In the news: 7-13 March 2025

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

For her latest Nursing Times blog, guest editor student Deborah Amu writes about the enhanced support offered to students called preceptorships.

Lecturer in Marketing Elisha Horrocks spoke to Top Universities for a students’ advice article about whether there’s a ‘secret sauce’ to networking and how to develop a professional network of useful contacts.

The identity of a child who was the first to have a specific, historically important amputation – carried out in Northampton – has been revealed by researchers. One of them – UON Professor of Child Health and Medical History Andrew Williams – spoke to BBC Radio Northampton about her. Listen again (starts just after 1hr and 25mins).

The University continues to ensure the health and wellbeing of communities is supported by educating the Allied Health professionals of tomorrow, with newly validated courses and enhancements to existing ones, as reported by the Northants Telegraph.

Creative students have brought the refugee heritage of Delapré Abbey to life as part of an interactive, ‘living portraits’ cultural commission, reported by Historic Houses, Northants Life, Northants Telegraph and Chronicle & Echo.

The University’s Head Chef is supporting a local homeless people’s food charity Project 16:15, as reported by BBC Online.

Lecturer in Positive Psychology Rhys Furlong’s research about the health and wellbeing benefits allotments can bring to people from lower income backgrounds featured on Heart FM Northamptonshire (listen again clips not available).