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  • Architect apprentice has designs on career progression

    Degree Apprenticeship student Laura McClorey is studying at Northumbria University, while working for leading international design studio FaulknerBrowns Architects in Newcastle.
    The 31-year-old from Belfast says the degree apprenticeship route has allowed her to stay in her chosen profession.
    Laura was recently named among the winners of the Royal Institute of British Architects awards 2022

  • The Power of Five

    How the North East’s universities are working together to help drive forward the Levelling Up agenda and grow the region’s economy.

  • Inspiring events draw hundreds of people to Being Human Festival

    Between 10 and 19 November hundreds of people attended Treasures of the North East: a programme of nine events celebrating Hadrian’s Wall and the Lindisfarne Gospels, organised by Northumbria University and held at various locations across Newcastle and Gateshead as part of this year’s Being Human Festival.

  • Northumbria student architects celebrate success at RIBA awards

    The North East branch of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) named Evelina Somoglou and Laura McClorey as the winners of this year’s Student Awards following a rigorous process judged by representatives from international firm Ryder Architecture and independent practice ALT Studios.

  • Is Levelling up working for the North East?

    Academics from Northumbria University have published a research paper questioning whether the Government’s flagship Levelling Up policy is working for the North East.
    Levelling Up was introduced as a flagship policy of the Boris Johnson Conservative government to address the north-south divide and focus on deep-seated inequalities in regions like the North-East.
    Using data collected from c

  • Breathing new life into disease diagnosis

    New research shows 100 per cent effectiveness of an innovative breath sampling device developed by Northumbria University medtech spinout, PulmoBioMed, that could revolutionise diagnosis of a range of diseases, including COVID-19.

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