EXPERT COMMENT: Horrible Histories: bringing children an irreverent take on the past for 25 years
Professor of History at Northumbria University, Tom Lawson, discusses Horrible Histories for The Conversation.
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Apiary opportunities for busy beekeepers
Beekeepers in the North East are being invited to take part in a Northumbria University research project exploring the difference between the plants favoured by city and country bees.
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Great Exhibition of the North programme announced
A cultural extravaganza will take place in Newcastle and Gateshead this summer, with staff and students from Northumbria University supporting the festival through a wide variety of events and activities.
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Region’s charitable history explored in exhibition
An exhibition exploring the history and legacy of philanthropy in the North East is currently taking place in Newcastle.
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Business support to spark innovation
Small businesses from the North-East are being invited to take part in fully-funded, action-packed creative workshops to gain a fresh perspective on opportunities and challenges, develop ideas for new products and services, and share experiences with other local businesses.
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University shortlisted for two top nursing awards
Northumbria University has been shortlisted for two national awards by the Student Nursing Times magazine.
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Pupils’ car designs on track following Northumbria visit
Pupils from a North East school have visited Northumbria University to quiz aerodynamic experts ahead of a worldwide engineering competition.
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Northumbria helps celebrate Women’s 100 day
A series of innovative events are taking place across Newcastle to mark 100 years since women finally got the right to vote.
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Criminologist explores dark side of The Archers
It is the longest running soap on British radio, billed as ‘an everyday story of country folk’ when it launched in 1951. Now an academic from Northumbria University is exploring the darker side of the BBC Radio 4 show The Archers by examining the role of criminals and crime within the long-running series.
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EXPERT COMMENT: Police mugshots: millions of citizens’ faces are now digitised and searchable – but the tech is poor
Martin Paul Evison, Professor in Forensic Science at Northumbria discusses digitised Police mugshots for The Conversation.
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Entrepreneurial student frames new career in film
A final year Northumbria University student with a passion for videography and travel has been headhunted by the National Tourism Board of Morocco to work on a new campaign.
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Learn how ‘Geordies’ changed the world with new five-week online course
Where was the light bulb invented? What about the first steam locomotive, or hydroelectricity? Why have you never seen a canal in North-East England? Which was the only UK city outside London that Martin Luther King ever visited?
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