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Professor Robert Wicks from Northumbria University demonstrates an interferometer – an instrument which uses two beams of light to make precise measurements – for pupils.
Academic Katie Knowles with image of Jupiter in background
Graduates Ben Pywell and Trixie Parkin Christie
Chinstrap penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula taken by Professor Alison Banwell.
an image of uranus with aurora mapped
Northumbria University researchers have joined forces with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to deliver the third edition of the IFRC Limitless Youth Innovation Leadership Academy – a programme which has already reached thousands of young people across 150 countries with the aim of driving youth innovation.
Jack Parker sitting in a chair
Cllr Guy Renner Thompson and Professor Greta Defeyter with HAF Plus participants at Northumbria University
Solar farm
UUK Business Experts and VC
Professor Susan Edwards.
an elderly lady sits in a bed, she is wearing a smartsock on her left foot which has a sensor embedded in it
Researchers from the University of Glasgow and Northumbria University have been awarded £2.5 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to conduct evaluations of local government public health interventions.
Sebastian Moore on campus
Three images of plants,  skyscrapers and fruit
DEC Policy Challenge group chat
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