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  • Lifetime Brands brings student design concept to life

    Lifetime Brands brings student design concept to life

    A cafetière for loose-leaf tea, originally conceived by a group of MA Design and MA Fashion Design students at Northumbria University is landing on shelves across the world, in a fantastic turnaround from concept to product.

  • Association for Art History Fellowship awarded to Professor Gavin Butt

    Association for Art History Fellowship awarded to Professor Gavin Butt

    Professor of Fine Art, Gavin Butt has been announced by the Association for Art History as one of their 2025 Fellows, an honour awarded on the basis of his innovative research in the field, and its engagement with audiences beyond academic art and art history worlds.

  • The original set of the play 'In the Middle of the West' when it was first performed in Oklahoma

    Anniversary of American bombing marked with updated play

    On April 19, Oklahoma marks the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Playwright Steve Gilroy’s updated verbatim play, "In the Middle of the West," engages students, teaching them about the bombing's legacy through performances and educational initiatives.

  • Northumbria University Fashion student Kamile Kartunaviciute

    Gen Z fondness for moments of self-care inspires winning fashion collection

    A final year Fashion student from Northumbria University has been named the winner of the prestigious Next Graduate Fashion Foundation Design and Trend Competition.
    The competition, which challenged emerging designers to forecast trends and design a capsule collection for Autumn/Winter 2025, attracted entries from fashion students across the country.
    But it was a collection by Northumbria’s

  • Northumbria University Fashion student Beth Young

    Inspiring knitwear designer wins Framework Knitters’ Award

    Bethany Young, a Northumbria University Fashion student, won the Framework Knitters’ Award, including a £1,500 bursary, for her innovative knitwear designs inspired by Teesside’s industrial history. This achievement highlights her dedication and skill in the knitwear industry.

  • From l-r: North East Mayor, Kim McGuinness; Claire Malcolm, CEO of New Writing North; and Cllr Karen Kilgour, Leader of Newcastle City Council, pictured outside Bolbec Hall.

    Government backs new centre for writing in the North East

    The Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) has awarded £5m of its Cultural Development Fund to help create a new centre for writing and publishing in Newcastle upon Tyne. The centre will develop the next generation of northern writers, become a hub for the publishing industry in the North and be a place where residents of the region can discover their writing potential.

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