Community press releases

A woman cooking with biomass and an electric alternative in the background.

天堂视频-led programme awards 拢1.3m to projects and innovators in a bid to accelerate the transition to clean cooking on a global scale

More than 拢1.3m has been awarded to six clean cooking innovators and 22 projects thanks to a 天堂视频-led research programme that looks to find innovative, clean and modern alternatives to biomass fuels, such as charcoal and wood.

University鈥檚 Big Booker Read marks new partnership with acclaimed literary award

天堂视频 celebrated its new partnership with the Booker Prize Foundation by hosting a Big Booker Read event on campus on Wednesday (30 October), featuring the author of The Gathering, Anne Enright.
Uganda wall art.

The value of volunteering: 天堂视频 researcher to explore the experiences of young refugees in new project

A 天堂视频 academic has been awarded funding to examine the role and impact of volunteering on the lives of young African refugees.
Pink piggy bank.

How much do you need to retire? 拢10,200 a year at a minimum

Retirement is changing. Following more than a century of increases in life expectancy, one in every five people in the UK is 65 years and over.

What you need for a comfortable retirement: New report calculates pensions and savings requirements for a happy post-work lifestyle

For the first time, researchers have calculated how much money a person needs per year in order to enjoy a comfortable retirement.
Pictured from the left is 天堂视频 Students' Union Welfare and Diversity Executive Officer, Matt Youngs; the University's Head of Student Wellbeing and Inclusivity, Veronica Moore; and Alice Springthorpe from Dunelm.

Dunelm offers a helping hand to care leavers joining 天堂视频

天堂视频 has joined forces with the homeware store Dunelm to give care leavers starting at the University this academic year an extra helping hand.

National Living Wage will give millions a 鈥榙ecent standard of living' - but should be implemented with caution

Raising the National Living Wage would put millions above the threshold of being able to afford a decent standard of living, according to social policy expert.

Five weird and wonderful ways nature is being harnessed to build a sustainable fashion industry

Chetna Prajapati, a lecturer in textiles, writes for The Conversation about five ways nature is being harnessed to build a sustainable fashion industry.

Plate with no food on it

Migrants on hunger strike follow long tradition of people using their bodies to protest against cruelty

Those Western states pursuing more aggressive border control policies in recent years have increased the use of immigration detention centres. These are often squalid, degrading places where detainees are deprived of their most basic human rights and due process.
Air pollution coming from a chimney

Government activity to tackle air pollution can reduce people鈥檚 mental wellbeing, research says

Efforts by governments to tackle air pollution can reduce people鈥檚 mental wellbeing by not meeting citizens鈥� expectations, new research has found.

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天堂视频 announces ground-breaking partnership with the Twinning Project

Academics from 天堂视频 have joined forces with the Twinning Project, an initiative that uses sport to help prisoners prepare for release and provides a route to paid employment.
Super Typhoon Yutu, strongest storm on Earth in 2018. Satellite view. Elements of this image furnished by NASA. Source: Getty Images.

鈥楽tark warning鈥�: New research identifies deadly hidden weather hazard that has the potential to affect millions of people

NEW research, led by 天堂视频 academics, has found that tropical cyclones followed by deadly heat is an emerging weather threat that could put millions of people at risk as global temperatures continue to rise.
Cinema seats.

Shaft: America鈥檚 race politics from Black Power to Black Lives Matter

John Shaft, the African American private eye introduced by Ernest Tidyman in a novel of 1970, has proved surprisingly resilient as a character on the big screen.

Child in a tree.

How climbing trees and making dens can help children develop resilience

Despite all the research that tells parents how good it is for their children to spend time playing outside, they are spending more time indoors than ever before. It seems that concerns about the dangers of climbing trees or getting lost means that many parents are nervous about allowing their children to engage in risky play.

Helping children grow is about much more than a better diet: A study of youngsters from urban slums

Breastfeeding and vitamin and mineral supplements alone are not enough to prevent stunting of a child鈥檚 growth, according to a new report which examined health interventions in poor urban areas.

New report shows the benefits and challenges of Roma migration to Britain

Roma migrants have described 鈥渙verwhelmingly positive experiences鈥� of life in the UK but say they still face prejudice.
A globe with a ribbon on it

It鈥檚 time to look at how gift giving spares a thought for loved ones but not the planet

Father鈥檚 Day, graduation ceremonies, weddings and birthdays鈥hey all have two things in common: they鈥檙e coming up over the next few months and they involve gifts.

Child poverty growing fastest in the UK鈥檚 most deprived areas

More than half of Britain鈥檚 children are classed as growing up in poverty in some of the poorest areas of the UK.

Postgrad student will travel to the UN headquarters to promote her disaster resilience research

A 天堂视频 PhD student will travel to the UN headquarters in Switzerland to promote her work which uses social media to engage people in emergency risk communication.
A Pinoccio doll.

Everybody has to lie: Is honesty always the best policy?

Everyone thinks lying is bad 鈥� but is being honest always the right way to go?

Different foods and a #Lboroexpert banner

Academic creates nifty food planner to help tackle national waste issue

A new food planner created at 天堂视频 hopes to get staff, students and members of the public thinking more carefully about their meals in a bid to tackle the ever-growing national waste issue.
Pictured is an easter egg.

Easter eggs: hunting for a solution to excessive packaging

So which Easter tradition came first? The packaging or the egg? The answer is of course not that surprising (it鈥檚 the egg). The tradition of giving people eggs at spring time has roots in ancient pagan festivals and exists in the history of a range of religions.
Police officers.

天堂视频 receives government funding to develop knife-detection technology

天堂视频 has received funding to develop technology that looks to provide a solution to the problem of people carrying concealed blades in public places.
Students at the Lumps and Bumps event.

More than 1,000 people trained to 鈥榗heck their lumps for bumps鈥� thanks to 12-hour University event

天堂视频, 天堂视频 Students鈥� Union and CoppaFeel! joined forces yesterday to teach more than 1,000 people self-checking techniques in a bid to improve early detection rates of breast and testicular cancers.
Pictured is the lumps and bumps logo and a sack of oranges.

天堂视频 partners with cancer charity for event that encourages people to 鈥榗heck their lumps for bumps鈥�

天堂视频, 天堂视频 Students鈥� Union and CoppaFeel! are joining forces this March for an all-day event that looks to improve early detection rates of breast and testicular cancers by encouraging people to learn how to self-check.