Loughborough University

Loughborough University is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1909 as Loughborough Technical Institute and granted university status by Royal Charter in 1966.拉夫堡大学是位于英格兰莱斯特郡拉夫堡集镇的公立研究型大学，1909 年以拉夫堡技术学院之名创办，1966 年依皇家特许状获得大学资格。

It is organised into nine schools with about 20 academic departments and more than 100 research groups, institutes and centres, and its main campus on the former Burleigh Hall estate covers 523 acres.学校设 9 个学院、约 20 个学系与 100 多个研究组、研究所与中心，位于旧伯利庄园所在地的主校区占地 523 英亩。

It has long been renowned for engineering and sport, is ranked first in the world for sport-related subjects in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, and was placed 203rd worldwide in the QS World University Rankings 2027.该校长期以工程与体育闻名，在 QS 学科排名中体育相关学科位居世界第一，并在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 203 位。

History

• The university traces its roots to 1909, when Loughborough Technical Institute was founded in the centre of the town by Leicestershire County Council.该校的源头可追溯到 1909 年，当时拉夫堡技术学院由莱斯特郡议会在拉夫堡镇中心创办。

• There followed a period of rapid expansion led by principal Herbert Schofield, during which the institute was renamed Loughborough College and the present campus was developed.此后在学校校长赫伯特·斯科菲尔德的带领下进入快速扩张期，学院改名为拉夫堡学院，如今的校园也在当时逐步成形。

• In early years efforts were made to mimic the environment of an Oxbridge college, with students wearing gowns to lectures, while maintaining a strong practical counterbalance to academic learning, and during the First World War the college served as an instructional factory training workers for the munitions industry.早年学校力图模仿牛津剑桥学院的氛围，学生要穿长袍去上课，同时又保持对学术教育强有力的实践补充；第一次世界大战期间，学院充当「教学工厂」，为军火工业培训工人。

• After the First World War the institute was divided into four separate colleges: a training college for teachers, a college of art, a college of further education and a college of technology for science and technology.第一次世界大战后，学院被分为四所独立机构：培养师资的师范学院、艺术与设计学院、继续教育学院，以及教授科学与技术的理工学院。

• By 1929 the college had joined the Universities Athletic Union, its membership owed mainly to its achievements in sport.到 1929 年，该学院已加入大学体育运动联盟，这一资格主要得益于它在体育方面的成就。

• Herbert Schofield, principal from 1915, bought the estate of Burleigh Hall on the western outskirts of the town, which became the nucleus of the present campus.1915 年起担任校长的赫伯特·斯科菲尔德买下拉夫堡镇西郊的伯利庄园，这里后来成为现今校园的核心。

• Frederick Annesley Michael Webster, with the Olympic athlete Evelyn Montague, began an Amateur Athletic Association summer school at Loughborough on 18 August 1934, the first summer school for athletics in the United Kingdom, with the sprinter Harold Abrahams and the javelin thrower Jock Dalrymple among its tutors.弗雷德里克·安尼斯利·迈克尔·韦伯斯特与奥运选手伊夫林·蒙塔古于 1934 年 8 月 18 日在拉夫堡开办业余田径协会暑期学校，这是英国首个田径暑期学校，短跑运动员哈罗德·亚伯拉罕斯与标枪运动员乔克·达尔林普尔均在其任教。

• The first Loughborough College Stadium was opened on 1 June 1937 by Lord Aberdare, chairman of the National Advisory Council for Physical Education, and, built on eight acres by students, it was the first stadium in the United Kingdom designed for all track and field events.拉夫堡学院第一座体育场于 1937 年 6 月 1 日由国家体育教育咨询委员会主席阿伯代尔勋爵揭幕，它由学生建于八英亩土地上，是英国第一座可举办全部田径项目的体育场。

• A new School of Athletics, Games and Physical Education, founded by F. A. M. Webster, began in September 1937, and his son Richard Webster had competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing sixth in the pole vault.由韦伯斯特创办的新的田径、竞赛与体育教育学院于 1937 年 9 月开课，其子理查德·韦伯斯特曾参加 1936 年柏林奥运会并取得撑杆跳高第六名。

• Herbert Schofield led the college from 1915 until 1950, and under his guidance it changed almost beyond recognition.赫伯特·斯科菲尔德自 1915 年起主持学院工作直到 1950 年，在他的带领下学院面貌几乎完全改观。

