Bus strikes are endangering lives... people are walking on country lanes in poor weather to get to Arriva bus stops. Go North East and your drivers, can we please sort this out.

Our latest paper on coworking has just appeared in the Journal of Rural Studies. Thanks to everyone who helped in our work, and to Digital Futures at Work Research Centre for funding the project. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S07…

Oxford, UCL and Northumbria share the headlines... not a bad group to be in! theguardian.com/education/2022…

The grey horse in collingham is now a house but they seem to have left half the sign from the old building saying 'traditional village pub' as a reminder of what traditional villages are losing.

We have an incredible volume of data on rural house moves thanks to @Rightmove. There's still time to apply for a PhD to do more research with us on rural housing and the rural economy: findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

Great to see educational grants available to support traditional rural employment thegamekeeperswelfaretrust.com GWT

New: PhD opportunity at Aberystwyth on 'How living in rural areas contributes to feelings of loneliness in diverse rural communities, and the role communities play in addressing social inequality' with Jesse Heley & Rachel Rahman Rural Health . More details: findaphd.com/phds/project/h…

Great night with The Bluetones and Sleeperbandtweets in Newcastle. Then again, it ought to be after 18 month of rehearsing for it! Huge thanks to everyone, looking forward to next time already.

We're having one more push for responses to our survey about moving house. It takes about 10 minutes but if you're actively looking to move, you might find it helpful! northumbria.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/move-to-the-co…

This year's Rural Entrepreneurship Conference is FREE - kindly sponsored by the Welsh Rural Research Network. (ruralresearch.wales). It's next week - 13-15th July. Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/rural-entrep…

Delighted to be working with Sabine Gerlach as part of the @NICRE family with our project on Rural & Agricultural Shows. Any Show organisers who've tried online events in the past year, we'd really appreciate you taking 5 minutes to complete our survey: northumbria.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/rural-and-agri…

Sat in the sunshine thinking about moving to a new house... why not take 10 minutes to fill in our survey to help you think about what you really want in that new home? northumbria.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/move-to-the-co…

Over 60 delegates signed up for our rural coworking event next week so just a few spaces remaining: eventbrite.co.uk/e/rural-cowork…

Looking to move to the rural idylls? We've partnered with Northumbria Uni and the UEA to look at the migration of households from urban to rural locations. Please help the research by completing a short survey here zcu.io/5S1v

Your leadership behaviour: Are you a multiplier or a diminisher? Multipliers bring out the best in those around them & help them to grow. Diminishers are smart people who don't help others around them to become as smart: qaspire.com/2019/03/31/lea… By Tanmay Vora ✍ #100RepeatTweets no.82

Browsing @Rightmove or Zoopla on a raining Saturday? Why not take 10 minutes to help us with our survey about moving to the country? northumbria.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/move-to-the-co…

Later this month, we are hosting our networking and dissemination event on rural coworking spaces. Operators of coworking and rural development policy makers with an interest in new ways of working can book a place here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/rural-cowork…

Are you moving to the country? Are you gonna to eat a lot of peaches? Then please fill in our survey here: northumbria.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/move-to-the-co…

Anyone who's moved to the countryside in the last year or is thinking of moving house, we are really interested to hear from you: northumbria.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/move-to-the-co…

After a false start last year, we're finally launching our housemover survey. Anyone considering moving to a small town or rural area, please take 10 minutes to reflect on your preferences here: northumbria.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/move-to-the-co…