University News
WorkFirst is first class for Northumbria
Northumbria University has benefitted from a scheme that aims to help people with disabilities develop skills to enhance their employability.
Date Posted: March 2010
Sky News political editor is grilled by Northumbria journalists
Journalism students at Northumbria University received expert advice from the influential political editor of Sky News.
Date Posted: March 2010
New horizons for Northumbria in Asia: Global ties in excellent health
One of the United Kingdom’s largest and most successful universities has signed a major partnership agreement in Kuala Lumpur heralding further expansion of its already pivotal role in the education of Malaysian and Asia-Pacific healthcare professionals.
Date Posted: February 2010
China in their hands
Eight Northumbria students have been selected from over 800 applicants to take part in a once-in-a-lifetime experience to study in China.
Date Posted: February 2010
Sustainable development expert appointed as enterprise chair
A sustainable development expert at leading global management, engineering and development consultancy Mott MacDonald has been appointed as Enterprise Chair in Sustainability at Northumbria University in Newcastle.
Date Posted: February 2010
Legal Profession to Benefit from Unique Partnership
Northumbria University Law School has joined forces with national law firm Irwin Mitchell to pilot a ground-breaking new scheme to train future lawyers.
Date Posted: February 2010
Leading Journal signals strength of Northumbria Law
Northumbria University’s School of Law has secured a coveted grant from one of Europe’s most prestigious legal journals.
Date Posted: February 2010
Shadow Business Secretary urges deeper university and business links
The Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP, today urged universities to deepen their links with business and also called for “a change in culture and practice across the public sector”. He said this should be “accompanied by an end to the duplication of bureaucracy and a huge reduction in the burden of regulation.”
Date Posted: February 2010
Wall Street Smash: Premium Service for Finance Students
An innovative system used by professional financiers throughout the world has arrived in the North East, thanks to Newcastle Business School at Northumbria University.
Date Posted: February 2010
Taught postgraduate powerhouse: Northumbria confirmed as one of UK's ten biggest providers
A major study of British higher education has placed Northumbria University in the United Kingdom’s ten biggest providers of taught postgraduate degrees.
Date Posted: January 2010
Future teacher awarded for persevering against the odds
A Northumbria University student has received a national award to recognise her courage in continuing her education in the face of family tragedy and her work in bringing communities together.
Date Posted: January 2010
Holocaust Survivor Hopes Memoirs Will Help Track Down British Soldier Who Saved Her Life
A remarkable Czech-Jewish woman who survived Nazi Germany’s extermination camps is hoping the publication of her moving memoirs will help her track down a British officer who saved her life at Bergen-Belsen in 1945.
Date Posted: January 2010
Northumbria University strides into the fashion capital
Northumbria University’s world renowned School of Design has exported its expertise to the UK’s creative and fashion industry capital with the launch of a new London base.
Date Posted: January 2010
Unique Setting for his Stories
A leading South African novelist has taken up the academic post of Reader in Creative Writing at Northumbria.
Date Posted: January 2010
Law students have their day in court
Law students had their day in court recently in a reconstruction of a Magistrates’ Court hearing.
Date Posted: January 2010
Reaching out to young people
A TV advert based on the idea of a Northumbria University research student has had overwhelming success in reaching young people.
Date Posted: January 2010
Design entrepreneur returns to Northumbria
A Northumbria graduate and design company director has returned to his former University classrooms to inspire current students and launch a new project.
Date Posted: January 2010
North East Leads the Way in Groundbreaking Research
Scientists at Northumbria University in Newcastle have joined forces with Nonlinear Dynamics - one of the world’s leaders in its field - in a collaboration which could lead to a major breakthrough in the production of biofuels.
Date Posted: December 2009
Honorary Degree for Global Medical Education Pioneer
The founder of St George’s University, Grenada, West Indies, one of the world’s pioneering independent universities, is being honoured by Northumbria University today (Tuesday 8th December).
Date Posted: December 2009
Pupils gain insight into high-tech health care
A Bedlington teenager experienced the training of a health professional during an interactive event at Northumbria University.
Date Posted: November 2009
World Experts Debate Disaster Management
Disaster management experts from across the world are taking part in a major international conference in Nepal, organised by a renowned disaster reduction centre based in the North East.
Date Posted: November 2009
Northumbria Student is Graduate of the Year
A Northumbria University student has beaten off stiff competition from universities throughout the UK to be named Graduate of the Year by two of the engineering industry’s most respected professional bodies.
Date Posted: October 2009
Chinese Media Leaders Visit Northumbria
A top level delegation from the Chinese media has visited the UK to learn more about broadcasting and journalism in Britain. They took part in an intensive two week training programme at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Date Posted: September 2009
Northumbria Scientists Lead International Climate Change Research
Scientists from Northumbria University - who have spent six years analysing levels of understanding, risk and response to the effects of climate change in fourteen developing countries - have begun to publish the findings of their €7.2m project. Their research identifies possible causes and potential solutions to environmental change in some of the world’s most beautiful but fragile places, such as declining snowfall on the slopes of Kilimanjaro.
Date Posted: September 2009
Honour for South Korean Academic
A leading academic from South Korea who is playing a major role in shaping the economic future of his country has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Northumbria University.
Date Posted: July 2009
