In the news: 13-19 February 2025

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

As part of his PhD at UON, Jamie Wildman undertook a review of museum specimens of the Chequered Skipper butterfly, previously extinct in England. This resulted in the number of collated historical records rising from 266 to 3,715, as reported by the Butterfly Conservation website.

The BAFTA Film Awards were held last weekend and summing up the event and the winners to BBC Radio Northampton was Dr Anthony Stepniak, Senior Lecturer in Media & Cultural Theory. Listen again (starts at at 1hr and 57mins)

Planned apprenticeships at the University were officially announced last week, following the national awareness and celebration week, as reported by the Chronicle & Echo and the Northants Telegraph.

The University’s Apprenticeships Manager Simon Longhurst spoke with NLive Radio about the benefits and challenges of the alternative way to get a degree.

Lecturer in Positive Psychology Luke Furlong featured on the Greatest Hits Radio Northampton website talking about his research into allotments and how they benefit people from lower income backgrounds. Luke also spoke to NLive Radio about his research (listen again, starts at 2hrs and 8mins) and his story features in the Northamptonshire Telegraph and the Chronicle & Echo.

A ‘game changing’ deposit return recycling scheme – the county’s first – is set to be installed at Waterside Campus, part of a collaboration with local environmental group The Northants Litter Wombles and reported by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.