West Ham United Foundation and Loughborough University London are delighted to announce a new innovative research partnership.
This ground-breaking collaboration is one of the first of its kind in the country, and will see the Foundation provide research opportunities and support to post-graduate students from Loughborough University London – based just a long ball away from London Stadium at Here East Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Projects will see the students will take part in a wide range of the Foundation’s 40-plus schemes currently in delivery across east London and Essex, with the first brief giving students the opportunity to work directly with Foundation programme managers to identify areas of improvement and provide detailed methods of growth.
The findings from this research will then be directly applied to the Foundation’s delivery methods, enabling growth and improvement.
Loughborough University London is Loughborough University’s second campus, whose Stratford base is located just a few hundred metres from West Ham’s new home.
As part of the partnership, students at Loughborough University London will also benefit from industry-led teaching, delivered by highly-skilled and experienced West Ham United guest lecturers.
The partnership will look to expand in the coming years, aiming to incorporate further work streams and projects, thus providing more opportunities for students within a Premier League environment.
Our new partnership with Loughborough University London will enable us to focus on the impact the work of West Ham United Foundation has made in its communities which will equip us with the key information needed to optimise our life-changing work
West Ham United Foundation CEO Joseph Lyons
Professor Mike Caine, Loughborough University London Dean, said: “We are delighted to be establishing an official partnership with West Ham United Foundation, and look forward to nurturing a dynamic and collaborative relationship which will benefit our students and the local community”.
Joseph Lyons, West Ham United Foundation CEO, said of the partnership: “The growth of West Ham United Foundation has been considerable over the past three years, providing an ever-increasing number of opportunities to the communities surrounding the Club’s old and new homes.
“As our delivery grows, so does our resource. In order to keep reaching our targets, we have a need for dedicated, thorough research that can help us create, develop and improve new initiatives, as well as expanding our current programmes.
“Our new partnership with Loughborough University London will enable us to focus on the impact the work of West Ham United Foundation has made in its communities which will equip us with the key information needed to optimise our life-changing work.”
The collaboration sees Loughborough University London become the first post-graduate partners of West Ham United Foundation, alongside the undergraduate partnership with University of East London, where the WHU Foundation degree is currently in its second year of delivery.
In September 2015, Loughborough University opened an additional academic campus inside Here East, London’s new innovation quarter. There, the institution offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities.
Loughborough University has an international reputation for research and teaching, with strong links with industry and unrivalled achievement in sport.
Among its many famous sporting alumni are West Ham United Ladies goalkeeper and 2015 Asian Footballer of the Year award in England winner Aditi Chauhan.