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  • Northumbria records biggest rise in research power for second time

    Results from the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) show Northumbria University with the biggest rise in research power ranking of any UK university. Its research power ranking rose to 23rd, having previously risen to 50th in 2014 from 80th in 2008, making Northumbria the sector’s largest riser in research power ranking for the second time.

  • Northumbria University and BALTIC announce new partnership

    After over a decade of innovative collaboration, Northumbria University and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art announce a renewed partnership that will continue to put the region on the map as a global hub for contemporary art learning and practice.

  • Experts in maths and music unite for conference

    A Northumbria University academic will chair a prestigious conference exploring the historic relationship between mathematics and music, hosted by the Royal College of Music in London.

  • International appointment for law academic

    Northumbria University law academic Professor Mohamed Badar has been appointed to the International Bar Association (IBA’s) influential War Crimes Committee (WCC).
    As the Middle East and North Africa Regional Forum Liaison Officer for the WCC, Professor Badar will use his position to help promote justice and uphold the principles of accountability as well as to inspire and encourage young lawye

  • Northumbria research helps find key to spatial navigation skills

    A long-term study involving a Northumbria University architect has found that growing up in rural or suburban areas improves spatial navigation. Professor Ruth Dalton, from the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, conducted research which found that being raised in a city – particularly a city with grid-patterned streets – is detrimental to the development of spacial navigation.

  • 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.

  • Northumbria’s Spring 2022 Newspaper is out now

    Packed full of the latest news, features and interviews, Northumbria University News is the perfect way to keep up to date with the exciting developments taking place across the University. The Spring edition is available to read online now.

  • Major new mental health study inspired by lived experience

    Experts at Northumbria University are supporting a £1 million research study, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), which aims to improve the outcomes and experiences of those being discharged from mental health hospitals.

  • Space expertise brings £1.3m big data science boost to North East

    The North East’s reputation as a major hub for space, data science and the digital industries has received a further boost with the announcement of a new £1.3 million Centre for Doctoral Training in the field of data intensive science. The Centre – known as NUdata – will be run by Northumbria and Newcastle Universities and will be supported by over 40 industrial partners.

  • University funds new personalised uniforms to help student nurses on placement

    North East patients receiving care from Northumbria University’s student nurses can now easily see the name of their carer, after the University paid to have names embroidered onto student uniforms. Northumbria is believed to be the first university in the country to pay for the names of all first-year nursing and healthcare students to be embroidered onto their uniforms.

  • Entrepreneurial sisters put their fashion business to the ultimate test

    A start-up business co-founded by a Northumbria University graduate is set to appear on the BBC’s Dragon’s Den on Thursday March 31.
    Pretty Mama was formed in 2018 by Jenny McFadden, who was in her final year of a Business and Law degree at Northumbria at the time, and her sister Alex. The sisters wanted to design and produce a collection of maternity clothes, especially for breastfeeding moth

  • Anniversary exhibition celebrates fashion through the decades

    The rich history of Newcastle’s flagship department store, Fenwick, has been brought to life in an exhibition supported by fashion educators and students from Northumbria University, in time for the store’s 140th anniversary.

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