
  • Sir Clifford Butler (1975-1985)
  • Professor J. G. Phillips (1986-1987)
  • Professor Sir David Davies (1988-1993)
  • Professor Sir David Wallace
    David Wallace (physicist)

    Professor Sir David James Wallace, Order of the British Empire, Royal Society, Deputy Lieutenant is the Director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in University of Cambridge and master of Churchill College, Cambridge....
     (1994-2005)
  • Professor Shirley Pearce
    Shirley Pearce

    Professor Shirley Pearce CBE BA MPhil PhD is Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University, a position she has held since January 2006. Before becoming the University's 7th Vice-Chancellor Professor Pearce held was a Professor of Health Psychology at the University of East Anglia and Dean of the Institute of Health....
     (2006-)


Notable alumni

  • Derek Abbott
    Derek Abbott

    Derek Abbott is a physicist and electronic engineer. He is a Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide, Australia....
     - Physicist and Electronic Engineer
  • Rosalind Ayres
    Rosalind Ayres

    Rosalind Ayres is an England actor. Her most famous role was in the 1997 film Titanic , in which she played Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon. She married actor Martin Jarvis on 23 November 1974 in Ealing and she has two stepsons....
     - Actress
  • Steve Backley
    Steve Backley

    Stephen James Backley Order of the British Empire is a former Athletics from United Kingdom specialising in the javelin throw. Although he is ranked among the great javelin throwers of the modern era, Backley never won a gold medal in a major World athletics event....
     - Javelin Thrower
  • Daniel Bennett
    Daniel Bennett

    Daniel Mark Bennett is a professional Football player who plays for the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club and the Singapore national football team....
     - Singaporean footballer
  • Sir Peter Bonfield
    Peter Bonfield

    Sir Peter Bonfield, Order of the British Empire, Royal Academy of Engineering is the retired chief executive of International Computers Limited and BT Group....
     - Former chief executive of ICL and BT Group
    BT Group

    BT Group plc , is the privatisation UK state telecommunications operator. It is the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband Internet provider in the United Kingdom....
  • Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe - Olympic athlete, politician and later Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
    London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games

    The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games is a limited company, owned by the Her Majesty's Government, that will oversee the 2012 Summer Olympic development of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games Games....
  • Robin Daniels
    Robin Daniels

    Dr Robin Daniels is CEO of NRP Enterprise Ltd, the commercial facing unit of the UK's Norwich Research Park - Europe's largest single-site life science cluster....
     - Engineer & Entrepreneur
  • Tobias Ellwood
    Tobias Ellwood

    Tobias Martin Ellwood is a United Kingdom politician. He is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Bournemouth East ....
     - Conservative
    Conservative Party (UK)

    The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
     MP
    Member of Parliament

    A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
  • Diane Farr
    Diane Farr

    Diane Farr is an United States actor. She is perhaps best known for her role as Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Megan Reeves in the television CBS series NUMB3RS....
     - Numb3rs actress
  • Lorna Fitzsimmons - former NUS
    National Union of Students of the United Kingdom

    The National Union of Students is the main confederation of students' unions that exist inside the United Kingdom. Although the NUS is the central organisation for all affiliated unions in the UK, there are also the devolved national sub-bodies NUS Scotland in Scotland, NUS Wales in Wales and NUS-USI in Northern Ireland ....
     President and Labour Party
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
     MP
    Member of Parliament

    A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
  • James Gibson
    James Gibson (swimmer)

    James Gibson Order of the British Empire is an England swimmer.Born in Chelmsford, Essex, and raised in Witham, Gibson's specialism is breaststroke and he competes in the 50 metre, 100 metre and 200 metre events....
     - Swimmer
  • Tanni Grey-Thompson
    Tanni Grey-Thompson

    Dame Tanni Carys Davina Grey-Thompson Order of the British Empire is a Welsh athlete and TV presenter....
     - Athlete
  • Ben Kay
    Ben Kay

    Benedict James Kay Order of the British Empire is an English international rugby union footballer who plays Rugby union positions#4. & 5. Lock for Leicester Tigers and England....
     - England Rugby union
    Rugby union

    Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
     World Cup 2003 Winner
  • Donna Kellogg
    Donna Kellogg

    Donna Victoria Kellogg is a female badminton player from the United Kingdom. She first played badminton at the age of 10....
     - Badminton
  • Jeanette Kwakye
    Jeanette Kwakye

    Jeanette "J'nette" Boahemaa Kwakye is a United Kingdom sprinting of Ghanaian origin....
     Athlete
  • Steve Matchett
    Steve Matchett

    Steve Matchett, born in England on December 23 1962, is currently a commentator for American cable TV station SPEED Channel on its various F1 programs....
     - Former F1 Mechanic, Author and T.V. Presenter
  • Jeff Moody - T.V. Presenter, Director, and Actor
  • David Moorcroft
    David Moorcroft

    David Robert Moorcroft is a former England 1500 m and 5000 m runner whose career spanned the late 1970s and 1980s. He was also Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007....
     - Runner
  • Neil Oatley
    Neil Oatley

    Neil Oatley is currently Design and Development Director for the McLaren Formula One team.Graduating from Loughborough University in 1976 with an Automotive Engineering degree, Oatley worked briefly outside motor racing before joining the WilliamsF1 team in 1977....
      - Formula One Engineer and Designer
  • Sunil Gavaskar
    Sunil Gavaskar

    Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar , was a cricketer during the 1970s and 1980s for Mumbai cricket team and Indian cricket team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest batting order #Openers in Test cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most runs and most centuries scored by any batsman....
     - Indian Cricketer
  • Monty Panesar
    Monty Panesar

