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Northumbria School of Design Facilities

Flexibility is inherent in our building's design. This is essential to support the innovative teaching methods and breadth of activities within the school. Most importantly, with few internal walls and extensive use of internal glazing, the environment in the new building gives a feeling of space, openness and the sense of a single community which is central to the spirit of our school.

Designed following a series of consultations and creative sessions with staff and students, the School of Design has been fitted out with state-of-the-art facilities and the latest in design technology including;

 - Dedicated exhibition gallery and outdoor show spaces
- Modern presentation rooms with the latest screening facilities
- Go Shop @ Design with mezzanine seating area
- Digital photography studio
- CAD suites
- Traditional letterpress and screen printing
- The latest in computer numerically controlled machinery
- Extensive 3D prototyping workshops
- Industry standard textile, printing, knit and garment
- Construction facilities
- Sound studios and recording booths
- Interaction and animation studios
- Mobile laptop facilities
- Postgraduate, research and consultancy suites


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Illustration of the ecosystem in Antarctica around 90 million years ago. Research shows that wildfires regularly occurred near the South Pole at that time. Credit:  James McKay (University of Leeds).
Dr Lea Ferellec, a Research Fellow based in Northumbria's School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics
Professor Elliott Johnson and Professor Nicola Wake
Radar measurements of coastal ice all around Antarctica will be taken from the air in an effort to get more accurate calculations and reduce uncertainty about future global sea levels. Photo by Dr Kenichi Matsuoka
Pictured left to right is Dr Antonio Portas, Jonathan Sanderson, Professor Carol Davenport and Mel Horan from NUSTEM at Northumbria University.
Young learners are pictured at Northumbria University’s London Campus taking part in the Digital and Cyber Essentials course – the first in an annual programme offered through a new initiative with the Mayor's Fund for London (MFL).
Author Julie Fitzgerald pictured holding her book The Wall in the Hall
caption:Dr Shahid Rasul and Dr Jibran Khaliq

Page last updated 02/05/20

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