📢 We're celebrating 10 subjects being ranked within the world's top 100 in the latest QS Rankings 🎉 It's a fantastic achievement and testament to the hard work and dedication from our staff and students. #WeAreNCL

Why does gender matter in the global water crisis? 💧 Water for equality means time, one of the most valuable resources we can give back to women and girls. How? Find out more in our recent research article: https://bit.ly/3PitpI5 #WorldWaterDay #WeAreNCL

We are the champions 💪 Incredible scenes last night as Team Newcastle took the Varsity trophy against @northumbriauni.bsky.social for the fifth year in a row. Huge congratulations to all the teams who competed. Same again next year? #WeAreNCL

Earlier this month, our Athletics and Cross Country Club held their annual alumni reunion, bringing together former members and current students 💙 Huge thanks to the organisers for welcoming our alumni back to Newcastle and being such fantastic hosts! 👏 #WeAreNCL #AlumniReunion

And just like that, this term is over! 🌸 Wishing all our staff and students a fantastic Spring break, we'll see you soon! #WeAreNCL

Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating in our community. If you’d like to learn more about Eid click the link in the comments to read an article from our Chaplaincy team!

"It's absolutely normal to be scared about setting up your own business…" That's why we joined up with alumnus Rob Wood to create the Rob Wood Enterprising Futures Academy. Available to watch now on YouTube, or listen wherever you get your podcasts. https://bit.ly/3ND2S7T #WeAreNCL

Meet Jack, a second-year student who posted a request on a local Facebook group to ask if anyone would let him “borrow” their dog for a walk. Since then, he's made a pack of new furry friends and raised £605 for Newcastle Dog & Cat Shelter by walking 100km with them across February. 🐶 #WeAreNCL

We're thrilled to announce that Discover Festival is back for summer 2026! Spark your curiosity on Saturday 13th June, as we welcome you & your family to our free, one-day festival of interactive fun in the heart of the North East. ⚡ Find out more⬇ https://bit.ly/4cC59ub #NCLDiscoverFest #WeAreNCL

Congratulations to three of our academics, Professors Gina Heathcote, Kyle Grayson and Louise Kempton, who have been elected as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences, recognising their excellence in their fields. 👏 Read more here. ⬇ https://bit.ly/47edsJh #WeAreNCL

As proud champions of the creative industries, we welcome the announcement of a record £104 Million investment in to the region's creative talents from the North East Mayor. To find out more visit https://bit.ly/47nj5Vk #WeAreNCL

We're celebrating International Women's Day with some empowering words from our alumni, sharing wisdom and inspiration for future female industry leaders. #Advice #Alumni #InternationalWomensDay

🎉 Congratulations to Professor Nick Reynolds who has been awarded The British Society for Investigative Dermatology Medal for Contributions To Dermatological Research 🏅 To find out more visit https://bit.ly/4bdAOzH #WeAreNCL #AwardWinner #Dermatology

Happy Holi to all those celebrating in our community! To find out more about Holi, you can read an article from our chaplaincy team here: https://bit.ly/4iCkRoC #WeAreNCL

🎉 Congratulations to Paulina Kuranchie, Lecturer in Public Relations, who has been named one of the Top 15 African Communication Educators to Watch in 2026 by Comms Of Africa. #WeAreNCL #PR

February has been an incredible month for research success! From being awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize to discovering the fate of Antarctica, our researchers and teams continue to make a significant impact on the world. Read more here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/ #WeAreNCL

Experts from Newcastle University have received The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education from the King and Queen for Dementia research, recognising decades of transforming the care of people with Dementia with Lewy bodies. 👏 Read more here: https://bit.ly/4ccJ1Gu #WeAreNCL #QEdPrize

This weekend saw Newcastle's annual Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown and the city centre. 🎉 Celebrating the Year of the Horse, crowds gathered in town to watch the parade and take part in the festivities! 🐴 #WeAreNCL

In a race against time, our scientists have revealed our best & worst-case scenarios for a warming Antarctica with a new study highlighting that the choices we make in the next decade will determine Antarctica’s fate for centuries. Read more here. ⬇ https://bit.ly/4b0PjI8 #WeAreNCL

Ramadan Mubarak for all those in our community preparing to celebrate Ramadan. If you’d like to learn more about Ramadan check out the article from our Chaplaincy team: https://bit.ly/3ObzTrT #WeAreNCL

Wishing a meaningful Lent to all those observing it in our community. If you would like to learn more about Lent check out the article from our Chaplaincy team: https://bit.ly/3OmawU8 #WeAreNCL

Happy New Year for those celebrating in our community! #WeAreNCL

Our new research shows UK winters are becoming significantly wetter due to a rise in global temperatures. Rainfall is increasing around 7% for each degree in warming. So we're experiencing rainfall levels 20 years ahead of predictions - enough to fill 3 million Olympic size swimming pools a year.

