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Collaboration of the 8 most research intensive universities in Northern England: Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield & York
North of England
Joined August 2011
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On Tuesday we held our APPG meeting to launch the "Hungry for Change" report in which exposes the stark inequalities in food insecurity and childhood obesity for children in the North. Thank you to APPG Chair @EmmaLewell for hosting the event https://t.co/VoLTJ5je1l
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THREAD Families living in areas of higher poverty - such as the North of England - are less likely to have access to healthy, affordable food and more likely to have children who live with obesity. https://t.co/Opk81giqYy 1/7
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We're delighted about the announcement that family hubs will be rolled out across every local authority in England – this is one of our long standing recommendations from our child poverty report & will see the support of 500,000 children in deprived areas https://t.co/uswKdquxTK
bbc.co.uk
Government says £500m plan aims to support an extra half a million more children.
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@LivUni has joined the Liverpool Culture Network and is now part of a membership of more than 60 arts and cultural organisations across the city region https://t.co/JMGKHWjVdN
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New survey data from @LancasterUni reveals four in ten workers in the North West of England (40%) have experienced a health decline in the last 12 months that has impacted the way they do their job https://t.co/MWyIFn56oD
lancaster.ac.uk
New survey data from the Work Foundation at Lancaster University reveals four in ten workers in the North West of England (40%) have experienced a health decline in the last 12 months that has...
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An international conference celebrating the music of the medieval and Renaissance periods will be hosted by @UniofNewcastle, @durham_uni, and @NorthumbriaUni
https://t.co/rBKPN9reiY
ncl.ac.uk
An international conference celebrating the music of the medieval and Renaissance periods will be hosted by three of the North East’s universities this summer.
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Harmful air pollutants on UK pavements generated by diesel cars could be slashed by a third if car exhausts were positioned on the right, according to a new study led by @UniOfYork
https://t.co/QAt8I9GZyZ
york.ac.uk
Harmful air pollutants on UK pavements generated by diesel cars could be slashed by a third if car exhausts were positioned on the right, according to a new study.
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What's your DREAM TRUCK? Obviously — @cybertruck. From @DeptofWar to @SpaceX & @NASA (now led by @rookisaacman), our @Skypadusa crew is building FREEDOM OF MOBILITY with @Tesla pioneers. GLOVES OFF TOMORROW when shareholders APPROVE @elonmusk’s pay package
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@TheChristieNHS, together with the @CR_UK National Biomarker Centre and The University of Manchester, has developed a new blood test that can tell doctors precisely how active a patient’s cancer is at any moment in time https://t.co/3iCbtL8PW5
manchester.ac.uk
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust together with the Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre and The University of Manchester has developed a new blood test that can tell doctors precisely how...
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@UniversityLeeds has strengthened its presence in India with a series of collaborations across the country, spanning medicine, engineering, biotechnology, and social sciences https://t.co/3ynJfERhjK
leeds.ac.uk
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@sheffielduni is pioneering advancements in data and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve healthcare and tackle health inequalities, and will play a critical role in helping the government deliver its new 10-year plan for the NHS https://t.co/KNJEymJiAH
sheffield.ac.uk
The University of Sheffield is pioneering advancements in data and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve healthcare and tackle health inequalities and will play a critical role in helping the...
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Happy Friday! It's time to see what our universities have been getting up to lately in another #N8WeeklyRoundup 👇🧵
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Lasting Impact doesn’t happen from a distance; it starts on the ground with real people. In Nigeria, Cross River, we stood with farmers, talked with leaders, and saw the challenges firsthand. Real progress begins when you’re on the ground, working with the people driving it.
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A major research centre that is set to position the UK as a global leader in clean technology, is being launched by @sheffielduni, @UniofNewcastle and @UniofNottingham
https://t.co/Du92G148Tk
sheffield.ac.uk
A major research centre that is set to position the UK as a global leader in clean technology, is being launched by the universities of Sheffield, Newcastle and Nottingham.
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Researchers from @LivUni’s Department of Chemistry have been recognised with two prestigious Horizon Prizes from the Royal Society of Chemistry, celebrating outstanding collaborative research and innovation in the chemical sciences. https://t.co/5qkjm1QHNO
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A @LancasterUni statistician is part of a team of researchers that has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle rock rising from deep within the Earth beneath Africa https://t.co/04ic16hP0d
lancaster.ac.uk
A Lancaster University statistician is part of a team of researchers that has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle rock rising from deep within the Earth beneath Africa.
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Prehistoric people used a culinary method, similar to slow cooking today, to carefully extract animal teeth to use in decorative crafts, such as pendant-making, researchers including @UniOfYork archaeologists have shown
york.ac.uk
Prehistoric people used a culinary method, similar to slow cooking today, to carefully extract animal teeth to use in decorative crafts, such as pendant-making, archaeologists have shown.
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Taking a single, small dose of aspirin a day can prevent bowel cancer in people at high risk of the disease, according to the results of a major clinical trial led by Professor Sir John Burn at @UniofNewcastle and funded by @CR_UK
https://t.co/wduckMJo95
ncl.ac.uk
Taking a single, small dose of aspirin a day can prevent bowel cancer in people at high risk of the disease, according to the results of a major clinical trial.
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A groundbreaking event at The University of Manchester is to explore potential of psychedelic medicine in trauma recovery for elite athletes. https://t.co/xCCNt4L53F
manchester.ac.uk
A groundbreaking event at The University of Manchester is to explore the potential of psychedelic medicine in trauma recovery for elite athletes. The event is a joint collaboration between the...
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Some of the UK’s brightest young engineers have gathered at the historic site of Britain’s Cold War rocket programme for the climax of the world’s biggest student rocket firing competition, hosted by @sheffielduni
https://t.co/qGj4PLzegw
sheffield.ac.uk
Some of the UK’s brightest young engineers have gathered at the historic site of Britain’s Cold War rocket programme for the climax of the world’s biggest student rocket firing competition (25 June -...
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Scientists from @durham_uni’s Physics department are playing a major role in the world’s most ambitious space project, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), led by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory https://t.co/QHs1vdHdhB
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