Highlights from 2010

• Loughborough was ranked in the top twenty in the UK in every national newspaper university league table.
• For the fifth year in succession, Loughborough students voted their university experience to be the very best in the country, in the latest student experience poll published in the Times Higher Education magazine.
• Work began on the University’s new Design Centre, the first project in a wider master plan for the East Park area of the campus. The building will provide state-of-the-art facilities for the various design disciplines at the University. The building is expected to be occupied by autumn 2011.
• BAA Chairman Sir Nigel Rudd was appointed as the new Chancellor of the University.
• Loughborough students again voted the University one of the best in the UK for overall satisfaction in the latest National Student Survey.
• SportPark, a bespoke central hub for some of the country’s leading sports bodies, welcomed its first resident partners. The £15million landmark building allows diverse organisations to share best practice and innovation, helping to improve the integration of the UK’s sporting structure.
• Loughborough Students’ Rag raised a record–breaking £1,042,125 in 2009-10 for local and national charities.
• The University purchased The Link at Loughborough hotel, adding to its facilities for visitors and conference guests.
• Loughborough was selected to host the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine, one of three pilot Centres announced in 2010.
• The University won three major awards in recognition of its activities to cut carbon emissions and manage its carbon footprint.
• Loughborough was awarded funding to host a shared information security service for schools, colleges and universities across the UK until at least July 2013.
• Honorary degrees were awarded to fifteen distinguished men and women, including Sir Christopher Frayling (former Chair of the Arts Council, England), Sir Robin Gill (Founder Chair of The Royal Anniversary Trust), Sir David Jones (former Chair of Next plc) and Luol Deng (basketball player with the Chicago Bulls).
• Loughborough’s sports teams claimed their 30th consecutive British Universities and Colleges (BUCS) Championship overall points title.