• The experienced educationist Herbert Haslegrave took over as principal in 1953 and, by increasing breadth and raising standards, gained the institution the status of a College of Advanced Technology in 1958.1953 年，经验丰富的教育家赫伯特·哈斯尔格雷夫出任校长，他通过拓宽学科与提高水准，为学院在 1958 年赢得高等理工学院资格。

• In 1963 the Robbins Report on higher education recommended that all colleges of advanced technology be given university status.1963 年，关于高等教育的《罗宾斯报告》建议给予所有高等理工学院大学资格。

• Loughborough College of Technology was granted a Royal Charter on 19 April 1966 and became Loughborough University of Technology, with Haslegrave as its first vice-chancellor.拉夫堡理工学院于 1966 年 4 月 19 日获颁皇家特许状，改称拉夫堡理工大学，哈斯尔格雷夫出任首任校长。

• The new university gradually remodelled itself in the image of the plate glass universities of the period, which had also been created under Robbins.这所新大学逐步按当时「平板玻璃大学」的模式改造自身，后者同样是《罗宾斯报告》的产物。

• In 1977 the university broadened its range of studies by amalgamating with Loughborough College of Education, formerly the Training College.1977 年该校与拉夫堡教育学院（原师范学院）合并，学科范围随之拓宽。

• In 1996 the university dropped the words of Technology from its title, becoming simply Loughborough University.1996 年该校从校名中删去「工」字，改称拉夫堡大学。

• In August 1998 the university merged with Loughborough College of Art and Design, while Loughborough College remains a separate college of further education.1998 年 8 月该校与拉夫堡艺术设计学院合并，而拉夫堡学院至今仍是独立的继续教育学院。

• In March 2013 the university announced that it had bought the former broadcast centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London as a second campus.2013 年 3 月该校宣布买下伦敦伊丽莎白女王奥林匹克公园的原广播中心，作为第二校区。

• The annual income of the institution for 2024-25 was 386.2 million pounds, of which 57.0 million came from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of 379.5 million pounds.该校 2024 至 2025 年度收入为 3.862 亿英镑，其中 5,700 万英镑来自科研拨款与合同，支出为 3.795 亿英镑。

• In May 2022 the university launched a strategy called Creating Better Futures. Together, intended to guide its activities and development over the following decade.2022 年 5 月该校推出名为「共同创造更好的未来」的战略，用以指导其后十年的办学与发展。

Academics

• The university is headed by a vice-chancellor and is organised into nine schools, with about 20 academic departments and over 100 research groups, institutes and centres divided among them.学校由校长领导，下设 9 个学院，约 20 个学系与 100 多个研究组、研究所与中心分属其间。

• The nine schools are those of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough Business School, Design and Creative Arts, the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Science, Social Sciences and Humanities, Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, and Loughborough University London.9 个学院分别是航空、汽车、化学与材料工程学院，建筑、土木与建筑工程学院，拉夫堡商学院，设计与创意艺术学院，沃尔夫森机械、电子与制造工程学院，理学院，社会科学与人文学院，体育、运动与健康科学学院，以及拉夫堡大学伦敦学院。

• Loughborough University London comprises seven institutes covering design innovation, digital technologies, diplomacy and international governance, innovation and entrepreneurship, international management, media and creative industries, and sport business.拉夫堡大学伦敦学院下设设计创新、数字技术、外交与国际治理、创新与创业、国际管理、媒体与创意产业以及体育商业七个研究所。

• Its current chancellor is Lord Sebastian Coe, and its vice-chancellor and president is Nick Jennings, who took up the post in October 2021 following the departure of Robert Allison.该校现任校监是塞巴斯蒂安·科勋爵，校长兼总裁为尼克·詹宁斯，他于 2021 年 10 月在罗伯特·艾利森离任后接任。

• It is consistently designated a high-tariff institution by the Department for Education, with the average undergraduate entrant in recent years amassing between 144 and 150 UCAS tariff points, equivalent to AAA to AAA at A level.该校一直被英国教育部列为高录取门槛院校，近年本科新生的平均 UCAS 积分为 144 至 150 分，相当于「A level」的 AAA 至 AAA。

• Based on 2022-23 HESA entry standards data published in domestic league tables, the average student at Loughborough achieved 157 points, and in 2016-17 the university had a domicile breakdown of 79:5:16 of UK, EU and non-EU students with a female to male ratio of 39:61.依据国内排行榜公布的 2022 至 2023 学年 HESA 入学标准数据，拉夫堡学生平均取得 157 分；2016 至 2017 学年该校学生来源构成为英国、欧盟与非欧盟 79 比 5 比 16，男女比例为 39 比 61。

