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Middle class alcohol time bomb

Fri, 31 May 2013 10:51:52 BST

Middle-class professionals are risking serious health problems by using alcohol as a means of stress relief, reward for looking after a family and working full-time, new research has revealed.

3G mannequin prescribes new pharmacy skills at Sunderland

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:16:42 GMT

PHARMACISTS of the future are developing their clinical skills with the help of one of the world’s most technically advanced mannequins that can cry, bleed, convulse, go into cardiac arrest and mimic the malfunctions of a real human body.

Sunderland on the shortlist for University of the Year

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:30:07 BST

THE University of Sunderland has been shortlisted in two categories in the Times Higher Education Awards – the sector's most respected national awards.

Sunderland Intern Factory gets a productive launch

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:28:07 BST

A NEW company has been launched in the North-East which aims to pair graduates with a wide range of businesses on paid placements to help drive the region’s economy forward.

Graduate puts a gridlock on Londons Olympic congestion

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:35:17 BST

A SUNDERLAND graduate has come up with a solution to prevent the predicated gridlock in London once the athletics gets off the starting block at the Olympics Games.

Media students make the winning cut for Blueprint award

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:39:00 BST

ENTERPRISING students who set up their own media production company less than a year ago have swept the board at a prestigious business awards ceremony.

Impromptu hitchhiking film clinches top TV award

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:56:42 BST

AN off-the-cuff hitchhiking documentary by two students which highlights mistrust in modern Britain has won a national television award.

Miners Gala takes a walk on the digital side

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:40:27 BST

A DIGITAL artwork is unearthing traditions of mining using pioneering mobile phone technology.

Sunderland masterclass in BBC learning zone

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:25:23 BST

A BBC executive with more than 40 national and international awards to her name is giving a Masterclass at a North East University next week on pitching ideas to the corporation.

Sunderland researchers genetic study into adder abnormalities

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:56:04 BST

RESEARCHERS want to find out if decreasing numbers of adders in the North East has led to inbreeding among colonies of the UK’s only venomous snake.