University of the Year 2022. A research-intensive university that unlocks potential for all, changing lives regionally, nationally and internationally.
We are absolutely delighted to be named as the
@TimesHigherEd
’s University of the Year!
Discover more about our win following our transformation to become the UK’s first research-intensive modern university –
#TakeOnTomorrow
#THEAwards
We are aware of concerns raised following a Twitter post by a member of staff.
@northumbriauni
is committed to combatting racial inequality in all its forms and we have adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism. We are investigating the complaints raised as a matter of urgency
We're absolutely delighted to be now ranked in the top 30 universities in the UK after a significant 20 place rise in The Guardian University Guide 2021.
We have taken the decision that from Monday 16 March classroom-based teaching and learning activity will be replaced by online delivery. We have contacted students with more information about this. Guidance is also available on the Student Portal.
Thanks to the brilliant efforts of our academic departments we have been able to lend crucial equipment such as ventilators, Dinamaps, hospital beds and qPCR machines to
@NHSuk
and the
@BritishArmy
to join the national fight against
#COVID19
.
#WeAreTogether
@UniversitiesUK
@MichaelRosenYes
We are aware of concerns raised following a Twitter post by a member of staff.
@northumbriauni
is committed to combatting racial inequality in all its forms and we have adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism. We are investigating the complaints raised as a matter of urgency
Northumbria records the UK’s biggest rise in research power in the
#REFResults
2021, moving up 27 places to 23rd – the second time in a row it has achieved this outstanding result.
Our amazing Chancellor
@Tanni_GT
has been recognised as one of the most influential athletes of the 20th Century by
@BBC
Icons. The Sport Star episode is on BBC Two, tomorrow night at 9pm!
Beautiful pink sky over campus this morning 😍! Did you manage to capture any pictures of the amazing sky over campus? If you did let us know by replying to this post with your pictures.
We have been named ‘Top University in the North East for Student Experience’ by The Times & The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019! Huge congrats & well done to all our staff, students & alumni on this achievement. 😀👏
#NorthumbriaUni
@TimesEducation
AMAZING NEWS!
@NorthumbriaUni
student Taka Suzuki has just won GOLD at the
@Paralympics
and set a new world record in the 100m Freestyle - huge congratulations to you Taka! 🏅👏
Incredibly proud of our Fashion technicians & academics working alongside
@NorthumbriaNHS
at Northumbria School of Design to produce clinical gowns for hospitals, care homes & hospices. Together we can make a difference
#WeAreNorthumbria
#WeAreTogether
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Taking the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth is the longest-reigning British monarch having reigned for 70 years.
The thoughts of the Northumbria community are with the Royal Family at this sad time.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Following the government announcement yesterday we are pleased to be able to confirm that all students who meet the terms of their conditional offers from Northumbria University, issued via UCAS, will be accepted. (1/3)
We’re so excited to see so many of you celebrating your results! We’ll be in touch shortly to let you know how we’ll be celebrating with you, but in the meantime, keep showing us how you’re celebrating from home with the hashtags
#IAmNorthumbria
#NUClass2020
🎓🍾
Many of us at Northumbria have loved ones on the front line or who are key workers continuing to help us all. From all at Northumbria University we would like to say thank you to everyone doing all they can to support the nation.
#ClapForOurCarers
#WeAreInThisTogether
#StayHome
We are delighted to have been awarded £5.8m from
@officestudents
to take forward the development of our Centre for Health and Social Equity. The award is the maximum amount that could be granted under the OfS capital funding scheme
Update, Tuesday 9 June: Northumbria Police have today confirmed they are investigating this incident. As such, and in line with our regulations, our own investigation and any subsequent action can only be undertaken pending the outcome of the police investigation.
A massive THANK YOU to all the staff and volunteers from the Northumbria School of Design who have worked incredibly hard producing thousands of gowns and scrubs for the NHS over the last few months! We’re so proud of you all!
@NorthumbriaNHS
#TogetherWeCan
#TakeOnTomorrow
We are greatly saddened to announce the death of our friend and colleague Professor Richard Terry after a short illness. Richard was an outstanding literary scholar, well-known and admired within Eighteenth-Century studies. 1/2
We are committed to supporting our Northumbria community in opposing racism in all its forms and promoting inclusion and social justice. We support
#BlackOutTuesday
.
