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Liam Philpot is pictured in the Architecture studios at Northumbria University with some of his design work.

Scholarship success for architecture student

An architecture student from Northumbria University has been named as one of five students from across the country to be awarded a prestigious scholarship by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Wren Insurance Association.

Hardship scholarships for talented students

Hardship scholarships for talented students

Northumbria University has established a partnership with the Jim Jackson Educational and Enabling Foundation to establish new hardship scholarships for talented students from traditionally under-represented groups who want to study at the University.


Approximately 40% of Northumbria’s students are from under-represented groups, and 65% are from North East England, where school attainme

Audiobooks studio launched for North East

Audiobooks studio launched for North East

New Writing North and publishers Hachette UK have opened a dedicated new audiobook recording studio in the North East. Sounds Good Audiobooks is based within Northumbria University’s city centre campus in the heart of Newcastle.

A young person having an MRI scan to image the brain

New study finds more targeted approach to treating aggressive childhood brain cancer

A Northumbria University researcher has identified a critical group of medulloblastoma, a form of brain cancer in children, which is near incurable using current therapies. The discovery of an aggressive genetic group will lead to better patient management of this form of tumour, which urgently requires new treatment approaches.

An image taken in infrared light. The Sun’s disc is blocked out by a coronagraph, a similar effect as the moon during a solar eclipse. The bright wispy, hair-like features are where the Sun’s gas is highlighting the magnetic field.

First successful routine measurements of Sun’s magnetic field in the corona

A team of scientists have successfully carried out regular measurements of the outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time – giving us a much better understanding of the magnetic field within this region, known as the solar corona.
The Sun’s magnetic field plays a key role in shaping its atmosphere, with activity such as solar eruptions and the heating of the corona to millions o

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