Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Northumbria University

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined July 2009
🎬 Huge congrats to our talented Film & TV Production grad Lol Crawley on his well-deserved Academy Award nomination - Best Cinematography for The Brutalist! We couldn’t be more proud of Lol for this incredible achievement and we wish you all the best as you head to the #Oscars!
Here's a close-up of this year's Cinematography nominees. #Oscars
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Northumbria University has been ranked as 10th in the UK for environmental and ethical performance in the People & Planet’s University League for 2024/25 🌱 northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/n…
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Proud to launch Universities for North East England today with fellow VCs from the 5 universities in our region. Working together we can make an even greater difference to our communities and to the north east as a whole!
Today is the official launch of the Universities for North East England partnership. Together with our partners, we have responded to the Government’s five priorities for higher education reform. 🔗orlo.uk/sHywA @TeessideUni @durham_uni @UniofNewcastle @sunderlanduni
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A major boost for the North East space sector is announced today with a consortium of academic, civic and industry partners receiving £2.5m from @EPSRC to form the North East Space Communications Accelerator (NESCA) #SpaceNU 🛰️ 📰 Read more: orlo.uk/wv2Js
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Proud to announce we're working with @Lenovo and @Logicalis to deliver the new Higgs high-performance computing (HPC) cluster to put Northumbria at the forefront of technological innovation and further boost research excellence. 🖥️Discover more: northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/n…
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An honour to be attending graduation ceremonies for @NorthumbriaUni London Campus graduates today at the spectacular Central Hall, Westminster - over 750 students celebrating with nearly 1000 family and guests!
A huge congratulations to all the London Campus graduate celebrating today! Don’t forget to stay connected with Northumbria, join over 244,000 graduates across 178 countries worldwide. To register, click here: orlo.uk/sBfHR #NUGrad #London
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Andy Long retweeted
Thank you to @northumbriauni and @LMspace for inviting me along to Space Camp 2024 listening to students on an inspiring afternoon, and great to meet to intrepid space workforce of tomorrow! 🔭🚀🧑🏼‍🚀 ½
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Amazing achievement by Professor John Woodward - North East Business Person of the Year for his leadership of the North East Space Skills & Technology Centre (NESST)! #NEBizAwards
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Introducing Universities for North East England 🚀 We’re proud to launch a unified voice for higher education through collaboration with @teessideuni, @durham_uni, @UniofNewcastle, @NorthumbriaUni and @sunderlanduni, alongside @NorthEast_CA and @TeesValleyCA.
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A sustainable higher education sector will transform the UK. Our blueprint imagines a thriving higher education sector and sets out the steps the sector and the government must take to get there loom.ly/5mgBSM4
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Further recognition for the outstanding achievements of the staff and students at @NorthumbriaUni - it is a privilege to lead such an amazing institution.
BREAKING NEWS: @northumbriauni named Modern University of the Year by @thetimes The announcement in the Good University Guide 2025 marks an impressive and sustained run of national recognition for Northumbria in recent years. bit.ly/47zDB3X
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How accurate are sleep-tracking watches? @BBCR1 presenter @KatieThistleton came to @NorthumbriaUni's sleep research centre and met with Prof Jason Ellis to test them for @BBCMorningLive and found some surprising results… Watch on iPlayer (at 15:40) orlo.uk/sleep_tracking_o6ZN8
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Congratulations to our friends at @sunderlanduni on being shortlisted as THE University of the Year. Let’s hope they bring the award back to the NE!
Who’s in the running for the coveted University of the Year title in the #THEAwards 2024? In shortlist are @LondonMetUni; @UlsterUni; @uniofleicester; @StirUni; @sunderlanduni; and @UniOfSurrey. The winner will be announced on 28 November in Birmingham. Details here bit.ly/theshortlist24.
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A real honour to attend this event, and to talk to Meenu Malhotra about his new role as Honorary Consul. I know this appointment, along with the opening of India House, will be hugely valued by the 1000+ Indian students studying at @NorthumbriaUni
Delighted to attend the event where His Excellency Mr @VDoraiswami HCI announced Meenu Malhotra as Newcastle's first Honorary Consul. The former J T Parrish building on Shields Road, Byker, now India House, will serve as the Consulate's office—a key step in UK-India relations.
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