Roisin Currie, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Greggs PLC, has been awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law by Northumbria University, Newcastle in recognition of her outstanding contribution to business, her commitment to diversity in the workplace and her support in creating positive futures for people leaving prison.
Her appointment to lead Greggs in May 2022 created history for t
In this article originally written for The Conversation*, Dr Thomas Cheney, Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow and Assistant Professor at Northumbria Law School in Northumbria University, discusses the implications of Space Junk.
As fans prepare for the 2024 World Snooker Championship to get under way this weekend, a new exhibition has been staged at Northumbria University to celebrate the life of a multiple snooker and billiards world champion and one of the most inspirational sportswomen of her generation.
A Northumbria University academic has received levelling up funding to help creative and cultural practitioners bring jobs and greater economic and community activity to Gateshead town centre.
Dr Rebecca Prescott, from Northumbria’s Newcastle Business School and Dr Alexander Wilson, Lecturer in Urban Planning at Newcastle University, will use the £165,000 from Gateshead Council’s levelling up
An Architecture student at Northumbria University recently achieved a series of industry accolades for a community-based project focused on reviving and regenerating a town in Leeds.
Over one hundred registered nurses have now been added to the region’s NHS workforce through Northumbria University’s 18-month nursing degree apprenticeship programme.
A learning centre designed to help young people from under-represented backgrounds in Newcastle progress into higher education has supported more than 1,200 students in the past year.
Set up in 2021, the IntoUniversity Newcastle East Centre is a partnership between Northumbria and Newcastle Universities and IntoUniversity – the UK’s largest university access charity. Based at the Monkchester C
In this article originally written for The Conversation*, Victoria J E Jones, Associate Professor of Arts, Design and Social Science at Northumbria University, discusses the impact of the furlough scheme.
An innovative mental health scheme at Northumbria University has been awarded £388,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund to support the mental health of adults from across the North East.
Researchers will develop new ways to monitor carbon emissions from vast swathes of peatland after winning almost half a million pounds to develop new sensors that can be used in remote areas.
Landlords, publicans, local authority planners, and members of the public are being invited to an academic workshop at Northumbria University, Newcastle, exploring the future of the British Pub.
Entitled “Public House 2030: Will pubs still be here at the end of the decade?”, the workshop is being held on Friday 26th April at Northumbria’s Newcastle Business School. It will include several gues
A historian from Northumbria University will explore the impact of changes in divorce legislation during the Victorian era on women and children. The research project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, aims to create a comprehensive database and shed light on the personal stories behind the statistics.
