University spinouts and tech-focused start-up companies have the potential to significantly boost the region’s economy by creating skilled, high-paying jobs and bringing innovative products to market.

Over recent years, the experience of childhood for many children has been a difficult one, and the root causes that diminish their wellbeing and life chances, although often glaringly obvious, have ...

Since 2018 Annette has been the very driven and inspiring Director and ‘Chief Collaboration Officer’ of the N8 Research Partnership- the strongest university research alliance in the UK. As one of the ...

The twelfth and final report in a year-long series – produced jointly by Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives – that seeks to deliver a country that works for all children and young ...

Nanette De Jong, Professor of Socially Engaged Ethnomusicology at Newcastle University, has developed and implemented ...

Professor Sue Hartley joined the University of Sheffield in January 2020 as Vice-President for Research and in 2022 became the Vice-President for Research and Innovation. Sue leads on the University’s ...

Last year the parliamentary Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee launched an inquiry into 'Innovation, growth and the regions' to..

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising industries and enhancing lives worldwide, and universities across the North of England are playing an increasingly key role in this transformation. As a ...

Professor Koen Lamberts was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield in November 2018. Professor Lamberts is Chair of UKCISA’s Board of Trustees and Board Member of the Russell Group.

Professor Colette Fagan, FAcSS, is Vice-President for Research at The University of Manchester Professor Colette Fagan is the University of Manchester’s Vice-President for Research, responsible for ...

Professor Chris Day CBE DL, is Vice-Chancellor and President of Newcastle University. Professor Chris Day has been Vice-Chancellor and President of Newcastle University since January 2017. Previously ...