August 2020 press releases

Mayor and Mayoress with Adam Peaty

Mayor and Mayoress of Charnwood meet Olympian in first official visit

Councillor David Snartt and Mrs Joan Snartt, the Mayor and Mayoress, met Olympic Gold Medal winner Adam Peaty on their first face-to-face visit since taking up office.

SportPark on Science and Enterprise Park to receive 拢6 million Government expansion fund

Plans to develop a Global Sports Hub centred at 天堂视频 received a boost with the announcement today that SportPark on 天堂视频 Science and Enterprise Park (LUSEP) will undergo a 拢6m expansion.

Abigail Collins

Graduate completes degree whilst juggling caring responsibilities after the loss of her parents

Fine Art graduate Abigail Collins started her degree expecting to focus on her studies and settle into a new chapter of her life.

London city landscape

Is humanity doomed because we can鈥檛 plan for the long term? Three experts discuss

While the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are still unclear, it is certain that they are a profound shock to the systems underpinning contemporary life.

Government funding helps advanced ceramics take shape in the Midlands

Government funding provided through UK Research and Innovation鈥檚 flagship 鈥楽trength in Places Fund鈥� has helped unlock plans to put the Midlands on a unique footing as a global centre for advanced technical ceramics.

Researchers use Facebook to learn more about people鈥檚 experiences of working from home during lockdown

RESEARCHERS have used Facebook to gather information about people鈥檚 experiences of working from home to learn more about the work-life balance of lockdown.
Illustration of pregnant woman

The emotional stress caused by COVID-19 will lead to smaller babies being born, predicts 天堂视频 scientist

Being pregnant is a wonderful experience, but at the same it can be incredibly stressful 鈥� throw a global pandemic into the mix and those nine months may see an expecting mother go from happy and joyful, to fearful and concerned.

New toolkit to help employees return to work following sick leave during Covid-19 pandemic

天堂视频 has created a new toolkit for businesses based in the Midlands, which offers free resources and support to manage the return to work of employees on sick leave during the Covid-19 pandemic.

An old illustration of a woman writing.

Why it鈥檚 not empowering to abandon the male pseudonyms used by female writers

In a letter to James AH Murray in 1879, the writer ME Lewes wrote 鈥淚 wish always to be quoted as George Eliot鈥�. She perhaps would not have been pleased by a new campaign from The Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction and its sponsor, Baileys called Reclaim Her Name campaign.

Experts in Sport: Para sport special: What does it take to prepare the British team for the Paralympic Games?

As the clock counts down to next summer鈥檚 postponed Paralympics Games, this week鈥檚 鈥楨xperts in Sport鈥� podcast takes a timely look at what it takes to create an optimum performance environment for ParalympicsGB at the Games.

London and New York are the most connected cities in the world 鈥� new data shows

London is the most connected city in the world followed by New York, according to new data published by 天堂视频.