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Sport Central is new nest for Newcastle Eagles

Sport Central basketball

Northumbria University’s new state-of-the-art sports facility Sport Central has been announced as the new home venue for the Newcastle’s Eagles basketball team. full story

Northumbria University: Lead role In North East graduate employment

Graduation shot

Latest figures show that graduates from Northumbria enjoy one of the strongest employment rates in the United Kingdom. full story

Avoid delays, avoid stress

travel stress

Checking for disruption before setting off can save travellers huge amounts of stress, a new study based at Northumbria University has revealed. full story

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Iconic portraits at the Gallery

Chris Eubanks - by Sally Soames

An exhibition of some of the world’s most iconic celebrities is currently running at the Northumbria University Gallery. full story

Conference seeks to enhance learning experience

The Northumbria Conference, which is designed to promote learning and teaching enhancement, will be held on Thursday, 9 September. full story

Getting the virtual message over

Northumbria’s website has been named one of the best in the country – by potential students. full story

UK Student Games come to Northumbria

Volleyball - student games

Northumbria University will host one of this year’s national UK Student Games events at its new flagship sports facility this summer. full story

Corus project is a winner

Abbas Norozi - RIBA award winning

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has awarded a prize to an Architecture graduate for his designs for the site of the former Corus steelworks plant on Teesside. full story

Green Nursery goes gold

Nursery gold award

The Northumbria University Nursery has won a prestigious gold award for its environmental awareness campaign. full story

Log-in changes to the Library’s electronic resources: update

Following a communication earlier this year alerting staff and students to forthcoming changes to logging into electronic resources, Library and Learning Services are pleased to confirm that this work is now complete. full story

“Age no barrier to learning” affirms PhD Granddad

Terry Oneil and Tom Heffenan

A graduate granddad has completed his PhD at the grand age of 73 years and will officially receive his doctorate this month. full story

Simplifying finance

procurement team

Northumbria’s Finance Department has revolutionised its procurement processes and its new system is now the topic of interest from various other universities. full story