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Swimming with Dolphins: UON develops new virtual reality therapy to soothe anxiety

In an ambitious blend of technology, creative education and mental health support, students and staff at the University of Northampton are making waves with a new virtual reality experience designed…

21 July 2025

CADE team use immersive tech to support children and older people in care homes

In this blogpost, the CADE team explain how they are using digital technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and other immersive experiences to provide enhanced support to those in need.

21 July 2025

StudySmart2 – Student video reflections

The student reflections on their use of Artificial Intelligence show how the range of available tools are being embedded in their daily lives.

30 June 2025

Rural Englishness and the Extreme Right

This blog post examines how the extreme right idealises the English countryside as a symbol of racial purity and national identity. Drawing on nostalgic and exclusionary myths, it shows how…

5 June 2025

Anxiety and British Fascism

In Anxiety and British Fascism, Professor Paul Jackson explores how deep-seated anxieties shaped the early British Fascists of the 1920s and 1930s. Through figures like Rotha Linton-Orman, Jackson reveals how…

5 June 2025

Medievalism, gender and politicised nostalgia in the British extreme right, 1962 – 1982

A systematic analysis of archival materials related to the inner workings of the British extreme right in a significant period of change for this political movement (1962 - 1982)

5 June 2025

Reflections on Anti-Fascism

This blog post explores the enduring importance of antifascist unity, drawing on the legacy of the 43 Group and Anti-Nazi League. It shows how collective action has repeatedly defeated the…

5 June 2025

Extreme Right Aware, 23 June 2025

Updated for 2025, this Extreme Right Aware CPD workshop will explore the history of the extreme right, help you identify extreme-right groups and messaging, and explore how they organise and…

5 June 2025

Addressing the Extreme Right Threat: A Year after the Riots 6 June 2025

The Extreme Right Research Network at the University of Northampton is hosting a free day-long (9.30am-4.30pm) workshop, bringing together practitioners, professionals and academics to debate and discuss the extreme right…

5 June 2025

Extreme Right Aware CPD in Dudley

Working with Mark Wilson, a Community Safety Officer in Dudley, in the spring of 2025 the Extreme Right Research Network is co-creating a series of training activities around the extreme…

5 June 2025

Announcing Conference on Voices of the Marginalised in History 7-8 July 2025

Announcing details of the Centre For Historical Studies summer 2025 conference

13 May 2025

Harnessing GenAI for Inclusive Learning: The Study Smart 2 Initiative

The University of Northampton is taking a bold step forward in the realm of educational technology with Study Smart 2: Staff and Students Harnessing GenAI for Learning. Building on the…

14 April 2025

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