    Monty Panesar , is an English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spin, Panesar plays Test cricket and One Day International cricket for England cricket team, and county cricket for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
     - England Test Cricketer
    Test cricket

    Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations....
  • Paula Radcliffe MBE
    Paula Radcliffe

    Paula Jane Radcliffe, Order of the British Empire is a British Long-distance track event and currently holds several world records.Radcliffe's distinctive "nodding" action while running has made her instantly recognisable to British viewers....
     - Athlete
  • Chris Read
    Chris Read

    Christopher Mark Wells Read is an English cricketer, a wicket-keeper. Despite being continually ranked as one of the most successful keepers in English cricket with an average of over 30, and having greater success with the bat than many of the competing keepers, Read has enjoyed only patchy periods of selection for the national team, but co...
     - England Cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
      Wicketkeeper
  • Mark Richardson
    Mark Richardson (athlete)

    Mark Ashton Richardson is a United Kingdom former Athletics who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch and Roger Black....
     - 400 m athlete
  • Bridget Riley
    Bridget Riley

    Bridget Louise Riley Order of the Companions of Honour Order of the British Empire is an England Painting who is one of the foremost proponents of op art....
     - Artist
  • Andy Robinson
    Andy Robinson

    Andy Robinson Order of the British Empire is a former English rugby union footballer who played Rugby_union_positions#6._Blindside_flanker_.26_7._Openside_flanker for Bath Rugby and England national rugby union team....
     - Rugby player / coach
  • Lisa Rogers
    Lisa Rogers

    Lisa Rogers is a Wales television presenter and occasional actor. She has appeared in films, television programmes, theatre and radio....
     - Television presenter
  • Lawrie Sanchez
    Lawrie Sanchez

    Lawrence Philip Sanchez is a football coach and former player. He is the son of an Ecuadorian father and a Northern Ireland mother, and went to Presentation College, which was a local grammar school in Reading, Berkshire ....
     - Football manager
  • Malcolm Sayer
    Malcolm Sayer

    Malcolm Sayer was a designer of Jaguar Cars. He was one of the first engineers to apply principles of aerodynamics to car design. His designs include:...
     - Jaguar Cars Designer and Engineer
  • Jodie Swallow
    Jodie Swallow

    Jodie Swallow is a triathlon from Loughborough, in the United Kingdom.As a schoolgirl, Jodie began competitive swimming when she was eight years old and won her first national age-group medal at the age of 12....
     - Triathlete
    Triathlon

    A triathlon is an endurance sports event consisting of running, biking, and swimming over various distances. As a result, proficiency in swimming, cycling, or running alone is not sufficient to guarantee a triathlon athlete a competitive time, trained triathletes have learned to race each stage in a way that preserves their energy and endur...
  • Jonathan Lee (writer/humorist)
    Jonathan Lee (writer/humorist)

    Jonathan Lee is a writer and humourist best known for his flash mob style book readings of Anyone Know Who This Is?. He lives in Fulham, London....
     - Writer
  • David Turner
    David Turner (politician)

    David Turner is a Canada university professor and former politician. He was the mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, from 1991 to 1993. He is currently a professor at the University of Victoria....
     - Politician
  • Bob Wilson
    Bob Wilson (footballer)

    Robert "Bob" Primrose Wilson Order of the British Empire is a football former goalkeeper and later Presenter.As a player, Wilson is most noted for his career at Arsenal F.C....
     - Ex-Arsenal
    Arsenal F.C.

    Arsenal Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London, North London. They play in the Premier League and are one of the Football records in England#Most successful clubs overall in Football in England, having won thirteen Football League First Division and Premier League titles and ten FA Cup...
     goal-keeper.
  • Sir Clive Woodward
    Clive Woodward

    Sir Clive Ronald Woodward is a former English rugby union international who was the coach of the national rugby union team from 1997 to 2004. Woodward managed the England side to victory at the 2003 Rugby World Cup....
     - England Rugby union
    Rugby union

    Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
     coach.
  • Adnan al-Janabi
    Adnan al-Janabi

    Adnan Abd al-Munim al-Janabi is an Iraqi economist and politician. Graduating in economics from London and Petroleum Technology from Loughborough University he worked in the government-controlled oil industry of Iraq in the 1970s and 1980s....
     - Iraq former minister without portfolio.
  • Robbie Simpson
    Robbie Simpson

    Robbie Simpson is an England professional Association football player currently playing for Coventry City F.C. as a striker....
     - Coventry City Football Player (Championship)
  • Owen Lewis
    Owen Lewis

    Owen Lewis is a Wales Rugby League player. He attends Loughborough University studying Civil Engineering. Lewis has played all age levels and currently plays club Rugby for Celtic Crusaders....
     - Wales Rugby League Player
  • Steve Hallam - Formula 1 engineer, Head of the race team for the McLaren Mercedes Team
  • Jihad Al Wazir - Governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority
  • Rob Smedley
    Rob Smedley

    Rob Smedley , is the race engineer for Formula One driver Felipe Massa at Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro. Since late nineties he started to work with Peugeot , Williams , Jordan and finally in Ferrari F1 team....
     - F1 race engineer for Felipe Massa
  • Sir Steve Redgrave
    Steve Redgrave

    Sir Stephen Geoffrey Redgrave Order of the British Empire is an England rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000....
     - Olympic Rower


Further reading

  • L. M. Cantor & G. F. Matthews (1977) Loughborough from College to University: A History of Higher Education at Loughborough, 1909-66 ISBN 0902761196
  • Leonard Cantor (1990) Loughborough University Of Technology: Past And Present ASIN B0011T8ABK


External links

  • – official website