• The university has won seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education, for work with the aeronautical and automotive industries in 1994, support for developing countries in 1998, modern optics and laser technologies in 2000, sports research and development in 2002, social policy in 2005, vehicle and road and driver safety research in 2007 and high value manufacturing in 2013.该校七次获得高等教育与继续教育女王周年奖，分别是 1994 年与航空及汽车工业的合作、1998 年对发展中国家的支持、2000 年现代光学与激光技术应用、2002 年体育研究与发展、2005 年社会政策、2007 年车辆与道路及驾驶者安全研究，以及 2013 年高价值制造。

• The university has the largest sports scholarship programme in the United Kingdom, with over 250 international athletes studying and training there.该校拥有英国规模最大的体育奖学金计划，有 250 多名国际运动员在校学习与训练。

• Its research centres and institutes include the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology, the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, the Centre for Research in Social Policy, the Centre for Mathematical Cognition, the National Centre for Combustion and Aerothermal Technology and the Sport Technology Institute.其研究中心与研究所包括可再生能源系统技术中心、传播与文化研究中心、社会政策研究中心、数学认知中心、国家燃烧与气热技术中心以及体育技术研究所。

• The Centre for Research in Social Policy is an independent research centre within the Department of Social Sciences and is responsible for calculating the Minimum Income Standard in the United Kingdom for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.社会政策研究中心是社会科学系内的独立研究机构，负责为约瑟夫·朗特里基金会测算英国的最低收入标准。

• The Department of Politics, History and International Relations evolved from the Department of European Studies established in 1972, began offering undergraduate degrees in International Relations from 2003, and was declared a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence by the European Commission.政治、历史与国际关系系源自 1972 年设立的欧洲研究系，2003 年起开设国际关系本科学位，并被欧盟委员会认定为让·莫内卓越中心。

• The university is host to a number of sports governing bodies, including England Cricket, British Swimming, British Triathlon, England Netball, British Athletics and British Weight Lifting.该校是多个体育管理机构的驻地，包括英格兰板球、英国游泳、英国铁人三项、英格兰无板篮球、英国田径与英国举重等协会。

• Each of the nine schools has a senior leadership team of deans, associate deans for education and research and operations managers, and the University Executive Board is made up of the vice-chancellor, deputy vice-chancellor, chief operating officer, chief finance officer, the pro vice-chancellors for equity, diversity and inclusion and for education and research, the director of organisational development and the nine deans.九个学院各设由院长、教育与科研副院长及运营经理组成的高级管理团队；大学执行委员会则由校长、副校长、首席运营官、首席财务官，负责公平、多元与包容以及教育与科研的副校长，组织发展总监与九位院长组成。

• Previously the departments and research institutes were split between three faculties, Science, Engineering and Social Science and Humanities, before the current nine-school structure.在现行的九学院架构之前，各学系与研究所原分属理学、工学以及社会科学与人文三个学部。

Campus

• The main campus, once the estate of Burleigh Hall, covers 523 acres and includes academic departments, 17 halls of residence, the Students' Union, two gyms, gardens and playing fields.主校区原为伯利庄园，占地 523 英亩，内有各学系、17 座学生宿舍、学生会、两座体育馆、花园与运动场。

• Among its features are the Walled Garden with its Garden of Remembrance, the Hazlerigg-Rutland Hall fountain-courtyard, the Old Cottage and the Bastard Gates, donated by and named after William Bastard, chairman of the college governors, which form the official entrance to Rutland Hall.其中的看点包括设有纪念花园的围墙花园、哈兹勒里格-拉特兰宿舍的喷泉庭院、老屋，以及由学院董事主席威廉·巴斯塔德捐赠并命名的巴斯塔德门，这道门是拉特兰宿舍的正式入口。

• In the central quadrangle stands a veteran cedar tree with a girth of 5.12 metres, long used as a symbol of the university, whose distinctive shape resulted from the collapse of its upper canopy under heavy snowfall in December 1990.中央方庭里立着一棵树围 5.12 米的古雪松，长期被用作学校的象征，其独特形态源于 1990 年 12 月大雪压塌了上层树冠。

