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Pictured l-r: Caron Gentry; Patrick Andelic; Richard Johnson (QMUL); Stephanie L. Young (Exec Director, When we all Vote); Philip Davies (co-Chair American Politics Group); Brian Ward; Christina Tribble (US Cultural Attaché, London).

23 November 2022 13:04

UK and US political experiences shared during public lecture

An advisor to former US President Barak Obama was among the speakers at a Northumbria University event exploring the current shared challenges within UK and US politics.

Members of the multi-talented technical team in the Arts, Design and Social Sciences Faculty, will stage an exhibition of personal and professionally completed work to showcase their skills in the Foyer of CCE2.

23 November 2022 10:00

Exhibition will showcase the skills of Technicians

An event aimed at celebrating the unique contributions of technical support staff, and the diversity of the work they carry out across a range of subject areas at Northumbria University, will run throughout December.

The cast of Angels of the North series 4: (L-R) Shane, Jade, Sammyjo, Molly, Lauren. Credit: BBC

17 November 2022 10:00

North East graduates get careers off to a flying start with ‘Angels of the North’

Several young TV crew from Northumbria University’s Film and TV production degree have seen their careers get off to a flying start by working on the latest series of a BBC show.

Participants of the RECLAMA project highlighted food and gastronomy as a key aspect of their cultural heritage to celebrate.

14 November 2022 14:00

Research documents rich heritage of Afro-descendant women living in Ecuador

Celebrating and sharing the lived history of Afro-Ecuadorian women, passed down through generations via the spoken word, is the objective of a collaborative research project led by Northumbria University and Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador, alongside partners from the Mujeres de Asfalto collective, a Black feminist creative arts organisation.

8 November 2022 09:19

Awards give Northumbria’s graduates a real design for life

Graduate designers from Northumbria University are celebrating after receiving accolades from a global award scheme endorsed by global fashion giant Gucci.

Lisa Ternent (left) and Denise Crawford (right) with patient Sienna Steele, aged 10.

7 November 2022 15:00

Technician wins support from iconic fashion brand to help children in hospital

Denise Crawford, a sewing machinist by trade who works at Northumbria University’s School of Design, was inspired to start modifying t-shirts for children in Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) when her grandson, Finnley, was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for a brain tumour at the hospital in 2020.

Pictured l-r is David Smith, CEO of the charity Oasis Community Housing, with Dr Adele Irving and Dr Jamie Harding of Northumbria University.

2 November 2022 10:26

Homelessness cannot be solved unless we tackle trauma, new research reveals

As a society we cannot hope to end homelessness unless we first address the trauma that many homeless people have suffered throughout their lives – that is the headline finding of a new report Tackling Trauma, Ending Homelessness.

24 October 2022 10:05

Select Committee to learn about scale of bullying and harassment in music industry

A national survey which has revealed widespread examples of bullying and harassment in the music industry will be discussed by a government Select Committee this week.

A region in Central Asia where ancestors would have migrated

21 October 2022 20:00

Central Asia identified as a key region for human ancestors

The interior of Central Asia has been identified as a key route for some of the earliest hominin migrations across Asia in a new study published in PLOS ONE today (Friday 21 October).

20 October 2022 15:03

Report finds football fans suffered ‘extreme violence’ at Champions League final

An independent panel report that tells how fans experienced extreme violence before, during, and after the European Champions League Final in Paris earlier this year has been released.

A photo taken during Dr Duggan and Dr Andrews' research in New Orleans: School buses carrying Mardi Gras krewes in New Orleans (2022). Photo credit: Dr Patrick Duggan

20 October 2022 11:39

Arts research inspires new approaches to emergency planning

As the UK Covid-19 inquiry gets underway and the country’s pandemic preparedness is examined, new performance research is making a significant impact on the future of emergency planning in the UK and beyond.

Fashion graduates Emily Gibson, Will Howard-Jones, Holly Hooker and Melissa Newton with Leo Fenwick (centre).

19 October 2022 11:01

Northumbria graduates showcase the future of fashion at Fenwick

As part of the campaign, Fenwick has partnered with the Graduate Fashion Foundation who organise Graduate Fashion Week, to showcase the work of fashion graduates from Northumbria University and Kingston University in London, as part of the Fenwick Future Makers element of the campaign.

Artist and Assistant Professor in Animation at Northumbria Paul Dolan, whose exhibition Upstream Image is currently on show at Gallery North.

19 October 2022 09:04

Gallery North opens its doors for thought-provoking autumn exhibition season

A series of contemporary art exhibitions exploring cultures, communities and environments has launched at Northumbria University’s newly refurbished Gallery North.

Image taken from Design for Planet Festival 2021

17 October 2022 15:37

Full programme released for Design for Planet Festival 2022

The full line up of speakers and workshops for the Design Council’s Design for Planet Festival, to be hosted by Northumbria University, has now been confirmed.

Professor Gavin Oxburgh (fifth from left) pictured in Kenya with representatives from Fair Trials, the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum and the East African Police Chiefs Cooperation Committee.

14 October 2022 10:27

Putting an end to coercive practices in the criminal justice system – promoting humane interviewing and interrogation techniques

Under international law torture is always illegal, however, it is still regularly used during police and law enforcement interviews in some parts of the world to extract information, confessions or as a punishment.

12 October 2022 13:39

Unsung heroes of the Northern Ireland peace process to be recognised

New research will shine a light on the vital role that civil society organisations played in the Northern Ireland peace process.

6 October 2022 15:00

Northumbria Professor will champion cultural collaborations at online festival

Director of Cultural Partnerships at Northumbria University, Professor Katy Shaw, is preparing to speak at the first ever Festival of Cultural Knowledge Exchange, organised by the organisation that works to support collaboration between Higher Education and the UK’s arts and cultural sector.

Professor Matthew Johnson, pictured giving the keynote academic address at the Basic Income North conference in Manchester earlier this year.

5 October 2022 11:26

Report reveals how Universal Basic Income could help tackle cost of living crisis

Experts in politics and public health will gather in Newcastle this week to discuss how Universal Basic Income could provide a solution to the UK’s current economic and public health crises.

4 October 2022 13:41

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.

29 September 2022 10:00

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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