NATIONAL Apprenticeship Week 2021 gives the University of Sunderland a chance to celebrate this year’s theme – Build the Future – through the inspirational work of its apprentices, partners and staff. The University is currently working with more than 60 employers across the region, from the NHS to Nissan, […]
A NEW book by North East academics delves back into the history of public executions and looks at the issues involved in the controversial topic of the death penalty. The issue was pushed into the spotlight in the final months of Donald Trump’s presidency, when he carried out more […]
SUNDERLAND City Council Leader Graeme Miller has backed a petition launched by local MP Sharon Hodgson to reopen the Leamside Line. The petition, launched by the Washington and Sunderland West MP, calls on the Government to reopen the rail line through Washington which will help reconnect the town. […]
WITH schools not expected to fully reopen until at least early March, extending months of online teaching for many pupils, the University of Sunderland is coming to the rescue of struggling parents. An innovative new project has been set up, which sees the University’s trainee teachers provide online schooling […]
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW GEORGE Galloway, the often-fiery former MP with no shortage of political enemies and controversy on his CV, is on the comeback trail with a new party, as he looks to shake up UK politics once again – and the North East in particular. SR News reporter Charlie Bennett […]
ONE in three people experience tinnitus at some point in their life, and the first week of February sees Tinnitus Week come to help raise awareness of the common issue. The event, which began last year and takes place in the first week of February, was set up by the […]
ONLINE fashion retailer Asos has struck a £330m deal with failed retail group Arcadia, putting the jobs of hundreds of North East staff at risk AFTER falling into administration in November last year, Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia group, which encompasses household name brands such as Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and […]
AWARD-WINNING crime writer Ann Cleeves is helping fund a new scheme, which looks at the link between health and losing yourself in a good book. The project, which she will talk about in a free online lecture at the University of Sunderland next month, builds on evidence that proves […]
A GROUP of medical students from the University of Sunderland are playing their part in the UK vaccination roll-out in a bid to beat Covid-19. ON September 16, 2019, the University opened its first School of Medicine. As well as providing the opportunity to study medicine to students with the required […]
SEVEN out of 100 children in the North East are currently living in foster care – but hundreds more are in urgent need of a safe home. There were 3,599 children in care in the region at the end of March 2020, according to the Department of Education. A new […]