• The Pilkington Library opened in 1980 and covers 98,608 square feet, or 9,161 square metres, over four floors with 1,375 study places, up from 780 before a renovation completed in late 2013.皮尔金顿图书馆 1980 年启用，四层共 98,608 平方英尺（9,161 平方米），设有 1,375 个自习位，比 2013 年末翻新前的 780 个有所增加。

• Holywell Park Conference Centre is a conference and meeting venue on campus that was used as the kitting-out location for Team GB before the 2012 Summer Olympics.霍利韦尔公园会议中心是校园内的会议场地，2012 年夏季奥运会前曾被用作英国代表团的装备配发地点。

• The four-million-pound stadium for the university's rugby and football first teams opened in 2012 with a capacity of 3,000, includes a digital scoreboard, conference facilities and 14 changing rooms, and in 2018 hosted four matches in the group stage of the European Under-17 Championship.耗资 400 万英镑、供校队橄榄球与足球队使用的体育场 2012 年启用，可容纳 3,000 人，配有电子记分牌、会议设施与 14 间更衣室，2018 年还承办了欧洲 17 岁以下锦标赛小组赛的四场比赛。

• Loughborough University FC is one of the few university sides playing in the English football league system, competing in the Northern Premier League.拉夫堡大学足球俱乐部是少数进入英格兰足球联赛体系的大学球队之一，现参加北部超级联赛。

• In March 2023 the university opened an extension to its Powerbase gym, a facility spanning 3,200 square metres that is home to the university's Boxing Centre of Excellence and the Athletic Union boxing club.2023 年 3 月该校扩建了 Powerbase 体育馆，新馆总面积达 3,200 平方米，内设学校的拳击卓越中心与学生体育联盟拳击俱乐部。

• SportPark, based at the university, provides a home for national sporting bodies including the Youth Sport Trust and British Swimming.设在校内的 SportPark 为青年体育基金会、英国游泳协会等全国性体育机构提供办公场所。

• The England and Wales Cricket Board's National Academy, also known as the National Cricket Performance Centre, has been based at Loughborough since 2003 and provides indoor and outdoor training facilities for cricketers.英格兰与威尔士板球委员会的国家学院（又称国家板球训练中心）自 2003 年起设于拉夫堡，为板球运动员提供室内外训练设施。

• Its sports and fitness facilities include an indoor athletics centre and outdoor stadium, sports halls and all-weather pitches, a 50-metre swimming pool, squash, badminton and netball courts, an indoor tennis centre and outdoor courts, and two gyms.其体育与健身设施包括室内田径馆与室外体育场、体育馆与全天候场地、50 米游泳池、壁球、羽毛球与无板篮球场、室内网球中心与室外球场，以及两座体育馆。

• The university also holds the former broadcast centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London as a second campus, and the main campus lies in the market town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England.该校还以伦敦伊丽莎白女王奥林匹克公园的原广播中心为第二校区，其主校区则位于英格兰东米德兰兹莱斯特郡的拉夫堡集镇。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Loughborough is placed 203rd in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，拉夫堡大学位列世界第 203 位。

• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 it is placed in the 326–350 band.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校处于 326–350 区间。

• The U.S. News Best Global Universities edition of 2026-2027 ranks it 494th in the world, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2026 places it in the 601–700 band.2026 至 2027 年版《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名将其列为世界第 494 位，2026 年世界大学学术排名将其列入 601–700 区间。

• Loughborough was named University of the Year 2019 in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, and it is one of only four universities, with Bath, Oxford and St Andrews, to have won the title twice, also moving up to fifth overall in that guide.拉夫堡在《泰晤士报》与《星期日泰晤士报》优秀大学指南中获评 2019 年度大学，并且是巴斯、牛津、圣安德鲁斯之外仅有的四所两度获此称号的大学之一，同时在该指南中升至综合第 5 位。

• In the 2020 ranking exercise by Times Higher Education, Loughborough was ranked 59th in the world among the best Golden Age universities, those established for more than 50 but fewer than 80 years.在《泰晤士高等教育》2020 年的排名中，拉夫堡在全球最佳「黄金时代」大学中位列第 59 位，此类大学指创办 50 年以上、80 年以下的院校。

• In 2018 Loughborough was named best in the United Kingdom for student experience in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey, the fifth time it had taken that title since 2009.2018 年，拉夫堡在《泰晤士高等教育》学生体验调查中获评英国学生体验最佳大学，这是该校自 2009 年以来第五次获此称号。

