Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Excellence in research and teaching, in the creative arts, humanities and social sciences.
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has a global reputation as a centre for research, education and engagement across the creative arts, humanities, and social sciences.
We are home to an exceptionally broad range of disciplines. These sit across our 10 academic schools, research institutes and centres. Through our thinking, making, research and education practice, we seek to address social and global challenges.
As a values-based community of colleagues and students, we promote a supportive and inclusive culture. This is based on shared values of trust, integrity, diversity, academic freedom and social and environmental justice.
Joint Health Hub boosts support for students in Newcastle
A new drop-in service is bringing health and wellbeing support for students at both Newcastle University and Northumbria University together under one roof for the first time.
Victorian copy of the Bayeux Tapestry to go on display next month
Newcastle University’s Great North Museum: Hancock will open a new free exhibition this October.
Climate change contributing to permafrost thawing and glacial thinning
The catastrophic rock and ice collapse on the northern Nepalese border was influenced by a range of climatic and geological factors, most of which are worsened by the impacts of climate change.