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  • University students facing food insecurity due to pandemic

    University students facing food insecurity due to pandemic

    Four out of ten university students have reported they are worried that they will run out of food as they deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report. The findings have been submitted to the UK Education Select Committee inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services.

  • Inside 'Culina’: the Bioreactor Room

    Students reimagine food economy at international Biodesign Challenge Summit

    A team of students selected by the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment, a collaborative initiative between Northumbria and Newcastle universities, will be competing as finalists for their biotech-based design project in the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020, June 15-19.

  • Thousands of tonnes of ocean pollution can be saved by changing washing habits

    Thousands of tonnes of ocean pollution can be saved by changing washing habits

    A new study has revealed that almost 13,000 tonnes of microfibres, equivalent to two rubbish trucks every day, are being released into European marine environments every year – but this could be reduced by as much as 30% if we made a small change to our laundry habits. The ​findings have been published by the scientific journal ​PLOS ONE for ​World Oceans Day on Monday 8 June.

  • Dr Matthew Sutherland

    Top appointment for Northumbria academic


    Dr Matthew Sutherland from Northumbria University, Newcastle, has been appointed to the Management Board of the influential Small Business Charter.
    Part of the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS), The Small Business Charter brings leading Business Schools and SME communities across the UK together.Newcastle Business School at Northumbria became the first university in the North

  • Our virtual Spring-Summer Newspaper is here

    Breaking news: Northumbria’s Spring/Summer Newspaper is here!

    Our first digital-only edition of Northumbria University News is here. Packed with the latest news, features and interviews, Northumbria University News is the perfect way to ‘read all about’ the exciting developments taking place across the University.

  • The illustration by student Bethany Oakey, which was chosen to be part of the Alexander McQueen tribute to the NHS.

    Student’s design chosen for NHS tribute

    An illustration by a Northumbria University fashion student has been chosen by luxury British fashion label Alexander McQueen to appear in a campaign thanking the NHS.

  • A typical suburban street

    EXPERT COMMENT: Coronavirus: an architect on how the pandemic could change our homes forever

    Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, our homes have been serving as makeshift workplaces, schools and gyms. Dr Tara Hipwood, lecturer in architecture at Northumbria University, suggests that changes in commuting or work habits will prompt a fundamental shift in what people perceive as priority features in the home, with outdoor space and a home office high up the list.

  • EXPERT COMMENT: Learning loss and implications for Covid-19 and school closures

    EXPERT COMMENT: Learning loss and implications for Covid-19 and school closures

    The ongoing situation and school closures as result of Covid-19 have a number of different implications for the education sector. Dr Emily Mann and Dr Jackie Shinwell of Northumbria University’s Healthy Living Lab explored the impact of the coronavirus crisis in terms of learning loss in this blog for Schools North East.

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