Region’s charitable history explored in exhibition
An exhibition exploring the history and legacy of philanthropy in the North East is currently taking place in Newcastle.
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Business support to spark innovation
Small businesses from the North-East are being invited to take part in fully-funded, action-packed creative workshops to gain a fresh perspective on opportunities and challenges, develop ideas for new products and services, and share experiences with other local businesses.
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Northumbria helps celebrate Women’s 100 day
A series of innovative events are taking place across Newcastle to mark 100 years since women finally got the right to vote.
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Criminologist explores dark side of The Archers
It is the longest running soap on British radio, billed as ‘an everyday story of country folk’ when it launched in 1951. Now an academic from Northumbria University is exploring the darker side of the BBC Radio 4 show The Archers by examining the role of criminals and crime within the long-running series.
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Learn how ‘Geordies’ changed the world with new five-week online course
Where was the light bulb invented? What about the first steam locomotive, or hydroelectricity? Why have you never seen a canal in North-East England? Which was the only UK city outside London that Martin Luther King ever visited?
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IRA and African connections explored during talk
Connections between the African National Congress and Sinn Fein will be explored during a free lecture by Northumbria University academic Dr Connal Parr this week.
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EXPERT COMMENT: #MeToo, Sleeping Beauty and the often controversial history of fairy tales
Pete Newbon, Lecturer in Romantic and Victorian Literature at Northumbria University discusses #MeToo, Sleeping Beauty and the often controversial history of fairy tales for The Conversation.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Britannia, Druids and the surprisingly modern origins of myth
Professor of Modern History, Matthew Kelly, discusses Britannia, Druids and the surprisingly modern origins of myths for The Conversation.
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Two weeks left to enter Northern Writers’ Awards
Writers from across the North of England have just two weeks left to enter this year’s Northern Writers’ Awards.
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EXPERT COMMENT: How our minds construct the past, present and future depends on our relationship with time
Dr Sarah Duffy, Senior Lecturer in Languages and Linguistics at Northumbria University, discusses different perspectives of time for The Conversation.
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Humanities degrees and their value
Professor Julian Wright, Head of Humanities at Northumbria University, discusses why a humanities degree is more relevant today than it has ever been.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Peruvian women reflect on mining and development in the Andes
Katy Jenkins, Associate Professor of International Development and Co-Director of the Centre for International Development at Northumbria University, writes in Discover Society about her sociological photography project.
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