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(l-r) Sarah Munro, Director of BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, and Professor Katy Shaw, Director of Cultural Partnerships at Northumbria University

Northumbria University and BALTIC announce new partnership

After over a decade of innovative collaboration, Northumbria University and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art announce a renewed partnership that will continue to put the region on the map as a global hub for contemporary art learning and practice.

Map of London and New York City streets

Northumbria research helps find key to spatial navigation skills

A long-term study involving a Northumbria University architect has found that growing up in rural or suburban areas improves spatial navigation. Professor Ruth Dalton, from the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, conducted research which found that being raised in a city – particularly a city with grid-patterned streets – is detrimental to the development of spacial navigation.

Professor Katie Haighton and Dr Sonia Dalkin from Northumbria University.

Major new mental health study inspired by lived experience

Experts at Northumbria University are supporting a £1 million research study, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), which aims to improve the outcomes and experiences of those being discharged from mental health hospitals.

Chris Pointon meeting first year students David Simpson and Alicja Kleysa

University funds new personalised uniforms to help student nurses on placement

North East patients receiving care from Northumbria University’s student nurses can now easily see the name of their carer, after the University paid to have names embroidered onto student uniforms. Northumbria is believed to be the first university in the country to pay for the names of all first-year nursing and healthcare students to be embroidered onto their uniforms.

Designing homes that are fit for the future

Designing homes that are fit for the future

A team of Northumbria University academics has been awarded funding to design and develop a purpose-built home office within a prototype home, that will allow people to age in place and work effectively from home.

The results of the study will be used to help inform local plans and to address inequalities caused by digital exclusion.

Collaborative research to help plan North Tyneside’s digital future

Academics at Northumbria University are leading a study which is investigating how residents across North Tyneside access and use digital technology – and where there are barriers to its take-up. The results will help to shape the development of future services within the borough, from healthcare and housing to education and digital infrastructure.

HRH The Princess Royal speaking with Mrs Gill McGill and Professor Matthew Kiernan, Co-Directors of Northumbria's Northern Hub for Veterans and Military Families Research.

Northumbria welcomes Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited Northumbria University, Newcastle, to hear about the quality and impact of its research helping to transform services and support for the UK military veteran community.

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