Congratulations to Professor Colin Herron CBE who has been awarded the Faraday Institution's First ever Lifetime Achievement Award. Find out more about Professor Herron's achievements and the award here ⬇️ https://bit.ly/42D2SJb #WeAreNCL #Automotive #electrification

From ancient land surveyors to today's classrooms: Our researchers uncovered Roman maths manuals that will inspire the teaching of Roman numerals in modern schools.🏛️📚 Test yourself... Can you solve these Roman Maths questions?✍️ Read more here: https://bit.ly/466qJTX #WeAreNCL

Dr Oskar Jensen, has been awarded £2m in funding to research the history of song. Developing an understanding of our shared histories and practices across boundaries of age, class, geography, and time. 🎶⬇ https://bit.ly/3VnQrgv #WeAreNCL #History #Music #Culture

Our researchers are leading a UK-wide trial to explore whether a shorter course of antibiotics could safely and effectively treat sepsis. Antibiotics are important when treating infections like sepsis, however, overuse can lead to superbugs. 💊 Read more here. ⬇ https://bit.ly/3Vgy0dJ #WeAreNCL

We're proud to be part of a new AI Growth Zone in North East England — an initiative set to unlock more than 5,000 new jobs and bring in £30 billion in investment to the region. Find out more 👇 https://bit.ly/4gqKBEV #WeAreNCL #AI #NorthEast #Innovation #Skills #TechGrowth #Collaboration

More R2-D2 than 'nice to meet you'? A study co-led by our researchers has found that many lonely people would rather deal with a robot than interact with an actual human. 🤖 Find out more here. ⬇ https://bit.ly/4n4hQjC #WeAreNCL

Huge congratulations to our #TeamNewcastle runners who completed the Great North Run last weekend! 👏 👟 Our runners have raised over £15,000 for the Newcastle University Student Fund so far, helping to give all students arriving on campus from next week the full university experience. #WeAreNCL

A study led by our experts has shown that sharks, skates & rays adapt their growth & reproduction to changing food availability. Highlighting that their life strategies are shaped not just by their evolutionary background, but also by how much food they get. 🦈⬇ https://bit.ly/4mZOHGo #WeAreNCL

Welcome to the Toon! ❤️ Our welcome team are at Newcastle Airport this week to meet and greet our new international students as soon as they touch down in Newcastle. 😊 #WeAreNCL

We're thrilled to have reached a significant milestone in our commitment to gender equality by being awarded the prestigious Athena SWAN Gold Award - the top recognition in higher education! 🎉 Find out more here. ⬇ www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... #WeAreNCL

With festival season in full swing, we spoke with Newcastle University graduate and founder of Chrysalis Records Terry Ellis to get the inside scoop on how the music industry is changing – for better and worse 👇 https://www.ncl.ac.uk/alumni/news/item/terry-ellis-music-industry/ #WeAreNCL

It's not long until Team Newcastle will be at the start line of the world's biggest and best half-marathon. Join us in cheering them on and if you'd like to support their fundraising efforts, you can donate here 👉 https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/teamnu2025 #WeAreNCL #GreatNorthRun

Congratulations to our esteemed Professor Bethan Davies, leading glaciation and polar science expert, who has been chosen as an author for the next IPPCC report, providing a scientific assessment of climate change and its impacts. 👏 https://bit.ly/4mpFHde #WeAreNCL

An archaeology student has discovered a rare piece of gold during her first archaeological excavation! 🤩 The early medieval object was unearthed during a recent excavation in Northumberland & will hopefully be displayed in the Great North Museum: Hancock www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... #WeAreNCL

Thanks to @kimmcguinness.bsky.social and the other Northern Mayors for helping raise attention to this with Westminster. #WeAreNCL

We'd like to wish a huge congratulations to two of our educators, Professor David Rose and Dr Patrick Rosenkranz, who have been awarded the prestigious National Teaching Fellowship by @advancehe.bsky.social 👏 www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... #WeAreNCL

"If we make the most of the opportunity, we can boost our shared competitiveness, support the green transition, help make our societies safer and improve lives across our continent." Our President and Vice-Chancellor @chrisday02.bsky.social writing in @timeshighered.bsky.social today #WeAreNCL

Following our valiant team's efforts on University Challenge this week here's a #ThrowbackThursday look at some of @newcastleuni.bsky.social's students previous appearances in 1978, 2000, and 2006, courtesy of the Courier student newspaper archive.

🍀Good luck to our #UniversityChallenge team who are taking on @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social tonight on BBC 2 at 20:30 🤞 You can watch on iPlayer here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #WeAreNCL

July was a huge month for research and scientific breakthroughs among our academics, researchers, and scientists! 🤩🌏 You can read all about these amazing updates and news stories from our community here. ⬇ www.ncl.ac.uk/press/?utm_s... #WeAreNCL

Congratulations to two of our scientists, professors Ruth Plummer and Stephen O’Brien, who have been appointed as national cancer drug experts by @england.nhs.uk, leading in ensuring patients have the best possible access to new cancer treatments. #WeAreNCL

Our MFA Fine Art Degree Show 2025, titled A Gathering, will launch on 9th August, bringing together the practices of first and second-year MFA and PHD students! 🎨 Find out more here. ⬇ www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... (Painting in image by Frank Pretorius) #WeAreNCL

@newcastleuni.bsky.social medical student Saanvi completed the National Sarcoma Awareness Project (NSAP) in 2024, showing why sarcomas need more attention in early training 🩺 Our award-winning programme with @sarcoma.org.uk bridges this gap. Students & doctors, sign-up here: ow.ly/QlCe50Wr6iU