Our researchers have been part of a new study revealing ancient Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool 5,300 years ago, rewriting the story of ancient Egyptian tools! 😮 https://bit.ly/4rRbK8s #WeAreNCL

We were thrilled to catch up with our alumni community in New Delhi earlier this week as part of our #NCLinAction programme of events 🤗 If you're based in India and would like to reconnect with your alumni community, get involved with our Alumni Networks in the country. #WeAreNCL

Things do look a little different today - someone put a busy road outside 😄 #WeAreNCL

Huge congratulations to Newcastle graduate Dr Marco Zaki, PhD who yesterday won the Science and Sustainability Award at the Study UK - British Council Alumni Awards in Egypt! 🏆 #WeAreNCL #StudyUKAlumniAwards

We're proud to share that Professor Bobby McFarland has been named in the 2026 TIME100 Health List of the World's Most Influential Leaders in Health! 👏 This award recognises his contribution to research, which has transformed the lives of many families affected by mitochondrial disease. #WeAreNCL

We're wishing a huge congratulations to Dr Kezia Sasitharan for being awarded a prestigious L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talent award! 👏 She has been recognised for her work on nanomaterials and emerging photovoltaic technologies. ⬇ https://bit.ly/4rztYef #WeAreNCL #FWIS2025

Our alumni in Shenzhen recently kicked off our 2026 celebrations marking 10 years of the Newcastle University China Alumni Association 🥳 We're looking forward to holding more celebratory events throughout the year on this landmark milestone 🙌 #WeAreNCL #Reunion

📢 We've been ranked 89th in the world in the TIME Magazine World’s Top Universities report 2026 🎉 "We’re pleased that the strength and global impact of our research, and positive collaborations with partners around the world have been recognised." @chrisday02.bsky.social Vice-Chancellor #WeAreNCL

Our experts have led a new study alongside @metoffice.gov.uk that identifies warning signs for extreme flash flooding. 🌧️ The research helps explain some of the world’s most dangerous flash-flood events, and may also aid future improvements in identifying risk. https://bit.ly/3LQ1xd9 #WeAreNCL

Our Inclusive Game Jam has been shortlisted for the Northern PoWeR Women Awards in Inclusive Innovation – Tech for Good and People Focused. The winners announced on 12th March 2026. Good luck, team. #WeAreNCL #WeArePoWEr #NPWAwards

What a start to 2026! 🎉 January has seen some amazing announcements from our teams and researchers, from World Subject Rankings to life-changing medical discoveries! Read about these stories and more here: https://bit.ly/4pMTyfX #WeAreNCL

The unsung architect behind the our Students'​ Union building was honoured with a blue plaque by Newcastle City Council last week 👏 Robert Burns Dick (1868-1954) also worked on the Tyne Bridge towers, the Laing Art Gallery and Whitley Bay’s Spanish City to name a few! #WeAreNCL

We're celebrating the launch of a new Alumni Network in Indonesia! 🥳 Earlier this month, Newcastle graduates living in the region joined together to mark the start of a new year and reconnect with others who hold special memories of our university. #WeAreNCL

Congratulations to Professor Liz Todd who has been shortlisted for the Northern PoWer's Agent of Change awards, and has been invested with her OBE for services to children and young people at Windsor Castle earlier this month. #WeAreNCL

Welcome to Newcastle! 🌍✈️ Our friendly team are at Newcastle Airport, ready to meet and greet students arriving from around the world to join us for Semester 2. #WeAreNCL #InternationalStudent #Welcome

Today we're celebrating some great news 🎉 We've been ranked in the world's top 85 for Medical and Health, and in the top 125 for Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Life Sciences in the latest Times Higher World Subject Rankings 🏆 To find out more https://bit.ly/4jMRIca #WeAreNCL

Everything’s perfectly clear on the Tyne.🌊 Thank you, Oktay Çetinkaya, for your submission. Want to be featured? Use #MyNCLPics, tag our location, send us a DM, or email your images to [email protected] with MyNCLPics in the subject line. #WeAreNCL

Our experts have helped create the world’s first digital medical device for jaw pain self-management! ⬇ https://bit.ly/4bBaAZG #WeAreNCL

A splash of colour on a grey January day🎨 🖌️ Thank you, Graham Caffull, for your submission. Want to be featured? Use #MyNCLPics, tag our location, send us a DM, or email your images to [email protected] with MyNCLPics in the subject line for your chance to be featured.

Winter wonderland on campus ❄️ Thank you, Nabeel Noushad, for your submission. Want to be featured? Use #MyNCLPics, tag our location, send us a DM, or email your images to [email protected] with MyNCLPics in the subject line. #WeAreNCL

📸 Then and now: Students' Union Debating Chamber 📸 Having housed countless lively discussions from generations of students, the chamber was demolished in 2003. We'd love to hear memories of the Debating Chamber from students and staff during this period in the comments below! 👇 #WeAreNCL

Happy Moo Year 🐄 #WeAreNCL

We’re 💯 Faithful to Traitors contestant Faraaz Noor, who graduated from Newcastle University Business School in 2024! 🎓 Faraaz studied Accounting and Finance and is currently seeking out traitors in the Scottish Highlands. You can cheer him on tonight at 8pm on BBC1 📺 Go Faraaz! 👏 #WeAreNCL

We're wishing a huge congratulations to Ann Daly, Professor Emerita of Pharmacogenetics in our Faculty of Medical Sciences, after being elected as an Honorary Fellow of @britpharmsoc.bsky.social 👏 Read more here. ⬇ https://bit.ly/4pttDbR #WeAreNCL

Research led by one of our Senior Lecturers, Dr Sam Orange, has revealed that just 10 minutes of intense exercise could help fight bowel cancer by shutting down bowel cancer growth & speeding up DNA damage repair. 🧬 Read more here. ⬇ https://bit.ly/4qGomPd #WeAreNCL

Let's take a look back at some of our favourite moments shared through #MyNCLPics in 2025 📸 Want to be involved? Use #MyNCLPics, tag our location, send us a DM, or email [email protected] with MyNCLPics in the subject line for a chance to be featured. #WeAreNCL

Happy New Year! Here’s to a joyful night and a brilliant 2026. 🥳 Wherever and however you’re celebrating, we’re sending our best wishes to our staff, students, alumni and community across the world. ⭐🎉 #WeAreNCL #HappyNewYear