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Northumbria climbs into top 30 of UK university league table

Press releases • Sep 08, 2020 17:13 BST

Northumbria University is now ranked in the top 30 universities in the UK after a significant 20 place rise in The Guardian University Guide 2021.

Blanket of rock debris offers glaciers more protection from climate change than previously known

Press releases • Aug 05, 2020 12:01 BST

A new study has revealed that the expanse of rock debris on glaciers, a factor that has been ignored in models of glacier melt and sea level rise, could be significant. The Northumbria University study is published in Nature Geoscience this week and is the first to manually verify the rock debris cover on every one of the Earth’s glaciers.

Northumbria is top rated UK young university in global rankings

Press releases • Jun 29, 2020 12:43 BST

Northumbria University’s growing global reputation for academic excellence has been reinforced after becoming the highest placed UK university in the latest world rankings.

Students reimagine food economy at international Biodesign Challenge Summit

Press releases • Jun 12, 2020 10:53 BST

A team of students selected by the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment, a collaborative initiative between Northumbria and Newcastle universities, will be competing as finalists for their biotech-based design project in the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020, June 15-19.

Research on rural broadband goes global

News • Oct 05, 2018 14:53 BST

New research by Northumbria University on methods to tackle the rural digital divide involving local communities in Cumbria has been showcased in front of an international audience of communication policy makers.

Amsterdam campus opens with ceremonial signing

News • Oct 04, 2018 15:29 BST

Northumbria University’s international partnership with Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has been formally inaugurated with a ceremonial signing in Amsterdam.

Public Lecture Series: Eva Clarke

Events • Jan 27, 2016 11:14 GMT

One Family's experience of the Holocaust Eva Clarke was born in Mauthausen Concentration Camp, Austria in 1945, three days prior to the collapse of the Third Reich and liberation of the camp by the American Army. Eva and Anka, her mother, were the only remaining survivors, following the death of fifteen other family members in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Refreshments will be available from 3.30pm.

Jan 27, 14:00 – 15:30 GMT

Lecture Theatre 003, Business and Law Buidling, City Campus East at Northumbria University.

Public Lecture Series: Professor David Gleeson

Events • Jan 27, 2016 11:42 GMT

Professor David Gleeson, Professor in American History, Northumbria University "If the Paddies get their backs broke, nobody loses anything: Irish Integration in the United States of America" Refreshments will be available from 6pm. The lecture will begin at 6.30pm

Feb 08, 18:00 – 20:00 GMT

Presentation Hall, Design Building, City Campus East at Northumbria University.

9th China UK Entrepreneurship Challenge Launch

Events • Feb 05, 2016 15:00 GMT

Businesses in the region are invited to join leading experts at an international forum hosted by Northumbria University’s Newcastle Business School exploring trade opportunities with China.

Feb 17, 13:00 – 16:00 GMT

Pandon Room, Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8HQ

Public Lecture Series: Professor Ian Davidson

Events • Feb 05, 2016 15:04 GMT

Professor Ian Davidson, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literature, Northumbria University. On the Road Again: Mobility and Subjectivity in America Writing After 1945. Refreshments will be available from 6pm. The lecture will begin at 6.30pm.