Tomorrow. Some run from it. We embrace it! Pursuing new thinking, forging new partnerships, creating & exchanging new knowledge. Our inspirational academics, partners, alumni and students work together to tackle tomorrow’s challenges head on.
#TakeOnTomorrow
To our 2020 Graduates – We’re really disappointed that we can’t celebrate with you in the usual way but we’re excited to welcome you back next year. In the meantime, we wanted to say a huge congratulations and wish you the very best –
#NUClass2020
🎓
🚀 EXCITING NEWS: We’re creating a £50m space skills, research and development centre!
A UK Space economy game-changer, the North East Space Skills and Technology Centre is funded by
@spacegovuk
,
@LMUKNews
&
@NorthumbriaUni
.
#SpaceNU
Full story⬇️
We're serious about student mental health. We're delighted to announce we're leading a major project to transform how the Higher Education sector identifies mental health issues in students. Read more 👉
Lovely walk around our beautiful Quayside earlier today as the sun was setting and the market came to a close. The reflections in the Tyne were beautiful.
#NewcastleGateshead
#TyneBridge
😍👌🏻
On
#InternationalNursesDay
we’d like to thank all nurses! With a special thanks to our 350+ final yr nursing students who joined the front line, our 2nd yrs who will soon return to practice placements, our nursing alumni and all nursing department staff & students
#IAmNorthumbria
From Monday 29 November, we will require all students and colleagues to wear face coverings while moving through buildings on campus, and in teaching settings where social distancing cannot be maintained, unless exempt. This follows last night's government announcement.
So delighted to hear all the good wishes for our Chancellor, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
@Tanni_GT
winning BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement award. Congratulations!
#proud
#IAmNorthumbria
#SPOTY19
Today’s announcement about schools closing will raise many Q’s for those planning to join us. These are understandably unsettling times but be reassured we will be working with Government & others within HE to work out what this means for you & will share updates as we are able.
Researchers from
@NorthumbriaUni
have been awarded £754,000 to take part in one of the most detailed and extensive examinations of a massive Antarctic glacier ever undertaken
@NERCscience
@NSF
@BAS_News
It was a privilege to honour some of our women in research at a reception hosted by our Patron, The Duchess of Cornwall
@ClarenceHouse
. Read more about this group of fantastic women whose work we’re funding. Their research is helping us to transform lives
If it feels normal - we're not doing it right. It's a difficult time for everyone, but there are measures we can all take to do our bit. It really is on all of us to stop the spread of Covid-19 and that means taking responsibility over the coming weeks.
#WeAreNorthumbria
The University has taken the decision that Covid-19 safety procedures to protect staff and students will remain in place on campus beyond 19 July. Our decision is supported by the local Public Health England team, and we are in regular discussions with them about our plans.
We are so grateful to all our brilliant colleagues who continue to look after our campus and community. A BIG THANK YOU to all our accommodation, security, IT, maintenance FSA, cleaning, catering, technical support colleagues and partners
#WeAreTogether
#WeAreNorthumbria
Today we are extremely proud to announce 101 new Future Leaders Fellowships, supported through an investment of £109 million, tackling challenges from cancer treatment to space travel. /1
We're pleased to announce our new Vice-Chancellor & Chief Exec, Prof Andy Long. Currently Provost & Deputy Vice-Chancellor at
@UniofNottingham
, Prof Long joins us in Aug. Our current Vice-Chancellor & Chief Exec, Prof Andrew Wathey CBE, retires in May
We love these posts by some of our students. Thank you again to all our inspirational nursing and healthcare students, especially the 350+ in their final year who have joined the NHS front line ahead of graduating. We are incredibly proud
#ClapForOurNHS
#WeAreNorthumbria
More good news! We've climbed 8 places to rank 38th in the new
@guardian
University Guide.
After being named Research Uni of the Year and Modern Uni of the Year in the new
@DailyMailUK
Guide yesterday, it's proving to be a good weekend for
@NorthumbriaUni
! 🏆
Today the Vice-Chancellors from the city’s two universities have issued a joint statement in response to new additional measures announced for Newcastle. We are ready to welcome students, in a covid safe way.
