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30 writers share £40,000 prize fund

30 writers share £40,000 prize fund

​A record 30 writers have been recognised at this year’s Northern Writers’ Awards – including the inaugural winner of the Northumbria University Student and Alumni Award.

Poppy Crow and Callum Smith

Award-winning design students follow in footsteps of Northumbria alumnus Sir Jony Ive

​Two Northumbria students have had their innovative designs recognised by leading companies after being awarded prestigious prizes at the RSA Student Design Awards. Design for Industry students Callum Smith and Poppy Crow are following in the footsteps of Northumbria alumnus Sir Jonathan Ive, Chief Design Officer of Apple, who won two RSA Student Design awards consecutively in 1988 and 1989.

Media and animation students wow audiences

Media and animation students wow audiences

​Edgar Allan Poe, dementia and a fencing champion were just some of the inspirations behind this year’s graduating Film and TV Production students. Their final year films were recently screened at a special Media Gala at Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, before an audience comprising leading members of the film and TV industry.

Creative talent revealed

Creative talent revealed

​Northumbria opened its annual degree show with a stunning launch event across campus. REVEAL featured the creative work of talented graduating students from the University’s Architecture, Arts, Design and Media course.

Tom Gent with The Stig

Top Gear? Top career!

​A Northumbria graduate currently working with Chris Evans says his career is literally in ‘Top Gear’ thanks to the skills and experience he gained during his time at university.

Reflections of Newcastle

Reflections of Newcastle

​Northumbria academics and students have recently helped bring the Newcastle of 1914 back to life in a unique digital project to mark the First World War centenary.

All will be revealed

All will be revealed

​Northumbria’s stunning end-of-year degree show for its creative courses launches tonight across campus.

EXPERT COMMENT: Crime Story 2016

EXPERT COMMENT: Crime Story 2016

The media is – and always has been – obsessed with crime stories. Whether a highbrow broadsheet or a populist tabloid, our newspapers devote more space to crime reporting than to most other forms of news, sport, current affairs, or human interest stories.

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