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Breaking news: Northumbria’s Summer Newspaper is here!

25th June 2019

Hot off the press, the latest edition of Northumbria University News is here.

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.

In this issue all will be REVEALed as we take a look at the work by final year students from Northumbria’s Art, Design and Architecture courses as part of the University’s annual end of year degree shows (Pg. 30-31).

Our cover story sees Northumbria as ‘Champions of enterprise’ through a purpose-built incubator hub for its flourishing community of graduate and student entrepreneurs. Meanwhile on Pg. 7, you can read about how Northumbria and Newcastle Universities have been jointly awarded £8m from Research England’s Expanding Excellence in England (E3) to develop new technologies to revolutionise how buildings are constructed and how they operate.

On Pg. 9 Assistant Director for Student Life and Wellbeing, Sue Broadbent discusses how the University is tackling the growing issue of student mentalhealth and what the University has done to change its approach in our ‘Big Interview’. And on Pg. 18, 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 athletes success at the BUCS Big Wednesday event , as well as finding out more about a student who scored the trip of a lifetime to Barcelona’s legendary Camp Nou stadium as part of an initiative by Santander UK to support female talent in both their sporting and professional lives.

Northumbria University news is 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

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