Vice-Chancellor and President of Loughborough University | AI and cyber-security | Sports fan, especially West Ham
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Pleasure to present a #VCGoldAward to Carolyn, Kristen, Jamie, Iuliana, and Adam for their inspiring work in devising our Veteran’s Resilience Programme.
Over 80 veterans have been given advice on areas such as nutrition, improving sleep quality and physical activity.
Pleasure to present a #VCGoldAward to Gary Parker for his outstanding work in transforming our Clearing and Confirmation Centre. We started with 9 analogue telephone handsets a decade ago and now we have a scalable and robust system that can cope with thousands of callers.
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.@LboroVC Professor Nick Jennings welcomes you to campus for our Open Days 🤝
You can hear from Professor Jennings in our Welcome to Loughborough talks!
Plan your visit: lboro.uk/3UNGtbk
Pleasure to present #VCGoldAward to staff behind our “Ping Pong Diplomacy” celebration. Hosting the Chinese Table Tennis world champions (men & women) & the Chinese Ambassador. Event received over a billion social media views
Well done @BenCole9, Rachael, Saiyaf, Tom &
Zhichao
Delighted to present a #VCGoldAward to staff & students behind our Design and Creative Arts Degree Show. The show is an amazing finale for the year and I was particularly impressed with the staging
See m.youtube.com/watch?v=u7NKmo…
Well done Finn, Jack, Charlie, Holly, Lucy & Steve
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.@LboroVC Professor Nick Jennings has received the 2026 IJCAI Award for Research Excellence, one of artificial intelligence's (AI) highest international honours! 🏆
The award recognises Professor Jennings' outstanding lifetime contribution to AI research, honouring his pioneering work on agentic AI.
Read: lboro.uk/44yfnGz
@IJCAIconf
ALT Professor Nick Jennings in a blue suit outside the Hazlerigg building
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.@LboroVC welcomes you to day 2 of our Open Days 👋
We’re excited to welcome you to campus and for you to explore our courses and facilities!
Plan your visit: lboro.uk/OpenDayGuide
#LboroOpenDay
Pleasure to present Mark Hyde with a #VCGoldAward for his work over many years as the Branch Secretary for Unite the Union. Mark has shown great leadership and helped build a constructive working relationship with the university executive. Thank you!
Raising £50,000 for the @MovemberUK charity is a fantastic achievement from @lborouniversity students. To recognize this achievement, I presented a #VCGoldAward to Harry, Theo and Lola who together helped coordinate a huge number of events and activities around campus. Well done!
Pleasure to present Stevie Ashurst with a #VCGoldAward for their great work in leading our LGBT+ Staff Network. Stevie has shown deft leadership in challenging times and has been a pleasure to work with over the last couple of years
A real pleasure to present Phil Wilson with a #VCGoldAward. Phil has been the university photographer for over 30 years and has captured so many of our most exciting and important events. The
downside is he’s photographed me an awful lot
over the last 5 years. Poor man!
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This will be great - thanks to our partners and can’t wait @BritAthletics @LboroSport @LboroVC @Joannemaher
UK 10,000m Championships 🤝 Loughborough International Athletics
The 2026 UK Athletics 10,000m Championships will take place at the LIA event on 17 May 2026.
Find out more here: britishathletics.org.uk/news…
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Love to hear your views on our article please share them @LboroVC @timeshighered @KingsCollegeLon @aiatkings
Opinion: Artificial intelligence can help with research, but humans must remain accountable, say Bashir M. Al-Hashimi and Nick Jennings
timeshighereducation.com/opi…
Delighted to present Professor Eric Pentecost with a #VCGoldAward. Eric has been central to the development of Economics @lborouniversity for nearly 40 years. He combines top quality research with a real passion for students and developing staff. Well done Eric!
A pleasure to present Ruth Cufflin with a #VCGoldAward. She has been the driving force behind events and engagement activities in @lborobusiness @lborouniversity Her work is central to building the strong sense of belonging in the School . Thank you, Ruth! @JanGodsell
A pleasure to visit our student wellbeing and inclusivity team and present them with a #VCGoldAward. We are proud of our student experience @lborouniversity
and this team do a great job of supporting our students in their moments of need and throughout their time with us.
Delighted to present Brant Hickman with a #VCGoldAward for his great work with our Library Facilities team over nearly 20 years. He has been instrumental in supporting open days, our Covid-19 re-opening, and our recent sustainability initiatives. Thank you!
Delighted to present a #VCGoldAward to alum @ZakEdenMarks for his work in establishing @kittmedical. The @BBCDragonsDen-funded company developed an emergency anaphylaxis kit -- like a defibrillator, but for allergies. Now used widely around the UK, including at @lborouniversity
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We’re proud to announce a £5.5 million investment fueling innovation and excellence in our sporting facilities. 🏆
The transformations, funded by the University and partners including the UK Government, @BritAthletics, @uk_sport, and others, ensure Loughborough remains at the forefront of elite sport, technology, and sustainability, helping athletes to perform at their best on the global stage. 🌎
Read more ➡️ lboro.uk/48ZeKYt @LboroSport
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Wishing our Sport, Health and Wellbeing Ambassador Karen Carney OBE all the best for tomorrow's #StrictlyComeDancing Final! 💃
She becomes the first footballer ever to reach the Strictly Final. 🎉
Good luck from @Joannemaher & all of the #LboroFamily. We're rooting for you! 💜