@LboroVC

Vice-Chancellor and President of Loughborough University | AI and cyber-security | Sports fan, especially West Ham

 Loughborough
lboro.ac.uk
Joined February 2018
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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
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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
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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
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Prof Nick Jennings retweeted
jack buckner@jackrbucknerMar 18
This will be great - thanks to our partners and can’t wait @BritAthletics @LboroSport @LboroVC @Joannemaher
British Athletics@BritAthleticsMar 18
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
Times Higher Education
@timeshigheredMar 16
Opinion: Artificial intelligence can help with research, but humans must remain accountable, say Bashir M. Al-Hashimi and Nick Jennings timeshighereducation.com/opi…
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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! 💜
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Drum roll please... Here are the winning CLiMB Christmas jokes as selected by @lborouniversity's @LboroVC Professor Nick Jennings. We had more entries than we could feature here. To see the full list, visit lboro.ac.uk/research/climb/n…
Santa reads a joke book

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Here are two more fantastic jokes from the CLiMB team. On Friday we will be revealing our top three jokes as selected by @LboroVC Professor Nick Jennings - watch this space!
The midwife encouraged the pregnant woman to stay active during Christmas. So she did: she sprinted away from any relative who started a sentence with, “Should you really be eating that?”

ALT The midwife encouraged the pregnant woman to stay active during Christmas. So she did: she sprinted away from any relative who started a sentence with, “Should you really be eating that?”

How did Mary and Joseph know how much Jesus weighed when he was born?

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Because they had a weigh-in a manger

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Today is Giving Day 💜 Your opportunity to make a difference by contributing to scholarships, research, and student experience initiatives. Today, every gift is doubled* thanks to £10,000 in @lboroalumni match funding, creating even greater impact! ➡️ lboro.ac.uk/giving-day/
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We’re thrilled to announce that we have been awarded the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education in recognition of our pioneering contributions to Para and disability sport. 🎉 Congratulations to everyone involved 👏 Read more ➡️ lboro.uk/4ag215P
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In this powerful message from COP30, Loughborough's Professor Ed Brown highlights one of the world’s most urgent but overlooked issues: the Global Clean Cooking Challenge. 🌍 @UKMECS #COP30
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Replying to @sebcoe
@sebcoe joins the Experts in Sport podcast for a wide-ranging conversation tracing his journey from Loughborough student-athlete to one of the most influential figures in global sport. Full show: Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Lq…
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Today, the University community gathered to mark Armistice Day in the Garden of Remembrance on campus. University Chaplains led us in an act of commemoration and a two-minute silence. @LboroVC, Professor Nick Jennings began the wreath laying, followed by University Chaplains and members of the University community.
A poppy wreath against a wall

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5 poppy wreaths against a wall

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Ceremony of remembrance led by a university chaplain talking into

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Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nick Jennings laying a wreath

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There are legitimate use-cases for AI that deliver efficiency, but for @LboroVC and @SamGrogan the real prize is active development of AI learning partnership skills Read their WONKE opinion piece here 👇 wonkhe.com/blogs/in-learning…

In learning, AI must become a co-creator, not a shortcut

There are legitimate use-cases for AI that deliver efficiency, but for Nick Jennings and Sam Grogan the real prize is active development of AI learning partnership skills

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Bring your talent to Loughborough University. We're seeking top research talent from around the world to build, join and shape the teams facing down the most pressing challenges of our time. Apply now ➡️ lboro.uk/JoinLboro
A promotional graphic featuring Loughborough academic Dr Serhat Yilmaz seated in front of a row of colourful sports jerseys hanging on hooks. The left side of the image has a large purple section with bold white and light purple text that reads: “JOIN OUR TEAM, BRING YOUR TEAM, BUILD YOUR TEAM.” The background includes a locker room setting with wooden panels and tiled walls.

ALT A promotional graphic featuring Loughborough academic Dr Serhat Yilmaz seated in front of a row of colourful sports jerseys hanging on hooks. The left side of the image has a large purple section with bold white and light purple text that reads: “JOIN OUR TEAM, BRING YOUR TEAM, BUILD YOUR TEAM.” The background includes a locker room setting with wooden panels and tiled walls.

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Prof Nick Jennings retweeted
Taylor & Francis@WeAreTandF14 Oct 2025
"As we look to reform research assessment, we should simply be open to the possibilities offered by new technologies to support human judgements." @LboroVC @LSEImpactBlog @LSEblogs spr.ly/6016AYY7A #AI #ResearchAssessment

Is there a place for AI in research assessment? - LSE Impact

AI is reshaping research, from drafting proposals and academic CVs to automating parts of peer review and assessment. With efforts to reform research assessment in motion, Elizabeth Gadd and Nick...

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Inside the NFL Academy: 6:30am gym sessions, school, and 68 students with a dream. Pleasure to welcome @TansleyEduardo to campus for a behind-the-scenes look at the @NFLAcademy. nytimes.com/athletic/6651852…

Inside the NFL Academy: 6:30am gym sessions, school, and 68 students with a dream

The Athletic was put through drills at the NFL Academy to learn what it takes to make it to college football

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Prof Nick Jennings retweeted
Seb Coe
@sebcoe8 Oct 2025
Really enjoyed talking to Martin Foster from the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences @lborouniversity today as I filmed their 101st “Experts in Sport Podcast”. We covered a range of topics including my time at Loughborough, London 2012 - including getting Her Late Majesty The Queen to take part, as well as some of the challenges the world of sport is currently facing - look out for it in the coming weeks!
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Data is the New Diesel 🌐 Join us online on Monday (6 Oct) from 6pm for a thought-provoking panel event hosted by @LboroVC with leading experts on the environmental impact of data and the urgent need for digital decarbonisation. Register ➡️ lboro.uk/3WkCYX8
Professor Tom Jackson and Professor Ian Hodgkinson

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