Best of luck to Newcastle graduate Yasmin Proctor-Kent (PhD, 2021) who is competing in this year's The Great British Sewing Bee 📺 The second episode of the series airs tonight at 9pm on BBC One. Join us in cheering on Yasmin! 🙌 #GreatBritishSewingBee #WeAreNCL

Congratulations are in order as Dr Katharine Wright from our School of Geography, Politics and Sociology has been chosen for a Fulbright All Disciplines Scholar Award, taking her to @harvard.edu 👏🎉 Find out more here. ⬇ www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... #WeAreNCL #Harvard

Great news! Newcastle has been ranked as one of the world's top 50 student cities in the latest QS Best Student Cities table. #WeAreNCL #Newcastle

Who doesn't love our Grad Dogs?! 🤩 We love seeing your four-legged family members coming to join you at congregations. The pawfect addition to the celebrations! 🐶 #NCLGrad #WeAreNCL

We're proud to announce our work developing a ground-breaking mitochondrial donation IVF treatment has now seen eight healthy babies born 👶 Find out more 👇 www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... #WeAreNCL #Health #News #Mitochondria

"This study brings the jigsaw pieces of data together, to reveal the big picture" - Professor Neil Ross. Our academics have helped discover the remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica 🧊⬇ www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... #WeAreNCL

Today we awarded Professor @davidolusoga.bsky.social OBE an honorary degree for his outstanding work as a social historian. As someone who grew up in Tyneside we asked David what he misses most about living here, as well as his words of advice for the graduating class of 2025. #WeAreNCL #NCLGrad

Graduating through the years ✨🎓 #WeAreNcl #NewcastleUni #Graduation #GraduationDay #Archives #Alumni

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Our Summer Congregations start today! 🥳 A huge congratulations to everyone graduating over the next two weeks, we can't wait to see you celebrating on campus! 🎓 #WeAreNCL #NCLGrad

Got a burning question you've always wanted to ask an archaeologist? Now is your chance! We're gathering questions to ask one of our archaeologists for an upcoming video. Comment your questions below. ⬇️ #WeAreNCL #AskAnArchaeologist

Last week a blue plaque was unveiled at the former site of Easton Hall accommodation for @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social alumna Dr Irene Ighodaro. Irene was Sierra Leone’s first female doctor, graduating from our medical school in 1944. Find out more www.ncl.ac.uk/alumni/news/... #WeAreNCL

June has been an amazing month for breakthroughs and research news among our scientists and researchers! From winning prizes in architecture to revolutionizing skin cancer treatment, read about all of these incredible updates here ⬇ bit.ly/4lRatvX #WeAreNCL

🎵It's brilliant to see @medren2025.bsky.social in full swing! Jointly hosted by @newcastleuni.bsky.social, @northumbriauni.bsky.social and Durham University, delegates can expect five days of Medieval and Renaissance music papers, roundtables and concerts.

It was a pleasure meeting you at our recent Open Day! We hope you had a chance to experience everything that makes Newcastle and our University so special. But if you're still deciding, here are just a few reasons why Newcastle is the place to be ➡️ belong.ncl.ac.uk/blog/should-... #WeAreNcl

What an amazing couple of days we've had for our summer open days! 🥰 Come rain or shine (Newcastle's weather is always unpredictable) we hope you've had a great time visiting our campus and learning more about our courses. And we hope to see you again soon! 😀 #WeAreNCL

🎉 Many congratulations to Prof Tom Penfold who has won the @rsc.org 2025 Faraday mid-career Bourke-Liversidge Prize for contributions to the theory of the excited state dynamics and time-resolved spectroscopy of functional organic and metal-organic systems! 🎉 www.rsc.org/standards-an... #RSCPrizes

Huge congratulations to Dr Fawcett @astrofawcett.bsky.social who has been named as the winner of the 2025 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship by the Royal Astronomical Society for her work on hidden supermassive black holes. 🌌 Read more here: www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

🚨 Announcement! 🚨 Dr Victoria Fawcett, of @newcastleuni.bsky.social, has been named as the winner of the 2025 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship, awarded by the Herschel Society and RAS. Her lecture topic will be: 'Unveiling the secrets of hidden supermassive black holes'.

How are we working towards net zero? ☀️🍃 Phase 2 of our University Solar Photovoltaic Project is well underway, with installations already completed on the Bedson and Stephenson buildings, and many more planned across campus. #WeAreNCL #NetZero #SolarPV #Sustainability

Today is #INWED25 and we're celebrating the many women across our @nclengineering.bsky.social community who are making an impact, like Kiri, Katarina, Zaynah and Emike. #WeAreNCL

We're helping to create three Green Corridors in the North East. The project aims to transform urban, suburban and rural spaces in Gateshead, Durham and South Tees. Find out more ⬇️ www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

We're celebrating our latest position in the QS World University Rankings 🎉 As global competition for positions gets ever stronger, we're proud to have maintained a place in the world's top 140 universities since 2021. #WeAreNCL

Congratulations to Professor Judith Rankin who has been awarded an OBE for services to Maternal and Child Health and Research Inclusion in the King's Birthday Honours. Find out more 👇 www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... #WeAreNCL

We're pleased to announce Professor Candy Rowe has been appointed our new Dean of Culture and Inclusion. This role brings together the portfolios of Dean of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, and Dean of Research Culture and Strategy. #WeAreNCL

Congratulations to all the winners at last week's NU Awards 👏 🏆 The awards acknowledge students involved in extra-curricular activities and recognises their achievements and contribution to university life and the wider community. #WeAreNCL

Wow, crazy! 😄 Have an amazing summer break, we'll see you soon! 😎 #WeAreNCL