A LIFE-LONG love of performing not only brought Katie Stubbs and Declan Marshall together but they’ve turned their passion into a successful entertainment business with the help of University support. AS well as living, working and acting together, the couple are also students at the University of Sunderland and tapped […]
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New degree supports demand for Special Educational Needs and Disability teachers
RECRUITMENT is now underway for an innovative new course at The University of Sunderland. THE programme will allow trainee teachers to specialise in supporting pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) in both mainstream and specialist schools. Primary Education with SEND route into QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) starts this September […]
Emeli Sandé tells UoS students: Don’t let lockdown burn your brains out!
“TRY AND take some time out. I think sometimes when we’re working so much and we’re so focused on something, and putting so much energy into it, we can sometimes lose perspective and burn our brains out.” That is the message multi-platinum singer and Chancellor of the University of […]
Shiver me timbers! Ancient ales could hold secret behind ‘golden age of beers’
ONE-hundred-and-twenty-year-old bottles of beer have helped provide insights into the make-up of ancient ales. RESEARCH from Brewlab and the University of Sunderland has retrieved live brewing yeasts from century old bottles of beer to provide detailed information of the microbology of lost Victorian and Edwardian stock ales. Three bottles were […]
National Apprenticeship Week 2021: Daniel cooks up a career in education
A HIGHER Apprenticeship is opening the doors to a career in education for Daniel Coyne which all started in a football club café. DANIEL was the hospitality manager in a café, based at the Foundation of Light, Sunderland AFC’s registered charity. His dedication and commitment to training staff was spotted […]
National Apprenticeship Week 2021: shining a light on Sunderland learners
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, […]
New book featuring UoS expert examines history of public executions
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 […]
Trainee teachers throw a lifeline to working parents with lockdown kids
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 […]
Vera author backs project to recruit reading coaches across the North East
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 […]
Pride of the University: Sunderland student doctors join the national vaccination effort
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 […]