In the news 2-8 October 2025

A roundup of recent media coverage about the University, its graduates, staff and students.

The next Café Scientifique research talk will cover the stigma around single mothers who are dating online and will be on Thursday 13 November, as reported by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.

Following Welcome & Induction Week, Claire Drakely, Programme Leader for BA Events Management, blogs for Event Planner News about how the start of the academic year is an invitation to adopt a continuous learning mindset.

Doaa Al-jamal, Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting, has won an Innovation Award, Regional Champion (UK & Ireland), from the Chartered Global Management Accountant, as mentioned in Further Education News.

At the recent Dementia in the Workplace Conference, UON PhD student Claire Davies was one of the speakers, as reported by the Northamptonshire Telegraph.

Business Management student Abbie Wright-Temple secured a year-long placement with the Department for Business and Trade, contributing to employment rights policy through data analytics, as reported by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.

Midwifery student Bayleigh Smith organised her second charity netball match to raise funds for a maternity bereavement unit at Kettering General Hospital, as reported by the Northamptonshire Telegraph.

A graduate of a University Apprenticeship has secured a new job as a Director, as reported by the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing.

The accident involving Lisbon’s funicular railway resulted in 16 deaths. UON Visiting Professor Dave Cooper’s comments feature in the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers’ Journal.

The new President of the Building Engineering Services Association, Pete Curtis, is a UON graduate and has featured in several online publications this week calling for everyone in the building services sector to play their part in changing the culture of construction and delivering safer and more sustainable buildings.