Packed with the latest news, features and interviews, Northumbria University News is the
perfect way to ‘read all about’ the exciting developments taking place across
the University.
This issue’s cover story sees a ‘New dawn for green
research’ as Northumbria secures £5.2 million, allowing us to train PhD
students in the latest renewable energy technologies. Meanwhile on Pg. 3, you
can read about the new partnership between Northumbria University and
Northumbria Police, which sees the University delivering the new Police
Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA). We also have special features on the
recent extension to Sutherland Building (Pg. 12-13), providing a new home for our
flagship Architecture programmes, as well as a discussion between researchers
from Business and Law and our Humanties department regarding what a post-Brexit
future might hold (Pg. 18-19). There are also features on how Brexit may impact
Erasmus+ and even a feature on how one of our academic’s research into Female
Genital Mutilation across Africa and Asia was published by the global media.
On Pg. 9 our Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Peter
Francis, discuses degree apprenticeships in our ‘Big Interview’. And on Pg. 24,
you can read a selection of outstanding comment pieces written by the
University’s academic experts for global news outlet, The Conversation. Finally, in our
Sport pages you can read all about our students’ success at the Paralympic
Games in Rio, and the win for our women’s football team at BUCS, as well as
finding out more about the sport students who are heading stateside as part of
a strength and conditioning internship.
All this and more in Issue 18 of Northumbria University News. Available now from newsstands across
City and Coach Lane campus and online. To read the
online edition click here now or to request
hard copies email: media.communications@northumbria.ac.uk
