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  • Remembering and responding on World Aids Day

    Staff and students at Northumbria University will mark World AIDS Day by celebrating the life and work of a former academic, and launching two new initiatives aimed at highlighting the challenges faced by those living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

  • Kick off the festive season with Northumbria University’s Carol Service

    Northumbria University will hold its annual Carol Service on Monday 10 December.
    All are welcome to the free event that starts at 6pm in Newcastle Cathedral, St Nicholas Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1PF.
    The service will include traditional carols, performances from the University and Cathedral Choirs, and will be followed by a light festive drinks reception.
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  • It’s the end of the world as we know it

    No, we’re not talking about Brexit this time, but the theme of this year’s Being Human Festival – the national celebration of the Humanities.

  • Ambitious UK-US Antarctic research mission begins

    Today marks the start of the first field season of a five-year quest to understand the contribution that the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica will make to global sea level. Support teams will now begin their work to get field camps and supply depots set up and ready for the arrival of science teams, which will include researchers from Northumbria University, Newcastle.

  • Northumbria leads pioneering research into impact of Northern Writers’ Awards

    A champion for Northern voices and underrepresented groups, a key element in the North East creative economy, and a talent pipeline for the UK publishing industry. This is the verdict of Professor Katy Shaw’s new research into the value and impact of the Northern Writers Awards (NWAs) – the UK’s largest literary awards of their kind in the country.

  • Northumbria sees rapid rise in global rankings

    Northumbria University has risen significantly in two subject areas in the 2019 Times Higher Education’s World Rankings, marking further improvements in the institution’s international profile.

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