Making an Impact in Northamptonshire
Vice Chancellor named as Patron of Northampton Hope Centre In November 2015, Professor Nick Petford, Vice Chancellor, was named as a new Patron of the Northampton Hope Centre - a charity for the homeless, vulnerable and disadvantaged in Northamptonshire.
Professor Petford commented: “I am really excited to become a Patron of such an important local charity. The Northampton Hope Centre is a great example of how social impact brings communities together, to help tackle society’s most important issues. I am proud that the University of Northampton is leading the way in making a difference to the community we live in.”
Music makers get the chance to get their material released Young Northamptonshire musicians are being offered the chance to have their material professionally produced and released thanks to a project supported by the University of Northampton. The Best of Northants project aims to instigate creative collaborations between local musicians, producers and artists – and will see a series of albums and EPs featuring different genres of original music being released on the University’s own record label, Avenue Music, and other professional outlets.
The project is a collaboration with InMusicInMedia, a social enterprise company dedicated to supporting young people and their musical development, set up by University alumnus, Daniel Johnson.
Story Seekers project goes from strength to strength Bringing back the joy of reading to Northampton since 2007, our Library and Learning Services team have engaged with the local community by establishing a number of reading groups. The scheme encourages a love of reading, increasing participants’ confidence and self-esteem and enhancing skills including literacy, debating and group discussion.
Since the project began, we have partnered with various local charities and organisations to bring the project to a variety of groups, including; disadvantaged young women, those with mental health issues and young adults with learning difficulties and disabilities. Groups meet once a month to discuss their current reading material.
To find out more about these groups, contact:
readinggroups@northampton.ac.uk
Celebrating Northampton’s heritage with a modern app Dr Drew Gray, Senior Lecturer in History leads on the successful Follow Northampton project, which seeks to celebrate the culture and heritage of Northamptonshire. Funded by two successful bids to the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, Follow Northampton has brought together students and staff from history, architectural technology, education and graphic design to create an iOS mobile app that ‘maps’ sites of cultural and historical interest within Northampton.
Follow Northampton has allowed us to explore new ways of thinking about heritage, and provided ‘live’ workplace experience opportunities for undergraduate students. It has also linked with external partners such as the Spring Borough community, schools and the local councils. Find out more:
follownorthampton.co.uk
Getting our schools moving! The University of Northampton’s Institute of Health and Wellbeing has won a £75,000 research bid to evaluate a groundbreaking new project which aims to change physical activity in secondary schools. The evaluation will research the PE2020 Active Healthy Minds programme.
The programme will run over three academic years (starting September 2015), involving all secondary schools in the county. Led by Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptonshire Sport and charity the Youth Sport Trust, the programme aims to deliver PE and sport in secondary schools in a new way; considering pupils’ mental and physical wellbeing in order to have a positive impact on both student achievement and attainment.
Find out more:
www.institute-of-health-and-wellbeing.org.uk @IoHWNorthampton
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