Two Northumbria Fine Art students amongst 10 shortlisted for the Woon Foundation Prize 2016
The 10 finalists for this year’s prestigious Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Prize have been announced after a record number of applications.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Crime Story 2016
The media is – and always has been – obsessed with crime stories. Whether a highbrow broadsheet or a populist tabloid, our newspapers devote more space to crime reporting than to most other forms of news, sport, current affairs, or human interest stories.
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Business students wheel-out expertise to guide bike hire business on route to growth
With rental forming the backbone for many bike businesses, The Cycle Hub, a bike friendly independent café in Newcastle, recently enlisted the marketing expertise of students from Newcastle Business School to grow its cycle hire division.
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Northumbria’s fashion students conquer the audience at London Graduate Fashion Week
Twenty of Northumbria’s innovative students showcased a series of six outfits each at London Graduate Fashion Week – the world’s leading event celebrating the creativity of graduates within fashion. Inspired outfits took the catwalk by storm to rave reviews with Northumbria students winning a number of awards throughout the week.
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Northumbria artists reveal There Were Islands at BALTIC 39
Eight graduating artists will tonight launch a stunning group exhibition built around the metaphor of a river estuary and its status as a site of shifting and concealed meanings.
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Experts gather as infant mental health comes under the spotlight
Almost 200 specialists from across the region have gathered at Northumbria University to find out about the support it can offer practitioners on issues surrounding infant mental health.
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EXPERT COMMENT: How Donald Trump’s shock politics are stalling his ambitions in world golf
William Walton, Senior Lecturer in Northumbria Law School at Northumbria University, discusses Donald Trump for The Conversation.
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New book looks at how courts make child protection decisions
A leading Northumbria University academic has just published a new book looking at how complex child protection decisions are made within the family justice system.
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Northumbria presents the future stars of the fashion industry at London Graduate Fashion Week
Creative designs that reflect the effects of anxiety, delicate dresses with intricate embroidery and outfits to help you fight a zombie apocalypse. These were just some of the innovative creations that the Top 20 students from Northumbria’s BA (Hons) Fashion degree will showcase at London Graduate Fashion Week on 5 June.
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Northumbria University soars 18 places in UK University League Table
Northumbria University, Newcastle, is among the UK’s biggest climbers in the 2017 Guardian University League Table.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Vocational education still has an esteem problem: tweaking the system won’t solve that
Liz Atkins, Reader in Education, Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, at Northumbria University, discusses vocational education for The Conversation.
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Northumbria University showcases the Northern flair of fashion
Dresses inspired by Japanese armour, outfits taking you back to 1970s Brooklyn and the birth of hip-hop, and clothing made from repurposed photo-luminescent materials. These were just some of the innovative creations that graced the runway at Northumbria’s annual graduate fashion show last night at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art.
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Northumbria premieres new play in memory of the Oklahoma City bombing
Graduating Performing Arts students from Northumbria honoured the victims of the Oklahoma City bombings last night. A group of 19 students performed the UK premiere of In the Middle of the West, a new play written and directed by Steve Gilroy, Northumbria’s Director of Performing Arts.
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All in the mind – new exhibition to uncover secrets of the brain
A new exhibition at the Life Science Centre will help us understand what’s going on inside our heads.
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Close ‘en-counters’ of the geographical kind
A new exhibition exploring how young people perceive and map the city’s geography will launch at The Holy Biscuit during Newcastle’s Late Shows, starting tonight.
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Santander opens new University branch
A branch of Santander bank has opened in the Students’ Union today (Monday 16 May) as part of Northumbria’s new partnership with Santander Universities.
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Nursing students celebrate the life of the Lady with the Lamp
Twenty-four nursing and midwifery students from Northumbria University have been invited to Westminster Abbey today (Wednesday 11 May) to take part in a major ceremony commemorating the life and legacy of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
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COMMENT: Want to build better computer games? Call an architect
Ruth Dalton, Professor of Building Usability and Visualisation at Northumbria University, discusses building better computer games for The Conversation.
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COMMENT: Cherry concentrate lowers blood pressure as much as drugs
Karen Keane, Lecturer in the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at Northumbria University, discusses the effects of cherry juice on high blood pressure for The Conversation.
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High blood pressure lowers significantly after drinking tart Montmorency cherry juice
Drinking tart Montmorency cherry juice significantly reduces high blood pressure at a level comparable to that achieved by medication, according to new research from Northumbria University, Newcastle.
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