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Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Medical Sciences retires
Professor Peter Baylis, who led the team that established Newcastle University as a national centre of excellence for medical teaching and research, said farewell to his friends and colleagues at his retirement ceremony on Tuesday, 21 December.
published on: 22nd December 2004
Europe’s fishermen should have marine “stewardship” role, says study
North Sea fishermen should be allowed to play a greater part in taking care of the marine environment as part of a new strategy to protect the sea’s wildlife and habitats.
published on: 15th December 2004
Newcastle University celebrates student employment record
Newcastle University graduates have one of the best track records in the country for getting good jobs, according to Government statistics published today.
published on: 14th December 2004
Newcastle is awarded 'Science City' status by Chancellor
The University has welcomed Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown's decision to award Newcastle ‘Science City’ status.
published on: 8th December 2004
Banking on better environmental research
In the week that the UK admitted it risked missing its targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Newcastle University can reveal that it has formed a strategic partnership with one of the world's biggest banks to help launch a new wave of environmental research.
published on: 8th December 2004
Universities have sports competition off to a 'Tee'
Golfers Faye Sanderson and Craig Hurst will be leading the charge for their respective Universities when they tee off the first event in this year's Stan Calvert Cup – the annual clash which pitches arch sporting rivals Newcastle and Northumbria Universities against one another in a frenetic day of sporting action – this Wednesday.
published on: 6th December 2004
Foreign companies exaggerated job targets
Big foreign companies that established UK business plants over a 14-year period exaggerated their job creation claims, a study by the University’s Business School claims.
published on: 23rd November 2004
First performance for opera inspired by genetic science
A fusion of music, art and science, inspired by contemporary genetic discovery and brought together in the style of a chamber opera, is to have its world premiere at Baltic, the Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.
published on: 18th November 2004
Artistic legacy from 30 years of political repression
Poems from the Catalan, which opens in the Hatton Gallery on 20 November, focuses on the collaborative work of the Barcelona-born poet Joan Brossa (1919 – 1998) and artist Antoni Tàpies (b. 1923).
published on: 17th November 2004
New ageing research facility opens
The University's new Henry Wellcome Laboratory for Biogerontology Research has been formally opened by Dr Leonard Hayflick, from the University of California at San Francisco, one of the pioneers of modern-day ageing research.
published on: 10th November 2004
