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Cameron Poole, Olivia Mackinnon, Christopher Hodge and Gayle Cantrell with the three size? awards won by Northumbria University.
Business Property Court forum
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Beyond Sustainability

Northumbria University Amsterdam is hosting high-profile debate workshops on sustainable urban…

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Swapping meat for Quorn’s mycoprotein may protect against bowel cancer, says study
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Global publisher makes significant book donation to Newcastle-based learning centre
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Professor Richard Fu.
Laura McClorey
Dig Tsho glacial lake in the Langmoche valley, Nepal. The natural moraine dam impounding this lake breached catastrophically in 1985, causing extensive damage downstream. The High Mountain Asia region has the highest GLOF danger globally and accounts for the majority of the global population exposed to GLOFs.
Counterfeiting symposium
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The Power of Five

How the North East’s universities are working together to help drive forward the Levelling…

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Care leavers covenant
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