• Loughborough has been ranked number one in the world for sport-related subjects in the QS World University Rankings by Subject since 2017, and kept that position in the 2018 global league table.自 2017 年起，拉夫堡在 QS 世界大学学科排名中一直位居体育相关学科世界第一，并在 2018 年的全球榜单中保住该位置。

• In 2024 the university ranked ninth nationally for undergraduate education.2024 年，该校在本科教育方面位列全英第 9 位。

• In 2023 the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which assess universities against the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, placed Loughborough first in the United Kingdom and 15th globally for affordable and clean energy.2023 年，依据联合国可持续发展目标评估高校的《泰晤士高等教育》影响力排名，把拉夫堡在可负担的清洁能源一项列为全英第 1 位、全球第 15 位。

• The OpenAlex database attributes 79,387 works to the university with a total of 3,435,196 citations.OpenAlex 数据库为该校收录 79,387 篇成果、合计被引 3,435,196 次。

• As of the 2024 league Loughborough is ranked first in the British Universities and Colleges Sport league table, and its students have won the BUCS championship every year for four decades.截至 2024 赛季，拉夫堡在英国大学与学院体育联盟联赛榜上排名第一，其学生已连续四十年每年夺得 BUCS 冠军。

Student life

• The Students' Union building sits in the north-eastern corner of the campus and has five rooms, each with its own theme, and Loughborough Students' Union was awarded the International Experience Award 2011 by the National Union of Students.学生会大楼位于校园东北角，楼内五个空间各具主题；拉夫堡学生会还获得英国全国学生联合会颁发的 2011 年国际体验奖。

• Besides representing students through Union Council and offering academic support through Loughborough Students' Voice, the union has an athletic union offering 56 sporting clubs, a Societies Federation of over 80 societies and an Action volunteering section that runs 45 regular projects working with young people, the elderly, people with special needs, the homeless and the environment.除通过学生理事会代表学生、借助 Loughborough Students' Voice 提供学业支持外，学生会还设有提供 56 个体育俱乐部的体育联盟、拥有 80 多个社团的社团联合会，以及开展 45 个常规项目的志愿服务部门 Action，服务对象涵盖青少年、老人、有特殊需要者、无家可归者与环境领域。

• Loughborough has a media centre offering the chance to make television shows with LSUTV, have a radio show with LCR, write for the student magazine Label or improve photography with Lens.拉夫堡设有媒体中心，学生可用 LSUTV 制作电视节目、用 LCR 主持电台节目、为学生杂志《Label》撰稿，或通过 Lens 提升摄影技术。

• The School of the Arts, English and Drama runs The Lamplight Press, the first student-led publishing company in the United Kingdom.艺术、英语与戏剧学院经营着英国首家由学生主导的出版公司 The Lamplight Press。

• As of 2025 there are 16 halls of residence, many named after famous scientists and engineers such as Cayley, Royce, Rutherford, Telford and Whitworth, and in 2015 the university ranked first in the United Kingdom for accommodation on the review platform StudentCrowd.截至 2025 年，学校共有 16 座学生宿舍，其中不少以 Cayley、Royce、Rutherford、Telford、Whitworth 等著名科学家与工程师的名字命名；2015 年该校还在点评平台 StudentCrowd 的住宿评比中位列全英第一。

• The university was chosen by the British Olympic Association as the training base and official preparation camp for Team GB in the run-up to the London 2012 Games, and its students and graduates won four bronze medals and six Paralympic medals at those Games.该校被英国奥林匹克协会选为伦敦 2012 年奥运会前英国代表团的训练基地与官方备战营，其学生与毕业生在那届赛事中获得四枚铜牌与六枚残奥奖牌。

• At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, over 120 athletes from Loughborough represented eight teams across ten sports, winning 35 medals in total, and had Loughborough been a country it would have finished 11th on the medal table.在 2014 年格拉斯哥英联邦运动会上，120 多名拉夫堡运动员代表 8 支队伍参加 10 个项目，共夺得 35 枚奖牌；若拉夫堡是一个国家，它将在奖牌榜上排第 11 位。

• At the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics more than 80 students, graduates and linked athletes took part, winning twelve Olympic medals including five golds and a further 22 Paralympic medals, while the university was connected to more than 100 athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Games, where those with Loughborough links won 21 Paralympic medals, six gold, six silver and nine bronze.2016 年里约奥运会与残奥会上，80 多名学生、毕业生及相关运动员参赛，夺得包括 5 枚金牌在内的 12 枚奥运奖牌与另外 22 枚残奥奖牌；2020 年东京奥运会及残奥会则与该校相关的 100 多名运动员有关，其中与拉夫堡相关者在残奥会夺得 21 枚奖牌，即 6 金 6 银 9 铜。

