Find out why equality is better for everyone at a free public lecture at Newcastle University.

published on: 31 January 2012

A new forum to foster innovation stemming from collaborations between academia and industry launches today.

published on: 31 January 2012

Celebrity teachers Vic Goddard and Stephen Drew of “Educating Essex” fame were in the region this weekend to inspire a new generation of teachers.

published on: 30 January 2012

A cow with a name produces more milk than one without, scientists at Newcastle University have found.

published on: 28 January 2012

Minister David Willets, has announced £9 million for biosciences postgraduate training between Newcastle, Durham and Liverpool Universities. Over the next three years, this will support 45 four-year PhD students.

published on: 25 January 2012

Expansion of one of the world’s most important shipping routes brings with it a unique opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint of the marine industry, experts claim.

published on: 24 January 2012

Newcastle University has signed a unique agreement with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Malaysian Ministry of Health to provide training to improve the teaching skills of Doctors.

published on: 20 January 2012

North East women are being asked to consider donating their eggs for research in order to push forward a pioneering technique which could eliminate serious inherited disorders.

published on: 19 January 2012

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 in Newcastle.

published on: 19 January 2012

Newcastle University has signed a unique agreement with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Malaysian Ministry of Health to provide training to improve the teaching skills of doctors.

published on: 19 January 2012

Bryony Balen has become the youngest Briton to ski to the South Pole.

published on: 18 January 2012

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

published on: 18 January 2012

From Northumbrian clog dances to Chinese dragon quilts, Newcastle University is undertaking an ambitious project designed to help preserve cultural heritage from across the globe.

published on: 16 January 2012

Researchers have shown that they can determine which foods and in what amounts people have eaten over the last few days by analysing their urine.

published on: 11 January 2012

Following approval in April 2011 of the outline planning application for Science Central, the 24-acre former Scottish and Newcastle brewery site, work has been progressing to prepare the site for development and to improve its amenity.

published on: 6 January 2012

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: 5 January 2012

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: 4 January 2012

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: 3 January 2012