Northumbria's
@DrTWyatt
has been made one of only 40 new fellows for
@AcadSocSciences
. They join an elite group of distinguished individuals from across the UK representing the full spectrum of social sciences. Discover more:
#TakeOnTomorrow
We let students and staff know earlier today that following advice and working with
@NewcastleCC
&
@UniofNewcastle
, we have moved teaching online for the next 3 weeks. Our campus facilities remain open for students. More information is available here
At Northumbria University we are empowering innovators, visionaries & change makers to transform lives & make a remarkable impact on the world. Making the impossible possible. Together we can take on tomorrow.
#TakeOnTomorrow
#NorthumbriaUniversity
Breaking news:
@NorthumbriaUni
announced as a national OSCE testing centre for nurses. Partnership with
@NewcastleHosps
&
@NewcastleCC
will see up to 7,000 nurses a year complete their training in the city.
Along with our own nomination in the
#THEAwards
, we are delighted that our friends
@UniofNewcastle
are also shortlisted in the Uni of the Year category too! One great city, two great universities! 🌟
Northumbria's
@joanna_allan
of
@NUIntDev
has been awarded a 2022 Philip Leverhulme Prize by the
@LeverhulmeTrust
for her research into the experiences of Sahrawi women peacefully protesting the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara.
📰Read the full story:
The safety of our students, staff and visitors is very important to us and over the summer we’ve been following government guidance to make our campuses as safe as we can. So, if you are returning to campus or will be new on campus this September, we can’t wait to welcome you.
It was a pleasure to welcome the Shadow Secretary of State for Education,
@bphillipsonMP
, to our campus last week, to discuss our research and ways to generate more opportunities for young people.
The Shadow Secretary of State discussed her experience below
#TakeOnTomorrow
We are truly thankful for
@santanderuknews
, a long-term University partner, for their very generous donation of £25,000 towards our Tough Times Campaign. So far, we have raised over £90,000 for Northumbria students affected by COVID-19. Thank you.
#SantanderUniTogether
We’re delighted to announce that our former Director of Student and Library Services Professor Jane Core has been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her outstanding services to Higher Education – congratulations Jane from everyone at Northumbria!
As restrictions are loosened, it may be tempting to meet up with friends and fellow students for reunion events and summer parties. We know it's been a difficult few months but keep going, you've been doing amazing so far; don't let it go to waste.
We’re providing free Covid-19 care packs containing reusable face coverings and refillable hand sanitiser to all staff and students spending time on our campuses (1/2)
Congratulations to Northumbria University graduate
@ellenbuttrick
who has won GOLD 🥇 at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo as part of Team GB's Mixed Coxed Four rowing team
#Tokyo2020
#Paralympics
Ground-breaking research is at the forefront of efforts to tackle
#COVID19
. Academics at Northumbria have developed a breath collector that could revolutionise
#COVID19
diagnosis, and confirm if transmission happens through breath:
#WeAreTogether
Wonderful speech from our VC
@ACLong68
, thanking our Northumbria community after being named University of the Year at last night's
#THEAwards2022
👏🖤🤍
Find out how ‘Geordies’ changed the world with new, free five-week online course, delivered by Northumbria’s Professor Brian Ward and
@LeonaSkelton1
. Starts 26 Feb. Sign up now -
Head of Design Dr Heather Robson on how great it is to have so many volunteers helping to produce the 1000's of clinical gowns for the NHS. You can catch more on BBC Look North tonight at 6.30pm
@BBCLN
#WeAreNorthumbria
#WeAreTogether
#NHSheroes
Proud of our
@NorthumbriaLaw
academic Paul McKeown for being appointed President of the European Network for Clinical Legal Education (ENCLE) - great recognition for the contribution our own
@NU_CLE_SLO
makes to learning and access to justice:
Excited to be selected as one of the
@UKRI_News
Centres for Doctoral Training with the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Citizen-Centred Artificial Intelligence
Our forensics expert Dr Kate Nicholson was crucial in identifying the artist behind a famous painting on last night's
#fakeorfortune
special thanks to
@litandphil
for providing their stunning facilities for the 'Big Reveal' moment!