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Northumbria University
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Times Higher University of the Year 2022. A research-intensive university that unlocks potential for all, changing lives regionally, nationally and internationally. #TakeOnTomorrow
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Don't miss our next Centre for Health and Social Equity (CHASE) public lecture with Dima Karout, Paul Nataraj and @d6culture.bsky.social

💡Find out more and register free below

📸 Image credit: Paul Nataraj, detail from 'We sound each other', 2025. Photo by Matt Denham
CHASE public lecture will explore the power of art in healing division
Two acclaimed art practitioners are preparing to explore how creative practice can forge connection in fractured times at a Northumbria University Centre for Health and Social Equity (CHASE) public le...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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🎧Listen to @bbc5live.bsky.social to hear Kevin Muldoon-Smith, Associate Professor of Strategic Public Sector Finance speaking to Adrian Chiles about all things local government finance, including council tax.

@muldoonsmith.bsky.social

💡Catch it here from 46 mins: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Adrian Chiles - 06/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
Adrian Chiles with original journalism and surprising news stories.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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📣One of the UK’s largest conferences on student engagement and experience, organised by @raise-network.bsky.social, will be hosted by Northumbria University in 2026.

#RAISE26 #AnnualConference

💡Discover more: www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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We're thrilled to announce that Northumbria University has joined the Northern Health Science Alliance @thenhsa.bsky.social working together to drive health research and innovation across the North of England.

Find out more here www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
North East university joins leading northern health partnership
Northumbria University has joined the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA), a partnership of leading universities and NHS trusts driving health research and innovation across the North of England.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🎉A word from our new Chancellor.

#GeorgeClarke #NewNorthumbriaChancellor #NorthumbriaUniversity #NorthumbriaUni
October 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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📣Welcome to Northumbria George Clarke 📣

We are thrilled to announce that renowned architect, author and TV presenter George Clarke has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Northumbria University.

#NewNorthumbriaChancellor #GeorgeClarke
George Clarke appointed new Chancellor of Northumbria University
The renowned architect, author and TV presenter George Clarke has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Northumbria University, Newcastle.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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📣Researchers from our @nustem.bsky.social
outreach group are celebrating after winning a prestigious @instituteofphysics.bsky.social
award recognising their work with children and young people across the North East and beyond. 🥇

#STEM #outreach #NorthumbriaUniversity

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Northumbria University STEM outreach project wins Institute of Physics award
Researchers from an outreach group at Northumbria University are celebrating after winning a prestigious 2025 Institute of Physics (IOP) award recognising their work with children and young people acr...
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October 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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🎓 Interior Architecture graduates from Northumbria have presented their innovative solutions to addressing today’s global housing challenges on an international stage as part of the 2025 Venice Biennale.

#BiennaleArchitettura2025 #UnconventionalAffordableHousing

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Northumbria Architecture showcased at the Venice Biennale
Interior Architecture graduates from Northumbria University have presented their innovative solutions to addressing today’s global housing challenges on an international stage as part of the 2025 Veni...
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October 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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🚨Our new report reveals England's schools face a £310m annual shortfall in free school meals (FSM) funding – equivalent to 7,700 teachers' salaries.

Urgent reform is needed so that schools don’t have to choose between feeding children and educating them.

Full report ⬇️
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Free school meals could cost schools over £310 million per year, study reveals
Schools across England face an annual shortfall of £310 million in covering the cost of free school meals unless urgent action is taken to reform the national school meals funding system, according to...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Excited to see the Creative Communities programme, funded by the UKRI AHRC and led by Northumbria University, has extended its signature award, the Community Innovation Practitioner (CIP) Awards, for a new 2025-26 cohort. @news.ukri.org: www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Mission Research: UKRI Community Innovation Practitioner Awards Scaled to Empower Place-Based Innovation Across All 4 Nations
The Creative Communities programme, funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and led by Northumbria University, has extended its signature award, the Community Innovation Practit...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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One in every three students commutes to university, rather than moving into student accommodation. Our VC @andylong6.bsky.social spoke to the BBC about the financial challenges students are facing & new initiatives from Northumbria to support our commuter students.
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My student loan doesn't cover my bills - so I wear my work uniform to lectures
As students struggle to cover the cost of university, the BBC speaks to young people to find out how they make it work.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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🏆 Professor Billy Clark has been awarded a prestigious Major Research Fellowship from The Leverhulme Trust for his groundbreaking project 'Producing and evaluating style' - research that will transform our understanding of human communication. 🧵1/5
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New research could transform how we understand human interaction
Professor Billy Clark of Northumbria University is embarking on a groundbreaking research project which will investigate key processes behind how humans communicate and understand each other.
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September 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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🪐 BREAKTHROUGH: Researchers have discovered mysterious dark beads in Saturn's atmosphere using the James Webb Space Telescope. Professor Tom Stallard and an international team have revealed complex structures in Saturn's sub-auroral ionosphere never seen before.
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals dark beads and lopsided star patterns in Saturn's atmosphere
A study of Saturn's atmospheric structure using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed complex and mysterious features unseen before on any planet in our Solar System.
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September 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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📣Research findings from the national evaluation of Project CARA, or Cautioning and Relationship Abuse, were presented at a conference held at Northumbria which explored ways to improve outcomes for families involved with the justice system.

