In the news: 22 May-4 June 2025

A round up of media coverage from throughout the past week about the University, our graduates, staff and students.

The University is part of the Northamptonshire Innovation Ecosystem – a collaboration of county businesses and organisations – and will hold a major event on Wednesday 25 June about a report into its impact. This also mark the launch of a new Ecosystem campaign called Fuelling Innovation. See the Northamptonshire Business Times and Northampton Chamber of Commerce for more.

For his latest Theatre Weekly review, Senior Lecturer in Acting & Drama gives 5/5 stars for the comedy Grave Mistake at The Hope Theatre in London, saying it is “not to be missed.”

Head of Student Services Anna Quinn spoke to the Job Shadowing HE podcast about her career and working strategically with partners such as The Consent Collective.

UON PhD student Elaine Williams’ research looks at women’s poetry-related accounts of undergoing Botox, treatments. For the Plastic Maxillofacial and Aesthetic Medicines Journal, she spoke with Becki Nash, a Sociologist and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, to explore the value of interdisciplinary approaches in aesthetic medicine.

OT student Emma Davies’ novel placement setting – farm-based education and alternative learning charity Animal Antiks – was report in the Bucks Herald, Northants Telegraph and Chronicle & Echo.

Senior Lecturer on Journalism and politics expert, Kate Ironside, reflects in the Chronicle & Echo about the Reform party’s priorities for Northamptonshire’s future, pointing out some of the challenges that could lie ahead and some goals that could be difficult to implement locally.

Our Competence Test Centre’s calming look for examination candidates has been improved by UON Photography students, as reported by the Midlands Gazette.

As councils embark on local government reform, UON PhD student Colin Foster – who is also the Chief Executive of the Northamptonshire Children’s Fund – writes in The Managerial Journal about the matrix he has created to support better outcomes for children’s services.

It’s an upbeat edition of Open4Business on Nlive Radio this week as UON Associate Professor Adrian Pryce speaks to Adam Lawton from UON’s Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise team about a new campaign which aims to fuel innovation, productivity and growth and the role the University is playing in Northampton and the County. Adrian also chats to Sam Alexander about his role as Silverstone 2035 Vision Project Manager – listen again here.

Research by UON Visiting Professor Jeff Ollerton about the total number of pollinators in the world, is mentioned in the sohu.com website.