By Amie Slack A North East grandmother is tackling a half marathon for her favourite local charity. Lynda Dixon, 62, from Ferryhill, County Durham is going to run 13 miles in the Great North Run for the Great North Air Ambulance Service. Mrs Dixon is a […]
Sunderland’s Jami-Masjid mosque on Chester Road has been graffitied with the words “Muslims out” sparking outrage from the local community. The graffiti was applied on the evening and night of the January 27. The mosque has been targeted by vandals before. Imam Syed Shuheb said: “This is an unacceptable expression of […]
With its long-established track record for successfully supporting students from all walks of life through Higher Education, the University of Sunderland has become the fifteenth UK University to commit to the ‘Stand Alone Pledge’ and the first in the region. Established by the national Stand Alone charity, the purpose of […]
From this summer onwards, the University will be offering all UK graduates two free guest tickets for their graduation ceremony, in addition to the free ticket a student at the University already receives as a graduating student. The decision comes after the University had consulted at length with the Students’ Union. The […]
The University of Sunderland is celebrating today after picking up a new national award which recognises teaching excellence by teams in higher education. The Higher Education Academy (HEA) unveiled Sunderland’s Northern Centre of Photography (NEPN) as the winner of the first ever team award – the Collaborative Award for Teaching […]
Put your questions to Olympic legend Steve Cram, and Team GB’s Paratriathlon team coach, Jonathon Riall – both graduates of the University of Sunderland. The pair will be giving the next in our Public Lecture series on Wednesday, February 8, from 6pm, at the Sir Tom Cowie Lecture Theatre at […]
Discover why there’s so much more to a career in marketing than just sales and advertising at an event hosted by the University of Sunderland. As part of its ‘New Year, New You’ campaign, the CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing), in partnership with the University, is launching the ‘Get Into […]
University of Sunderland students were given the opportunity to test their fledgling journalism skills on two Premier League Sunderland AFC players of both past and present. Hosting a press conference in December, media students and MA Sports Journalism students were invited to field questions to goalkeeper Vito Mannone and senior […]
Words by Katie Baggott and Charlotte Price Mowbray Park in Sunderland has welcomed the first veterans pathway of its kind to the UK. A walkway, made of various granite stones, will be engraved with the names of veterans, past or present whether on Land, at Sea or in the air. […]
The young cancer patient Bradley Lowery’s recent scans have shown his cancer has now grown. This has left his mother and father with a few short months together with five-year-old Bradley. Gemma Lowery, Bradley’s mother, said: “I honestly have no words to how heart-broken I am right now. “I really […]