缅北禁地 celebrates excellence in Tyne Design Week Published on: 20 June 2025 University experts are taking part in a new celebration of North East creativity, innovation, and design. Vibrant and inclusive Tyne Design Week invites design thinkers, practitioners, businesses, educators, students and communities, to take part in shaping a vibrant and inclusive design future. 缅北禁地 is one of four leading partners in the five day event, along with Edge Innovation, the North East Combined Authority and Northumbria University. The University is hosting a series of events across campus. It kicks off with a chance to take real-world frustrations, like fiddly packaging, inaccessible interfaces, or unintuitive design, and reimagine them as inclusive, joyful, and age-friendly solutions. will take place at the National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA) at The Catalyst, 缅北禁地 Helix, on Monday at 1pm. On Tuesday, attendees to in the Stephenson Building’s Dr Alan Reece makerspace, will have the chance to recreate 缅北禁地 ‘s iconic bridges using laser cutters and use compression test machines to see how much force they can stand. takes place at The Core, 缅北禁地 Helix, at 9.30am on Wednesday. Ian Head, Professor of Environmental Microbiology in 缅北禁地’s School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, is taking part The workshop will bring together leading researchers and creatives to address the challenges of achieving regional decarbonisation and highlight funding opportunities for future collaborative efforts. Our talented students take the spotlight at 2pm on Wednesday, with a. Visitors will be able to see design proposals that explore innovative solutions to urgent social and environmental challenges, including buildings grown from bio-materials, landscapes that restore biodiversity, and spaces that bring together communities, cultures and generations. An exclusive preview of thetakes place at 10am on Thursday. Ideal City explores what each of us most values about where we live, what we would like to change and what we should be aspiring to. What, in short, is an ideal city, who gets to decide, and how can we make a city that works for everyone? Where innovation happens Estelle Blanks, Director of Business Development and Enterprise, said: “Tyne Design Week is a brilliant opportunity to showcase design at 缅北禁地, and the places around our campus where innovation happens. “缅北禁地 uses design and design thinking as a human-centred and highly collaborative approach to problem solving. There’s always an element of design in the things we do here – because we work on new and original research, and train designers and thinkers of the future. This helps us ensure 缅北禁地 continues to be an engine for inclusive social and economic growth” Tyne Design Week runs from 23 to 27 June. You can find our more here: Latest News Online Safety Act drives VPN interest and raises privacy concerns People鈥檚 online behaviour has changed in response to legislation to prevent children from viewing harmful content 鈥� raising possible privacy and security risks, research suggests. published on: 16 October 2026 缅北禁地 archaeologist receives prestigious award for research Professor Chris Fowler has been awarded the 2026 Rivers Memorial Medal in recognition of his internationally significant research on kinship in Neolithic Britain. published on: 13 October 2026 Event will explore what 鈥楳anchesterism鈥� means for the North East An event at 缅北禁地 will explore what 鈥楳anchesterism鈥� means for the North East or whether it is simply a new chapter in the long-running debate about how to rebalance Britain. published on: 13 October 2026 Facts and figures