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  • Design students collaborate with industry innovators

    Design students collaborate with industry innovators

    A homecare medication box that senses and reminds the user when it is time to take their medicine, electronic sensors embedded in containers that detect whether home-cooked food is safe to eat, and counterfeit-detecting smartcards are just some of the commercial uses that Northumbria students have designed for a new technology called printable electronics.

  • Managing an ageing prison population

    Managing an ageing prison population

    Identifying and addressing the physical, mental health and social care needs of ageing prisoners is vital to improve the UK’s prison service, say Northumbria criminologists.

  • Northumbria student is top of the shops

    Northumbria student is top of the shops

    A Northumbria University student has been named as an inaugural winner in the Graduate Design Programme – the latest initiative to support graduate talent.

  • New fashion talent in the spotlight

    New fashion talent in the spotlight

    Northumbria University fashion students will showcase their conceptual collections at the annual Fashion Show next week.

  • Exploring art at a stroke

    Exploring art at a stroke

    A unique app which allows you to peel back the layers of a masterpiece and uncover a previously hidden world has been developed by experts from Northumbria and Newcastle universities.

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