EDITOR’S LETTER
Celebrating Loughborough
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his year is the centenary of Loughborough University and an opportunity for the industry to
recognise and salute the amazing contribution this institution has made to the development
of the sporting landscape in the UK and beyond over the last century.
It’s no exaggeration to say that sport has been massively enhanced by the work done at
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Loughborough on so many levels, from training sports scientists, administrators and coaches
to researching sport-related issues and from sharing information and best practice with sports
professionals across the industry to supporting the training and development of sportsmen and
women: 55 past or present Loughborough students were selected for Team GB in Beijing.
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Beth Tweddle wins Established in 1909 as The Loughborough Technical Institute and renamed Loughborough College in
gold at the 2009 World
1920, the institution rapidly developed its reputation for sporting excellence and in 1966, the Charter
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was signed to establish a university at Loughborough as the first technological university in England
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qualifications from 16 plus, with some courses endorsed by the university.
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At a time when few had access to proper sports facilities, Loughborough committed to an ambitious
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building programme. An open air pool was built by staff and students in the 1920s, followed by an
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athletics stadium and student-designed sports pavilion in 1937, and the establishment of a PE department
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MANAGING EDITOR Many national governing bodies, lobbying and research organisations
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are now headquartered in and around Loughborough, creating an
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epicentre for sporting excellence based around the university
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hall with a gymnasium and state of the art swimming pool in 1939 and new gym and sports hall in 1946.
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Investment has been ongoing in recent years with the opening of the Sir John Beckwith Centre for
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Sport, which is home to the School of Sport and Exercise Science and the Sports Development Centre,
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along with a new 50m swimming pool and a High Performance Athletics Centre. A National Cricket
Martin Nash Academy opened on the campus in 2003 and the latest investment, The Sports Technology Institute,
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launched in 2008, taking Loughborough further into the sports technology sector, with facilities to
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develop cutting edge training equipment, coaching aids and clothing and footwear for elite athletes.
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Decades of care in developing its infrastructure have given the university an unrivalled position in
Martin Nash/Mark Edmonds terms of its overall offer and have acted as a magnet for other sporting interests. Many sports governing
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bodies, lobbying and research organisations are now headquartered in and around Loughborough,
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creating an epicentre for sporting excellence, while national team send their
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sportspeople to train at Loughbourough – one example being our cover star,
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Combining study with sport at a UK university is a difficult balancing act
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and many top sportspeople choose to continue their studies in the US,
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where the system is set up to combine elite sport with academic success.
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at an international level via both the Loughborough Sports Scholarship
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Foundation programme which funds 200 athletes across a range of
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ensures students can continue to play sport at a high level while studying.
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