A leading expert in health and social care for older people from Northumbria University has shared his views on what could be done to improve care for older people at a special event at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
The annual ESRC Festival of Social Science is once again being celebrated at Northumbria University, with a range of events led by researchers taking place between 19 October and 9 November 2024.
An architecture student from Northumbria University has been named as one of five students from across the country to be awarded a prestigious scholarship by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Wren Insurance Association.
A brand-new healthcare training facility which has been developed with support from Northumbria University to be used by students on a new T-Level in health course has opened at Bede Academy in Blyth.
Northumbria University has established a partnership with the Jim Jackson Educational and Enabling Foundation to establish new hardship scholarships for talented students from traditionally under-represented groups who want to study at the University.
Approximately 40% of Northumbria’s students are from under-represented groups, and 65% are from North East England, where school attainme
Researchers are urging UK governments to introduce expert clinicians across all health services to co-ordinate better treatment for people with serious mental health illness and substance use problems.
Over 140 delegates from more than 80 different organisations travelled from 40 countries for the prestigious annual International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (IVCO) conference hosted by Northumbria University this year.
New Writing North and publishers Hachette UK have opened a dedicated new audiobook recording studio in the North East. Sounds Good Audiobooks is based within Northumbria University’s city centre campus in the heart of Newcastle.
A Northumbria University researcher has identified a critical group of medulloblastoma, a form of brain cancer in children, which is near incurable using current therapies. The discovery of an aggressive genetic group will lead to better patient management of this form of tumour, which urgently requires new treatment approaches.
AHRC Creative Communities new podcast series, case studies and devolved policy papers provide timely evidence on the value of cross-sector partnership working to deliver cultural innovation and community cohesion in devolved contexts.
Professor John Woodward has been named the North East’s top business person of the year for his work to develop the new £50 million North East Space Skills and Technology Centre at Northumbria University.
A team of scientists have successfully carried out regular measurements of the outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time – giving us a much better understanding of the magnetic field within this region, known as the solar corona.
The Sun’s magnetic field plays a key role in shaping its atmosphere, with activity such as solar eruptions and the heating of the corona to millions o
The five universities of North East England, which collectively contribute £2.7 billion and 33,500 jobs to the UK’s economy*, will later this year launch a new partnership to strengthen their collaboration to achieve even greater social and economic impact.
A Northumbria University space researcher has received a major award for her research into plasma physics from the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing.
‘Picture This: Marking 20 Years of Facebook & 120 Years of Photographs’, a free exhibition organised by Dr Claire Bessant from Northumbria Law School and open to all ages, will take place at the Bellingham Heritage Centre, Northumberland between the 7th and 17th of November.
Although we’ve taken photos for over a century, Facebook’s landmark 2004 launch led to us sharing thousands of pictur
Three Architecture students from Northumbria University received accolades at the prestigious Architects for Health Student Design Awards, for design concepts that were up against entries from across the globe.
Cullercoats RNLI (The Royal National Lifeboat Institution) has enlisted the support of talented business students as it embarks on a marketing drive to celebrate its 200th anniversary.
Students from Northumbria University Business Clinic came up with a range of suggestions to help the lifeboat station promote events around the charity’s 200th anniversary and other activities that would help it
Northumbria University, Newcastle has welcomed higher education institutions from across the UK for a one-day event exploring how experiential learning can enhance life chances for students.
The event, held at Northumbria’s City Campus in Newcastle upon Tyne, attracted over 200 delegates from universities including Leeds, Keele, York, Dundee, Manchester Metropolitan, Newcastle, Anglia Ruskin,
Two nursing academics from Northumbria University have joined forces with the award-winning Alphabetti Theatre to produce a new musical using real-life stories and experiences of working in nursing.
Groundbreaking research led by Northumbria University has revealed how the use of an independent Data Ethics Advisory Committee by West Midlands Police has transformed the understanding of how to achieve responsible artificial intelligence (AI) in policing, offering a blueprint for a national model of oversight.
Over the past five years, the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (WMOPCC)
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