The newly-elected government needs to acknowledge the long-term structural concerns which impact on attainment and outcomes in North East schools, and the extent to which these have been exacerbated in recent years. A failure to act now risks turning the disadvantage gap in educational attainment into a disadvantage chasm. Much of the reduction of the …
Melting of glaciers in a major Alaskan icefield has quickened and may reach an irreversible tipping point earlier than previously thought, a Tyneside-led study fears. The research, led by scientists at Newcastle University, found that glacier loss on the Juneau Icefield, which straddles the boundary between Alaska and British Columbia, Canada, has increased dramatically since …
For the last five years I have been the Editor of the Newcastle Tech Digest, a free weekly newsletter covering and championing tech sector news, events and insights from across North East England. Much potential exists in our region’s technology sector, there’s certainly enough going on to be excited about. Though, perhaps due to its …
There are lots of different ways to talk about what’s possible in policymaking. Perhaps the policy agenda is a container ship which takes years to turn. Or your preferred policy is a raft sat on the water’s edge. You’ve done the work gathering all the pieces and lashing them together, and now you’re just waiting …
Village halls — all 150 of them — are at the heart of Northumberland rural life and have been for many years. Now the Northumberland Village Halls Heritage project has celebrated their history and continuing value to the county’s communities. The project has produced a website and a new book and is the culmination of …
There was a late night knock at the door. Brendan Foster got up to answer it after a day which had seen the very first Great North Run grace the streets of Tyneside. On the doorstep of his Low Fell home stood neighbour Phillip Crawley, Editor of The Journal, with a print out of the …
Prof Matthew Johnson is a refreshingly straight-talking, no-nonsense North Easterner with his finger firmly on the pulse of public policy research. The son of welfare dependent parents has seen his head turned and his opinion reshaped by compelling evidence that reinforces the view that financial and social security comfortably trump austerity and economic streamlining when …
Ever since her dad gave her a pocket-guide to wildflowers when she was at primary school, Emily Routledge has had a passion for nature. Decades on, she’s heading up the biggest fundraising appeal in the proud 53-year history of Durham Wildlife Trust in a bid to secure the future of one of the North East’s …
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