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1 day ago | 
mynewsdesk.com | Rik Kendall |Andrea Slowey |Rachael Barwick |James Fox
A former paramedic turned academic is playing a central role in a newly funded national project, being led by Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, aimed at improving care for patients with previously unknown health conditions discovered during emergency ambulance responses.
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4 days ago | 
mynewsdesk.com | Rik Kendall |Andrea Slowey |Rachael Barwick |James Fox
Professor Matt Kiernan, Director of The Northern Hub for Veterans and Military Families Research at Northumbria University has been shortlisted for ‘Inspiration of the Year’ in the British Forces in Business Awards 2025. The awards, now in its eighth year, are designed to celebrate the talented veterans in business who have transitioned form military service to high-value civilian careers.
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1 week ago | 
mynewsdesk.com | Rik Kendall |Andrea Slowey |Rachael Barwick |James Fox
A biodegradable battery developed by researchers at Northumbria University has won a major international prize for its potential to transform the future of sustainable energy. The pioneering green battery, known as the BioPower Cell, has been awarded a prestigious Green Product Award 2025, competing with around 2,000 applications from over 60 countries. The award celebrates sustainable products and ideas that combine innovation, design and commercial potential.
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2 weeks ago | 
mynewsdesk.com | Rik Kendall |Andrea Slowey |Rachael Barwick |James Fox
Northumbria University has once again cemented its reputation as a leading institution providing globally-recognised standards in built environment education after retaining its professional accreditations from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
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2 weeks ago | 
mynewsdesk.com | Rik Kendall |Andrea Slowey |Rachael Barwick |James Fox
Northumbria University’s Professor Glyn Howatson will be playing a key role in the next national assessment of research quality across UK universities, it has been announced today. The outcomes of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment are used to determine how around £2 billion of public funding is allocated – making it of key importance to higher education institutions.
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3 weeks ago | 
newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk | Rik Kendall |Andrea Slowey |Rachael Barwick |James Fox |Kelly Elliott |Gemma Brown
Experts from across the UK have called on the government to do more to address the growing problem of hoarding. Approximately four million people in the UK are affected by hoarding, either by being an individual who hoards items, being a member of their family or by working in a profession where they are called on to support people with hoarding behaviours.
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3 weeks ago | 
mynewsdesk.com | Rik Kendall |Andrea Slowey |Rachael Barwick |James Fox
Experts from across the UK have called on the government to do more to address the growing problem of hoarding. Approximately four million people in the UK are affected by hoarding, either by being an individual who hoards items, being a member of their family or by working in a profession where they are called on to support people with hoarding behaviours.
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4 weeks ago | 
mynewsdesk.com | Rik Kendall |Andrea Slowey |Rachael Barwick |James Fox
A new project to strengthen collaboration between universities and businesses and others to drive growth and create jobs in North East England has received major funding from the UK Government. The North East Strategic Commercialisation project, a five-year programme involving Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside universities and other partners, has been awarded £8.9 million from Research England.
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4 weeks ago | 
newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk | Rik Kendall |Andrea Slowey |Rachael Barwick |James Fox |Kelly Elliott |Gemma Brown
A new project to strengthen collaboration between universities and businesses and others to drive growth and create jobs in North East England has received major funding from the UK Government. The North East Strategic Commercialisation project, a five-year programme involving Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside universities and other partners, has been awarded £8.9 million from Research England.
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4 weeks ago | 
mynewsdesk.com | Rik Kendall |Andrea Slowey |Rachael Barwick |James Fox
A glacier in Antarctica is committing “ice piracy” – stealing ice from a neighbour – in a phenomenon that has never been observed in such a short time frame, say scientists. This activity was previously believed to take place over hundreds or even thousands of years, but high-resolution satellite observations have revealed that one huge glacier has been relentlessly stealing ice from its slower-moving neighbour over a 17-year period.
