In the news: 6-19 October 2023

A roundup of mentions in the media of University of Northampton and our students staff.

Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Shân Wareing blogs for Wonkhe about the qualities that make a successful leader and how they apply in higher education.

A Schools Week article about how robots are being used to help anxious children return to schools mentioned UON research about No Isolation technology.

Journalism student Abbie Hurst looked at photos from the Israel/Palestine conflict to discuss today’s main headlines with 5 Live’s Dotun Adebayo. Listen again (link expired).

Later in the same week Afsaya handled the ‘Night Club’ headlines review with presenter Dotun Adebayo. She looked at ipaper coverage of the conflict in the Middle East. Listen again (starts at 3hrs and 43mins).

With allegations of misconduct against Wellingborough and Rushden MP Peter Bone, Senior Lecturer in Journalism Kate Ironside spoke to BBC Radio Northampton about the procedures behind the scenes. Listen again (starts at 1hr and 8mins).

The University opened its science labs to Galway University when a research team the use of equipment to freeze dry honey bee samples, as reported by Yahoo! UK & Ireland and the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.

The second Northamptonshire Hidden Needs Report was recently published, highlighting urgent and priority needs across the county including pressures on residents accessing services in rural areas, high levels of hospital admissions for self-harm, and child poverty and childhood obesity. This was reported by Heart FM Bedford and Northampton (no listen again links) and Yahoo! UK & Ireland.

Further Education News and IT/software publications report the benefits to universities of using Blackboard Ultra, a digital teaching and learning platform.

In this weeks’ Open4Business on NLive radio, presenter and Senior Lecturer Adrian Pryce interviewed several local dignitaries including Miranda Wixon, Deputy Lieutenant for Northamptonshire about the launch of the Northants Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Assembly. Listen again.