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  • Law student recognised for acts of kindness

    Northumbria University Law student and asylum seeker Md Mominul Hamid has won the inaugural Covid Acts of Kindness Community Award.
    The Award celebrates one outstanding individual in each of North East’s seven local authority areas - Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland. Md was recognised for setting up MD's Little help Food Bank at the beg

  • International research focuses on uniting minds and voices

    As the spotlight on the landmark COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow continues into a second week, Professor of International Development at Northumbria University, Matt Baillie Smith, reflects on the importance of taking a collaborative approach to finding solutions which protect the future of the planet.

  • International design win for Northumbria graduate

    Designs for a clothing collection inspired by childhood memories of time spent in the Scottish Highlands, helped a Northumbria University graduate secure an international design competition award, supported by Gucci.

  • EXPERT COMMENT: Six lessons to change the climate of climate change narratives

    One of the key topics of discussion at COP26 is on how we can work with nature to improve our responses to the climate emergency.  As part of our coverage of climate related research undertaken by Northumbria University, we asked Alister Scott, Professor in Environmental Geography, to share his views on the six lessons that governments and decision makers can take from his research.

  • Northumbria business academic to Chair investment committee of Joseph Rowntree charity

    A Northumbria University Associate Professor has been appointed as Chair of the Investment Committee for the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT).
    Nicholas Burton, from Northumbria’s Newcastle Business School, is already a JRCT trustee. The Trust supports charitable causes that tackle systemic social injustice, and in his new role on the Committee, Associate Professor Burton will help to ens

  • Forensic science is unlocking the mysteries of fatal lightning strikes

    New research by scientists from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in South Africa and Northumbria University could help forensic teams understand whether people or animals were the victims of fatal lightning strikes, based solely upon an analysis of their skeletons.

  • Hopes and reflections for COP26

    Northumbria University academic Dr Alex Hope is hosting webinars on both the first and last days of the COP26 Climate Change Summit to explore, firstly the hopes and then the reflections of the global conference.
    InExpectations of COP26at 1300pm on November 1, Dr Hope, from Northumbria’s Newcastle Business School, and fellow moderator Dr Rachel Welton from Nottingham Business School, will discu

  • New national nurse training centre brings major boost for University and North East health sector and wider economy

    Up to 7,000 new nurses and midwives per year will complete the final stage of their training at Northumbria University after it was awarded a contract to become one of five national OSCE testing centres.
    The University worked in partnership with The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle City Council to submit the bid for centre status, which will also boost the wider

  • The Climate Change Challenge – how can we live more sustainably?

    Over the coming weeks you’ll be hearing a huge amount in the news about COP26, but what is it, and why is it so important?
    COP is the United Nations’ annual climate change conference. It is the world’s most significant summit on climate change and this year, it is being held in the UK for the first time.
    COP stands for the Conference of Parties and this year is the 26th conference – hence CO

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