The CIC has worked with staff and students at Northumbria University on multiple projects over the past few years.  This has been useful to the CIC allowing us to investigate possible options for the company and it has been useful to the students who have had a chance to develop their skills and increase their knowledge.  Although these projects have been helpful, we are conscious of their limitations. The CIC is hoping to build on these projects and work with both local universities on a long-term basis.  We think that the CIC is ideally placed to help Northumbria University achieve its mission and deliver its current Strategy and we are in ongoing discussions with Northumbria to try to achieve this. Newcastle University is also committed to working with local communities, and thousands of its students live in Jesmond. The CIC has many informal links with Newcastle University. We are continually working to develop these.  If you have links with either of the universities and would like to help us develop these, please get in touch.