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Friday, March 29, 2024

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A University of Sunderland student diagnosed with cancer twice in six months is celebrating after finally receiving the all-clear, and plans to do the Great North Run to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust later this year. At just 21 years old, Sean Tighe has undergone more hospital treatment...
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A bricklayer and family man from Sunderland has been honoured for his role in creating one of Britain’s most famous astronomical observatories.  Gary Fildes – the director of the Kielder Observatory – received an honorary degree from the University of Sunderland yesterday in a ceremony at the Stadium of Light. The...
Callom Awarded Annual Prize For Outstanding Dedication To Improve Patient Treatment
Callom Short’s dedication to improving life for others as a care worker while throwing himself into his pharmacy degree has led to an annual prize for outstanding performance. Callom, who recently graduated with First Class Honours from his MPharm degree at the University of Sunderland, is also celebrating being named...
Concerns are growing about the importation of lower quality food to the UK post-Brexit, after an amendment to the Agriculture Bill, aimed at protecting British farmers from cheap imports not produced to UK standards, was defeated in the House of Commons last month. The Bill is now heading to...
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 blood's power over the human personality is being explored by a Sunderland academic. Martin Maley, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science - previously head of the NHS Blood & Transplant Red Cell Immunohaematology Laboratory in Newcastle - plans a survey to compare students’ blood groups to their personality traits. In the...
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You could soon earn money by selling your car’s excess energy to the national grid.  Thanks to a scheme Nissan and Northern Powergrid are developing, owners of Nissan electric cars may be able to plug their vehicles into the grid at peak, high-tariff times and transfer electricity back into it....
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Sixth-form students from across Sunderland have taken part in a unique challenge in which they got to see the world upside down, experience the sensation of having three arms and even stick electrodes on their friends’ heads. The sixth-formers were taking part in an open day at the University of...
Cameryn Watson Excels In Her Pursuit Towards A Dream Engineering Career
“If there’s something you’re good at, why let stereotypes stop you?” - a message from 21-year-old Computer Science student Cameryn Watson has for any young girl thinking of pursuing a career in technology. Cameryn is one of the thousands celebrating online graduations at the University of Sunderland this week –...
From remote learning to working from home to shopping and socialising - Professor John Murray knows in these uncertain times, one thing is certain: some coronavirus pandemic changes will stick. John, who has joined the University of Sunderland as the new Academic Dean of the Faculty of Technology, believes Covid-19...

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