New bat pushes ‘boundary’ for disabled cricket
A cricket bat for people for disabled people has been designed by a Northumbria University student.
Topics: University, University College
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Mixing it up at the V & A
A design for a hoarding which mixes up some of the best-known artefacts at the V&A has earned a Northumbria University student the title of Best of the Year in the D&AD awards.
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Home to roost?
Towering structures that could be used to house people and birds at Blyth’s seafront are on view at Northumbria University’s Architecture Show which opens to the public at 6pm on Thursday, 20 June.
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Work while you commute
An ‘office on rails’ for business class passengers has been designed by a Northumbria University student.
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Controlling portions at the sauce
A Northumbria University student has designed a product to help people control their food portions more easily.
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Using nature’s energy to harvest crops
A Northumbria University student’s design for a new tractor could bring down the cost of food production in the future.
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Perfect fit for breast cancer survivors
A Northumbria University student has designed a collection of attractive lingerie for women who have had mastectomies.
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Does Scottish nationalism include ethnic minorities?
The vision for an independent Scotland and Scottish identity must include ethnic and racial minorities, a Northumbria University academic has argued on the BBC.
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Calling inspirational photographers
Budding photographers still have time to enter their inspirational images of the North East to a Northumbria University competition.
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Breakfast scheme brings benefits
A free breakfast scheme in Blackpool has been deemed to be a success by Northumbria University academics.
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Design with a difference
Design graduates and designers will be encouraged to think about the difference design can make at a Northumbria University event this month.
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The struggle for Newcastle
Newcastle city centre is the setting for a political drama that pits rich against poor, in a play written and directed by Northumbria University academics.
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Report uncovers looming crisis in inequality for women
A Northumbria University academic has contributed to a report showing how austerity measures are impacting upon levels of gender inequality in the North East of England, published this month.
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Creative approach to mental health
During an eight-week placement at Tyneside Mind, Laura Warwick, a Doctoral Design Research student, applied Service Design principles and practices to redesign the delivery of the charity’s exiting services and develop a range of new mental health provision.
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Best Fut Forward
The cream of the world’s indoor football stars are heading to Sport Central this week.
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University helping businesses to grow
The first Business & IP Centre outside London was developed as a pilot in Newcastle in 2011 and has now secured over £1.3m to provide a full-scale operational service to businesses.
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Design students collaborate with industry innovators
A homecare medication box that senses and reminds the user when it is time to take their medicine, electronic sensors embedded in containers that detect whether home-cooked food is safe to eat, and counterfeit-detecting smartcards are just some of the commercial uses that Northumbria students have designed for a new technology called printable electronics.
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For love not money – what keeps circuses on the road?
Year-in, year-out the circus comes to town. But in 2013 circuses are in trouble. Seen by many as entertainment from a bygone age and facing Government action to ban circuses with wild animals, what is it that keeps circuses on the road? Why do they carry on going?
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Designing for transformed lives
Northumbria Design students have developed a logo and website for a new North East charity.
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Partnership working to improve lives
Both partners have pledged to build on established activity to support inward investment, help small businesses and promote health and well-being in the county.
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