Associate Professor Dr Cal Cooper continued with guest expert appearances on Sky History’s Britain’s X-Files programme. He gave his expert view of psychic phenomena of the Cold War – psychokinesis (episode six). See Amazon for more.
Ahead the King’s state visit to the USA at the end of the month, Senior Lecturer in Journalism and former Westminster reporter Kate Ironside gave her view on the issues at play to BBC Radio Three Counties’ Jonathan Vernon-Smith. Listen again (starts at 2hrs and 7mins).
In an AdvanceHE article, Dr Adeboye Dada, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, writes about why critical thinking must lead the teaching of AI.
Claire Drakeley, Senior Lecturer in Events Management, blogged for Event Planner News about how the University ensures its students are ready for work by taking them out of the classroom and to real-world experiences to enhance their learning.
MSN News reports that UON academic Dr Natasha Bayes was part of helping develop the new Food Plan for West Northamptonshire.
The Midlands Gazette reports on the findings from Associate Professor Dr Declan Ryan about the use of green spaces and waterways in Northampton.
Events, Hospitality, Marketing, Criminal Justice, Policing, and Tourism students recently took part in a fully immersive three‑hour scenario that blended crisis management, live event coordination, and post‑incident investigation. What they did and learned from the experience is reported by the Midlands Gazette.
Two books will be officially launched at a free event at Waterside Campus on Wednesday 15 April, covering infant/family mental health and children’s communication and language development. The academics behind them updated NLive Radio listeners. Listen again (starts at 2hrs and 36mins).
As reported by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo, the next discussion in the series of free seminars from the University will bring together experts to find out what higher education can learn from schools about special educational needs and disabilities.
Faculty of Business and Law students experienced the high pressure, fast paced environment of an Event Control Room during the simulation of a major event at Silverstone Circuit, as reported by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.
Heart FM Bedford and Northampton report that the University has climbed 14 places to 84th in the social index table of university’s that do their best for students from disadvantaged backgrounds (listen again links not available).
Research from Dr Rhys Furlong, from the University’s School of Behavioural Sciences, has investigated the positive benefits, over time, of allotment gardening for people from lower income backgrounds from Nottingham. The findings were reported by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.