In the news: 12-19 December 2024

A round up of recent media coverage about the University, our graduates, staff and students.

Senior Lecturer in Midwifery Anna Madeley co-authored a collaborative roundtable paper for the British Journal of Midwifery about ethical considerations around choice and where women want to deliver their babies.

Journalism student Cole Mason spoke with BBC Northamptonshire’s Annabel Amos ahead of the BJTC UK Awards today His documentary Beyond the Pitch about the mental health and wellbeing of footballers was shortlisted for a trophy. Listen here (starts at 1h and 10mins). Cole’s story also featured on BBC Online, Yahoo! Canada and Yahoo! Sports.

University Vice Chancellor Professor Anne-Marie Kilday spoke to BBC Northamptonshire to allay concerns about possible course closures, saying such proposals would be a “last resort.”

The Technical Excellence Award the University won from the Innovate Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Awards is reported by Scottish Business News.

Another KTP from the University’s Institute for Creative Leather Technologies – this time about bioengineered skin – is reported in Business Live.

The Northampton Chronicle & Echo profiles UON Fine Art graduate Sophie Slade, covering her recent exhibitions and establishing her own business.

The first group from a new educational exchange partnership with Chinese universities returned home recently, after a 12 week-long visit. The Northampton Chronicle & Echo reports on some of what they experienced and learned.

Peace to all man is the theme of this week’s Open4Business on NLive Radio as UON’s Dr Fabio Carbone speaks about his global work on peace and tourism and Mita Unalkat, founder of Love Your Presence with a reflective poem and the search for inner peace. Listen again.