A project led by Newcastle University is helping to understand how the shift to full-time home-based working is impacting the relationship between work and home life.

published on: 2 December 2020

Health visitors across England are to be trained to use a toolkit which can identify very young children with speech, language and communication problems.

published on: 1 December 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Rhona Smith discusses the situation in Cambodia.

published on: 30 November 2020

Newcastle University is co-leading an international project to better understand how changes in poultry production and consumption are affecting the rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

published on: 20 November 2020

Two Newcastle University experts have been appointed to advise on efforts to tackle climate change in the North East.

published on: 20 November 2020

Newcastle has been named a global 'climate leader' for its efforts to become carbon neutral by 2030.

published on: 18 November 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Professor James Law discusses developmental language disorder (DLD), one of the most common disorders affecting children but which is relatively unknown.

published on: 17 November 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Martin Farr discusses the relationship between Donald Trump and Boris Johnson.

published on: 16 November 2020

Newcastle University’s UNESCO Chair for Cultural Property Protection and Peace Professor Peter Stone, has been appointed to one of the top positions in his field.

published on: 13 November 2020

An international team involving geographers at Newcastle University is to look at the impact of COVID-19 on illegal sand mining in the Vietnamese Mekong delta.

published on: 5 November 2020

Analysis of pet cemeteries by a Newcastle University academic suggests that belief in a pet afterlife has risen since the Victorian era.

published on: 27 October 2020

The mystery surrounding a 1,800 year old skeleton is at the heart of a new video game app designed to help children learn about life on Hadrian’s Wall.

published on: 19 October 2020

Newcastle University wins Dynamites20Award for the GetPPE-NCL initiative.

published on: 16 October 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Wasim Ahmed discusses how the pandemic has fuelled the #FilmYourHospital conspiracy theory.

published on: 15 October 2020

Stage 1 Architecture students have been safely arriving on campus for the This City drawing task, where they sketch buildings and structures in Newcastle.

published on: 14 October 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Michael Richardson says students and academics studying China must be allowed freedom of expression.

published on: 7 October 2020

Newcastle University is one of the first universities to sign up to offering a new scholarship for disadvantaged Black British students.

published on: 7 October 2020

Virtual Insights lecture will look at slavery and the British Empire.

published on: 29 September 2020

Newcastle and Northumbria Universities are working with Northumbria Police to increase the number of high visibility patrols in residential areas with high student density.

published on: 17 September 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Mhairi Aitken suggests that the design of government algorithms should be opened up to the people.

published on: 9 September 2020

Newcastle University has been ranked among the world’s top universities by an influential Higher Education guide.

published on: 2 September 2020

Prehistoric societies in the British Isles were creating artistic designs on rock as long ago as the late Ice Age, archaeologists have confirmed.

published on: 19 August 2020

A Newcastle University political expert is among the authors that have contributed to a new briefing which considers how to hold elections during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

published on: 19 August 2020

A Newcastle University expert on Shakespeare has won the coveted Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award 2020.

published on: 19 August 2020

Leading voices in women’s enterprise say that current Government policy has failed to recognise the additional challenges faced by millions of women-led businesses.

published on: 11 August 2020

The Director of the Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts has been awarded Gdańsk’s European Poet of Freedom Literary Award 2020.

published on: 5 August 2020

Information about Linguacuisine has been distributed to 9,000 Newcastle families as part of the Best Summer Ever programme.

published on: 29 July 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Adam Behr examines the impact of AC/DC's Back in Black.

published on: 28 July 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Adam Behr looks back at the career of the influential guitarist.

published on: 27 July 2020

Run Kalyani, directed by Dr Geetha Jayaraman, will be the opening night film at the New York Indian Film Festival.

published on: 22 July 2020

Documentary films made by Newcastle University students will be screened at a virtual festival.

published on: 22 July 2020

Experts issue vital advice for parents of young gamers about risks of in-game purchases.

published on: 21 July 2020

UPDATE: The Show will open at 4pm on Thursday 23 July

published on: 16 July 2020

Archaeologists have confirmed the timing of the earliest known human occupation of North America.

published on: 15 July 2020

A new website has been launched to help people feel safer when they come into the city centre.

published on: 13 July 2020

Staff and students at Newcastle University are to receive safety packs to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in the University and local communities.

published on: 10 July 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Adam Behr discusses why supporting grassroots venues is important.

published on: 8 July 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Liam Keenan talks about how the British pub industry was already experiencing long-term decline before the impact of coronavirus.

published on: 3 July 2020

First-of-its-kind app could could help NHS with fast, cost-effective diagnosis and treatment planning

published on: 26 June 2020

Newcastle University Business School has created three new executive degrees to reflect the changing world of work and help develop responsible leaders.

published on: 25 June 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Guy Middleton discusses how climate change caused by a volcanic eruption was not the only factor that helped create instability in the Roman republic.

published on: 23 June 2020

Newcastle is the first University to sign up to the 'Employer with Heart' Charter, committing to provide extra support and extended leave for parents of premature babies.

published on: 19 June 2020

Newcastle University highlights the lives and experiences of refugees past and present

published on: 19 June 2020

Active steps are needed to retain and build on strong community links forged during lockdown, such as highlighting Muslim communities in a positive way.

published on: 10 June 2020

A simple and low-cost method of ‘listening’ to chicks may allow welfare issues to be picked up at the earliest possible opportunity, according to new research.

published on: 10 June 2020

Teachers and parents who are still home schooling can now draw on the expertise of academics at Newcastle University to bring the past alive in their lessons.

published on: 9 June 2020

Newcastle University technician takes listeners on an audio journey under the waves.

published on: 5 June 2020

Newcastle University and New Writing North are creating a collective poem about our times and they need your help.

published on: 5 June 2020

Winners of the 2020 Newcastle Poetry Competition revealed

published on: 18 May 2020

Newcastle University and partners will lead a new National Centre to support enterprise, resilience and innovation among rural firms and unlock the untapped potential of rural economies across the UK.

published on: 18 May 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Adam Behr pays tribute to Little Richard, who died aged 87, and was indisputably one of the seminal rock'n'roll artists.

published on: 11 May 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Adam Behr discusses the legacy of Florian Schneider, co-founder of Kraftwerk.

published on: 11 May 2020

A long-held belief that all Victoria Cross medals are made from Russian guns captured during the Crimean War is unlikely to be sustainable, research suggests.

published on: 4 May 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Adam Behr discusses how music is being made, shared and experienced during the pandemic.

published on: 4 May 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Nick Randall, Christopher Byrne and Kevin Theakston discuss the factors shaping the political response to the Coronavirus crisis.

published on: 1 May 2020

Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland universities are working together to design and support production of vital protective equipment for the NHS.

published on: 1 May 2020

Writing for The Conversation, Maarten van Hardenbroek van Ammerstol and Ambroise Baker discuss how ancient ecosystems responded to the extinction of certain species.

published on: 29 April 2020

Warriors during the Bronze Age used their weapons in skilful ways that would have required lots of training in specific techniques, researchers say.

published on: 27 April 2020

Newcastle University Business School has once more been confirmed in the ranks of the global elite after receiving re-accreditation from one of the world’s leading business education bodies.

published on: 21 April 2020

Newcastle University is revisiting its extensive archive of free public lectures and sharing some of the highlights of the last nine years.

published on: 16 April 2020