Minister for Science, Research and Innovation opens £2m investment in region’s Engineering and Environment students
Office for Students funding upgrades Northumbria University’s teaching facilities with cutting-edge technologies
Office for Students funding upgrades Northumbria University’s teaching facilities with cutting-edge technologies
Results from the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) show Northumbria University with the biggest rise in research power ranking of any UK university. Its research power ranking rose to 23rd, having previously risen to 50th in 2014 from 80th in 2008, making Northumbria the sector’s largest riser in research power ranking for the second time.
After over a decade of innovative collaboration, Northumbria University and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art announce a renewed partnership that will continue to put the region on the map as a global hub for contemporary art learning and practice.
A Northumbria University academic will chair a prestigious conference exploring the historic relationship between mathematics and music, hosted by the Royal College of Music in London.
Northumbria University law academic Professor Mohamed Badar has been appointed to the International Bar Association (IBA’s) influential War Crimes Committee (WCC).
As the Middle East and North Africa Regional Forum Liaison Officer for the WCC, Professor Badar will use his position to help promote justice and uphold the principles of accountability as well as to inspire and encourage young lawye
A long-term study involving a Northumbria University architect has found that growing up in rural or suburban areas improves spatial navigation. Professor Ruth Dalton, from the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, conducted research which found that being raised in a city – particularly a city with grid-patterned streets – is detrimental to the development of spacial navigation.
One of the UK’s leading experts on nature and sustainable land use has been appointed as the sole special adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee investigating land use in England. Professor Alister Scott of Northumbria University will provide the Select Committee with specialist advice over the structure and content of the inquiry, which is due to report at the end of this year.
Northumbria University, Newcastle, has extended a partnership agreement with the North East Initiative on Business Ethics (NIBE).
The move follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two organisations in 2018, formalising their collaboration on initiatives to promote the moral and commercial benefits of ethical and responsible business practice. Extending the partnership reinforce
Harvesting energy from the day-to-day movements of the human body and turning it into useful electrical energy, is the focus of a new piece of research involving a Northumbria University Professor.
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When a new regime comes to power, it usually asserts its symbolic control over public space by renaming streets that referred to the values and heroes of its predecessors.
Experts at Northumbria University are supporting a £1 million research study, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), which aims to improve the outcomes and experiences of those being discharged from mental health hospitals.
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