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EXPERT COMMENT: To save our leisure centres from closure, we may need to hand them to the community
Press releases • Jul 22, 2020 11:34 BST
Many leisure centres survived austerity by transferring their management to the local community. In an article written for The Conversation, Dr Lindsay Findlay-King, Principal Lecturer in Sport Management at Northumbria University, discusses whether this tactic could work again in today's crisis.
Global accolades for patient safety research
Press releases • Jul 21, 2020 14:51 BST
Research into patient safety across Europe, led by Northumbria University, has received international acclaim.
EXPERT COMMENT: Why allotments offer urban oases for bees and butterflies
Press releases • Jul 21, 2020 12:33 BST
Senior Lecturers Rinke Vinkenoog, Katherine Baldock and Matthew Pound as well as Research Fellow Mark Goddard, discuss urban biodiversity.
Fashion students make the cut – Northumbria designers named as finalists in prestigious industry awards
Press releases • Jul 20, 2020 16:27 BST
The design talents of students from Northumbria University have been highlighted after six were named as finalists in the influential Graduate Fashion Foundation Awards.
EXPERT COMMENT: Does design thinking hold the key to business growth during COVID-19
Press releases • Jul 15, 2020 19:38 BST
With the IMF warning that the ‘Great Lockdown’ global recession will be the worst since the Great Depression, organisations are being forced to reset and reinvent faster than ever before. The race is on for entrepreneurs and business owners to craft new plans, develop new products and deliver new solutions in order to survive.
Northumbria graduate earns ground-breaking role on Irish Human Rights Commission
Press releases • Jul 13, 2020 16:16 BST
A Northumbria University PhD graduate has made history by becoming the first disabled female Traveller to earn a place on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC)
Northumbria Highly Commended for Benefiting Society
Press releases • Jul 13, 2020 10:01 BST
Anti-corruption research delivering results
Press releases • Jul 10, 2020 11:55 BST
Law students help secure award
Press releases • Jul 10, 2020 08:43 BST
EXPERT COMMENT: Coronavirus anti-vaxxers: one in six British people would refuse a vaccine – here’s how to change their minds
Press releases • Jul 09, 2020 15:09 BST
In an article originally written for The Conversation, Dr Daniel Jolley, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Northumbria University, and Darel Cookson, PhD Candidate in Psychology at Staffordshire University, explain why some people might reject vaccines and how we can look to combat the anti-covid vaccine sentiment.
Northumbria partners in €4.8m EU housing energy efficiency project
Press releases • Jul 09, 2020 12:22 BST
Northumbria University has been chosen to participate in a €4.8 million project to tackle the issue of renovating residential buildings in Europe to make them more energy efficient.
Students step up to support communities during the Covid-19 lockdown
Press releases • Jul 08, 2020 15:30 BST
Selfless students have been recognised by the city’s universities for going above and beyond to support their neighbours during lockdown.
Northumbria University and NEL Fund Managers launching growth programme for North East health, wellness and social care sectors
Press releases • Jul 08, 2020 09:27 BST
A major new initiative to help North East businesses grow or expand into the health, wellness and social care delivery sectors is set to go live.
EXPERT COMMENT: Is ‘build build build’ really the best way forward for England’s planning system?
Press releases • Jul 06, 2020 16:33 BST
Alister Scott, Professor of Environmental Geography and an expert in urban planning and infrastructure at Northumbria University, writes for The Conversation on proposals to change the UK's planning system.
EXPERT COMMENT: Back pain: four ways to fix bad lockdown posture – by copying astronauts
Press releases • Jul 06, 2020 13:15 BST
Lockdown could be bad for you back. Thanks to measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, many of us are now working from home. This means you might not be moving around as much, and your home desk setup (and the posture you adopt while working) might not be as good as it should be. These are all things that can lead to back pain.
Northumbria University part of £3.9m national collaboration to support academic engagement with public policy
Press releases • Jul 02, 2020 07:30 BST
Northumbria University has joined forces with UCL and the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester and Nottingham, as well as Parliament, Government and policy organisations, in a project to explore ways of improving academic-policy engagement.
Northumbria has the talent!
Press releases • Jul 01, 2020 13:14 BST
A team of marketing students from Northumbria University, Newcastle, has been crowned winners of this year’s UK Data and Marketing Association (DMA) Talent Marketing Challenge.
EXPERT COMMENT - Women leaders and coronavirus: look beyond stereotypes to find the secret of their success
Press releases • Jun 30, 2020 13:47 BST
Professor Kate Maclean of Northumbria University’s Centre for International Development, discusses the success of women leaders in handling COVID 19.
Northern Writers’ Awards 2020: winners announced
Press releases • Jun 29, 2020 17:06 BST
Twenty-six writers from a record 1,800 entrants have received awards worth over £45,000 to support their unpublished work-in-progress in this year’s Northern Writers’ Awards.
Northumbria is top rated UK young university in global rankings
Press releases • Jun 29, 2020 12:43 BST
Northumbria University’s growing global reputation for academic excellence has been reinforced after becoming the highest placed UK university in the latest world rankings.