Sunderland City Council has been recognised for the high quality of its school meals, with a ‘Food for Life Served Here’ Bronze Award.
The award, granted by the Soil Association, recognises that the council serves healthy and sustainable meals at primary schools across Sunderland.
With studies showing that almost four million...
A £150,000 investment in a state-of-the-art excavator at a Sunderland waste yard is paying homage to the longest serving member of the team.
Thompson Waste Centre at The Parade, Hendon has recently purchased a Doosan DL 250 excavator, which allows the company to handle huge amounts of materials in a...
Sunderland Uni’s Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing is stepping up its support with essential equipment to help in the fight against the Wuhan Novel Coronavirus.
More tests for the Wu-Flu could be done every day on patients’ samples after the University supplied South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with...
Covid-19 has had a big impact on international students, with thousands returning home from universities abroad to observe social distancing and study online.
However, figures from the University of Sunderland show that, despite the challenges of the last year, international study has not lost its appeal.
Throughout the pandemic, the University...
Dr Paul-Alan Armstrong is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Leadership at the University of Sunderland.
Paul also has Bipolar Depressive Disorder 2 and here, as part of Disability Awareness Day Week, he describes living and working with the condition.
“It is important to be aware that not all...
“I think when the world feels so chaotic and uncertain, taking that time out for yourself to exercise has such a huge impact on your mental wellbeing, for boosting your spirit and your mood, and just helping you to cope.”
That is the message from 21-year-old Team Sunderland Netball President...
GeekTalent, Sunderland's own recruitment software solutions pros, has launched the GoCareer app, a career management tool for those looking to reskill and secure a new job role in these 'interesting times'
And it's free for the first 3 months, which is loads of time to get established on a new...
Renowned as the language of love, Italian is the fourth most studied language in the world and Italian with Anna, which is proving to be a hit with a flurry of online members is the innovation of County Durham-based language entrepreneur, Anna Mason.
Anna began to teach a series of...
A Sunderland based print company has merged with two of the biggest names in the industry to become one large organisation which will see them become a leading force in print.
Precision Printing, based at North East BIC at Sunderland Enterprise Park and which also has a site in London...
Bariatric specialists at a Sunderland research centre have welcomed national calls for a more robust approach to tackling obesity
Data suggests that obese people develop more severe Covid-19 symptoms, coupled with a higher death rate. There are now calls for an increase in bariatric surgery to avoid unnecessary suffering, save...
