In the news: 10-16 October 2024

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

The BBC’s Headfest event – that highlights the mental health health services available in the county – comes to Waterside campus on Friday 25 October, as reported by BBC online and mentioned on BBC Radio Northampton.

The University’s Interprofessional Education Lead, Associate Professor Dr Alison Power, welcomes in the new academic year with an article in the British Journal of Midwifery about the value of IPE at UON.

Professor of History Paul Jackson was interviewed by Sky News about their investigation that has revealed most social media accounts involved in messaging about the summer’s far right riots were not from the UK (watch again link not available).

Professor of Sports Medicine Bill Ribbans was interviewed by national ITV news about Howden’s annual report on rising football injuries in the Premier League (watch again link has expired).

Advertising and Digital Marketing graduate Jacob Hudson set a Guinness World Record for travelling the length of an uncharted Amazon river, as reported by the Harborough Mail.

With support from the University, biotech startup, 3D Bio-Tissues successfully created tissue-engineered skin using only cells, aimed at the luxury goods market. The story features on the Directors Talk website.

The next Café Scientifique research talk will be about how families are socially constructed as being ‘vulnerable’, as reported by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.

A pop up shop returns to Waterside very soon, a chance for people to grab bargain clothes, as reported by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.

Tony Alcock on his career as chemical engineer and life as a Brit in America, and Jayne Miller International Commercial Relationship Manager for the Institute of Directors, highlights of this week’s Open4Business show on NLive Radio with UON Associate Professor Adrian Pryce.