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  • Dr Kay Heslop

    Assistant Professor appointed to senior lifeboat operations role at RNLI

    An assistant professor at Northumbria University has been appointed to a senior role at Cullercoats Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station where she will use her skills and expertise to educate volunteers and the community about the importance of water safety.

  • PBM-Hale™ is a hand-held aerosol collecting device that allows sampling of the lung in a non-invasive way - by patients simply breathing into it.

    Breathing new life into disease diagnosis

    New research shows 100 per cent effectiveness of an innovative breath sampling device developed by Northumbria University medtech spinout, PulmoBioMed, that could revolutionise diagnosis of a range of diseases, including COVID-19.

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

    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 John Unsworth, Deputy Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Northumbria University.

    OBE awarded to Professor John Unsworth

    Northumbria University Deputy Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor and Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) Chair of Council, Professor John Unsworth, has been awarded an OBE for services to community nursing and community nurse education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

  • 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.

    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.

  • Inside the latest issue, you’ll find comprehensive coverage of the day Princess Anne visited Northumbria to hear about the vital research the Northern Veteran Hub team are doing to support members of military veteran community across the UK.

    Northumbria’s Spring 2022 Newspaper is out now

    Packed full of the latest news, features and interviews, Northumbria University News is the perfect way to keep up to date with the exciting developments taking place across the University. The Spring edition is available to read online now.

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