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20/05/2026

Being Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable: Lessons from a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) in Türkiye

Ian Hall at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) in Türkiye Blog post written by: Ian Hall Attending a NATO ARW in Türkiye last month was an exercise in learning how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. From the outset, the workshop felt like a new Community of Practice I had joined, alongside others working in resilience modelling, supply chains, and contested logistics, areas where I have little technical expertise....

Ian Hall at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) in Türkiye Blog post written by: Ian Hall Attending a NATO ARW in Türkiye last month was an exercise in learning how to get comfortable with bein…

07/05/2026

The PGR Induction Experience

For me, this was re-treading old ground anew. For me, this was a small, calm homecoming. Although I have been back to the Northampton area since I was last a student there a few years ago, I have not set foot onto campus in quite some time. Not since I was robed out for a graduation. That ceremony in all its robed circumstance felt like the termination of something special; now, being inducted once more at the University of Northampton, that special something is being revisited and re-experienced....

For me, this was re-treading old ground anew. For me, this was a small, calm homecoming. Although I have been back to the Northampton area since I was last a student there a few years ago, I have n…

15/04/2026

5 Things I Loved About the PhD Induction Week

Starting a PhD can feel a bit vague at first, so induction week was actually really helpful in making things feel more concrete. Instead of trying to cover everything, I thought I’d share with you five things I really loved about the induction week. 1. How genuinely welcoming it felt From the moment we arrived, it didn’t feel stiff or overly formal, which I think everyone was probably half expecting....

Starting a PhD can feel a bit vague at first, so induction week was actually really helpful in making things feel more concrete. Instead of trying to cover everything, I thought I’d share with you …

26/03/2026

Becoming an Insider: Research, Language and Identity

Starting a doctorate is about more than timetables, systems and introductions. It is also about beginning to inhabit a new identity: that of a researcher. This week I was privileged to spend four days with over 20 people from across the world at an induction event hosted by Dr Xose Rosales and his amazing team from the Graduate School. It was a week of new beginnings and the creation of a new identity as a postgraduate researcher at UON....

Starting a doctorate is about more than timetables, systems and introductions. It is also about beginning to inhabit a new identity: that of a researcher. This week I was privileged to spend four d…

10/02/2026

How it started and how it’s going

As I reach the first year milestone of my PGR journey and sign up for year two, I find myself reflecting on how the year has gone. It started with training on the systems, processes and some consideration of the road ahead. It was great to meet the other PGR students and the support team tasked with guiding us through. Everyone was daunted at the prospect of going it alone and losing the weekly structure of seminars, even those that had been working in between....

As I reach the first year milestone of my PGR journey and sign up for year two, I find myself reflecting on how the year has gone. It started with training on the systems, processes and some consid…

05/02/2026

Connections and Cowrie Shells: My PhD Journey

My mother had a shell on her dressing table. I liked to hold it, to feel its smooth round body and its blunt row of teeth. Egg-like. Dappled. I looked it up one day in an old encyclopaedia which had a double-page spread on sea creatures. Cypraea tigris. A tiger cowrie. I read that its disrupted colouration served as camouflage from octopuses and mollusc-eating cone snails, and that the word ‘cowrie’ derived from the Swahili term for porcelain....

My mother had a shell on her dressing table. I liked to hold it, to feel its smooth round body and its blunt row of teeth. Egg-like. Dappled. I looked it up one day in an old encyclopaedia which ha…

03/02/2026

CALL OPEN: Images of Research 2026

‘Balancing the scales of traditional farming with Artificial Intelligence (AI)’ by Henrietta Farrugia, the 2025 IoR Judges’ winner All researchers (staff and research students) at the University of Northampton are invited to participate as the Call for Images is open for our 14th Images of Research competition. Create a unique image – a painting or a photograph – that captures the essence of your research or captures an element of it in an artistic way....

‘Balancing the scales of traditional farming with Artificial Intelligence (AI)’ by Henrietta Farrugia, the 2025 IoR Judges’ winner All researchers (staff and research students) at th…

11/09/2025

Neill Friedman is a biochemistry Ph.D. candidate at the University of Northampton, researching mitochondrial function and metabolic health. A former telecoms entrepreneur, Neill entered higher education at 52, completing a Sport and Exercise BSc at UON, after overcoming obesity and a late-diagnosed learning disability. His journey from personal transformation to scientific research reflects a deep commitment to lifelong learning and the power of second chances....

Neill Friedman is a biochemistry Ph.D. candidate at the University of Northampton, researching mitochondrial function and metabolic health. A former telecoms entrepreneur, Neill entered higher…

06/08/2025

‘Balancing the scales of traditional farming with Artificial Intelligence (AI)’ by Henrietta Farrugia, the 2025 IoR Judges’ winner My educational journey at the University of Northampton (UON) has been a long and fulfilling one. I began with a BA in Business Entrepreneurship and Management, followed by an MSc in International Marketing Strategy. I am now pursuing a PhD focused on the Adoption of Responsible Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence (AI) in UK and Maltese Agriculture....

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