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  • Study unveils the impact of pubs on house prices

    Study unveils the impact of pubs on house prices

    Pubs have an impact on UK house prices, research led by an academic at Northumbria University, Newcastle, has found.
    Ignazio Cabras, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development and Head of Accounting and Financial Management at Northumbria’s Newcastle Business School, looked at the level of house prices in the presence or absence of pubs across the country. Carried out in

  • EXPERT COMMENT: BBC - the licence fee is a small price to pay for a service that unites the UK

    EXPERT COMMENT: BBC - the licence fee is a small price to pay for a service that unites the UK

    ​Tom May, Postgraduate Researcher at Northumbria University, writes for The Conversation about the BBC licence fee.
    Anyone who owns a television set in the UK is obliged, by law, to pay a licence fee which has always enabled the BBC to exist as an independent entity. But a recent Sunday Times article (paywalled) has announced the UK government’s intention to abolish the BBC licence fee.
    It i

  • Putting hate propagandists on trial

    Putting hate propagandists on trial

    Tackling hate and fear propaganda through prosecution at international criminal tribunals and beyond was debated by a global panel of legal and social sciences experts in the field, during a recent conference at Northumbria University.

  • A Parkinson's Nurse working with a patient

    Study to examine the role of specialist nurses for people with Parkinson’s

    Northumbria University researchers would like to hear from people with Parkinson’s and their families and carers, about their experiences of their Parkinson’s Nurse as part of a £100,000 study into the support for people with the condition. They are also looking to hear from specialist nurses to understand their knowledge on appropriate care and support for people with Parkinson’s.

  • Northumbria University’s Dr Muhammad Wakil Shahzad receiving the global water award from His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

    Unlocking desalination with solar energy

    A mechanical engineer from Northumbria University has won a prestigious award after developing an innovative process to turn sea water into clean, safe drinking water, using solar energy.

  • Leven Brown pictured with Northumbria University Design for Industry students

    Top rowers inspire design students

    Students on Northumbria University’s Design for Industry degree took part in a design challenge with a difference when they were visited by two of the UK’s best ocean rowers.

  • Paul Polman KBE

    Imagining ethical business

    The former Chief Executive of global consumer goods company Unilever has challenged corporate heads to step-up and take an ethical lead during a public lecture at Northumbria University.

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