Newcastle Aviation Academy was officially opened in March 2009 by Alan Johnson MP in a ceremony attended by The Duke of Kent. The Aviation Academy is based at Newcastle International Airport, and run by Newcastle College. The £3.3m facilities, including a purpose built academy building and hangar was funded by Newcastle College Capital Fund, One NorthEast and Learning and Skills Council (LSC) North East.
Co-Curate is a project which brings together online collections, museums, universities, schools
and community groups to make and re-make stories and images from North East England and Cumbria.
Co-Curate
is a trans-disciplinary project that will open up 'official' museum and 'un-officia'l co-created
community-based collections and archives through innovative collaborative approaches using
social media and open archives/data.