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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.

Amelia Wright

Lockdown hobby inspires award-winning business launch for Northumbria student

Northumbria student Amelia has just been named `Most Inspirational Business Woman of the Year 2022’ at a regional awards ceremony following the success of her fast-growing embroidery brand.
The 21-year-old business student from Crossgates won the award at Inspire, an annual Leeds-based initiative celebrating inspirational women in Yorkshire. She also came second in the Young Achiever of the Y

L-R: Dr Tony Soteriou, Director of Commercialisation, UKRI and Dr Gosia Ciesielska, Associate Professor of Organisation Studies, Northumbria University.

Northumbria University scores Knowledge Exchange award

Northumbria University and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust have won the ‘Knowledge Exchange Strategic Partnership’ award from PraxisAuril, a world-leading association for Knowledge Exchange practitioners.

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.

Charlotte and Sophie Wilson, Yana Active

Northumbria graduates named sustainability entrepreneurs of the year





Graduate entrepreneurs Sophie and Charlotte Wilson have jointly been named Sustainability Entrepreneur of the year 2022 in the prestigious Great British Entrepreneur Awards.
The sisters won the award following the success of their business YANA Active, set up in 2019 to offer high-end activewear clothing for environmentally-conscious women. YANA Active is driven by a belief tha

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