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news archive - april 2008

News articles posted during April 2008


Real Varsity match to be broadcast live online

30 April 2008

You can watch the Real Varsity match online tonight - live coverage starts from 4.40 pm with the Women's match starting at 5.15pm and the Men's match from 7.30pm. The Student's Union are currently broadcasting a test signal you can use now to check that you can view the matches so you wont miss a second of the action. Watch the matches online.


Loughborough University Alumni Bursary

29 April 2008

As a member of the Alumni Association you can benefit from the Loughborough University Alumni Bursary which will give you a reduction on the tuition fees for most of our postgraduate programmes. More information can be found here 


Real Varsity match to be broadcast live online

24 April 2008

The Students Union have finalised plans to broadcast the Real Varsity match live over the internet.  You can view this for free online next Wednesday (30th April) from 4.30pm onwards. Click back to the alumni site to get the link at that time. You can now watch the promo video for the event online.


Loughborough Alumni win place in business final

16 April 2008

Four Loughborough University Alumni have won a place in the final of the prestiguos HSBC Unipreneurs Awards, with the winner to be announced on Wednesday 23 April.

Oliver Sidwell, Ben Smith, Chris Wickson and Alastair Lindsay have created a website where students can rate and review their work experience placements.

Click on the link for more information on their achievement


Website down: Monday 14th April 4.00-5.00 pm BST

We'll be taking the website down for an hour on Monday 14th April from 4.00pm for some essential maintenance. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.


Loughborough’s Tancock on top of the world

03 April 2008

Loughborough student Liam Tancock became Britain’s first World Record holder since 2002 with a powerful performance in the 50m Backstroke at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield.

Tancock’s effort was the highlight of a series of top displays from Loughborough University’s swimmers as Ross Davenport and Kate Haywood became the latest athletes to secure qualification times for the Beijing Olympics.


Lufbra in Clapham off to a flying start

03 April 2008

The first meeting of "Lufbra in Clapham" took place on Thursday and almost 40 alumni turned up for the event. You can read more, and see photos online here.


Norway group returns to the Loughborough campus

02 April 2008

Members of the Norwegian Loughborough Alumni group returned to to Loughborough today for a tour around the campus. You can read more about their visit, and see photos, online here.


British Record for Loughborough’s McClatchey as University swimmers post Olympic qualification times

01 April 2008

Loughborough University’s Caitlin McClatchey set a new British Record on her way to gaining an Olympic qualification time as four Loughborough swimmers made the grade for Beijing at the British Championships in Sheffield.

McClatchey claimed gold in the 100m Freestyle after lowering the national standard set by City Of Liverpool’s Fran Halsall to 54.31 seconds in last night’s heats. Loughborough University team mate Julia Beckett won bronze in the same event in 55.86 seconds to swim within the qualification standard for the 4x100m Freestyle.

More information on Loughborough's swimming success is listed here.

 

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