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Abseiling students are Uganda-bound
Twelve Civil Engineering students from Newcastle University are preparing to abseil from the Tyne Bridge this weekend (Sunday 1 May) as part of their effort to raise the funds they need to travel to Uganda this summer.
published on: 29th April 2005
Rowers are under starter's orders!
Rowers from the region's two oldest-established sporting rivals, Durham and Newcastle Universities, are preparing to raise the flag today (Wednesday 20 April) on the countdown to the annual clash of oars on the River Tyne.
published on: 20th April 2005
Future of the environment at risk from 'armchair biologists', experts warn
Academics will warn today (Thursday 14 April) that society is in danger of producing a generation of 'armchair biologists' who can write scholarly essays about species that they would not be able to recognise if they encountered them in the wild.
published on: 14th April 2005
Youngsters look to the future of the world's heritage
Students from schools in China, the Galapagos Islands, Hungary, Italy, Jordan and Kenya will join sixth-form students from eight UK schools at Newcastle University this week, where they are taking part in the first World Heritage Education Forum ever to be held in the UK this week (6 – 11 April).
published on: 7th April 2005
Newcastle scientists join charity run
Cancer researchers from Newcastle University are urging local lads to help conquer the disease by signing up for Cancer Research UK's first Men's Cancer Run at Newcastle's Exhibition Park.
published on: 6th April 2005
The General Election 2005 - politics experts
Four Newcastle University researchers, who are experts in British politics, are available for print and broadcast media interviews in the run-up to and during the General Election.
published on: 4th April 2005
Whales and dolphins in the North Sea 'on the increase'
A project to map the presence of whales and dolphins off the North East coast has recorded sightings of no fewer than 614 individual creatures in the space of 12 months.
published on: 4th April 2005
New £4.5m healthcare research facility opened
A major centre dedicated to finding new treatments for patients with conditions such as diabetes and arthritis opens today.
published on: 1st April 2005
