A round up of mentions in the media of the University and our graduates, staff and students.
A summary of the University’s spring Graduation ceremonies was reported by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.
Environmental Science student, Aaliyah Damon-Vergari, appeared on ITV Anglia News talking about her research that has found traffic noise is changing the way some of the town’s most familiar birds sing (watch again link has expired). This news was also reported during the headlines on Heart FM Bedford and Northampton (listen again links not available).
A project to identify past child patients in the town is now trying to link them with present day relatives. University of Northampton’s Andrew Williams spoke with BBC Radio Northampton’s Annabel Amos about it. Listen again (starts at 2hrs and 46mins).
A study shows that more than 70% of babies are exposed to screens and one in ten regularly falls asleep while using them. UON academic Professor Jane Murray gives her expert advice to this BBC News article.
Everyone has an opinion on whether ghosts exist and what paranormal phenomena is, but someone who knows more than most is University parapsychologist, Dr Cal Cooper. He spoke with BBC Radio’s Arun Verma about the unexplained and how people in the funeral industry can take part in new research. Listen here (starts 37mins in).
Dr Charlotte Dann gave her thoughts to a Marie Claire article about why people unfollow the social media accounts of women who post about being pregnant.
Graduate Edna Ann Quarshie is helping Northampton Town Football Club increase footfall and revenue thanks to her analytical skills, as reported by the Midlands Gazette.
Businesses with limited resources across the South Midlands are being invited to boost their skills and productivity through a new series of short, practical courses delivered by academics at the University, as reported by the Midlands Gazette.
University staff are blogging about books and how to ‘engage with the page’ during the Year of Reading, which features in the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.
Journalism students Beth Owen and Sienna Mahoney were two members of a ‘crack team of hacks’ when the annual Varsity sports competition between University of Northampton and University of Bedfordshire came to Waterside. The Northampton Chronicle & Echo reports on what they did.