School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences - Newcastle University

09/01/2026

🎉 We’ve launched our official LinkedIn page!

Looking to grow your professional network, discover career opportunities, and stay updated on the latest from the School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences at Newcastle University?

Our new LinkedIn page is the perfect place to:
✔ Connect with current students, alumni, colleagues and industry professionals
✔ Explore research highlights and success stories
✔ Find careers and placement opportunities
✔ Stay informed about events and updates in the School

👉 Follow us on LinkedIn today and join the conversation!

https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/sbns-newcastle-university/

07/01/2026

Our experts have found that short, intensive workouts could help fight bowel cancer. 🏃‍♀️

“What’s remarkable is that exercise doesn’t just benefit healthy tissues, it sends powerful signals through the bloodstream that can directly influence thousands of genes in cancer cells" - Dr Sam Orange.

Read more by clicking the link in the comments. ⬇

29/12/2025

📢 🎉👏🎉Our fantastic alumna Maria has won the Young Star Award at the Greek International Women Awards. Well done Maria 🎉👏🎉👏

03/10/2025

Ever wondered what our biomed practical classes are like? Here’s a sneak peak at a first year lab looking at some single cell microorganisms under the microscope!

24/09/2025

Can you spot yourself? 👀

A new academic year starting means a warm welcome to our new stage 1 students across the School! Pictured here are first year biomedical and biomolecular sciences students in their welcome lecture on Monday earlier this week. 🙌

07/02/2025

Did you know Newcastle University are the first Russell Group university to develop an MSc in Clinical Exercise Physiology?

Our Clinical Exercise Physiology MSc allows students to study theory and conduct research relating to applied exercise physiology - read more here: https://buff.ly/414JeW8

27/01/2025

Newcastle University is hosting the British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR) this year, from 9-10th April. BCUR is a national conference where students from any discipline can showcase their undergraduate research. Over the course of two days, we will celebrate and highlight undergraduate research, engage in stimulating workshops, and foster meaningful connections among like-minded peers and mentors.

For more information, see the conference website: https://buff.ly/3Ct6SlL

and if you're an undergraduate student from SBNS or beyond, get those abstracts submitted!

The British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR) is the largest conference in the UK exclusively dedicated to showcasing undergraduate research. It offers students a unique platform to present their work, whether it's a dissertation, a research project, an internship, or even an insightful en...

28/10/2024

Congratulations to Callum Brownstein of School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences - Newcastle University, who will be joining us as part of our 2024 Scheme cohort! 🎉🎉

18/07/2024

What a great day yesterday celebrating our graduations! 🎉

Huge well done to our Class of 2024 across Sport and Exercise Science, Nutrition and Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences… and a special mention to, in an important milestone for the School, the first ever MDiet Dietetics graduates! 👏

Pictured: the first ever MDiet Dietetics cohort to graduate from the School; the academic procession for our sport, nutrition and dietetics graduation ceremony; and a small selection of biomedical science staff pre-procession 🎓

26/04/2024

MASSIVE congratulations to all our students who were nominated for the Contribution to the Workplace Awards for their outstanding work across the university and beyond in internships, placements and other work roles. 🎉

Huge well done in particular to Neha Ramchandani who was awarded 'Worker of the Year' at the awards ceremony last night! 🙌

It was also great to see some of our students' workplace supervisors come along to support, some travelling from as far as Northern Ireland to support our students. 👏

Well done to all our nominees below!

Worker of the year: Neha Ramchandani, Maddie Wildridge

Intern of the year: Kelsey Blenkinsop, Kate Cleary, Kate Griggs, Josephine Maria, Sasha Zephirin

Placement student of the year: Olivia Boag, Abbie Hearne, Angelyn Lauwreen, Caroline Elaine, Charlotte Butterworth, Emily Peters, Isobel Kellett, Jessica Marr, Kate Sowerby, Magdalena Voldrichova, Maria Kartali, Niamh Corry, Orla Brown, Rebecca Watson, Sophie Rivers, Zaina Nassman

05/03/2024

Huge congratulations to two of our students, Andrew and Megan, who presented their research at the British Conference of Undergraduate Research's Posters in Parliament event last week.

Andrew and Megan presented their work to academics, policy makers, civil servants and MPs - including Newcastle Central's very own Shadow Minister for Science Chi Onwurah - what a great achievement! 👏

09/01/2024

We're wishing all of our students undertaking exams this January a huge GOOD LUCK!

You've got this. 🙌