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  • Hopes and reflections for COP26

    Northumbria University academic Dr Alex Hope is hosting webinars on both the first and last days of the COP26 Climate Change Summit to explore, firstly the hopes and then the reflections of the global conference.
    In Expectations of COP26 at 1300pm on November 1, Dr Hope, from Northumbria’s Newcastle Business School, and fellow moderator Dr Rachel Welton from Nottingham Business School, will dis

  • The Good, the Bad and the Greedy: A critical look at UK business ethics

    Public lecture at Northumbria University - Monday November 22
    Northumbria University, Newcastle, is hosting a public lecture in partnership with the North-East Initiative on Business Ethics (NIBE) featuring two eminent speakers with strong views on 21st Century corporate behaviour.
    The lecture will be held at Northumbria’s Newcastle Business School on Monday November 22 at 13:00pm. It will

  • New national nurse training centre brings major boost for University and North East health sector and wider economy

    Up to 7,000 new nurses and midwives per year will complete the final stage of their training at Northumbria University after it was awarded a contract to become one of five national OSCE testing centres.
    The University worked in partnership with The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle City Council to submit the bid for centre status, which will also boost the wider

  • Graduate intern contributes to growth plans for local business


    A North-East enterprise set up to help organisations measure and reduce their carbon footprint has seen its growth plans supported by a graduate internship programme from Northumbria University, Newcastle.
    Newcastle-based SmartCarbon Ltd has recently recruited Northumbria Master’s graduate Anindya Chatterjee through the Northumbria Enterprise and Business Support 2 (NEBS2)scheme, which offe

  • The Climate Change Challenge – how can we live more sustainably?

    Over the coming weeks you’ll be hearing a huge amount in the news about COP26, but what is it, and why is it so important?
    COP is the United Nations’ annual climate change conference. It is the world’s most significant summit on climate change and this year, it is being held in the UK for the first time.
    COP stands for the Conference of Parties and this year is the 26th conference – hence CO

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