Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery was honoured posthumously at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year event last night (Sunday, December 17). His parents, Gemma and Carl Lowery, travelled to Liverpool’s Echo Arena to collect the Helen Rollason Award, in memory of the six-year-old, who sadly lost his life in July this […]
James Longman, who graduated with a degree in Media and Communication in 1998, received the accolade at the Emmy Awards which took place in LA last weekend (9-10 September 2017). James relocated to LA to work on the American late-night talk show in December 2015 and was honoured last year […]
University of Sunderland Broadcast Media Production graduate, Adam Ferrari, talks about his BAFTA success for his work on the production team of the Channel 4 hit series, First Dates. The successful dating show with its simple, yet effective concept proved love really does conquer all, beating the likes of Gogglebox […]
The University of Sunderland has been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Award (THELMA) 2016, in the Outstanding Human Resources (HR) Team category. In its submission the University detailed the work of its HR team to ensure the workforce is in good physical and mental health, enabling […]
A Sunderland Shopwatch scheme has won a regional award. The North East Retail Crime Partnership (NERCP) awarded those who have made an outstanding contribution to preventing retail crime. At its annual conference, earlier this month, Sunderland city centre’s Shopwatch scheme won the highest accolade of the day – the award […]
Sunderland University student Oliver Marsay is hoping a £10,000 scholarship prize will be the springboard to a world-class career in electronic engineering research. Oliver, 21, from Whitby, has been named as the first recipient of the William Beadnell scholarship award. Now in his third year of an Electronic and Electrical […]
By Elizabeth Kazibure, Masuma Begum Many artists were put up for nomination in for a BRIT award in various categories such as critics choice, global success award and the British singles award. Only a few artists went away with a prized award. Each year the Brits award celebrates British talent […]