Northumbria University, Newcastle

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

25 January 2023 15:13

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.

L-R: Kate Davies CBE, NHS England, The Rt Hon.The Lord Etherton PC, Kt, Craig Jones, Fighting With Pride, Dr Gill McGill, Northumbria University, Caroline Paige, Fighting With Pride.

13 January 2023 08:45

Conference highlights urgent need for improved support for the UK LGBT+ veteran community

Northumbria University’s Northern Hub for Veterans and Military Families Research, in partnership with LGBT+ military charity Fighting With Pride (FWP), held the UK’s first annual conference on research with LGBT+ veterans.

The Joseph Cowen Health Centre in Byker, Newcastle, operates as a health and wellbeing drop-in service for people experiencing homelessness in the city.

11 January 2023 09:15

Northumbria Professor leads research aimed at providing better support for people facing homelessness

Researchers at Northumbria University have been awarded almost £250,000 to work with service providers and community organisations on developing improved data sharing techniques to support people experiencing homelessness.

Image by artist Chiara Dellerba, who is involved in the Understanding and Reimagining Sleep and its Disorders workshops.

10 January 2023 12:06

Creative approaches to sleep disorders

Sleep researchers from Northumbria University are running a series of workshops, aimed at finding creative ways of coping with poor sleep.

Pictured l-r, Heart Transplant Co-ordinator Kirstie Wallace; Newcastle Hospitals Charity Director Teri Bayliss; Heart Transplant Co-ordinator Hazel Muse Associate; and Professor Jamie Steane, of Northumbria University’s School of Design.

13 December 2022 12:01

New eLearning website supports transplant patients through life-saving surgery

Undergoing a heart or lung transplant can be an incredibly worrying time, for both patients and their family and friends, and the information which needs to be explained by surgeons and understood by patients before major life saving surgery is lengthy and complex.

L-R: Dr Tony Soteriou, Director of Commercialisation, UKRI and Dr Gosia Ciesielska, Associate Professor of Organisation Studies, Northumbria University.

12 December 2022 13:17

Northumbria University scores Knowledge Exchange award

Northumbria University and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust have won the ‘Knowledge Exchange Strategic Partnership’ award from PraxisAuril, a world-leading association for Knowledge Exchange practitioners.

Great Britain's team for the Goalball World Championships.

9 December 2022 16:14

Northumbria student represents Great Britain in Goalball World Championships

Lois Turner, an Occupational Therapy student at Northumbria University, Newcastle, has been selected to compete for Great Britain at the IBSA Goalball World Championships.

8 December 2022 13:39

University announces ambitious plans to develop its Centre for Health and Social Equity

Northumbria University is taking forward ambitious plans to develop its Centre for Health and Social Equity after being awarded £5.8 million by the Office for Students.

10 November 2022 12:26

Chronic jet lag discovered in people living with HIV

People living with HIV have a significantly delayed internal body clock, consistent with the symptoms of jet lag, according to new findings reported by researchers from universities in South Africa and the UK.

Lisa Ternent (left) and Denise Crawford (right) with patient Sienna Steele, aged 10.

7 November 2022 15:00

Technician wins support from iconic fashion brand to help children in hospital

Denise Crawford, a sewing machinist by trade who works at Northumbria University’s School of Design, was inspired to start modifying t-shirts for children in Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) when her grandson, Finnley, was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for a brain tumour at the hospital in 2020.

The study showed that care workers who had undertaken PFA training coped better.

4 November 2022 09:20

Psychological First Aid training could help improve care workers’ wellbeing

A new study has shown that Psychological First Aid, training originally created for people to support others, can help healthcare workers in care homes improve their own mental wellbeing.

PBM-Hale™ is a hand-held aerosol collecting device that allows sampling of the lung in a non-invasive way - by patients simply breathing into it.

26 September 2022 14:00

Breathing new life into disease diagnosis

New research shows 100 per cent effectiveness of an innovative breath sampling device developed by Northumbria University medtech spinout, PulmoBioMed, that could revolutionise diagnosis of a range of diseases, including COVID-19.

Currently in its early stages, such research could in years to come lead to anti-cancer treatments that mitigate side effects but show improved efficacy.

16 August 2022 17:58

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.

Healthworks' client Norma Richardson taking part in Staying Steady group (Image: Lisa Bretherick Photography)

9 August 2022 11:16

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

L-R Rebecca Stewart; Sue Tweddell; Mia Easthope, Tracy Ord, Sumaiya Miah, Joanna Vintis and Amy Barlow

22 July 2022 15:54

Student nursing team make finals of prestigious nursing awards

A team of student nurses at Northumbria University have been hailed as among the very best in nursing, having made the finals of the Royal College of Nursing’s Nursing Awards.

Jonathan Birch was recognised in the Steel Appeal category of the RSA Student Design Awards, which looks at how we might apply circular economy principles to increase and encourage the re-use of steel from decommissioned oil platforms.

18 July 2022 11:22

Two Northumbria students highly commended in prestigious design awards

Students from Northumbria University have been hailed for their visionary work to highlight issues such as health inequalities and the sustainable re-use of steel in the world’s longest running awards scheme for design.

Professor John Unsworth, Deputy Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Northumbria University.

2 June 2022 08:00

OBE awarded to Professor John Unsworth

Northumbria University Deputy Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor and Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) Chair of Council, Professor John Unsworth, has been awarded an OBE for services to community nursing and community nurse education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

31 May 2022 08:30

Royal Garden Party invitation recognises services to education

A Northumbria University professor attended the first Royal Garden Party of a celebratory Jubilee summer, following a special nomination from the Department of Education.
Greta Defeyter, a Professor of Developmental Psychology was nominated to attend the Buckingham Palace Garden Party in recognition of her services to education and children services.

Greta is Director of Northumbria Un

Researchers found bacterial DNA in the venom of all the snakes and spiders they tested

23 May 2022 09:00

Study reveals evidence that bacteria can live in snake and spider venoms

Newly published research led by Northumbria University shows that, contrary to what is commonly believed, the venom of snakes and spiders is actually populated with microbes, including bacteria that could cause infection in people who have suffered a bite.

Friction between sophisticated materials with pre-patterned pyramid shapes, used to make the sensor, can generate enough energy to power wearable devices.

25 April 2022 10:00

New research harnesses the power of movement

Harvesting energy from the day-to-day movements of the human body and turning it into useful electrical energy, is the focus of a new piece of research involving a Northumbria University Professor.

Subjects: Health, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals