International speakers arrive at Northumbria to discuss latest policing research
Delegates from around the world descended on Northumbria’s campus last week for a prestigious two-day conference on Police Ethnography.
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Northumbria wins share of £2 million Government fund
Government funding worth more than £44,000 has been awarded to Northumbria University’s Newcastle Business School to develop a digitally-enabled service offering free student-led consultancy to SMEs.
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£700,000 award funds new research into ways to control liquid droplets
Academics from Northumbria University are to continue their ground-breaking research into the behaviour of liquids, leading a new project to investigate how to control the way liquids form into droplets.
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Researching the evidence to fight global corruption
Northumbria University, Newcastle, has been awarded research funding by an international partnership led by the UK Government to help tackle global corruption.
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Law School makes history with two prestigious grants
Northumbria University Law School has been awarded two rounds of research seminar funding from the Modern Law Review (MLR).
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Northumbria lecturer and former student set sail to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the Indian Ocean
A design expert from Northumbria University, Newcastle raising awareness of the impact single use plastic is having on the world’s oceans by helping to create a boat made entirely from rubbish collected from African beaches – including 30,000 flipflops.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Ten novels to help young people understand the world and its complexities
Fiona Shaw, Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University, shares a range of thought-provoking and engaging novels for enquiring minds.
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IT skills shortage after Brexit could affect UK security and economy
A massive shortage of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills and knowledge could be on the way post-Brexit putting the UK’s economy and security at risk.
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Three North East graduates, three successful businesses and one thing in common
What does a musician from Manchester, a guided tour operator from Northumberland and a videographer from Teesside have in common?
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EXPERT COMMENT: How climate change caused the world’s first ever empire to collapse
Dr Vasile Ersek, a senior lecturer in Physical Geography, writes for The Conversation about the discovery of new evidence of a drought that finished off the Akkadian Empire 4,000 years ago.
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Business student takes to the small screen
Northumbria student Josh Wilkinson has landed a starring role as co-host of a new online mini-series showcasing the impact The National Lottery funding has had on Sunderland.
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New online tool to offer support for LGBT+ staff and students
A team from Northumbria University, Newcastle are developing plans for an online platform that would help members of the LGBT+ community to understand their legal rights when they travel abroad.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Mistrust and earthquakes: why Lancashire communities are so shaken by fracking tremors
Anna Szolucha, postdoctoral research fellow at Northumbria University, explores why the impact of tremors at the Preston New Road fracking site near Blackpool are reverberating so strongly throughout the community living on the surface.
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Newcastle Living Lab welcomes international researchers for collaboration workshop
More than 30 international researchers and practitioners from across Europe visited Northumbria University recently to test and develop new methods of collaboration and co-creation in the field of social innovation of public services during a special three-day workshop.
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US expertise strengthened with new appointment
The ‘special relationship’ between Northumbria University and the United States has been further strengthened with the appointment of a visiting Professor from across the pond.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Nicaragua: Jeremy Corbyn must end his silence over the country’s repressive regime
Hilary Francis, Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow in Global Challenges at Northumbria University, looks at Labour's reaction to those that have died in a government crackdown in the Central American country.
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Mooting Triumph for Law Students
Students from Northumbria have talked their way to success and valuable pupillage and placement offers after winning a prestigious annual debating competition.
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EXPERT COMMENT: We’ve saved pink pigeons from extinction – now let’s be kinder to their grey cousins
Mike Jeffries, Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, talks about the common feral relatives of the charismatic pink pigeon, and why they're just as deserving of our admiration.
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Northumbria University recognised in UK’s Best Breakthroughs List
Northumbria's research on Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier celebrated for its contribution to understanding the impact of climate change on global sea levels.
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Low-carbon travel a step closer following international workshop
New research collaborations have been established between UK and Russian Universities which could see a new generation of low-carbon engines developed – potentially reducing the environmental impact of air and automotive travel in the future.
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