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12 April 2021 13:22

Join the virtual Douglas Coupland conference

Northumbria University has collaborated with two other universities to organise a free online conference dedicated to the Canadian writer and artist, Douglas Coupland, to mark the 30th Anniversary of his first novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.

6 April 2021 12:04

EXPERT COMMENT: NFTs: why digital art has such a massive carbon footprint

In an article written for The Conversation, Peter Howson, Senior Lecturer in International Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle discusses non-fungible tokens and digital art.

16 March 2021 14:40

EXPERT COMMENT: Generation X: its tales about McJobs and information overload feel as poignant now as in 1990s

In an article written for The Conversation, Diletta De Cristofaro, Research Fellow in Humanities at Northumbria University, Newcastle, explores the plot of Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, 'McJobs' and information overload.

15 March 2021 15:34

EXPERT COMMENT: Six tips for coping when the news is getting to you

In an article written for The Conversation, Dr Dawn Branley-Bell, Chartered Psychologist and Research Fellow in Psychology at Northumbria University, shares some tips of what we can do to look after ourselves if we feel overwhelmed or 'triggered' by news stories.

24 February 2021 13:00

EXPERT COMMENT: Bitcoin isn’t getting greener: four environmental myths about cryptocurrency debunked

In an article written for The Conversation, Peter Howson, Senior Lecturer in International Development, Northumbria University, explores environmental myths around cryptocurrency.

2 February 2021 11:32

EXPERT COMMENT: Thousands more satellites will soon orbit Earth – we need better rules to prevent space crashes

In a recent article written for The Conversation, Lauren Napier, Researcher in Space Law and Policy, Northumbria University, Newcastle discusses the need for better rules to prevent space crashes as thousands more satellites start orbiting Earth.

Image by Eva Jew, commissioned as part of research by Professor Katy Shaw into representations of menopause in popular culture.

16 October 2020 10:33

EXPERT COMMENT - World Menopause Day: how cultural representations of ‘the change’ are empowering women

Ahead of World Menopause Day on Sunday 18 October, Katy Shaw, Professor of Contemporary Writings at Northumbria University, discusses the important role popular culture is playing in changing perceptions of the menopause.

Community-led leisure centres can be more responsive to what people want – if a class isn’t popular, it’s replaced

22 July 2020 11:34

EXPERT COMMENT: To save our leisure centres from closure, we may need to hand them to the community

Many leisure centres survived austerity by transferring their management to the local community. In an article written for The Conversation, Dr Lindsay Findlay-King, Principal Lecturer in Sport Management at Northumbria University, discusses whether this tactic could work again in today's crisis.

According to epidemiologists, upwards of 70% of the population may need to develop immunity to COVID-19 through vaccinations.

9 July 2020 15:09

EXPERT COMMENT: Coronavirus anti-vaxxers: one in six British people would refuse a vaccine – here’s how to change their minds

In an article originally written for The Conversation, Dr Daniel Jolley, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Northumbria University, and Darel Cookson, PhD Candidate in Psychology at Staffordshire University, explain why some people might reject vaccines and how we can look to combat the anti-covid vaccine sentiment.

6 July 2020 16:33

EXPERT COMMENT: Is ‘build build build’ really the best way forward for England’s planning system?

Alister Scott, Professor of Environmental Geography and an expert in urban planning and infrastructure at Northumbria University, writes for The Conversation on proposals to change the UK's planning system.

Our virtual Spring-Summer Newspaper is here

4 June 2020 14:45

Breaking news: Northumbria’s Spring/Summer Newspaper is here!

Our first digital-only edition of Northumbria University News is here. Packed with the latest news, features and interviews, Northumbria University News is the perfect way to ‘read all about’ the exciting developments taking place across the University.

24 February 2020 15:24

EXPERT COMMENT: BBC - the licence fee is a small price to pay for a service that unites the UK

Tom May, Postgraduate Researcher at Northumbria University, writes for The Conversation about the BBC licence fee.Anyone who owns a television set in the UK is obliged, by law, to pay a licence fee which has always enabled the BBC to exist as an independent entity. But a recent Sunday Times article (paywalled) has announced the UK government’s intention to abolish the BBC licence fee.It is, I bel

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