Latest news

20 October 2021 08:36

The Good, the Bad and the Greedy: A critical look at UK business ethics

Public lecture at Northumbria University - Monday November 22
Northumbria University, Newcastle, is hosting a public lecture in partnership with the North-East Initiative on Business Ethics (NIBE) featuring two eminent speakers with strong views on 21st Century corporate behaviour.
The lecture will be held at Northumbria’s Newcastle Business School on Monday November 22 at 13:00pm. It will

Experts from Northumbria University outline what we know so far about "levelling up".

19 October 2021 15:28

On the level: Northumbria academics outline what to expect from the government’s levelling up White Paper

With dramatic variances in wealth, health, life chances and wellbeing across the UK, a government White Paper on the subject of “levelling up” is expected to be published this Autumn.

19 October 2021 11:36

New national nurse training centre brings major boost for University and North East health sector and wider economy

Up to 7,000 new nurses and midwives per year will complete the final stage of their training at Northumbria University after it was awarded a contract to become one of five national OSCE testing centres.
The University worked in partnership with The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle City Council to submit the bid for centre status, which will also boost the wider

18 October 2021 08:34

Graduate intern contributes to growth plans for local business

A North-East enterprise set up to help organisations measure and reduce their carbon footprint has seen its growth plans supported by a graduate internship programme from Northumbria University, Newcastle.
Newcastle-based SmartCarbon Ltd has recently recruited Northumbria Master’s graduate Anindya Chatterjee through the Northumbria Enterprise and Business Support 2 (NEBS2)scheme, which offe

15 October 2021 16:15

The Climate Change Challenge – how can we live more sustainably?

Over the coming weeks you’ll be hearing a huge amount in the news about COP26, but what is it, and why is it so important?
COP is the United Nations’ annual climate change conference. It is the world’s most significant summit on climate change and this year, it is being held in the UK for the first time.
COP stands for the Conference of Parties and this year is the 26th conference – hence CO

14 October 2021 08:30

Public trust in using data to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic cannot be assumed, researchers warn

Researchers from the Observatory for Monitoring Data-Driven Approaches to Covid-19 (OMDDAC) have published a final report on a study part-led by academics at Northumbria University to understand public attitudes toward sharing data and personal information to shape the UK’s response to the pandemic.

The P&G led Bioscience for Sustainable Consumer Products (BISCOP) CTP will create an inclusive, collaborative environment for high quality doctoral training. Image ID: Shutterstock 1379063297

11 October 2021 12:57

Major government funding injection for bioscientists of tomorrow

A new Collaborative Training Partnership (CTP), led by Procter & Gamble and including Northumbria University, has received funding as part of a £22.5m investment from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to address skill gaps in the UK bioscience industry.

Social media

Press contacts

Rik Kendall

Press contact PR and Media Manager Business and Law rik.kendall@northumbria.ac.uk 07923 382339

Andrea Slowey

Press contact PR and Media Manager Engineering and Environment / Health and Life Sciences andrea.slowey@northumbria.ac.uk 07708 509436

James Fox

Press contact Student Communications Manager james2.fox@northumbria.ac.uk

Rachael Barwick

Press contact PR and Media Coordinator Health and Life Sciences / Sport rachael.barwick@northumbria.ac.uk 07377422415

Ruth Lognonne

Press contact PR and Media Coordinator Health and Life Sciences / Sport ruth.lognonne@northumbria.ac.uk 07971274253

Emily Morris

Press contact Corporate Communications Coordinator emily.l.morris@northumbria.ac.uk

Gemma Brown

Press contact PR and Media Coordinator Arts Design and Social Sciences / Engineering and Environment gemma6.brown@northumbria.ac.uk