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Fresh from being named the country’s best higher education institution, Northumbria University is launching a new sport scholarship to help the next generation shine. Part of its wider Higher Education Without Barriers campaign, which aims to help students…

Newcastle based LightOx announces today that it has been awarded a £1.1m project grant from Innovate UK, for the development of its light activated drug LXD191 to treat oral cancer patients. LightOx will work with the clinical team at the…

Education and skills charity NCFE and independent learning charity Campaign for Learning have announced plans for further alignment of their organisations. Campaign for Learning has been delivering campaigns, training programmes, research and delivery projects…

In a bid to put the North East’s creative cluster firmly on the map, Digital Union has today released a detailed manifesto along with a 12-point plan on how it will help boost the region in 2018 and beyond. Findings…

Beginning in April, the VALUMICS project will see 19 partners from across Europe, China and Vietnam work together to establish the current climate of food value chains, look into profitability within the chains, and provide recommendations for how best…

Plans for future transport investment in the North East and the wider North of England have been outlined today (January 16) at an event marking the publication of a 30-year plan to drive economic growth. Cllr Nick Forbes, Leader of…

A mental health and wellness platform set up by two North East entrepreneurs has laid down plans for UK growth after being awarded £300,000 in backing from the Government’s Innovate UK programme. Based in Newcastle and set up by North…

North East small businesses are bucking a national trend with their growth expectations, according to a new survey. The latest Hitachi Capital Business Finance report says firms in the region have higher growth outlooks than nearly all counterparts across England,…