Afternoon tea with cakes which have not been baked for over 300 years are on the menu at Newcastle University.

published on: 28 February 2017

An independent assessment of Newcastle University’s contribution to the city of Newcastle and wider UK shows that the Russell Group institution adds £1.1 billion to the economy.

published on: 28 February 2017

Universities urgently need to address the current GP recruitment crisis by giving students more exposure to primary care, new research has revealed.

published on: 28 February 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Martin Farr remembers Gerald Kaufman, who has died aged 86.

published on: 28 February 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Elizabeth Lewis discusses the history and the research behind naming storms.

published on: 24 February 2017

Newcastle leading the way on use of digital technology to tackle congestion.

published on: 23 February 2017

More than nine out of ten international students are satisfied with their experience at Newcastle University, according to an influential survey.

published on: 21 February 2017

BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking festival is returning to the Sage Gateshead next month and Newcastle University academics will be playing a key part.

published on: 17 February 2017

An international team of scientists using the latest imaging techniques have revealed how bacterial division proteins build a partition wall across the cell, one molecule at a time.

published on: 16 February 2017

Pregnant women are almost twice as likely to quit smoking if they are supported from their first midwife appointment – and then are more likely to have heavier, healthier babies.

published on: 16 February 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Alan Jamieson discusses how the study team found animals loaded with organic pollutants in the Mariana Trench.

published on: 14 February 2017

A world-leading neurologist who has devoted his career to the treatment and research of mitochondrial disease has received a knighthood for his outstanding work.

published on: 14 February 2017

Crustaceans from the deepest ocean trenches found to contain ten times the level of industrial pollution than the average earthworm, scientists have shown.

published on: 13 February 2017

Scores of special guests attended the £5 million Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre at Newcastle University to launch this year’s Children’s Cancer Run.

published on: 13 February 2017

The Blue Room, a unique immersive virtual reality which helps children with autism overcome their fears and phobias is being offered on the NHS.

published on: 10 February 2017

Newcastle’s childhood experts are taking part in a £14m international EU funded mission to develop a rapid test to diagnose life-threatening bacterial infections in children.

published on: 9 February 2017

Call for more young people to consider a career in engineering as university expert reveals they “could find jobs for twice as many graduates” as are currently applying.

published on: 8 February 2017

Open source sensors developed at Newcastle University's Open Lab are behind the largest study of physical activity ever conducted.

published on: 6 February 2017

While many of us may find the sounds of chewing or breathing off-putting, for some they’re unbearable - and new research has shown their brains are going into overdrive.

published on: 3 February 2017

Newcastle University's Professor Phil Taylor explains to millions how smart meters can help us change the way we use energy.

published on: 2 February 2017

Newcastle is among the institutions looking at the impact of climate change on the Arctic Ocean as part of a major new research programme.

published on: 1 February 2017

The countdown has begun to the official opening of Newcastle University’s Urban Sciences Building which is due to be completed August 2017.

published on: 1 February 2017