Professor Steve Decent joined Lancaster University as Vice-Chancellor in January 2026. Having graduated with a BSc in Mathematics at Brunel University and a PhD at the University of St Andrews, Steve ...

Child of the North, in partnership with N8 CIR and NHSA host a one-day workshop focused on Special Educational Needs and ...

Children are being pulled into the youth justice system because their early health, education and care needs are not being addressed, according to a the latest analysis from Child of the North The ...

The number of children and young people accessing NHS-funded mental health services has increased by nearly 80,000 in the past year, sparking renewed concern over a system already under strain. The ...

University of Liverpool Vice-Chancellor Professor Tim Jones has been appointed to lead the N8 Research Partnership, taking over from Professor Charlie Jeffery CBE, who has served as Chair for the past ...

A new campaign is launching today in response to the latest analysis by the Child of the North research initiative focused on school readiness, which highlights widening inequalities and the ongoing ...

On July 18th, it was announced that ten UK research universities are to be awarded around £4.5 million each from the UK government’s £54 million Global Talent Fund, designed to attract world-class ...

A new report by leading consultancy London Economics has found that the eight Northern research-intensive universities that comprise the N8 Research Partnership generated £18.8 billion in economic ...

University spinouts and tech-focused start-up companies have the potential to significantly boost the region’s economy by creating skilled, high-paying jobs and bringing innovative products to market.

Working with partners across Southern Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia), Nanette De Jong, Professor of Socially Engaged Ethnomusicology at Newcastle University, has developed and ...

Last year the parliamentary Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee launched an inquiry into ‘Innovation, growth and the regions’ to assess the role of the UK’s innovation ecosystem in ...

Professor Sonia Rocha is the Executive Dean of the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology at the University of Liverpool. Sonia is a cell and molecular biologist, with a particular ...