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More than a million listeners have already heard May Sumbwanyambe's work on BBC Radio 4 with his latest play, Back Home, highlighting the elephant ivory debate.

Creative writing lecturer’s new play highlights elephant ivory debate

A Northumbria University lecturer, who is also an award-winning playwright and radio dramatist, is preparing for his latest play to be aired on BBC Radio 4.

The Lit & Phil in Newcastle is the largest independent UK library outside of London. Photo by Sally Ann Norman.

Researchers prepare for a new series of public talks at The Lit & Phil

Academics from Northumbria University have teamed up with the Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society, known as The Lit & Phil, to engage the public with their world-leading research through a new series of public talks.

Northumbria graduate Ali Pritchard

Theatre founder and Northumbria alum named among most influential in industry

A Northumbria University graduate, and founder of Newcastle’s Alphabetti Theatre, has been voted as one of the 100 most influential people within the UK theatre and performing arts industry over the last year.

EXPERT COMMENT: Why food is such a powerful symbol in political protest

EXPERT COMMENT: Why food is such a powerful symbol in political protest

Activists are using food to draw attention to some of today’s most pressing issues. In an article written for The Conversation, Ekaterina Gladkova, Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at Northumbria University, discusses why food is such a powerful symbol in political protest.

Image by artist Chiara Dellerba, who is involved in the Understanding and Reimagining Sleep and its Disorders workshops.

Creative approaches to sleep disorders

Sleep researchers from Northumbria University are running a series of workshops, aimed at finding creative ways of coping with poor sleep.

Northumbria staff and students took part in a carefully curated schedule of activities which ran in parallel with the online Design for Planet Festival, embracing the key themes of the event.

Thousands tuned into inspiring programme at Design for Planet Festival

It’s just over a month since festival fever gripped Northumbria after the University partnered with the Design Council for the 2022 Design for Planet Festival. Almost 7,000 participants registered for the online event across two days in November, providing more than 40 virtual events and live broadcasts, to coincide with COP27.

Pictured l-r, Heart Transplant Co-ordinator Kirstie Wallace; Newcastle Hospitals Charity Director Teri Bayliss; Heart Transplant Co-ordinator Hazel Muse Associate; and Professor Jamie Steane, of Northumbria University’s School of Design.

New eLearning website supports transplant patients through life-saving surgery

Undergoing a heart or lung transplant can be an incredibly worrying time, for both patients and their family and friends, and the information which needs to be explained by surgeons and understood by patients before major life saving surgery is lengthy and complex.

From l-r: Bookbinder Alexandra Marsden, Dr Claudine Van Hensbergen and Dr Gareth Roddy at the Books as Treasures event at the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead.

Inspiring events draw hundreds of people to Being Human Festival

Between 10 and 19 November hundreds of people attended Treasures of the North East: a programme of nine events celebrating Hadrian’s Wall and the Lindisfarne Gospels, organised by Northumbria University and held at various locations across Newcastle and Gateshead as part of this year’s Being Human Festival.

Northumbria research included in national report to address digital inequality

Northumbria research included in national report to address digital inequality

Recommendations by academics from Northumbria University have been included in a new report by the British Academy, exploring how to tackle the rise of digital poverty.

Pictured l-r: Caron Gentry; Patrick Andelic; Richard Johnson (QMUL); Stephanie L. Young (Exec Director, When we all Vote); Philip Davies (co-Chair American Politics Group); Brian Ward; Christina Tribble (US Cultural Attaché, London).

UK and US political experiences shared during public lecture

An advisor to former US President Barak Obama was among the speakers at a Northumbria University event exploring the current shared challenges within UK and US politics.

Members of the multi-talented technical team in the Arts, Design and Social Sciences Faculty, will stage an exhibition of personal and professionally completed work to showcase their skills in the Foyer of CCE2.

Exhibition will showcase the skills of Technicians

An event aimed at celebrating the unique contributions of technical support staff, and the diversity of the work they carry out across a range of subject areas at Northumbria University, will run throughout December.

The cast of Angels of the North series 4: (L-R) Shane, Jade, Sammyjo, Molly, Lauren. Credit: BBC

North East graduates get careers off to a flying start with ‘Angels of the North’

Several young TV crew from Northumbria University’s Film and TV production degree have seen their careers get off to a flying start by working on the latest series of a BBC show.

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