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  • A Yellow-eyed penguin with her chick

    Protecting endangered, Yellow-eyed penguins from fatal infections

    A team of researchers, led by Northumbria University, have been working to understand and develop a vaccine for an infection that’s been killing off rare penguins in New Zealand.
    Yellow-eyed penguins, locally known as hoiho (Māori name), are one of the world’s rarest species. They are native to New Zealand and its outlying islands. Hoiho breeding pairs have been rapidly declining for over two

  • Mark of Excellence for Northumbria

    Mark of Excellence for Northumbria

    Northumbria University, Newcastle, has achieved re-accreditation with the prestigious Small Business Charter Award in recognition of its support for start-ups, students and small businesses.
    In 2015 Northumbria became the first university in the North East to receive the Award. Re-accreditation for a further five years means Northumbria remains the only university in the region to hold the Awa

  • North East leading universities team up with BritishVolt to explore R&D and education collaborations

    North East leading universities team up with BritishVolt to explore R&D and education collaborations

    Britishvolt, the leading UK battery cell technology specialist, enters into an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Durham University, Newcastle University & Northumbria University Universities to provide research and educational support, as well as enhancing the innovation capabilities of Britishvolt Britishvolt remains on-track to start production of world-class, lithium-ion batteries fo

  • Northumbria University PhD researcher Shaun Cutler hands over the Cathedrals Cycle Route relay baton to The Revd Canon Clare MacLaren outside Newcastle Cathedral.

    Research project results in new national cycle route

    A Northumbria University academic has designed a 2,000-mile cycle route linking all 42 of England’s cathedrals as part of a PhD project researching how historic places of worship can establish sustainable futures.

  • Rural economies boosted by new migration trends

    Rural economies boosted by new migration trends

    Researchers at Northumbria University, Newcastle, are studying how shifting work patterns and home-buying preferences are changing rural communities – and creating new business opportunities.
    Dr Gary Bosworth and Dr Robert Newbery, Professors of Entrepreneurship at Northumbria’s Newcastle Business School are working with partners at the University of East Anglia and the University of Lincoln as

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