Newcastle University is in the Sunday Times University Guide's Top 20.

published on: 28 September 2012

A brand new business, research and treatment centre has opened at Newcastle University's Campus for Ageing and Vitality, to allow the region to benefit from our ageing population.

published on: 28 September 2012

Chemicals similar to those found in cannabis form the basis of a new drug that is being trialled in UK cancer patients for the first time.

published on: 28 September 2012

Forty five years ago Newcastle University awarded Dr Martin Luther King an honorary degree.

published on: 28 September 2012

Newcastle is a great place to study say students.

published on: 27 September 2012

Newcastle University is part of an £8.8m project to explore the biofuel potential of plants found growing in some of the world’s harshest environments.

published on: 26 September 2012

Developing rural economies could provide a big boost to the UK economy but the process needs to be carefully managed to avoid a ‘two-speed’ rural society, warns a Newcastle University rural affairs expert.

published on: 26 September 2012

A major new national study examining whether teenagers with long-term health problems are receiving the best healthcare from the NHS has been launched.

published on: 26 September 2012

A playboy prince famed for his soirees and liaisons with beautiful women will come under the spotlight at Newcastle University.

published on: 25 September 2012

Newcastle University is partnering with Loyola University in Maryland, USA, to open a science-focused study abroad centre in the UK.

published on: 21 September 2012

A Newcastle University student has won £10,000 after coming first in a competition to design and build an app which will help first years settle into campus life.

published on: 21 September 2012

People’s views are being sought on a technique developed at Newcastle University to prevent mitochondrial disease, a rare but devastating medical condition.

published on: 17 September 2012

An ultra-low cost scanner that can be plugged into any computer to show images of an unborn baby has been developed by Newcastle University engineers.

published on: 14 September 2012

A study has uncovered a growing drink problem among older people and researchers are now urging the Government to review its UK health strategy to support society’s “invisible addicts”.

published on: 13 September 2012

Services for older people in rural areas need to be ‘rural-proofed’ to help prevent more older people becoming isolated, a new report finds.

published on: 13 September 2012

Lady Elsie Robson has officially opened the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation PET Tracer Production Unit at Newcastle University.

published on: 12 September 2012

The UK’s first academic Research Institute to improve understanding of the science behind the growing Cyber Security threat has been launched today.

published on: 12 September 2012

Researchers at Newcastle University have revealed the mechanism by which neurons, the nerve cells in the brain and other parts of the body, age.

published on: 12 September 2012

A brand new centre, which will drive research into a rare but devastating medical condition, has opened at Newcastle University

published on: 11 September 2012

Newcastle University is holding an open day for parents and students this month to explain the facts and destroy the myths surrounding university funding and tuition fees.

published on: 11 September 2012

Newcastle University celebrates with legendary figure Lord Walton as the former Dean of Medicine, who helped shape our pioneering curriculum, reaches his 90th birthday.

published on: 9 September 2012

Oceanographers from Newcastle and Liverpool have thought of a novel way to measure the ocean – weigh it.

published on: 6 September 2012

Tata Steel has partnered with leading academics at Newcastle University to develop an innovative, low-cost electric motor and transmission.

published on: 6 September 2012

People aged 85 years and over have a high burden of respiratory disease, according to new findings from Newcastle University.

published on: 3 September 2012