Peter Hanmer has scooped the 2017 Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor of the Year Award and a £6,500 commission

published on: 30 June 2017

Newcastle researcher part of a UK mission to explore the Changing Arctic Ocean.

published on: 30 June 2017

Senior politics lecturer Dr Alistair Clark, gives his expert opinion on why parliamentary politics is more important than ever.

published on: 29 June 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Richard Davies discusses how research can drive guidelines, but argues it makes no sense to talk of fracking being entirely “safe”.

published on: 28 June 2017

Northern Powerhouse Minister visits Newcastle University’s world-leading National Centre for Subsea and Offshore Engineering.

published on: 28 June 2017

A group of scientists in Newcastle have been awarded £5 million from Cancer Research UK to extend their groundbreaking cancer research.

published on: 27 June 2017

Leading contemporary artists Jane and Louise Wilson have been appointed to Newcastle University’s pioneering Fine Art Department.

published on: 23 June 2017

Researchers urge agricultural industry to challenge barriers to women farmers

published on: 23 June 2017

Newcastle University picked up the Knowledge Exchange / Transfer Initiative of the Year trophy last night at this year’s THE Leadership and Management Awards.

published on: 23 June 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Adam Behr discusses issues facing the live music scene and how they affect festivals like Glastonbury.

published on: 22 June 2017

The North East’s creative, digital and IT (CDIT) sector is growing and sustaining the crucial development of technology-based networks in the region, a new survey has revealed.

published on: 22 June 2017

Dr Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary British history, provides expert analysis.

published on: 22 June 2017

Newcastle University has been given the highest rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework

published on: 22 June 2017

Alzheimer’s Society has announced today that it has committed almost £1.7m to Newcastle University, as part of its biggest single investment in dementia care research.

published on: 20 June 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Maddy Thompson suggests president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, could alienate his supporters if he abandons his anti-American stance.

published on: 19 June 2017

It is now possible to measure the magnetic field strengths of the hottest planets in the galaxy, new research has shown.

published on: 19 June 2017

New figures suggest at least one in 10 North East children are still being exposed to toxic secondhand smoke in the home as a hard-hitting new campaign launches today.

published on: 19 June 2017

An emeritus professor, an innovation leader and the former Executive Director of Human Resources at Newcastle University have been named in the 2017 Birthday Honours List.

published on: 17 June 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Clive Emary discusses how the the world’s first quantum-enabled satellite paves the way for truly secure global communications.

published on: 16 June 2017

Female scientists from Newcastle University will be teaming up with Soapbox Science to transform Newcastle city centre into a hub for science and discovery tomorrow.

published on: 16 June 2017

Remote countryside towns and villages can breathe new life into their communities, a Newcastle University expert will tell a Royal symposium in Amsterdam today (15 June).

published on: 15 June 2017

Twenty teams of budding chemists from schools across the North-East took part in the Salter’s Festival of Chemistry at Newcastle University this week.

published on: 15 June 2017

The next generation of architects are showcasing their designs at the Newcastle University Architecture Degree Show.

published on: 15 June 2017

Writing for The Conversation, as the anniversary of Jo Cox's murder is marked across the country, Dr Helen Jarvis asks whether annual get togethers can promote more co-operative ways of living.

published on: 15 June 2017

Exactly when and where individual neurons develop is as important to our understanding of brain diseases as the underlying genetics, experts have shown.

published on: 14 June 2017

Researchers have identified the mechanism which causes a build-up of fat in the liver in a disease affecting one in five in the UK – and were able to reverse it in a mouse model.

published on: 13 June 2017

More than £7m of private donations to Newcastle University has been used to fund research into life-threatening cancers.

published on: 13 June 2017

Newcastle University staff join students for a street clean up as part of a new initiative to help improve relations between residents and students in Jesmond.

published on: 13 June 2017

Dr Alistair Clark gives his view on the result of the 2017 general election

published on: 9 June 2017

Our experts give their views on the result of the general election

published on: 9 June 2017

New guidelines have been published on the clinical and physical indicators to help ensure patients with dementia with Lewy bodies get an accurate diagnosis and the best care possible.

published on: 8 June 2017

They have been part of one of the longest ever studies into health, and now the ‘Red Spot’ babies are marking their 70th birthdays.

published on: 6 June 2017

Newcastle University is leading a new initiative to help improve relations between residents and students in Jesmond.

published on: 6 June 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Clare Andrews discusses why unreliable food supplies, rather than too much food, may lead to obesity.

published on: 5 June 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Martin Farr highlights the arguments in defence and against televised debates.

published on: 2 June 2017

A ‘portrait’ of every link and data point that makes up Newcastle University’s website will emblazon the outside of the new Urban Sciences Building being built on Science Central.

published on: 2 June 2017

Work by some of the country’s most talented young artists goes on display this week as the Newcastle University Fine Art degree show gets underway.

published on: 1 June 2017

Brian Wouldhave Alderson is donating his extraordinary collection of children's books to Newcastle University and Seven Stories: The National Centre for Children’s Books.

published on: 1 June 2017