Best Fut Forward
The cream of the world’s indoor football stars are heading to Sport Central this week.
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University helping businesses to grow
The first Business & IP Centre outside London was developed as a pilot in Newcastle in 2011 and has now secured over £1.3m to provide a full-scale operational service to businesses.
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Design students collaborate with industry innovators
A homecare medication box that senses and reminds the user when it is time to take their medicine, electronic sensors embedded in containers that detect whether home-cooked food is safe to eat, and counterfeit-detecting smartcards are just some of the commercial uses that Northumbria students have designed for a new technology called printable electronics.
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For love not money – what keeps circuses on the road?
Year-in, year-out the circus comes to town. But in 2013 circuses are in trouble. Seen by many as entertainment from a bygone age and facing Government action to ban circuses with wild animals, what is it that keeps circuses on the road? Why do they carry on going?
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Designing for transformed lives
Northumbria Design students have developed a logo and website for a new North East charity.
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Partnership working to improve lives
Both partners have pledged to build on established activity to support inward investment, help small businesses and promote health and well-being in the county.
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Science... but not as you know it!
As part of its role as associate partner in the world-famous British Science Festival event, Northumbria University is gearing up to a six-day showcase to help answer the question, what is science?
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Managing an ageing prison population
Identifying and addressing the physical, mental health and social care needs of ageing prisoners is vital to improve the UK’s prison service, say Northumbria criminologists.
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Northumbria talent shines in design for disaster competition
Northumbria University students have dominated the final shortlist of a national design competition with their solutions for disaster relief.
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Removing the stigma of dementia
Northumbria University is hosting a series of activities to mark National Dementia Week this week amid the news that the North East is one of the most rapidly ageing regions in the country.
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Uplifting music can boost mental capacity
Uplifting concertos from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons can boost mental alertness, according to research from Northumbria University.
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Skydiving is never plane sailing
Skydivers show the same level of physical stress before every jump whether a first-timer or experienced jumper, say Northumbria researchers.
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