Category Archives: News
School of the Arts researchers on the radio
Submitted by Larissa Allwork
Alan Smith broadcast on American Radio
It is a great pleasure to announce that Alan Smith, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing in the School of the Arts has recently been interviewed for North Carolina Public Radio. You can listen back to his interview, ‘Debating Philosophy in Prisons’, using the player below, or access it from the show’s website.
See also the celebration of Alan Smith’s work in The Guardian.
TV Fangdom Conference on Radio Northampton
On 8th May, Reader in Television Studies, Dr Lorna Jowett appeared on BBC Radio Northampton to talk about the upcoming TV Fangdom Conference on Television Vampires which will be held at the School of the Arts (7-8 June 2013).
To listen back: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0182rl8
You will find it approximately 2 hours and ten minutes into the show.
School of the Arts poet to be involved in major choral performance at Worcester Cathedral
As part of the Worcester International Festival for Young Singers Gala Concert, the World Premier of Five Days that Changed the World, the latest collaboration between composer and choral conductor, Bob Chilcott and Charles Bennett, Reader in Poetry and senior lecturer at the University of Northampton, will be performed by over 400 young singers on 26 July 2013. Building on Charles and Bob’s previous successful collaborations, most notably the BBC Prom Angry Planet, Five days that Changed the World looks set to be a great achievement as well as an enjoyable evening out.
For more information on Five Days that Changed the World and how to get tickets see: http://www.singuk.org/wifys/concerts
Image: Worcester Cathedral by Merlin Cooper (Creative Commons)
Times Higher Education article on doctoral theses
Almost half of doctoral candidates fail to claim that their theses have contributed to knowledge despite this being the main criterion on which they are assessed, a study has found.
School of the Arts Scholars to Represent The University of Northampton at University of Zaragoza ‘Acts of Remembrance’ Conference
Funded by a Santander Award Dr Sonya Andermahr and Dr Larissa Allwork will be representing the University of Northampton at the University of Zaragoza conference, ‘Acts of Remembrance in Contemporary Narratives in English: Opening the Past for the Future’.
University of Northampton Creative Writing Lecturer Alan Smith celebrated in The Guardian
This week The Guardian has published Alan Smith‘s final Philosophy for Prisoners column alongside a photograph specially commissioned for the article. On 26 February 2013, Smith was the centre of a photo-shoot which celebrated over 10 years of his writings as a Guardian columnist.
Nene Valley Nature Improvement Area celebrates first anniversary
Representatives from a major conservation project in Northamptonshire, Peterborough and Huntingdonshire are attending a special event in London today (26th March) to mark the first anniversary of England’s Nature Improvement Area (NIA) programme.
Bumblebee experts create a buzz at the University of Northampton
Submitted by Professor Jeff Ollerton
On the 11th April over 70 of the UK and Ireland’s pollination scientists and conservationists will be meeting at the University of Northampton for the biennial Bumblebee Working Group meeting.
‘When is it ethical to carry out medical research in developing countries?’
A guest lecture by Professor Michael Parker, Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Ethox Centre at the University of Oxford.
Thursday 18th April 2013
5:30pm reception, 6:00pm lecture.
Sunley Conference Centre.
Hosted by the School of Health, University of Northampton.
R.S.V.P. by Thursday 11th April 2013 to Karen Haines on 01604 892373 or at karen.haines@northampton.ac.uk.
Postgraduate Perspective Newsletter: February 2013
The February 2013 issue of the Postgraduate Perspective newsletter is now available. Featuring the theme of ‘sustainability’, articles include:
- The virtue of Sustinere is its sustainability
- Helsinki prize winner Aylwyn Walsh
- Social network phenomena
- Multiculturalism and sustainability
- The Research Support Hub
- Sustainable educational development
- The student experience
- Student finance and sustainability
- Book review corner
- New students and completions
- Postgraduate Annual Conference
- Graduate School training programmes
Caveat lector: a lament for Google Reader
Perhaps we were asking for trouble posting about the demise of Connotea and Posterous, because now look what’s happened: Google Reader has caught the fever and will be disappearing on July 1.
UON Graduate School Blog 
