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  • Northumbria Law lecturer appointed Chair of Law Society's Education and Training Committee

    Northumbria Associate Professor, Dr Victoria Roper, has been appointed as Chair of the national Education and Training Committee of the Law Society for England and Wales.
    The Law Society’s Education and Training Committee represents the interests of around 200,000 solicitors and tens of thousands of law students and formulates national policy in relation to solicitor education and training.

  • Northumbria academic elected as Chair of influential Council

    Dr Ian Elliott from Northumbria University, Newcastle, has been elected as Chair of the influential Joint University Council (JUC) at its Annual General Meeting held this month.
    As the UK Learned Society for Public Administration, Public Policy and Social Work, the JUC , promotes the development and coordination of the work of universities who teach and research in these areas.
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  • Programme supports region’s small businesses on road to recovery

    A leadership programme, created specifically to help SMEs build resilience and manage the impact of Covid-19, is set to help more than 130 businesses across the North East and Cumbria to recover.
    With a small number of places remaining for next year, the first cohort completed the Small Business Leadership Programme(SBLP) earlier this month. More than 90% of participants said that the Programme