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The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre for Rural Sustainable Development has already trained more than 50 entrepreneurs and university students in managing and converting local waste, on green construction methods and agriculture.

23 June 2022 13:51

Northumbria University contributes to sustainable development in Africa

Researchers at Northumbria University have been instrumental in the creation of a centre for innovation and entrepreneurship in a low-income area of Africa

The Summer 2022 edition of Northumbria University News is available to read online and on campus now.

22 June 2022 10:00

Northumbria’s Summer 2022 newspaper is out now

Packed with the latest news, features and interviews, the newspaper is the perfect way to keep up to date with the exciting developments taking place across the University.

Professor Matt Baillie Smith and Dr Bianca Fadel help install the RYVU exhibition at Gallery North.

20 June 2022 08:00

New research highlights young refugees’ voices and experiences

Experts from Northumbria University have revealed findings from a research study which examines the links between volunteer opportunities and the livelihoods of young refugees.

Dr Jan de Rydt being interviewed while on fieldwork in Antarctica

15 June 2022 13:48

Research fellow receives £1.5m award to study climate change impacts on the Antarctic Ice Sheet

A researcher from Northumbria University has received a prestigious fellowship award worth £1.5 million to study Antarctica’s future contribution to rising global sea level.

Participatory workshops with volunteers and community representatives featured in the research collaboration with VSO.

10 June 2022 10:06

New research is first-ever study on "blended volunteering"

Running projects without international volunteers will not help “decolonise development”, according to new collaborative research by international development charity Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), and Northumbria University.

Researchers collecting radiocarbon samples on the Lindsey Islands, Pine Island Bay, Antarctica

9 June 2022 16:00

Present Antarctic deglaciation may be unprecedented in last 5,000 years, study finds

Two major glaciers in West Antarctica may be losing ice faster than they have in at least the last 5,000 years, finds a study involving researchers from Northumbria University.

Dr Mark Goddard works within Northumbria’s Geography and Environmental Sciences department which was ranked second in the UK for its research power in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

24 May 2022 10:00

Academic wins international award for work on ecological sustainability

A researcher at Northumbria University is part of a group of academics to win a prestigious international award for their work on sustainable science.

23 May 2022 12:51

North East experts chosen to work with Arctic communities on new climate change technology

Northumbria University researchers are part of a unique team working on a new £1m project to better equip Indigenous communities in the Arctic against the disproportionate impacts of climate change.

Northumbria University’s Social Mobility Impact Report demonstrates best practice initiatives and programmes that the University is undertaking to spread opportunity.

17 May 2022 10:00

Northumbria University launches Social Mobility Impact Report

Northumbria University has launched a new report that sets out its social impact and identifies where it is spreading opportunity to those who need it most.

13 May 2022 11:45

Minister for Science, Research and Innovation opens £2m investment in region’s Engineering and Environment students

Office for Students funding upgrades Northumbria University’s teaching facilities with cutting-edge technologies

The full-time equivalent number of Northumbria researchers assessed as producing world-leading and internationally excellent research has jumped from 56 in 2008, to 207 in 2014 and 840 today.

12 May 2022 08:49

Northumbria records biggest rise in research power for second time

Results from the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) show Northumbria University with the biggest rise in research power ranking of any UK university. Its research power ranking rose to 23rd, having previously risen to 50th in 2014 from 80th in 2008, making Northumbria the sector’s largest riser in research power ranking for the second time.

Dr Matteo Sommacal from Northumbria University will chair a conference on Maths in Music - one of the first of its kind in Britain - at the Royal College of Music in London.

4 May 2022 14:05

Experts in maths and music unite for conference

A Northumbria University academic will chair a prestigious conference exploring the historic relationship between mathematics and music, hosted by the Royal College of Music in London.

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