City’s universities among UK best
Both universities in Newcastle nominated for University of the Year in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards.
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Northumbria shortlisted for best university in the UK
Northumbria University, Newcastle has been nominated for University of the Year in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2022. These national awards recognise exceptional performance as well as bold, imaginative and innovative initiatives that have advanced a Higher Education institution’s reputation during the academic year 2020/21.
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Technology and traditional craft combine to highlight women’s safety
An intercontinental project by a Northumbria University researcher is using traditional crafting techniques and the latest technology to explore the international issue of women’s safety.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Facial recognition: UK plans to monitor migrant offenders are unethical – and they won’t work
The difficulty working with darker skin tones reflects the experiences of people of colour who try to use facial recognition technology. In recent years, researchers have demonstrated the unfairness in facial recognition systems, finding that the software and algorithms developed by big technology companies are more accurate at recognising lighter skin tones than darker ones.
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Northumbria professor named president of global auditory display organisation
Professor Paul Vickers, an expert in computer science and sonification, or the use of audio to communicate data, has taken up his new position at the International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD). The real-world impact of these applications is wide-ranging, from helping visually impaired people to assimilate data to monitoring threats and network traffic at a security operations centre.
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Visiting professor shortlisted for prestigious Turner Prize
A visiting professor at Northumbria University is among the artists nominated for this year’s Turner Prize, an annual award that marks Britain’s most outstanding contributions to the arts.
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Northumbria students triumph in national marketing competition for leading whisky maker
Students from Northumbria University have come out on top in a national competition to find the cream of the country’s marketing talent.
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Scientists are a step closer to finding a low toxicity treatment for childhood leukaemia
Newly published research carried out using synthetic human bone marrow cells is paving the way for the development of safer and kinder treatments for children with leukaemia.
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Academic’s ‘coming of age’ memoir explores how art shapes identity
A lecturer in Creative Writing at Northumbria University has been awarded a British Academy Small Research Grant to explore how art – and music in particular – has a profound impact on our lives and makes us who we are.
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Northumbria University and BFI launch bold cultural partnership
Northumbria University has joined forces with the UK’s biggest screen body, the BFI (British Film Institute) on an ambitious partnership that will provide leading networks, insight and experience with moving image culture and the screen industries for staff and students across the University.
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Young scientist selected by world forum to promote marine research
Due to the quality of his research around the impact of human activities on marine animals, a Northumbria University environmental scientist has been selected as a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA).
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Published research confirms benefits of community health programme
Research by academics at Northumbria University, Newcastle, has confirmed the health benefits of a strength and balancing programme prescribed for older adults who are at risk of falling and injury.
Working in collaboration with Newcastle-based community health charity Healthworks, the research team at Northumbria have just had their findings on the Staying Steady programme published in the in
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