Award-winning actress Jill Halfpenny, who is from Gateshead, has been awarded an honorary degree from Northumbria University.

UCU declares ‘no confidence’ in Lincoln management while redundancy plans prompt fresh dispute in north-east

UCU today called on ministers to take urgent action to safeguard pensions in higher education, warning that failure to act risks 'irreparable damage' to the sector.

Northumbria University staff will rally on Wednesday 25 March as they protest management's attempt to rob them of their pension.

AI is everywhere right now. It writes summaries, explains theories, fixes grammar, and recommends playlists.But here’s the thing nobody says out loud: you’re allowed not to use it. Whether you feel…

This paper considers the value of writing in human geography. It comments on forms of writing that reflect on personal experience to inform our understanding of questions of power and social differ...

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From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors

Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.

If Northumbria does this, other universities will too.  These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.

We're invitomh all geographers to the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.

If Northumbria does this, other universities will too.  These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.