In the news: 5-11 January 2023

A selection of recent mentions in the media of University of Northampton, our students and staff.

Rounding off a busy year in politics, Senior Lecturer in Journalism Kate Ironside summed up 2023 for BBC 5 Live. Listen again (starts around 1hr and 30mins).

Political parties have chosen who will be their candidates for Wellingborough, following MP Peter Bone losing his seat. The Conservative candidate is Bone’s partner Helen Harrison, so Kate was back on the air talking with BBC Radio Northampton to give her take on this. Listen again (starts at 1hr and 41mins).

Deputy Vice Chancellor Prof. Shân Wareing blogged for Wonkhe about how the process of compiling the Teaching Excellence Framework has brought focus, energy, and renewed pride in the work of the University.

Professor of Sustainable Wastes Management Margaret Bates has been appointed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as head of the scheme administrator for the UK’s packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR). The news is reported by Materials Recycling Week and Food and Drink Technology.

Professor of History Matthew McCormack’s talk about the history of shoes was reported by the Banbury Guardian.

Research from UON is referenced in a BBC News online article about how 7 in 10 people who use the YMCA in Milton Keynes report a disability or a mental health issue. The YMCA has recently been granted funds to enhance its mental health services. The story was also covered by BBC Radio Three Counties. Listen again (starts 2hrs and 10mins).

The University features in a Higher Education Policy Institute case study that covers UON’s successful move to its new home, Waterside campus.

Helsinki-based Berit Virtanen-Thewlis received her MBA last November, yet another milestone in a long career crossing geographical and personal barriers. Her story features in the Northampton Chronicle and Echo.

UON experts will share their visions for how the technology can positively impact our lives at a Digital Northants event on Friday 26 January, as reported by the Northampton Chronicle and Echo.

Adrian Pryce, Senior Lecturer in Senior Lecturer in Strategy & International Business wrote an article for All Things Business about Employee Ownership Trusts.

Mark Sparrow from David Williams Independent Financial Advisors and Victoria Templeton from HR Solutions were the first Open4Business guests of 2024 on NLive Radio. Listen again.

For this week’s Open4Business, guests included Jo Gordon, CEO of the Corby Cube and Royal & Derngate Theatre on a busy Christmas and Cllr Fiona Baker, West Northamptonshire Council’s Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Education about the challenges of providing vital services in tight financial circumstances. Listen again.

Lifestyle website Living Avenue profiles UON Professor of Computing Michael Opoku Agyeman.

The latest series of the Greek version of TV endurance show Survivor features UON alumna Kristi Katharia, as reported by various Greek media titles.