A round up of recent mentions in the media of the University and our graduates, staff and students.
Pro-Vice Chancellor Alice Wilby and Dr Anthony Stepniak, Senior Lecture in Media and Cultural Theory were joined by students for a BBC Politics East story about skills and apprenticeships. Watch again (starts 3mins and 30secs in) and the news also features on the BBC’s website.
The glitz and glamour at the recent Oscars ceremony was covered by creative subjects’ students and academic Dr Stepniak during an interview with BBC Radio Northamptonshire. Listen again (1hr and 46mins).
UON Careers Coach and PhD student Kathrina Perry spoke with BBC Radio Northamptonshire’s Bernie Keith about her research into local, philanthropic women. Listen again (starts at 1hr and 42mins).
A British Council-funded partnership project led by UON’s Institute for Social Innovation and Impact will boost impact of academic research in Turkey, as reported by MSN News.
Three UON experts from the School of Education will launch two books at an event on Wednesday 15 April, covering infant and family mental health and how children develop communication and language skills. The news was reported in the Daventry Express.
The University has donated its advertising ‘space’ on Northampton Town Football Club’s shirt to the Northampton Town Community Trust, as reported by Yahoo! News and BBC Online.
University of Northampton students will take part in a digital sustainability activity by deleting unused photos from the their phones, as reported by London Post.
As cultural organisations and community partners work hard to pull together Northampton’s UK Town of Culture competition entry, some of them shared with the Chronicle & Echo why they are proud to live and work in the town, including UON’s Nick Allen, Policy and Public Affairs Officer.
The University is strengthening its position as a leading provider of UK transnational education, building on a series of major overseas engagements across Asia, as reported by the Northamptonshire Telegraph.
Computer Systems Engineering graduate Mirusha Jegatheeswaran is working as a Broadcast and Media Systems Engineer for the Emmerdale soap opera at ITV. Her career success is profiled in the Chronicle & Echo.
University partner NLive Radio has been shortlisted for Community Business of the Year at SME Northamptonshire Business Awards, as reported by the Chronicle & Echo.
Environmental Science student, Aaliyah Damon-Vergari, has studied how urban noise affects the songs of great tits and blue tits across Northampton and her findings are reported in the Chronicle & Echo.
Shyam Yohannan Philip, who came to the UK in 2022 to study at the University, has successfully launched his own photography and printing studio, as reported by the Northamptonshire Telegraph.
The University’s role in local and regional environmental sustainability is referenced in a Connect East Midlands article about a new report into sustainability in the built environment industry.
The Northamptonshire Telegraph’s article about a See Limited report that details their efforts in reducing its carbon footprint and the wider impact of its sustainability initiatives, references the University’s annual Sustainability Summit.