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thumbnail Graduates: save 20% on postgraduate study at Newcastle

Thinking about postgraduate study? Learn about the courses available at our open day on Wednesday 15 February, along with funding and finance opportunities – including our 20% discount on fees for Newcastle alumni.

thumbnail Big Market: renting vines with 3D wines

Save £25 on a ‘row of vines’ with 3D wines. It gives you ‘all the pleasure of owning a vineyard with none of the hard work,’ says owner David Dickinson (BSc General Science 1973).

thumbnail Newcastle Badminton squad reclaims world title

Newcastle alumni and students claim ISBT Team Championship title for a record third time at the University of Twente, Netherlands, in December 2011. Jason Fernandes reports.

thumbnail Wanted: 1950s graduates' memories and mementos for new book

Newcastle graduate Anna Flowers (née Catto) seeks words, photos and ephemera for a new book on Newcastle in the 1950s.

thumbnail Make your business ideas a reality with the Rise Up Entrepreneurship Programme

Do you have a business idea that you'd like to develop? Join Newcastle University Careers Service's team of experts on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 16 February for a free month-long series of workshops worth £500.

thumbnail North East alumni: be a Newcastle ambassador for the London 2012 Olympics

Newcastle City Council is looking for volunteers to represent the city, as it hosts Olympic football at the stadium formerly known as St James' Park.

thumbnail Inside the magazine business: a chat with Anna Jones

AlumNews meets publishing impresaria Anna Jones née Sheard (BA International Business Management 1997), whose role as acting COO of Hearst Magazines UK sees her presiding over some of the UK’s best loved glossies, including Elle, Cosmopolitan and Men’s Health.

thumbnail Jatropha research could provide key to future of biofuels

Work being carried out by a Malaysian student at Newcastle University could transform the biofuels industry by refining the process of converting a common shrub into oil.

thumbnail Mitochondrial research centre to launch as government reviews pioneering technique

A new centre for research that could pave the way for in-vitro fertilisation treatment to prevent the hereditary transmission of devastating mitochondrial diseases is being launched at Newcastle University.

thumbnail Newcastle junior doctor hits our screens

There's plenty of drama for first year doctor and Newcastle graduate Andy Steval in Junior doctors: Your life in their hands which returns to our screens on 24 January.

thumbnail Annual race & soirée for runners, past and present

Newcastle University Athletics and Cross Country Club invites all runners and athletes to the reunion 'Past and Present' race on Saturday 10 March in Newcastle.

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