In the news: 25 November-1 December 2022

A round up of mentions of our students, staff and the University in the media over the past week.

The third Oxfam ‘pop up shop’ is due to be held on campus next week, followed by a sustainable fashion show from UON students, as reported by the Chronicle and Echo.

The Chronicle and Echo report on our newest honorands. One of them – Rowena Bird, co-founder of cruelty-free cosmetics brand Lush – spoke about receiving the award, her trailblazing career and growing up in Duston to BBC Radio Northampton. Listen again here (starts at 1hr 16mins).

Victoria Portsmouth and Dawn Kennedy are our first Occupational Therapy Apprenticeship graduates. Their story is covered by the Chronicle and Echo.

Dr Diepiriye Kuku-Siemons, Senior Lecturer, International Business, spoke with BBC Northampton about digital burnout and whether we need to have a digital detox. Listen again here (starts at 20mins).

Kate Wales took her Professional Nurse Advocate training at UON and blogged about this and the value of the role for the BMJ Nursing blog.

Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Entrepreneurship Kardi Somerfield spoke to BBC Look East about how important sales events like Black Friday important to retailers. She also passed on top tips to viewers about how to tell a good buy from a bad deal (watch again link has expired).

Protests in China about Covid measures provided lots of discussion for the Radio 5 Live newspaper review panel, featuring Senior Lecturer in Journalism Kate Ironside. Listen again here (expired).