In the news: 9-15 August 2024

On exam results day, schools and colleges announced in local and regional media some of their A-level students who will be going to University and what they will study, including:

• Chenderit School in the Banbury Guardian.
• E-ACT Academy in the Daventry Express.
• Kingsthorpe College in the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.
• Weston Favell Academy in the Northants Telegraph.

Dr Anthony Stepniak – a UON graduate who previously called our Clearing helpline – spoke to BBC Northamptonshire about his exam results day experience.

Dr Tanya Richardson, Senior lecturer in Education, writes for Nursery World about whether and how the Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies are helping to raise standards in best practice.

Senior Lecturer in Acting & Drama Owain Rose’s latest Theatre Weekly reviews cover: Doktor Kaboom: Man of Science!, Cat in the Hat and Rosie and Hugh’s Great Big Adventure, all at Pleasance Courtyard Edinburgh.

Professor Paul Jackson’s comments about the recent demonstrations and riots in the UK are reported by MSN Indonesia.

A Podiatry student’s request for filming support to give her dissertation visual value was picked up by a crew of Creative Media, TV and Film students, heralding the start of a new collaboration. The news was picked up by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo and MSN News.

Paramedics from East Midlands Ambulance Service came to Waterside recently for lifesaving clinical learning scenarios organised by Faculty of Health, Education and Society teams, as reported by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.