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A new study shows that pre-Columbian people of a culturally diverse but not well-documented…
A team of researchers, led by Northumbria University, have been working to understand and develop…
Northumbria University has signed a National pledge to promote access to higher education for…
Northumbria University, Newcastle, has achieved re-accreditation with the prestigious Small…
An agreement between Britishvolt, the UK’s foremost investor in lithium-ion battery cell technologies,…
An impressive 19 Northumbria University students from across three Fashion programmes have…
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Universities, employers, and local leaders in the North East will be working together to create…
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A team of space weather experts from Northumbria University has been awarded more than £400,000…
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Northumbria University’s NUSTEM initiative is supporting global engineering companies, including…
Northumbria University academic Natalia Blagburn has been awarded a prestigious research grant…
Researchers from the Observatory for Monitoring Data-Driven Approaches to Covid-19 (OMDDAC)…