In the News: 15-21 November

BBC Radio Northampton’s Helen Blaby filed the second of a series of reports from our Girls Into STEAM event, on Thursday (starts 1h 12m).

Hydraulics & Pneumatics carried the news about our Engineering courses being reaccredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

FE News revealed Waterside Campus is in the running for another award.

The Times carried an obituary to former Nene College Director, Eric Ogilvie (article is behind a paywall).

Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Kate Ironside, looked forward to Tuesday’s ITV Leadership Debate, when she appeared on BBC Radio Leicester (starts 1h 20m).

She was also on BBC Scotland (starts 1h 8m), BBC 3 Counties Radio (starts 46m) and BBC London (starts 2h 6m).

UON Journalism students, Chelsea Bennett and Max Miller, were on BBC Radio Northampton on Tuesday, where they spoke about being first-time General Election voters (starts 2h 12m).

They were then back in the studio on Wednesday, giving their verdict on the Leadership Debate (starts 2h 43m).

Chelsea was also on BBC Radio 5Live on Wednesday morning, reacting to the debate (starts 1h 8m).

Our MSc Accounting & Finance students visited building supplies giant, Travis Perkins, last week, and the story was covered by Premier Construction News.

Lecturer in International Development Alison Hulme has written a new book about thrift and redefining it so our concept of thriftiness is more in line with the resources we have and the notion of ‘living well.’ She spoke on BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed programme about this.

The Architects’ Journal reports that Beckett’s Bridge, connecting Waterside campus to Beckett’s Park, was nominated for Best Infrastructure Project at its recent awards.

Psychology Lecturer Jordan Elliott-King is leading the University’s first ‘Psychology in the pub!’ event, in which members of the public and students can drop-in to The Old White Hart next Tuesday at 6:30pm for a free discussion with University academics. Jordan spoke with BBC Northampton’s Helen Blaby about what will be discussed (starts 1h 17m).

BBC Northampton’s roving reporter Tom Percival visited Waterside campus to ‘have a go’ at being a policing student, talking with students, Senior Lecturer Damian Hiscocks and investigating a mock crime scene. Clips are at: 1h 24m, 1h 54m, 2h 23m and 2h 54m.

Multimedia Journalism student Kirk Asiedu’s success at the recent Broadcast Journalism Training Council Awards is already opening doors for him with future employers, as reported by FE News.

Our Games Art lecturers helped learning disability nursing graduate, Rebecca Gill, develop a virtual reality world that allows patients to experience swimming with dolphins while immersed in water. Rebecca spoke to BBC Northampton’s John Griff about it (starts 2h 14m).