Huge thanks to Dame @verabaird.bsky.social for joining us.
September 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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🏆 HUGE news for healthcare education! Northumbria University's nursing courses have achieved outstanding results in The Guardian University Guide 2026 rankings:

✨ 1st place - Children's Nursing
✨ 2nd place - General Nursing
✨ 6th place - Mental Health Nursing

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Outstanding rankings for Northumbria’s nursing courses
Northumbria University’s nursing courses have been ranked among the very best in the country in the latest Guardian University Guide.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Good to see Professor @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social, Co-Director of our @nuglobaldev.bsky.social, in Cambodia at the International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (IVCO) conference.

It was a privilege to host last year's event at our Newcastle City Campus.

#NUGlobalVolunteering #IVCO2025
volunteeringforum.bsky.social International Forum for Volunteering in Development - Forum @volunteeringforum.bsky.social · Sep 15
Radical optimism for the volunteering vision working in challenging civil societies. Building trust, solidarity and active participation in the field.

A conversation with #CIVICUS @fvolontaires.bsky.social #BanteaySrei @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social

#IVCO2025 #VolunteeringStandards #VolunteerVoice
Volunteering in development and impact to civil society.
September 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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The announcement of a new AI Growth Zone in the North East is fantastic news for the region, creating a new tech hub that will drive innovation and create thousands of jobs. It is clear recognition of the North East’s leading expertise across the AI industry.
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North East England set for billions in investment and thousands of jobs through new AI Growth Zone
An AI Growth Zone for the North East is set to unlock more than 5,000 new jobs in the years to come and bring in £30 billion in investment.
www.northeast-ca.gov.uk
September 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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📣Two talented Northumbria researchers have today been awarded a share of £120 million from @ukri.org's flagship Future Leaders Fellowship fund to help advance their work in space physics and book history.

🎉Congratulations to Dr @charlottestalks.bsky.social
and Dr @drwilliams.bsky.social
Northumbria researchers announced as winners of Future Leaders Fellowships
Two talented researchers from Northumbria University have been awarded a share of £120 million from UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) flagship Future Leaders Fellowship fund to help advance their wo...
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September 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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#IVCO2025 has officially commenced with Dr Bianca Fadel from @northumbriauni.bsky.social setting the scene - Respect, Kindness, Hope. Welcome to our speakers, delegates & new Bluesky community.

#ForumStandards #VolunteeringInDevelopment #Volunteering
September 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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CPOM Director Professor Andrew Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) comments in this article from the Guardian discussing a recent review on polar geoengineering 👇

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Underwater curtains and reflective beads are ‘unrealistic and dangerous polar geoengineering ideas’
Climate research group says such ideas are diverting attention from cutting fossil fuel use
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September 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Public policy experts examining the case for transformative welfare policy and the impact on public health outcomes have outlined their research in a new editorial published by The British Medical Journal – known as @bmj.com

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#BasicIncome

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Researchers make their case for Basic Income in the BMJ
Public policy experts examining the case for transformative welfare policy and the impact on public health outcomes have outlined their research in a new editorial published by The British Medical Jou...
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September 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Looking forward to day two of the UK AI Research Symposium hashtag#UKAIRS2025, hosted here at Northumbria: @ukri.org www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Northumbria University to host landmark UK AI Research Symposium
Northumbria University has been selected to host the inaugural UK AI Research Symposium (UKAIRS) – the first event to bring together researchers from a wide variety of academic disciplines all working...
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September 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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We're proud to be spotlighted twice in
@universitiesuk.bsky.social campaign, highlighting the role universities play in supporting the government’s Industrial Strategy across eight priority growth sectors.
September 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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📣 Congratulations to Professor Ignazio Cabras who has today been elected to the Fellowship of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social in recognition of his substantial contribution to social science for public benefit.

📰Discover more: www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
September 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Congratulations to all 7 Northumbria colleagues who have been appointed to a number of panels in the 2029 Research Excellence Framework - a major national exercise to assess the quality of research in UK universities

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Seven Northumbria researchers appointed to official REF panels
Seven leading researchers from Northumbria University have been selected to support the official panels for the 2029 Research Excellence Framework (REF), confirming the University’s reputation for exc...
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September 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM