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Professor Howell is one of 56 new Fellows and four Honorary Fellows announced by the LSW in 2025. Image: Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University

Northumbria University Professor Elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales

Professor Kerry Howell from Northumbria University’s Newcastle Business School has been elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (LSW)—joining a distinguished group of leading academics and professionals recognised for their contributions to research, innovation, and public life.

Lifetime Brands brings student design concept to life

Lifetime Brands brings student design concept to life

A cafetière for loose-leaf tea, originally conceived by a group of MA Design and MA Fashion Design students at Northumbria University is landing on shelves across the world, in a fantastic turnaround from concept to product.

Top 10 for the 16th consecutive year

Top 10 for the 16th consecutive year

Northumbria University has been ranked top in the North East for graduate business start-ups based on estimated turnover, according to the latest Higher Education Business and Communities Interaction (HEBCIS) survey.
And by placing fourth in the UK for the academic year 2023/24, Northumbria has now been in the top 10 nationally for graduate enterprises in each of the past 16 years under this me

Northumbria University won two awards and was highly commended in another category at the 2025 Educate North Awards.

Northumbria celebrates success at the Educate North Awards

Northumbria University has been recognised for the support it provides to students and other young learners after scooping two awards, and highly commended in a third category, at the prestigious Educate North Awards.

Association for Art History Fellowship awarded to Professor Gavin Butt

Association for Art History Fellowship awarded to Professor Gavin Butt

Professor of Fine Art, Gavin Butt has been announced by the Association for Art History as one of their 2025 Fellows, an honour awarded on the basis of his innovative research in the field, and its engagement with audiences beyond academic art and art history worlds.

Professor Marion Oswald

Royal Statistical Society Honorary Fellowship for Northumbria academic

The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) has awarded a highly prestigious Honorary Fellowship to Northumbria University academic Professor Marion Oswald MBE.
Each year, the influential RSS awards honorary fellowships to a small and select group of outstanding individuals of great eminence working in fields related to statistics who are not necessarily or primarily members of the statistical profess

The original set of the play 'In the Middle of the West' when it was first performed in Oklahoma

Anniversary of American bombing marked with updated play

On April 19, Oklahoma marks the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Playwright Steve Gilroy’s updated verbatim play, "In the Middle of the West," engages students, teaching them about the bombing's legacy through performances and educational initiatives.

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