NewsLink - Latest Edition
13 January 2012 Edition.
News
Double honours for Newcastle University leaders
Acclaimed academics from Newcastle University have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours 2012.
published on: 13th January 2012
A personalised menu for optimum health
A new company has taken the first steps to providing personalised advice on which foods successfully boost your health and well-being.
published on: 13th January 2012
Newcastle MA wins accreditation body's top award
An innovative Newcastle University degree programme in journalism has been awarded a key industry body's top award in its first year of full accreditation.
published on: 13th January 2012
Research
Cold waters give up their hottest secret
A seven-armed sea-star and a new species of yeti crab have been found living on previously undiscovered hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Southern Ocean.
published on: 13th January 2012
Rural villages becoming 'rich people's ghettos'
Efforts to preserve our ‘picture postcard’ image of the countryside are creating exclusive rural communities, according to a leading expert on rural housing.
published on: 13th January 2012
New research into causes of debilitating condition
Nearly £1 million has been awarded for research at Newcastle University into chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.
published on: 13th January 2012
Newcastle scientists find genetic key to why some cancer patients don’t respond to treatment
Researchers from Newcastle University have identified a gene variation carried by 20% of the population which can significantly affect how patients with a rare type of blood cancer will respond to treatment.
published on: 13th January 2012
People
Newcastle student wins prestigious Lancet writing prize
For the first time, a student has won The Lancet’s Wakley prize. Fourth year MBBS student Joanna Stutchbury's essay stood out for the journal's judges.
published on: 13th January 2012
HR explore city with international students
The Human Resources service experienced a team ‘away day’ with a difference this year, as international students studying at Newcastle were invited to take part in a photo-treasure hunt around the city.
published on: 13th January 2012
A proper English Christmas
On Christmas Day 2011, 80 students, who otherwise would have been on their own in Newcastle, came to St Luke’s Church hall on Claremont Road.
published on: 13th January 2012
Events