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Insight shared into the worlds of animation and games

Fleet transition to zero emission vehicles takes centre stage

Supporting the development of a new carbon credit market

Artist and academic shining light on disability artwork

Universities join forces with Saudi partners to accelerate progress towards Net Zero

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Supporting COP29 objectives through innovative courses

Julia Rockliffe is an accomplished Programme Manager who leads the sustainability training partnership with Teesside University. The goal of this is to ensure that much needed green skills training courses are developed and made available to businesses. Julia has a wealth of experience within sustainability, managing a number of UK Government climate change mitigation programmes, green homes initiatives, as well as acting as a local food growth champion. Here she explains how new short courses, developed in partnership with Teesside University, can help businesses meet COP29 targets.

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COP29: Supporting the move to decarbonisation

As COP29 draws to a close, the global stage is again set to address the most pressing climate issues of our time. The summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, has already been dubbed the 'Finance COP' and with good reason—funding and the mechanisms that govern its flow will be at the core of all meaningful climate action. For those of us who work at the intersection of industry and sustainability, particularly within industrial clusters, COP29 represents both a critical juncture and a unique opportunity to accelerate decarbonisation in sectors traditionally challenging to abate.

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Empowering Communities: How Local Authorities Can Shape Healthier Food Environments

Upstream approaches to improve the access and availability of healthy food and environments which promote physical activity are urgently required. These approaches include creating a healthier food environment. At a time where the cost of living is rising, food insecurity is a present and growing concern, and obesity remains a significant health challenge, Local Authorities have a pivotal role to play in creating supportive food environments. Local Authorities themselves have been subject to cuts in funding and it is a challenging environment, however many colleagues across the country from a range of professional backgrounds are working hard to shape the environments of local populations and need upstream approaches in terms of national policy guidance to support their work.

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Why David Hockney’s Bigger and Closer is an important step forward for immersive art shows

23/02/2023
Simon McKeown

Artist David Hockney has ridden many technological waves. While his mark-making has remained resolutely painterly, he has challenged the practice of painting. He was an early adopter of computer-assisted drawing, using the iPad and iPhone.

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Shin splints: an expert explains how to avoid them

01/02/2023
Nathan Liddle

So you’re out for a leisurely jog and everything is going great – until you start to feel pain. That distinctive, shooting pain, up your shin. Even when you stop running, every time you put weight on your foot soreness shoots up your lower leg. There’s little doubt: you’ve got shin splints.

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Winter of discontent: how similar is today’s situation?

05/12/2022
Christopher Massey

The UK government is battening down the hatches for a wave of strikes in December and January. Railway workers, nurses, ambulance workers, civil servants and postal staff are all set to take industrial action in the coming weeks in protest at wages not keeping up with inflation, with teachers’ and firefighters’ unions also balloting their members.

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In the media

  • Wildlife expert puts Teesside University research in the spotlight 
    Cision News, Web, 01/05/2024
  • Teesside University students creating AI controlled self-driving car
    Cision News, Web, 29/04/2024
  • Universities help to turn Nigerian food waste into valuable material
    Farm Week , Print, 25/04/2024

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