In the Media
‘Something new in freedom’
23 May 2013 Times Higher
Can the Social Science Centre really build a local institution offering a reimagined higher education free of the market? Alastair Bonnett, professor of social geography, meets participants in an alternative knowledge economy.
Campus Round-Up: Sounds like the joke's on me
23 May 2013 Times Higher
The brain can tell the difference between the sounds of joyous and taunting laughter, a Newcastle University study has found.
Grant winners
23 May 2013 Times Higher
Jennifer Richards, professor of early modern literature and culture, has won a Leverhulme Trust major research fellowship to study 'Useful books: reading and talking in the English Renaissance'.
Obituary: Geza Vermes, 1924-2013
23 May 2013 Times Higher
A leading expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish background to the New Testament and one-time lecturer at Newcastle University, has died.
Our students very likely to try drugs
23 May 2013 The Journal
Newcastle University Student Union President Laura Perry refutes newspaper claims that Newcastle students are among the most likely in the country to try drugs.
Unlocking growth potential
23 May 2013 The Journal
Newcastle Science City is part of a partnership which has just launched a business support service in Newcastle library
A By-the-E-Book Education, for $5 a Month
23 May 2013 New York Times
Feature on public schools in poor countries, with mention of the work of Professor James Tooley and Dr Pauline Dixon.
Thinking data
22 May 2013 The Journal, IT supplement
Dr Rob Wilson, Director of Centre for Knowledge, Innovation, Technology and Enterprise (KITE) at the Business School, talks about the power of data.
Will the lights go out?
22 May 2013 The Journal
Professor Ian Fells talks about the likelihood of electricity black-outs in the next few years.
Technology skills needed at companies in North East
22 May 2013 The Journal, IT supplement
Aad van Moorsel, head of computing science, talks about his field.
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