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Professor Roy Sandbach

National Innovation Centre for Ageing, Former Director

Professor Roy Sandbach has many leading connections in the North East. Apart from being a visiting Professor at Northumbria University, he supports the Centre for Life where he is a trustee and also, the research commercialisation programme across 4 NE Universities, Northern Accelerator, where he is Chair.

Professor Sandbach works in partnership with Tees & Wear Reform Prisons where he is Chair, on the Data and Insights Board.

Sandbach was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2017, for his incredible dedication and services to science, innovation and skills.

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Professor Robert Wicks from Northumbria University demonstrates an interferometer – an instrument which uses two beams of light to make precise measurements – for pupils.
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Northumbria University researchers have joined forces with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to deliver the third edition of the IFRC Limitless Youth Innovation Leadership Academy – a programme which has already reached thousands of young people across 150 countries with the aim of driving youth innovation.
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Mending, Making and Mythology: Responsible Fashion Practice
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Launch of the Northern Interprofessional Education Strategy
CPD Professional Practice in Health Framework - Online Information Session
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