In the news: 10-23 April 2025

A round up of recent media coverage about the University, our graduates, staff and students.

Wrestlemania, the biggest wrestling event of the year, returned last weekend. Former World Wrestling Entertainment Editor for Sky Sports, now Senior Lecturer in Multimedia Sports Journalism, Jefferson Lake spoke to Sky Sports about the event. Listen again (starts at 1hr and 50 mins).

Lecturer in Criminology, Sallek Yaks Musa, is one of the authors who contributed to a The Conversation article about the multiple challenges facing national security in Nigeria. They look at the people involved, their motivations and why efforts to rein them in haven’t succeeded.

Acting academics and their students have resurrected archaic Northampton phrases recorded in a book from the 19th century, as reported by BBC News Online and international MSN outlets.

Midwifery student Diana Sarkyova supported the promotion of a big, international event and her story was reported by Obs Gynae Midwifery News and the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.

A Times Higher Education podcast featured academics giving their personal insights about preserving their own wellbeing included comments from UON Associate Professor Dr Patrice Seuwou.

Research about the value of allotments for people from lower income backgrounds features in Charity Today.

The countdown is on to the Women’s World Cup, and a team of enterprising Games students have been commissioned to deliver a creative project to help build-up excitement across the county, as reported by the Chronicle & Echo.

Ahead of this week’s Employers Connect event where employers found out how University Degree Apprenticeships could benefit them, Apprenticeships Manager Simon Longhurst spoke to NLive Radio’s Open4Business host Adrian Pryce. They covered what apprenticeships are, how you enrol on one, the programmes we offer and the new apprenticeships we’re about to start. Listen again (starts 12mins in).

Businesses, policymakers and academics will be brought together once again this summer for our Sustainability Summit, starting Monday 31 June, as reported by the Northants Telegraph and Chamber of Commerce.

Past research from the University about how cows form friendships is reported by Authority Magazine.

Strength and Conditioning student David Watson’s employability hit the back of the net after securing a job working with Northampton Town Football Club’s youth teams, as reported by the Chronicle & Echo.

Popular Music students took to the stage at The Black Prince recently as part of their degree course and they rocked out, as reported by the Northants Telegraph.