A round up of recent media coverage about the University, our graduates, staff and students.
Last week, the University held the annual STEAM Northampton event, a careers and futures fair for school students across the county. There were around 3,000 visitors in total and the news was mentioned during ITV Anglia News’ bulletins (watch again link not available).
Emeritus Professor Eunice Lumsden received an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the King’s Birthday Honours for her services to childrens’ rights and welfare. The news was mentioned during the Heart FM bulletins for their Northampton and Bedford stations (listen again links not available).
UON’s Director of Digital, Data and Transformation, Alex Vujcich, yet again made Computing’s Top 100 IT Leaders’ list. In her profile, she writes about what makes good IT for the University and why she loves her job.
Biomedical Science graduand Chinenye Mbakwe is also establishing herself as one of the emerging professionals working behind the scenes of the UK’s growing African music industry. Her story is chronicled by the Belfast Telegraph.
Love Business East Midlands and the Northamptonshire Telegraph are two of several local media outlets reporting that the annual Degree Show – a collection of final year work from students in arts, design and technology – will begin next week.
A University-led ‘medical history brought to life’ project has entered a new realm of reality, with Games Art students taking it into the third dimension with a 3D ‘environment’, as reported by the Northamptonshire Telegraph.
A Computing graduate’s smart glasses that describe locations for the visually impaired was reported by Greatest Hits Radio.
Professor Claire Paterson-Young has been appointed to the Youth Justice Panel for AI and her comments about this are reported by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.
This month’s Fuelling Innovation Fortnight, to help local businesses learn more about innovative development, was reported by the Northampton Business Times.
Merged Futures is a collaborative event between the University, West Northamptonshire Council and other partners. One of the activities – about technological innovations in health and social care – features on the Northampton Chamber of Commerce website.