In the news: 3-9 July 2025

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

Chancellor Rachel Reeves cried in Parliament and talking to BBC Northampton about how politics is tough was Senior Lecturer in Journalism Kate Ironside. Listen again (starts at 2hrs and 47mins).

Researchers from the University have launched the ‘Play 2025’ survey to explore how early years practitioners are utilising play in their setting, as reported by Nursery World.

The risks and benefits for young people with developmental disorders or disabilities are highlighted in an article in The Conversation, co-written by Hayley Henderson, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management. The article is reprinted in other, international publications, including the Massachusetts Sun.

Martin Steers, the Station Manager for the University’s partner NLive Radio, has won a Rose of Northamptonshire award, as reported by Radio Today.

Occupational Therapy have tried a new type of placement for their students – they’re teaching others and combining it with supporting a live, research project, as reported by the Northants Telegraph.

The University is part of the county-wide Summer Reading Challenge, as reported in the Northants Telegraph.

Last week’s Sustainability Summit 2025 looked at what it means to be a sustainable business, as reported by the Northamptonshire Business Times.

Technology, mental health support and creative education, staff and students at the University are making waves with a new virtual reality experience designed to help users manage anxiety, as reported by the Northants Telegraph and the Northampton Chronicle & Echo.

The Northampton Chronicle and Echo feature research from the Psychology team’s Matthew Hopkins about how people with schizotypy have a better perception of time than ‘ordinary’ people.