In the news: 26 September-2 October 2024

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

Professor Chris Roe was one of the experts adding his views to a Daily Mail article about Near Death Experiences.

After their first week of lectures, first-year students Joe, Yulianna and Muhammad woke up extra early to talk with BBC Radio Northampton presenter Ollie Canopo. They talked about life at university, their impressions of Northampton and why they are studying for their particular degrees. Listen again (Joe is at 1hr and 22mins, Yuliana is at 1hr and 53mins and Muhammad is at 2hrs and 22mins).

Yuliana is a refugee from Ukraine who moved to the UK to finish her education and pursue her dream of a legal careers. She’s now studying this at University of Northampton, as reported by BBC News online and Yahoo!

Midwifery student Keelie Fowkes features in Warwickshire World as she’s using her new title as Miss Pageant Queen UK to campaign about anti-bullying and good mental health.

Research from the University about how student mentors used art to transform the lives of people in rural or deprived communities features in Teaching Times.

Dr Tim Reinke-Williams, Senior Lecturer in History, will talk about Physical Attractiveness and the Female Life-Cycle in Seventeenth-Century England as part of a historical society event, as reported by the Banbury Chronicle.

School and college students from Northampton and the surrounding area applying for university or college should visit the UCAS exhibition at UON’s Waterside campus to learn all about life in higher education, as reported by the Chronicle & Echo.

The Northampton Hope Centre Ride4Hope charity fundraiser celebrates its 10th anniversary and has raised thousands pf pounds to address homelessness. NLive Radio’s Open4Business host and UON Associate Professor Adrian Pryce made this the focus of his latest show. Listen again.

Adrian also features in an All Things Business article about how to get the most out of local business support organisations.

Business leaders got busy with Lego bricks during a recent team working day at the University, as reported by Northamptonshire Business Times.