Jesmond based students involved with the Young People’s Forum, supported by staff at the Northumberland Wildlife Trust, will host an eco-fashion festival this weekend involving clothing swaps and upcycling.
International students in Jesmond and elsewhere rely on hospitality jobs to make ends meet – which covid has put paid to. Local students are raising money through charity litter picks to support food banks that feed them
Students renting privately-owned houses in Jesmond are being encouraged to contact their landlords, after two private student accommodation providers agreed to Newcastle University Student Union’s request for rent discounts during lockdown. After the announcement of the latest national lockdown, Dorothy Chirwa, president of Newcastle University’s
Louis Miller reports on a Jesmond resident convicted for performing a sex act after breaking into student accommodation
Jesmond students Frankie Eldred, Lucy Clarkson, Rebecca Trafford, Katie Lynn, Kelly MacDonald and Megan Forster have been named the March winners of a competition to find the household that has gone ‘above and beyond’ to be responsible and considerate neighbours. The students were nominated by their
Local universities play differing roles in a new nationwide survey of student mental health provision, reports Beth Richardson
Northumbria Police have released a statement urging students in the Jesmond area not to gather on the roofs of their properties while enjoying the current spell of warm weather.
Sub-zero temperatures, slippery pavements and a good amount of frozen waste didn’t stop 25 students from Newcastle and Northumbria universities from litter-picking in Jesmond last weekend
£27,000-worth of fines have been given to students, data seen by JesmondLocal show
Newcastle’s university bosses, student union presidents, local councillors and residents representatives will meet later this month to discuss recent tensions in Jesmond and explore solutions for bringing the student and resident communities closer together.