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  • Association for Art History Fellowship awarded to Professor Gavin Butt

    Association for Art History Fellowship awarded to Professor Gavin Butt

    Professor of Fine Art, Gavin Butt has been announced by the Association for Art History as one of their 2025 Fellows, an honour awarded on the basis of his innovative research in the field, and its engagement with audiences beyond academic art and art history worlds.

  • Professor Marion Oswald

    Royal Statistical Society Honorary Fellowship for Northumbria academic

    The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) has awarded a highly prestigious Honorary Fellowship to Northumbria University academic Professor Marion Oswald MBE.
    Each year, the influential RSS awards honorary fellowships to a small and select group of outstanding individuals of great eminence working in fields related to statistics who are not necessarily or primarily members of the statistical profess

  • The original set of the play 'In the Middle of the West' when it was first performed in Oklahoma

    Anniversary of American bombing marked with updated play

    On April 19, Oklahoma marks the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Playwright Steve Gilroy’s updated verbatim play, "In the Middle of the West," engages students, teaching them about the bombing's legacy through performances and educational initiatives.

  • Linda Lightley

    Northumbria technician shortlisted for acclaimed prize

    An inspirational technician from Northumbria University, Newcastle, has been shortlisted for a Papin Prize - the only national awards dedicated to celebrating the success and achievements of technical staff.
    A Scientific Officer in fashion at the Northumbria School of Design, Linda Lightley, is now in contention for the Papin Excellence in Sustainability category. She is among 68 technicians sh

  • Northumbria University Fashion student Kamile Kartunaviciute

    Gen Z fondness for moments of self-care inspires winning fashion collection

    A final year Fashion student from Northumbria University has been named the winner of the prestigious Next Graduate Fashion Foundation Design and Trend Competition.
    The competition, which challenged emerging designers to forecast trends and design a capsule collection for Autumn/Winter 2025, attracted entries from fashion students across the country.
    But it was a collection by Northumbria’s

  • Neptune’s auroras as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope.

    Deep space telescope captures Neptune’s auroras for the first time

    Scientists from Northumbria University captured Neptune's auroras for the first time using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. This groundbreaking discovery, revealing unique auroral characteristics and significant atmospheric cooling, enhances understanding of Neptune's magnetic field and its interactions with solar particles.

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