Viva Las Vegas for student experts

Two high-performing Northumbria students have been rewarded for their hard work and specialist skills with a trip to Las Vegas to meet with architecture experts from around the world.

BSc Architectural Technology students David Law and Justine Gray were invited to the international event in Las Vegas as a reward for their expertise in using specialist software, Autodesk. The duo have become so adept at utilising the software that they have been sharing their knowledge with other students on their course.

The annual Autodesk University event in Las Vegas, part of a global Student Expert programme, brings together international experts in a wide range of fields for hundreds of sessions to build relationships and exchange knowledge on the use of the software.

was fabulous. The classes on offer provided a fantastic insight to many fields within the design industry, from architecture to manufacturing, and games design to multimedia, and the opportunity to speak with fellow students from around the world, industry professionals, and the creators of the software itself opened a lot of doors.

“It’s an event I would never have been able to afford to attend personally. I would like to thank both Autodesk’s Student Expert programme and Northumbria University for their kind generosity.”

Northumbria’s Interactive Media Design course. He has worked in many London studios including the legendary Abbey Road and with a variety of record labels such as EMI and Safari. He joined Northumbria in 2000 and continues to record, write, produce and perform on a regular basis, sharing his current industry experience directly with students.

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Northumbria University made a contribution towards David and Justine’s travel costs, with Autodesk covering the remainder of the expenses.

David said: “The whole experience

Dr Emine Mine Thompson, a Senior Lecturer in Visualisation at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, at Northumbria University, said: “David and Justine were selected because they have been part of the Autodesk Student Expert programme since 2011.

“Autodesk goes through a selection process by analysing how active the expert students are. David and Justine are very active as expert students, not just regionally and nationally but internationally, and they share their knowledge with other students and in some cases with professionals on a regular basis.

This is an excellent achievement.”

Autodesk is a world leader in software for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing and entertainment industries. Northumbria’s Architecture and Built Environment students have been involved with the Autodesk Student Expert programme since 2011.

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North U mbri A has led on a consortium bid with the University of Sunderland that has secured £1.2m from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). This substantial grant sees the Northumbria-Sunderland consortium named as a Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), providing postgraduate research opportunities that are directly engaged with industry. As a CDT, Northumbria and Sunderland will offer training, skills and capacity for art and design postgraduate research, building on existing partnerships with BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and Sunderland’s National Glass Centre.

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North U mbri A students can now look online at any time to find out where computers, specialist software, printing and IT facilities are available.

IT Services have launched a new information page which can be accessed from home or via MyNorthumbria. It will enable students to see how many computers are free, where you can find them, and the opening hours of the lab or building they are based in.

Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/itresources or click on the IT Resources & Computer Availability link on your MyNorthumbria page.

Global recognition for students

ENtrEPrENEUriAl Business Management students at Newcastle Business School (NBS) have won a “High Impact” award for an internationally-focused initiative during the recent Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW). Run by charity Youth Business International, GEW helps young people start up their own businesses. The students organised Global Innovation Challenge, which included networking online with fellow entrepreneur students from five different countries. Nina Jussila, who graduated in Finland on a similar course and is now coaching NBS students, said: “With 35,000 events across 125 different countries, winning was a real achievement.”

Northumbria students in clean-up project

ENgiNEEriNg and Environment students have been working with young offenders on a social enterprise project to improve flood management around Newcastle. Dr Peter Glaves, Director of Enterprise and External Engagement Enterprise Fellow in Engineering and Environment has been working with undergraduate students on The Skill Mill run by Newcastle Youth Offending Team and the Environment Agency.

The Skill Mill Ltd allows young offenders to repay the community by carrying out essential maintenance along the water ways, including litter and debris removal, building new water channels, and improving drainage.

The Skill Mill project was shortlisted for an Evidence Award at the Youth Justice AJ Conference in November. More than 140 young people have taken part since it was launched.