Programme of events to celebrate the Lindisfarne Gospels and Hadrian’s Wall announced
An exciting programme of events has been announced across NewcastleGateshead as part of this year’s Being Human Festival.
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Scholarship for talented young sports coaches
Northumbria University, Newcastle, is launching a new scholarship for talented young sport coaches and officials to study at the University and enhance their personal development and career opportunities.
Open to students from any discipline, the Scholarship forms part of the University’s Higher Education without Barrierscampaign - a fund that provides support to make participation and progres -
A Northumbria University academic has been made a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
The accolade is conferred upon the most outstanding social scientists from around the UK each year, and Professor of Criminology, Dr Tanya Wyatt will this autumn join an elite group of distinguished individuals representing the full spectrum of the social sciences across academia, the public sector, business, and the area of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE).
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Northumbria student architects celebrate success at RIBA awards
The North East branch of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) named Evelina Somoglou and Laura McClorey as the winners of this year’s Student Awards following a rigorous process judged by representatives from international firm Ryder Architecture and independent practice ALT Studios.
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Funded scholarship opportunities for business students
Northumbria University, Newcastle, has today announced a partnership with The Institute of Leadership & Management (The Institute) to offer postgraduate scholarships for business students.
The three-year agreement includes financial support from The Institute, match-funded by Northumbria, worth £24,000. It will help students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds study for a Maste -
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.
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Registration is now open for the Design for Planet Festival at Northumbria
Biologist and wildlife film maker, Patrick Ayree, who worked for the BBC’s Natural History Unit alongside Sir David Attenborough, will host the Design Council’s Design for Planet Festival, due to take place at Northumbria University in November.
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Northumbria graduates support growth of local business
Newcastle based marketing agency expands their portfolio of clients with the help of Northumbria graduates.
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Student research honouring Chernobyl self-settlers attracts award nomination
A talented PhD student whose research aims to understand and document the traditional skills and values of an aging community of people living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, has been named as a finalist in the 2022 North East Culture Awards.
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City’s universities among UK best
Both universities in Newcastle nominated for University of the Year in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards.
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Northumbria shortlisted for best university in the UK
Northumbria University, Newcastle has been nominated for University of the Year in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2022. These national awards recognise exceptional performance as well as bold, imaginative and innovative initiatives that have advanced a Higher Education institution’s reputation during the academic year 2020/21.
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Technology and traditional craft combine to highlight women’s safety
An intercontinental project by a Northumbria University researcher is using traditional crafting techniques and the latest technology to explore the international issue of women’s safety.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Facial recognition: UK plans to monitor migrant offenders are unethical – and they won’t work
The difficulty working with darker skin tones reflects the experiences of people of colour who try to use facial recognition technology. In recent years, researchers have demonstrated the unfairness in facial recognition systems, finding that the software and algorithms developed by big technology companies are more accurate at recognising lighter skin tones than darker ones.
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Northumbria professor named president of global auditory display organisation
Professor Paul Vickers, an expert in computer science and sonification, or the use of audio to communicate data, has taken up his new position at the International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD). The real-world impact of these applications is wide-ranging, from helping visually impaired people to assimilate data to monitoring threats and network traffic at a security operations centre.
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Visiting professor shortlisted for prestigious Turner Prize
A visiting professor at Northumbria University is among the artists nominated for this year’s Turner Prize, an annual award that marks Britain’s most outstanding contributions to the arts.
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Northumbria students triumph in national marketing competition for leading whisky maker
Students from Northumbria University have come out on top in a national competition to find the cream of the country’s marketing talent.
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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.
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Academic’s ‘coming of age’ memoir explores how art shapes identity
A lecturer in Creative Writing at Northumbria University has been awarded a British Academy Small Research Grant to explore how art – and music in particular – has a profound impact on our lives and makes us who we are.
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Northumbria University and BFI launch bold cultural partnership
Northumbria University has joined forces with the UK’s biggest screen body, the BFI (British Film Institute) on an ambitious partnership that will provide leading networks, insight and experience with moving image culture and the screen industries for staff and students across the University.
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Young scientist selected by world forum to promote marine research
Due to the quality of his research around the impact of human activities on marine animals, a Northumbria University environmental scientist has been selected as a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA).
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