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  • Ethical business partnership extended

    Northumbria University, Newcastle, has extended a partnership agreement with the North East Initiative on Business Ethics (NIBE).
    The move follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two organisations in 2018, formalising their collaboration on initiatives to promote the moral and commercial benefits of ethical and responsible business practice. Extending the partnership reinforce

  • Space expertise brings £1.3m big data science boost to North East

    The North East’s reputation as a major hub for space, data science and the digital industries has received a further boost with the announcement of a new £1.3 million Centre for Doctoral Training in the field of data intensive science. The Centre – known as NUdata – will be run by Northumbria and Newcastle Universities and will be supported by over 40 industrial partners.

  • Entrepreneurial sisters put their fashion business to the ultimate test

    A start-up business co-founded by a Northumbria University graduate is set to appear on the BBC’s Dragon’s Den on Thursday March 31.
    Pretty Mama was formed in 2018 by Jenny McFadden, who was in her final year of a Business and Law degree at Northumbria at the time, and her sister Alex. The sisters wanted to design and produce a collection of maternity clothes, especially for breastfeeding moth

  • Northumbria’s Autumn 2021 Newspaper is out now!

    Packed with 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 – with the latest edition available to read online now.

  • North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll backs “People Power” to boost skills and productivity across the North East

    North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll backs “People Power” to boost skills and productivity across the North East
    North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll will attend a major business event in the North East dedicated to skills, training, staff wellbeing and productivity.
    The Mayor will join 250 leaders and managers at the People Power Conference to share best practise and promote a joint commitment

  • The Good, the Bad and the Greedy: A critical look at UK business ethics

    Public lecture at Northumbria University - Monday November 22
    Northumbria University, Newcastle, is hosting a public lecture in partnership with the North-East Initiative on Business Ethics (NIBE) featuring two eminent speakers with strong views on 21st Century corporate behaviour.
    The lecture will be held at Northumbria’s Newcastle Business School on Monday November 22 at 13:00pm. It will

  • Graduate intern contributes to growth plans for local business

    A North-East enterprise set up to help organisations measure and reduce their carbon footprint has seen its growth plans supported by a graduate internship programme from Northumbria University, Newcastle.
    Newcastle-based SmartCarbon Ltd has recently recruited Northumbria Master’s graduate Anindya Chatterjee through the Northumbria Enterprise and Business Support 2 (NEBS2)scheme, which offers f

  • Elite basketball players celebrate graduating with Northumbria

    Top basketball players from across Europe have celebrated graduating on a range of leadership and management courses delivered by Northumbria University’s Newcastle Business School.
    The 47 players were taking part in FIBA Europe’s TIME OUT 2.0 education programme – an initiative to help professional basketball players build careers when they retire from the sport. FIBA Europe, the European off

  • Significant support for small business leaders

    SMEs in the North East are being urged to sign up to a new 12-week management course, providing critical skills and networks to help them innovate, grow and thrive beyond Covid-19.
    Help to Grow: Management is a practical training programme for senior leaders in small and medium-sized businesses. Rolled out nationally by the UK’s leading business schools, and in partnership with Government and t

  • EXPERT COMMENT: Paying with a palm print? We're victims of our own psychology in making privacy decisions

    With reports that Amazon is offering customers credit in exchange for using their handprints to pay at Amazon's stores, what are the impacts of using our biometric data for everyday purchases? Professor Pam Briggs, Research Chair in Applied Psychology at Northumbria University, writes for The Conversation, outlining the complex issues involved in giving up your biometric data to another party.

  • Young entrepreneurs in the spotlight at awards

    Students and graduates from Northumbria University were among more than 40 new business founders to have their talents showcased during a prestigious online awards event.

  • Multi-million pound boost for North East company creation

    Having launched an impressive 34 businesses to date, North East university collaboration Northern Accelerator has been awarded a further £3.6m from Research England to continue its successful programme, expanding its partnership in the North East and rolling out its flagship support model to universities in the South of England.

  • Can parkrun be an antidote to pandemic pressures?

    Academics from Northumbria University, Newcastle, have published a research paper explaining why parkruns are so popular, particularly among those in managerial and professional positions.

  • Business Clinic helps with diversity and inclusion

    Students from Northumbria University, Newcastle, have been praised for their work to support diversity and inclusion within the North East workplace after completing a business consultancy project with a leading social enterprise.

  • Mark of Excellence for Northumbria

    Northumbria University, Newcastle, has achieved re-accreditation with the prestigious Small Business Charter Award in recognition of its support for start-ups, students and small businesses.
    In 2015 Northumbria became the first university in the North East to receive the Award. Re-accreditation for a further five years means Northumbria remains the only university in the region to hold the Awa

  • North East leading universities team up with BritishVolt to explore R&D and education collaborations

    Britishvolt, the leading UK battery cell technology specialist, enters into an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Durham University, Newcastle University & Northumbria University Universities to provide research and educational support, as well as enhancing the innovation capabilities of Britishvolt Britishvolt remains on-track to start production of world-class, lithium-ion batteries fo

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