Nursing a reputation for excellence
Nursing students have voted Northumbria University’s continuing professional development programmes the best in the country for two years in a row.
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Fuse gets five year funding
A virtual research centre, involving staff and students from Northumbria University, is set to expand its activities after successfully securing funding for a further five years.
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Charity challenge produces groundbreaking research
Northumbria experts are hoping to unlock the secrets of fatigue by monitoring the endurance challenge of charity fundraiser Tony ‘The Fridge’.
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Rosemary aroma may help you remember to do things
The aroma of rosemary essential oil may improve prospective memory in healthy adults – say Northumbria researchers.
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Highlighting the positives
The relationship between a fitness instructor and their participants is crucial in motivating people to keep up their exercise regime, according to research from Northumbria University.
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Environment in focus
A public lecture on the environment will be given by Viscount Matt Ridley next month as part of Climate Change Week.
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Do we know what we are eating?
The food industry will be placed under the spotlight when Northumbria University academics lead a mini lecture series at the Life Science Centre this Spring.
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Full of beans
Computer games, ‘fat’ suits, and entertaining quizzes will be used by Northumbria University academics to teach the public about healthy eating.
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Northumbria research brings light to star mystery
Scientists at Northumbria University have begun to unlock the mystery of why the outer edge of the Sun is much hotter than its surface for the first time.
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Male dancers signal their strength to men and women
Heterosexual men pick up clues about other men’s physical qualities from their dance moves just as heterosexual women do, say researchers at Northumbria University.
