In the news: 4-10 August 2023

A roundup of recent media mentions of our students, staff and the University of Northampton.

Primary Education student Maisie Summers-Newton is also a champion paralympic swimmer; she’s just won her second gold on the penultimate day of the Para Swimming World Championships, as reported by the BBC.

Journalism student Oziel Cabady joined 5 Live’s Dotun Adebayo to discuss today’s big headlines. She focused on a Metro story about hip-hop singer Lizzo allegedly mistreating her backing dancers. Listen again (clip expired).

A few days later, student Mason Harper was on air with Dotun. Mason analysed a Guardian article about how Covid and the Cost-of-Living crisis means more students are opting to live with their parents and a Times story about a call for the police to have more powers. Listen again (link expired).

The University’s recent ‘butterfly survey’ has revealed nine species at Waterside campus, as reported by Yahoo! UK & Ireland News.

Senior Lecturer in Education Dr Nicola Preston blogged for the British Educational Research Association about the future of special educational needs co-ordination without postgraduate study.

The Hampshire Chronicle and Basingstoke Gazette covered the news that a former nurse is ‘switching’ her profession to become a podiatrist with the University, meaning she fulfils a childhood ‘health calling’.

Events and Tourism graduate Leon McNally’s book about ‘dark tourism’ is reported by Suffolk News.

Fashion student Amalia Adela Samoila gave her views to ITV Anglia News about ‘serial returners’, or people who buy lots of clothes online, try them on and then return them, and how ‘fast fashion’ can lead to environmental issues, for instance with increases in landfill (watch again link has expired).

Visiting Professor of Sustainable Wastes Management Margaret Bates spoke with BBC Northampton about a new facility that can handle products usually difficult to recycle, such as carpets, and why it’s trickier to recycle some items. Listen again (clip expired).

Heritage Projects and Partnerships Officer Suzanne Oliver spoke with BBC Northampton’s John Griff about the Heritage Impact Accelerator for Corby and information sessions she’s holding for arts, culture and heritage practitioners in and around the town. Listen again (clip expired).

Associate Professor Dr Kimberley Hill has been named a National Teaching Fellow, as reported by the Northampton Chronicle and Echo and Yahoo! UK and Ireland.