In the news: 5-12 June 2025

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

The University welcomed around 3,300 students from academies and schools across the county came to Waterside Campus to explore science, technology, engineering, maths and more for the annual STEAM Northants event. This was covered by BBC Online, BBC Radio Northampton and BBC Look East (starts at 16mins and 15 secs; clip expires at 7pm, 12 June).

Our Far Right expert Professor Paul Jackson is quoted in this BBC Russia article about the rise in young people in the country becoming Neo-Nazis.

Academics and policing professionals from home and abroad gathered at the University for an event about making the nighttime economy safer for women and girls, as reported by the Northamptonshire Telegraph and Chronicle & Echo.

Work by Fashion creatives students has caught the eye of the judges from Graduate Fashion Week. Silvia Osawe, Eve Kempen and Ishika Choudary were shortlisted for an award – or in Silvia’s case, two awards – as reported by the Chronicle & Echo.

Games students were given three days to design and develop a multiplayer game from scratch that could be played on a wall-mounted interactive touch screen at Silverstone Museum, as reported by the Northants Telegraph and Chronicle & Echo.

Research from the University’s Institute for Social Innovation and Impact report about the value Cadet Forces deliver is reported by the CW Chamber.

Past research about the social relationships cows form – including friends – is reported by MSN Italy.