• The official colour of the university is African violet, its coat of arms carries Offa of Mercia's cross and the peafowl from the arms of the Dukes of Rutland, and its motto is veritate scientia labore, meaning with truth, wisdom and labour.该校校色为非洲紫罗兰色，校徽含有麦西亚国王奥法的十字与拉特兰公爵纹章中的孔雀，校训为「veritate scientia labore」，意为「以真理、智慧与劳动」。

• The university and Loughborough College before it once had an oversized knight's helmet with a lowered visor as a mascot, commonly called Thor, built in 1958 by students of Hazlerigg-Rutland hall in the college welding shop, and it was displayed in the Students' Union foyer in the late 1980s, but it has since gone missing.该校及其前身拉夫堡学院曾以一只放下面罩的超大骑士头盔为吉祥物，通称 Thor，由哈兹勒里格-拉特兰宿舍的学生 1958 年在学院焊接车间制作；它在上世纪 80 年代末陈列于学生会门厅，此后不知所踪。

Notable people

• Lord Sebastian Coe, the university's chancellor, is an alumnus who won Olympic gold medals over 1,500 metres in 1980 and 1984, served as a member of parliament from 1992 to 1997 and chaired the organising committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.该校校监塞巴斯蒂安·科勋爵是校友，曾在 1980 与 1984 年两夺奥运会 1500 米金牌，1992 至 1997 年任下议院议员，并担任伦敦 2012 年奥运会及残奥会组委会主席。

• Tanni Grey-Thompson, the wheelchair racer who won eleven Paralympic gold medals between 1988 and 2004, is an alumna and later became a crossbench member of the House of Lords.在 1988 至 2004 年间夺得 11 枚残奥会金牌的轮椅竞速运动员坦尼·格雷-汤普森是该校校友，后来成为英国上议院中立议员。

• Paula Radcliffe, the marathon runner, studied at Loughborough and set a women's world record of 2 hours 15 minutes 25 seconds at the 2003 London Marathon, a mark that stood for more than a decade.马拉松运动员葆拉·拉德克利夫曾就读于拉夫堡，并在 2003 年伦敦马拉松以 2 小时 15 分 25 秒创下女子世界纪录，这一成绩保持了十多年。

• Steve Backley, the javelin thrower and a graduate, won European and Commonwealth titles and Olympic medals, and took gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.标枪运动员、该校毕业生史蒂夫·巴克利多次赢得欧洲与英联邦赛事冠军及奥运奖牌，并在 2002 年英联邦运动会夺金。

• Sir Clive Woodward, who coached England to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, is an alumnus of the university.2003 年率英格兰队夺得橄榄球世界杯冠军的克莱夫·伍德沃德爵士是该校校友。

• David Moorcroft, the middle-distance runner who set a world record over 5,000 metres in 1982, and Bob Wilson, the Arsenal and Scotland goalkeeper, are among its sporting alumni.1982 年创下 5000 米世界纪录的中长跑运动员戴维·穆尔克罗夫特，以及阿森纳与苏格兰队门将鲍勃·威尔逊都是该校体育校友。

• James Gibson, the swimmer who competed for Great Britain, and the Paralympic athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson are also counted among graduates of the Department of Politics, History and International Relations.代表英国参赛的游泳运动员詹姆斯·吉布森与残奥运动员坦尼·格雷-汤普森也被列为政治、历史与国际关系系的毕业生。

• Ruth Kinna, Professor of Political Theory at the university, is among the academics associated with the Department of Politics, History and International Relations.该校政治理论教授露丝·金娜是与政治、历史与国际关系系相关的学者之一。

• Lord Pilkington, the first chancellor of the university, served from 1966 to 1980 and lent his name to the Pilkington Library, which opened in 1980.该校首任校监皮尔金顿勋爵 1966 至 1980 年在任，1980 年启用的皮尔金顿图书馆即以他命名。

• Sir Arnold Hall and Sir Denis Rooke served as chancellor of the university from 1980 to 1989 and from 1989 to 2003 respectively.阿诺德·霍尔爵士与丹尼斯·鲁克爵士分别于 1980 至 1989 年、1989 至 2003 年担任该校校监。