News in September 2017

Students begin the first ever pharmacy degree at Newcastle University and are embarking on an exciting career path.

published on: 29 September 2017

The phenomenon of singing sands is being explored this week - at an event miles away from the coast.

published on: 28 September 2017

George Vasey from the University’s leading Fine Art department, is joint curator of the exhibition which opened in Hull’s refurbished Ferens Art Gallery this week.

published on: 27 September 2017

Current health and social care services reform, and radical redesign of the local government finance system, may signal the end of the NHS and local government in England, experts warn.

published on: 27 September 2017

Newcastle University will today unveil its newly-refurbished Emerson Cavitation Tunnel as part of a £2.5m investment in marine engineering.

published on: 26 September 2017

Tackle and scrum should be banned in school rugby, argue Newcastle University experts in the BMJ today.

published on: 26 September 2017

Characters from the North East now have their own comic celebrating the region’s local and global role in real-life struggles for freedom.

published on: 25 September 2017

Newcastle University has been ranked as the best university in the UK for Art and Design by an influential guide.

published on: 25 September 2017

Sinéad Morrissey has won the prestigious Forward Prize for her collection On Balance.

published on: 22 September 2017

A pioneering new programme aims to develop the next generation of artists and creatives in the region.

published on: 22 September 2017

Steve Baker has been hearing from the life science sector as part of the government’s engagement with businesses ahead of Brexit.

published on: 21 September 2017

North of England and Scotland at the heart of globally important offshore renewable energy sector.

published on: 21 September 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Tom Joyce discusses the best ways to test and approve new medical implants.

published on: 20 September 2017

A drug used to treat conditions such as epilepsy has been shown in lab tests to significantly improve bone growth impaired by a form of dwarfism.

published on: 19 September 2017

A new discovery about the most common type of childhood brain cancer could transform treatment for young patients by enabling doctors to give the most effective therapies.

published on: 18 September 2017

Type 2 diabetes costs the NHS £22m a day but could be beaten into remission if patients shed the pounds, say experts from Newcastle and Glasgow Universities.

published on: 15 September 2017

The Director of the Newcastle University Institute for Social Renewal will advise on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006.

published on: 15 September 2017

A new £30m National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) aims to see the next Google or Facebook started in the UK and help the country capitalise on a potential £40bn a year boost to the economy.

published on: 14 September 2017

Newcastle University, UK, will be showcasing its city centre campus and friendly student community to 18,000 Open Day visitors this Saturday.

published on: 14 September 2017

Experts from Newcastle University reveal the shocking differences between people’s body age and their actual age in the BBC 1 series ‘How to Stay Young’.

published on: 14 September 2017

Newcastle researchers have been awarded £1.7m to investigate heart attack treatments for patients over 75.

published on: 14 September 2017

A body of research putting people with Type 2 diabetes on a low calorie diet has confirmed the underlying causes of the condition and established that it is reversible.

published on: 13 September 2017

Local communities tap into the UK’s largest urban data set to find out how polluted their street is.

published on: 13 September 2017

UK’s first Urban Observatory provides unique understanding of how our cities work.

published on: 13 September 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Matt Benwell and Dr Alasdair Pinkerton discuss Hurricane Irma's devastation of Caribbean territories and how this strains the relationship with the UK.

published on: 12 September 2017

Newcastle University, Northern Gas Networks (NGN) and Northern Powergrid have launched InTEGReL - Integrated Transport Electricity Gas Research Laboratory.

published on: 11 September 2017

Plans for a new Scottish investment bank have been unveiled - just 18 months after a Newcastle University PhD student proposed the idea

published on: 8 September 2017

A new biotech spin-out, Atelerix, is offering encapsulated human cells in an alginate gel made from seaweed making them practical, adaptable and easy to store and transport, even at room temperature.

published on: 7 September 2017

Two leading academics have been elected to join the most exclusive fellowship in the engineering profession.

published on: 6 September 2017

Newcastle University, UK, has improved its position as one of the world’s top universities, according to an influential guide.

published on: 5 September 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Rhona Smith discusses the implications of Cambodia Daily’s shutdown.

published on: 5 September 2017

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Catherine Douglas discusses why puppy-farmed dogs show worse behaviour, suffer ill health and die young.

published on: 1 September 2017

Creative Fuse North East is looking for bright sparks to come up with exciting new ideas for its Innovation Pilot and Innovation Development Award scheme.

published on: 1 September 2017

Volunteers are being asked to help track an alien invasion taking place around the UK’s coastline.

published on: 1 September 2017