University of Northampton Podcasts

UON Student Futures, much more than careers fairs and CV writing.

Martin Perfect, UON's Director of Students Futures speaks about his journey to academic professional services and why that makes him the ideal person to help our students, and local businesses, get the most out of the University of N…

Research in the limelight: Theatre to enhance bonds between people with dementia and their carers

In this podcast episode, Associate Professor Dr Alison Ward talks about her background in the arts and how she has combined this with her academic passion for dementia innovation and support. Dr Ward also discusses dementi…

Centre for Health Sciences and Services: Menopause Wellbeing research

In this podcast hosted by UON's Jason Day, Associate Professor Dr Tracey Redwood talks about her research that has looked into how increasing daily steps taken by women experiencing the menopause can lead to better quality sleep.

Cultural and digital shock experienced by black international students

Welcome to this podcast where I speak to Dr Patrice Seuwou, Associate Professor in Learning and Teaching, Deputy Head of Subject for Business Systems and Operations, and Director Centre for the Advancement of Racial Eq…

The Unsung Educators: "You don't just stand there in a coat shouting!"

For the latest in our series of podcasts about Teaching Assistants and thee value they bring to classrooms, we caught up with Foundation Degree in Learning and Teaching graduate Tom Judd. Tom …

Research Spotlight...with Professor Paul Jackson

Professor in the History of Radicalism and Extremism Paul Jackson takes a whistlestop tour through his research within the field of the history and current dynamics of far and extreme right politics in Britain, as well as his experience as a…

The Golden Threads #3: Remembering your ‘why’/compassion with action

The Golden Threads podcasts ask what unites the teaching, learning and research of our Childhood, Youth and Families team. Telling their professional and personal journey to Golden Threads hos…

The Unsung Educators episode 2: Student Teaching Assistants speak out!

For the second episode of The Unsung Educators: TAs Speak Out!, we hear from two our our Foundation Degree in Learning and Teaching (FDLT) students, who amplify the voice of an important but sometimes unacknowledged brick of the education &a…

Northampton Law students scoops award for non-Russell group undergraduates.

Second year Law student Lauren Knights is already pushing through the legal glass ceiling following an award from the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. We speak to her about why she's studying law and w…

The Unsung Educators: TAs speak out. Episode 1

With The Unsung Educators: TAs speak out podcasts, Senior Lecturer in Education Adam Chapman and his guests – academics and UON students and graduates – will discuss and explore the important role TAs (Teaching Assistants) play in the educat…