Northumbria University, Newcastle

Northumbria University’s Social Mobility Impact Report demonstrates best practice initiatives and programmes that the University is undertaking to spread opportunity.

17 May 2022 10:00

Northumbria University launches Social Mobility Impact Report

Northumbria University has launched a new report that sets out its social impact and identifies where it is spreading opportunity to those who need it most.

MFA student Celia Burbush, MFA co-Programme Leader Gavin Butt and Deputy Head of Arts, Steve Gilroy, are pictured outside the new look Gallery North.

16 May 2022 10:02

Gallery refurbishment marked by exhibition launch

A contemporary art gallery at the heart of Northumbria University’s City Campus has been relaunched following refurbishment with a brand new exhibition.

The full-time equivalent number of Northumbria researchers assessed as producing world-leading and internationally excellent research has jumped from 56 in 2008, to 207 in 2014 and 840 today.

12 May 2022 08:49

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.

(l-r) Sarah Munro, Director of BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, and Professor Katy Shaw, Director of Cultural Partnerships at Northumbria University

9 May 2022 14:10

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.

Dr Matteo Sommacal from Northumbria University will chair a conference on Maths in Music - one of the first of its kind in Britain - at the Royal College of Music in London.

4 May 2022 14:05

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.

Inside the latest issue, you’ll find comprehensive coverage of the day Princess Anne visited Northumbria to hear about the vital research the Northern Veteran Hub team are doing to support members of military veteran community across the UK.

21 April 2022 10:00

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.

Professor Katie Haighton and Dr Sonia Dalkin from Northumbria University.

8 April 2022 10:00

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.

Thanks to a grant from UK Aid, academics from Northumbria University have spent time working with environmentalists and the local community close to the northern coast of Kenya, to help establish a new Heritage Boat Building Training Centre.

30 March 2022 10:00

Heritage boat building will support mission to reduce plastic pollution

Academics from Northumbria University have travelled to Kenya to help establish a new Heritage Boat Building Training Centre which will use indigenous knowledge and skills to transform single use plastics into traditional sailing vessels.

Some of the Northumbria staff and students with work included in Exhibition 140. L-R: Holly Oliver-Newman, Olivia Eplett, Senior Lecturers Emma Jane Goldsmith and Kristen Pickering, Sophie Dodds, Taima Castor and Emma Athroll.

25 March 2022 16:00

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.

7 March 2022 17:58

Designing homes that are fit for the future

A team of Northumbria University academics has been awarded funding to design and develop a purpose-built home office within a prototype home, that will allow people to age in place and work effectively from home.

Cameron Poole, Sophie Clayton and Daniel Langhorn from size? are supporting Northumbria students with a live project.

17 February 2022 15:00

Global streetwear retailer provides real-world experience

A brand collaboration which has supported talented fashion students towards successfully securing jobs in the industry has been launched for the third year running at Northumbria University.

11 February 2022 11:00

Northumbria Professor to lead project that will help level up the UK through culture

Professor Katy Shaw, Director of Cultural Partnerships at Northumbria University, has been chosen to lead a £1.5 million project that will explore how culture can address regional inequality and help level up the UK.

9 February 2022 15:41

EXPERT COMMENT: NFTs: WWF tried raising money with digital art but backtracked – environmental charities should follow suit

Dr Peter Howson, Senior Lecturer in International Development at Northumbria University, explores the environmental issues surrounding non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in an article originally published on The Conversation.

3 February 2022 11:16

Innovative creative industries partnership develops unique masters degree in Publishing

Northumbria University has joined forces with Hachette UK and New Writing North to deliver an innovative new publishing degree, which gives students a guaranteed work placement with a global publisher and the opportunity to work on live writing development projects.

19 January 2022 15:45

UPDATED Northumbria leads the call on levelling-up Northern culture

An All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) report calling for culture to be embedded in the Government’s levelling-up white paper has been written by Northumbria University’s Director of Cultural Partnerships, Professor Katy Shaw.

19 January 2022 10:41

EXPERT COMMENT: A Very British Scandal: divorce courts have been shaming women since the 1800s

Dr Jennifer Aston, Senior Lecturer in History at Northumbria University, discusses the history of shaming women and misogyny within the British legal system in an article originally written for The Conversation.

Dr Helena Farrand Carrapico from Northumbria University has been invited to serve as a Commissioner with the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations.

14 January 2022 11:00

Social Sciences academic joins Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations

An Associate Professor from Northumbria University has joined an independent organisation formed to work with business, civil society and sector experts to find solutions to challenges arising from the UK’s departure from the European Union.

The Supporting Sexualities and Genders research project will work with young disabled adults. Artwork by Jem Clancy.

22 December 2021 10:00

Northumbria leads £220,000 study into social care provision

A new study led by researchers at Northumbria University will document and analyse the experiences of young disabled adults who employ Personal Assistants to help with their care and support needs.

Dr Julie Trueman from Northumbria University, Becky Gordon from Interface and design expert, Oliver Heath.

15 December 2021 15:41

Interior Design students work with global design expert

Final year Interior Design students at Northumbria University have been working on a live brief with global expert in biophilic design, Oliver Heath.

Volunteer activity in Burundi in 2018. Photo by Bianca Fadel.

3 December 2021 10:00

Research Fellow Bianca Fadel: “The presence of local volunteers is often taken for granted in academic and policy debates.”

The theme of this year’s United Nations’ International Volunteer Day, due to take place on Sunday 5 December, is ‘volunteer now for our common future’ and aims to celebrate the power of volunteerism to help create a better tomorrow.

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