11+ hour, 6+ min ago  (444+ words) A Northumberland teenager has begun her first steps into a career in care at the very home where her late grandfather spent his final years. Sixteen-year-old Kaitlyn Rust has joined Craig Healthcare as an apprentice at Cramlington House, one of…...

11+ hour, 11+ min ago  (571+ words) A national performing arts, music and creative media institution has announced the location of a brand new creative campus in Newcastle upon Tyne. From September 2026, LMA will welcome undergraduate and postgraduate students to its new site at 92-96 St. James Boulevard…...

11+ hour, 10+ min ago  (737+ words) An alternative education programme in Darlington is extending musical opportunities for local young people with the help of a four-figure grant from a regional employer. Blackbird Creative Arts runs the Key Stage Door project, which gives local young people who…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (289+ words) Students played various roles in the courtroom, including the prosecution, defence, witnesses, the'judge'and court reporters to put their studies into practice in a learning environment.'This was followed by a press conference where journalism students had the chance to ask…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (232+ words) A Northumbria University professor has been appointed as one of the UK's most influential health and care researchers, joining a prestigious national college of senior research leaders. Professor Tracy Finch, Professor of Nursing in the'School of Healthcare and Nursing Sciences,…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (999+ words) Newcastle is poised to become a major centre for the UK publishing industry after Northumbria University confirms "2m funding bringing the total investment in a new Centre for Writing and Publishing to "10.5, building on earlier awards from the government and Newcastle…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (372+ words) Muckle LLP's top-ranked'sports,'education'and'charities team'has welcomed'Anna Glover as a'newly qualified'solicitor." Anna originally joined Muckle in'2022'as a'paralegal in the'construction team.'She'then'moved to the'sports,'education'and'charities team'in 2023'and'qualified via the Solicitor Qualifying Examination (SQE) route, a new standardised'exam'for becoming a solicitor.' ' Before'joining…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (680+ words) SUNDERLAND Culture has appointed a new Chair. Tom Billington, founding director of a consultancy specialising in the delivery of projects in the arts heritage and cultural sectors across the UK, succeeds Jane Earl who had chaired the organisation since 2021. Tom,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (337+ words) The School of Medicine at the University of Sunderland has been named a finalist at the Educate North Awards (ENAs). Highlighting excellence across the North of England in education, the University has been shortlisted to win the Medical School of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (999+ words) Newcastle is poised to become a major centre for the UK publishing industry after multi-million-pound funding announcements from Northumbria University and the North East Mayor have taken the total investment in a new Centre for Writing and Publishing to "10.5 million,…...