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EXPERT COMMENT: Rishi Sunak wants to cut the cost of ‘sicknote’ Britain. But we’ve found a strong economic case for benefits

In this article originally written for The Conversation*, from Northumbria University, Elliott Johnson, Senior Research Fellow in Public Policy and CAPE North of Tyne Combined Authority Policy Fellow, Howard Reed, Senior Research Fellow in Social work, Education, and Community wellbeing, and Matthew T. Johnson, Professor of Public Policy, discuss the economic case for benefits.

The project team, Research Assistant Mingyu Zhu, Dr Jiayi Jin and Professor Richard Laing are pictured while attending the Future Observatory workshop and presenting their research at the Design Museum, London.

Collaborating with coastal communities on regeneration is key

Researchers at Northumbria University have undertaken a project exploring sustainable planning with the coastal communities in North and South Tyneside. The team developed and championed methods to enable communities to co-design how urban redevelopment might best serve their neighbourhoods.

Greggs CEO Roisin Currie

Pioneering businesswoman honoured by Northumbria

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

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New exhibition honours the life of a North East icon

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.

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Cultural-led regeneration to help Gateshead flourish

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

Aspiring Architect wins prestigious industry awards

Aspiring Architect wins prestigious industry awards

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.

A pathway to university – regardless of background

A pathway to university – regardless of background

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

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