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Navigating the Path to Success: A Guide to Securing Placements and Internships


Unlock success by prioritising placements and internships in the UK job market. Gain hands-on experience, valuable skills, and a competitive edge for your dream career.

30 January 2024

5 Reasons to Join a Sports Team or Society


What makes joining a uni sports’ team or/and a society a fantastic idea?

23 January 2024

How Northampton helped me balance university life with my love of the cinema.


UON alumni Nadine talks about why Northampton was a great location for her to continue one of her hobbies while studying: seeing films at the cinema.

18 January 2024

How to Create and Achieve your New Year Goals


Many of us see the start of a new year as a time to create a set of new personal goals. Current student Madison offers her advice on how to…

21 December 2023

UCAS reference writing for teachers and advisers – what’s changed and why?


The reference on a UCAS application can make a big difference to the offer an applicant receives. This blog explains the changes UCAS has made and some advice on what…

19 December 2023

Representation Matters: Celebrating our Sisters


Professor Eunice Lumsden discusses how the events she was involved in as part of Black History Month 2023 led her to reflect on her first year as a professor, the…

13 December 2023

New year’s resolutions. Why not now?


A New Year’s resolution is a tradition where we resolve to accomplish a personal goal, or improve our lifestyle or behaviour, on the first day of January. However first-year student,…

8 December 2023

A journey of growth as an international student in Northampton


Starting a degree as an international student in the UK can have its challenges, but for MA TESOL student, Anh, it has been a time of growth and development.

22 November 2023

From Learning Disability Nurse to Health Visitor: Navigating Career Paths in Nursing


Lauretta Ofulue tells us about what becoming a learning disability nurse means to her, and her post-UON life and career as a health visitor

22 November 2023

The amazing opportunities I’ve been given as a Fashion Marketing & Promotion student


First-year Fashion Marketing & Promotion student, Maisie Hunt, describes her first experience of the glamour of the fashion world when she took the opportunity to work at London’s African Fashion…

20 November 2023

Five tips for making your room in Halls feel like home


Living in University accommodation? First-year student Alex shares her five top tips for making your room in halls of residence feel like home.

19 November 2023

Empowering Futures: UON Graduate School’s Comprehensive Biannual Induction for Postgraduate Researchers


In October and March the Graduate School runs a mandatory 4-day postgraduate researcher (PGR) induction on campus at Waterside. This October we welcomed 31 new PGRs, who are now studying…

17 November 2023