Education

UoN student wins design award for helping the homeless get online

May 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

An ingenious concept which transforms a bus shelter into a smart solution to help the homeless has earned a creative student a coveted design award, writes Chris Fidler. The [...]

Leather at Lunchtime free lecture series

November 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

The National Leather Collection is hosting a series of free lunchtime lectures this week revealing the history of leathercraft. The NLC, housed above the Grosvenor Centre [...]

You’ve completed the parenting level, now dry those tears and book a holiday

October 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

WE had taken First Born on our longest journey on our own with him for over 18 years, writes Hilary Scott. As we stopped to give him the last hug before leaving him at his [...]

You can still take art to the next level

October 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

Julie Teckman describes how transplanting a much loved university course to Northampton College is helping to preserve a tradition of fine young artists in the town… [...]

Alan Moore will scrap plan to shoot TV series in Northampton if libraries are closed

October 21, 2017 // 1 Comment

Alan Moore said he will scrap plans to shoot a TV series in Northampton if plans to close the majority of the county’s libraries go ahead. The writer and film-maker [...]

University of Northampton gets GOLD in new TEF awards for teaching excellence

July 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

The University of Northampton has been given the Gold Award in the Government’s Teaching Excellence Framework – the highest rating possible which places it among the [...]

Get ready for ‘Scuff Night’ with Warts and All Theatre at Northampton’s Foodies.Rocks

June 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

June always brings with it so much excitement as we head towards our traditionally busier time of year, writes Christopher Elmer-Gorry. Whether that’s as a director [...]

Is this Uni any good? Don’t ask the students…

March 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

In December, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) released a document[1] aimed at students to explain what the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) is, [...]