A new report published today by @LondonEconomics shows the N8 Research Partnership generated a massive £18.8 billion economic impact in 2021–22.

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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.

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.

An international conference celebrating the music of the medieval and Renaissance periods will be hosted by @UniofNewcastle, @durham_uni, and @NorthumbriaUni .

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.

@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.

@UniversityLeeds has strengthened its presence in India with a series of collaborations across the country, spanning medicine, engineering, biotechnology, and social sciences.

@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.

Happy Friday! It's time to see what our universities have been getting up to lately in another #N8WeeklyRoundup 👇🧵.

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 .

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.

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.

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

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.

A groundbreaking event at The University of Manchester is to explore potential of psychedelic medicine in trauma recovery for elite athletes.

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.

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.

@UniversityLeeds has joined the Coimbra Group, an association that promotes higher education internationalisation, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research and service to society.