Researchers at Northumbria University have launched a free, searchable online directory covering more than 1,000 services to support people experiencing homelessness across the North East and Cumbria – uniquely bringing together housing and healthcare services with social, community and creative activities in one accessible place.
A Northumbria University academic who has played a key role in bringing breakfast clubs and holiday activities to millions of children across the country has been elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences.
A North East school has partnered with solar and space physics experts from Northumbria University for a project supported by a Royal Society Partnership Grant which aims to bring academic research and STEM careers to life.
A new analysis of decades of research on the Antarctic Peninsula, involving experts from Northumbria University, concludes that the next ten years of climate action will decide Antarctica’s future for centuries to come.
Northumbria University researchers have joined forces with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to deliver the third edition of the IFRC Limitless Youth Innovation Leadership Academy—a programme which has already reached thousands of young people across 150 countries with the aim of driving youth innovation.
A leading legal academic from Northumbria University has been awarded the prestigious title of Honorary King’s Counsel (KC Honoris Causa) for her contribution to reforming key aspects of the law in England and Wales.
Researchers from the University of Glasgow and Northumbria University have been awarded £2.5 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to conduct evaluations of local government public health interventions.
A major new research project will examine how changes to police involvement in mental health crisis responses are affecting people, services, and communities across England.
Northumbria University has been rated as ‘1st class’ for sustainability and is once again the highest ranked university in the North East of England in the latest People & Planet University League table.
Researchers have published the findings of a ground-breaking study which brought together victim-survivors and banking professionals to co-design ways of preventing economic abuse in the UK banking industry.
A Northumbria University academic is leading pioneering training to support police forces across the country to tackle victim-blaming language during investigations, with a particular focus on Violence Against Women and Girls.
One year after Northumbria University was announced as the lead research partner on the 2026 State of the World's Volunteerism Report (SWVR) produced by United Nations Volunteers (UNV), the publication has been launched in New York on International Volunteer Day, 5 December.
A Northumbria University student has designed and delivered his own course in street art, culminating in a vibrant new mural at the heart of the University’s Newcastle City Campus.
New research involving a criminology expert from Northumbria University has found councils and police forces across the UK are failing to crack down on criminal landlords operating at the margins of the private rented sector.
Ahead of December's eagerly anticipated Tyne-Wear derby, footballing legends from both Newcastle United and Sunderland A.F.C. have been honoured by Northumbria University for their achievements on and off the pitch.
Young people facing disadvantage from Gateshead and the surrounding areas will have a significantly enhanced opportunity to attend higher education, thanks to a new children’s education centre which has been launched in the town.
One of the UK’s largest conferences on student engagement and experience, organised by the Researching, Advancing and Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) Network, will be hosted by Northumbria University in 2026.
Melt from ice sheets on Earth is already contributing to flooding across the globe and is expected to increase in the coming decades. Adaptation to reduce the destructiveness of future sea level rise is under way and depends critically, inch by inch, on the work of a newly-funded, international group of polar scientists.
The renowned architect, author and TV presenter George Clarke has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Northumbria University, Newcastle.
Researchers from an outreach group at Northumbria University are celebrating after winning a prestigious 2025 Institute of Physics (IOP) award recognising their work with children and young people across the North East and beyond.
