Events are taking place at Newcastle University throughout October and beyond to celebrate the achievements of people with African and Caribbean heritage.

published on: 1 October 2021

Without adaptation, sea-level rise will put millions more people at risk of flooding, scientists have warned.

published on: 30 September 2021

Scientists will be flying drones to monitor tree health as part of an initiative to cut the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions.

published on: 30 September 2021

Newcastle University’s popular programme of talks and music will run from 30 September until 7 December.

published on: 30 September 2021

Twenty seven Newcastle University experts have been awarded Fellowships by The Alan Turing Institute.

published on: 30 September 2021

Researchers have found that in the space of just a few weeks, numerous blood and immune cell types emerge from developing bone marrow, including key white blood cells that protect against bacteria.

published on: 29 September 2021

Writing for The Conversation, James Barker discusses how the title track from Dolly Parton's album of 50 years ago still resonates with many LGBTQ+ fans.

published on: 29 September 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Duika Burges Watson and Professor Vincent Deary discuss how COVID smell loss can have profound effects on life, from weight change to intimacy barriers.

published on: 29 September 2021

Universities in the North East of England contribute £3.7 billion to the economy and support 32,000 jobs across the region, new findings by Frontier Economics today reveal.

published on: 29 September 2021

New research led by experts at Newcastle University is targeting high-grade childhood brain tumour.

published on: 23 September 2021

Government should harness the jobs, skills and investment universities bring to the community as they look to recover from Covid-19, leading universities in the North East have said. 

published on: 22 September 2021

Newcastle University’s Hatton Gallery, regarded as the birthplace of Pop Art, will once again bring works by Pop Art legends to the region with its Print Goes Pop exhibition this autumn.

published on: 22 September 2021

Two University and industry projects have been backed by the Department of Transport (DfT) as winners of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition.

published on: 22 September 2021

Leading academic Jarka Glassey, Professor of Chemical Engineering Education, has been elected a Fellow by The Royal Academy of Engineering.

published on: 22 September 2021

The world’s biggest donor intervention study has been launched in the UK to look at improving the quality of donated organs.

published on: 21 September 2021

Centuries of agricultural practices have moulded the lie of the land across the country.

published on: 16 September 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Jas Kalra discusses the causes of supply chain shortagesand identifies three things which could ease the situation.

published on: 16 September 2021

Research into children, families, public mental health and places and communities has been boosted with £25 milllion for the NIHR School for Public Health Research.

published on: 16 September 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Abigail Marks discusses the issues surrounding a shorter working week.

published on: 14 September 2021

Award-winning North-East actors have joined forces with academics to showcase stories of true Geordie grit – and the dialect used by the generation behind tales from post-war Tyneside.

published on: 13 September 2021

Newcastle University’s Chair and Professor of Practice of Social Justice is one of three new commissioners on the board of the Fulbright Commission.

published on: 8 September 2021

Dr Yujiang Wang and Dr Chris Harrison are among the nearly 100 of the UK’s future science leaders set to benefit from a £113m cash boost to help commercialise their innovations.

published on: 8 September 2021

Many diseases have their origin in early human development, and today, two publications in Nature reveal how researchers from the Human Cell Atlas consortium are advancing understanding of this.

published on: 8 September 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Stacy Gillis discusses why the Women’s Prize for Fiction is one way of ensuring t women’s stories are told and re-told.

published on: 8 September 2021

Northerners were more likely to die from Covid, spent nearly six weeks more in lockdowns, suffered worse mental health and were made poorer than the rest of England in the first year of the pandemic.

published on: 8 September 2021

Newcastle University has moved 32 places and into the global top 150 in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

published on: 2 September 2021