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EXPERT COMMENT: Rishi Sunak wants to cut the cost of ‘sicknote’ Britain. But we’ve found a strong economic case for benefits

In this article originally written for The Conversation*, from Northumbria University, Elliott Johnson, Senior Research Fellow in Public Policy and CAPE North of Tyne Combined Authority Policy Fellow, Howard Reed, Senior Research Fellow in Social work, Education, and Community wellbeing, and Matthew T. Johnson, Professor of Public Policy, discuss the economic case for benefits.

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EXPERT COMMENT: Four reforms to stop English councils from going bankrupt

In this article originally written for The Conversation, Kevin Muldoon-Smith, Associate Professor in Strategic Public Sector Finance and Urban Adaptation at Northumbria University, and Mark Sandford, Honorary Professor of Local Government at the University of Bristol, discuss four reforms to stop English councils from going bankrupt.

Automotive industry expert Professor David Bailey

Northumbria hosts Place Leadership in Europe seminar


Northumbria University academics are partnering with UK and international colleagues from across Europe in the first of a series of seminars to debate Place Leadership in Europe.
Hosted with the University of Birmingham and the Regional Studies Association, a global community for regional and urban research, development and policy, the seminar is being held at Northumbria’s Newcastle Busin

The Quayside in Newcastle

The Power of Five

How the North East’s universities are working together to help drive forward the Levelling Up agenda and grow the region’s economy.

Jacinda Ardern’s resignation as New Zealand prime minister has sparked discussions about burnout and when is the “right time” to leave a job. Photo credit: NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

EXPERT COMMENT: Jacinda Ardern resignation has people wondering when to quit – but that’s the wrong way to think about burnout

As Jacinda Ardern leaves office as New Zealand's outgoing prime minister after citing that she no longer had “enough in the tank”, conversations about workplace burnout continue. In an article written for The Conversation, Anthony Montgomery, Professor in Occupational & Organisational Psychology, explains how thinking of burnout as an individual-level responsibility is missing the bigger picture.

Nigel Coates, Director of the Business Clinic.

Business Clinic hits key milestones

A business support programme has achieved a hat-trick of significant milestones as it extends its services across the region and beyond.

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