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  • Carnegie UK and Northumbria University launch guide to wellbeing roundtables

    A new guide designed to help government deliver on local priorities has been launched by wellbeing charity Carnegie UK and Northumbria University.
    The approach outlined in the document has been endorsed by North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
    Informed by initiatives from the North of Tyne, Scotland and Wales the document

  • Environmental impact of fashion industry under scrutiny

    It is often described as fashion’s dirty secret, and in recent years there has been increasing recognition of the global environmental impact of the textile industry – however, the true scale of the problem is still not fully understood.

  • Success for Student Law Office

    Northumbria University’s Student Law Office has won the Pro Bono/Community Initiative category in the highly anticipated Northern Law Awards 2023.
    The Northern Law Awards celebrate the great wealth of legal talent and success within the region and is the law event for all those practising and working in the legal industry in the North of England. Winners were presented with their awards at the

  • NortHFutures: New Digital Health Hub across the North East and North Cumbria

    Northumbria University, Newcastle, is part of a groundbreaking £4.17m Digital Health Hub for the North East and North Cumbria (NENC), in collaboration with five regional universities, and seven NHS Trusts within the Integrated Care System (ICS) for NENC.
    The EPSRC-funded Northern Health Futures (NortHFutures) hub aims to create a world-leading healthcare technology (health-tech) research and in

  • Scotland and Northern England’s UNESCO sites come to Northumbria to help understand their shared value

    Academics from Northumbria University, Newcastle, have received seed funding to measure the economic, environmental and cultural value of UNESCO designation status.
    UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. It contributes to peace and security and to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Gaining UNESCO designation, such as being declared

  • New report shows mental health and financial toll of ‘gay ban’ in the military

    A new report shines a light on the lifelong impact of the ‘gay ban’ in the Armed Forces. The study carried out by Northumbria University was carried out on behalf of specialist LGBT+ military charity Fighting with Pride (FWP) and has found that thousands of ex-service people are paying the price of the policy both mentally and economically.

  • Northumbria hosts Place Leadership in Europe seminar


    Northumbria University academics are partnering with UK and international colleagues from across Europe in the first of a series of seminars to debate Place Leadership in Europe.
    Hosted with the University of Birmingham and the Regional Studies Association, a global community for regional and urban research, development and policy, the seminar is being held at Northumbria’s Newcastle Busin

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