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Mark Davenport

Assistant Professor

School: Design Arts and Creative Industries

ADSS Mdavenportbranch Staffprofile 255I’ve been a practising journalist for more than 20 years, firstly in local and national newspapers, running a successful news agency in Newcastle. For the past 12 years I’ve worked as a Senior Producer with ITV Tyne Tees, with responsibility for the station’s flagship programme, North East Tonight. I have also been involved in the launch of ITV Tyne Tees’ website, ITV Local.

Qualifications

  • Management Studies Certificate January 01 1999
  • Journalism Other Qualification April 01 1990
  • BA September 01 1984
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014

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Graduates Ben Pywell and Trixie Parkin Christie
Chinstrap penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula taken by Professor Alison Banwell.
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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.
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Launch of the Northern Interprofessional Education Strategy
CPD Professional Practice in Health Framework - Online Information Session
Broken Bonds: New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown
Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence and Abuse Conference 2026
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