Author: LSU Media
Congratulations on your results! Even though this year’s results day has occurred during a very unusual and unprecedented time, you’ve finally made it! Even though this year at Loughborough will be slightly different to previous years, you will still have an amazing time. Freshers is undoubtedly a very nerve-wracking experience, whether you are living on or off-campus, it can still be daunting for many. However, you will soon discover all of the opportunities Loughborough has to offer whether that be academically or socially. Everybody finds their place! Freshers is an amazing way to meet new people and discover new interests…
Santander have announced they have permanently closed their branch opposite the Students’ Union on the Loughborough University campus.
Loughborough Students’ Union is reopening it’s doors to the student population after more than 20 weeks since the start of the Coronavirus Pandemic. From the 5th August, LSU will be reopening the Union Shop between 10am and 2pm Monday-Friday. As well as this, the Piazza will be open to the public from 8:30am till 2pm, however this is only in order to access Café Piazza. 2/2 The Union Building SPAR shop will be open Monday – Friday from 10am – 2pm 🥛🥖. Café Piazza will be open Monday – Friday from 8.30am – 2pm ☕️🥪 . Please make sure you’re…
The new LSU Exec Team began their year long term this morning after a two-week long handover period with the previous team ended on Friday. New Union President for 2020-21, Matt Youngs, told Label that “there is no question that the forthcoming academic year will be challenging at times, but it also presents an opportunity for the Students’ Union to diversify the opportunities it offers.” The team were elected in March 2020 during another gruelling LSU Exec Elections campaign, which culminated in a fantastic results night, and take over from a team who according to the new President have been full of “support, insight…
Watch Loughborough’s top two rugby sides take on the University of Bath in 2008’s edition of the Real Varsity!
LSU Rag have won ‘Best Student Fundraising Group of the Year’ at this year’s National Student Fundraising Association (NaSFA) Awards. As well as this incredible achievement, Rag were also shortlisted for the following awards: Small Budget, Big Impact Award Faraday Hall Committee of Loughborough University Faraday were nominated based on that fact that, “as a committee, 19 of them ran and participated in a 24 hour sponsored bike ride to raise a huge £864 for Rainbows Children’s Hospice”. It is clear to see that the Faraday Hall Committee have worked extremely hard raising money for charity. Congratulations to the Faraday…
LSU has announced that they will be transferring the ownership of the Campus Nursery to the University due to ‘financial’ reasons, following approval from the Board of Trustees. Until last week, LSU had provided 102 places in its Campus Nursery (situated just behind the SU) for children 0-5 years – aimed at the children of students, University staff and the local community. The Nursery had been operating as part of the Students’ Union for over 35 years, with full-time staff and volunteers from LSU Action. LSU stated that “we are grateful to each of our colleagues who have worked extremely…
Live coverage of the thrilling Loughborough IMS Netball Cup Final game between Elvyn Richards and Robert Bakewell halls, from 2019! https://youtu.be/1b–rYoDeyU Elvyn Richards take on Robert Bakewell at the Sir David Wallace Sports Hall, to decide the winner of the 2019 IMS Netball Cup final! Love coverage brought to you by Ed Radford and Sophie Bracher. First Broadcast 4th May 2019. #LboroSummerOfSport #MatchReport
Loughborough is one of 11 UK universities to have suffered a data breach after hackers gained access to a third party computing services provider. Blackbaud is a provider of financial and fundraising systems to non-profits and higher education institutes worldwide and in May 2020 a hacker was able to gain access to their systems and take a copy of some data stored on their servers. The attack sought to raise funds by committing a ‘ransomware’ attack whereby sensitive information is withheld from an organisation until a ransom has been paid. Blackbaud has attracted criticism from industry experts for the way…
Live coverage of the classic Loughborough Students Rugby Union match against the legendary Barbarian FC from 2012! https://youtu.be/XccUqBsRJuo Loughborough University take on the famous Barbarian FC invitational team at the brand new Loughborough University Stadium. Jabo Pearson and Connor Pearce bring you live coverage. First Broadcast 9th May 2012. #LboroSummerOfSport #MatchReport Sadly, this video is unavailable in the following territories due to rights reasons: Bouvet Island, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Sweden, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, and the Faroe Islands.