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Spark your curiosity: Join us for Discover Festival

You are invited to our festival of interactive family-fun on our city-centre campus on Saturday 13 June. Immerse yourself into a world of wonder and exploration, with a day filled with activities and events to inspire all ages.

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Academic’s new film premieres in North East ahead of national release

BAFTA-nominated Newcastle University academic Dr Tina Gharavi’s new film Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day is set to receive a North East premiere.

Comment: Women’s prize for fiction - six experts review the shortlist

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Anne Whitehead reviews Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly, which has been shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2026.  

Radio show inspired by University music project wins prestigious award

The Song Detectorists has won silver in the New York Festivals Radio 2026 Awards.