Sunderland MP Julie Elliott recently visited one of the region’s leading secondary schools to congratulate pupils on the progress they’ve made in becoming a more sustainable school.
St Aidan’s Catholic Academy, which is part of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust, has established a pupil-led wellbeing group that has developed environmental...
“I'm proud to see the University working together with the people of Sunderland and the wider north-east region”
A major collection effort is underway by students and staff at the University of Sunderland’s School of Medicine to help provide essential items for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.
In response to...
“This programme is true partnership working”
Tackling a recruitment crisis in social work is at the heart of an apprenticeship programme offering an affordable academic route into the profession.
For the last four years, a partnership between Gateshead Council and the University of Sunderland has been offering career progression through a...
A group of Performing Arts students from the University of Sunderland have been using their creative talents to inspire primary school pupils to look after their physical and mental health.
The Year 3 students have spent the last two months touring local primary schools as part of the HealthyBods project,...
A young North East graduate is taking his first steps into the international business arena thanks to the legacy of one of the region’s most celebrated entrepreneurs.
Jesse Thompson recently graduated from the University of Sunderland with a degree in Business and Financial Management. In his final year of study...
“Providing high-quality apprenticeships is a vital part of our role”
A record number of employers across the country have now signed up to the University of Sunderland’s Higher and Degree Apprenticeship Programmes working in partnership to develop a highly-skilled workforce thriving into the future.
Since launching seven years ago with just...
The passion and legacy of a North East champion of education for all is being kept alive by two young Sunderland women.
Primary Education student Lauren Ord, 25, and Mathematic Education student Zoe Morrison, 23, are both in the final year of their studies at the University of Sunderland. The...
With a young family at home and running a successful sports massage therapy business – Alan Barlow questioned whether he’d made the right career decision to study a physiotherapy degree, fulfilling a life-long ambition.
But fast forward almost three years later and all those first-day nerves, as the oldest student...
A Sunderland gamer, who launched an innovative new gaming network after being inspired by digital play’s power to educate, is about to hold her very first conference, connecting researchers from across the globe.
Steph Farnsworth is the brains behind Multiplay, a platform for education researchers, sociologists and media and gaming...
The University of Sunderland is part of a nationwide initiative which aims to tackle persistent inequalities that create barriers for Black, Asian and minority ethnic students to access and take part in postgraduate research.
The 13 projects, worth nearly £8m, are innovative in scope, scale and focus at a level...
