Members of the Faculty of Law, Crime and Justice @uniwinchester.bsky.social stepped out from the Law Courts in the city this evening as part of the 10K Winchester Legal Walk in aid of Citizens Advice. To sponsor them visit bit.ly/4gVw2cA

Nadine Foreshaw, Editorial Innovation lead at The Sun, who studied Journalism @uniwinchester.bsky.social, returned to give a guest lecture to current students on the impact of AI on Journalism. See more here bit.ly/48dnMm4

Our Chancellor Hugh Dennis was @uniwinchester.bsky.social yesterday to officially reopen the refurbished Martial Rose Library. The Outnumbered star is pictured here with Vice-Chancellor Professor Sarah Greer and Martial Rose’s daughter and son Jenny and Chris. (Photo by Dominic Parkes).

Winchester’s 'Charity Shop Chic Preloved Fashion Show & Sale' organised by Sarah Sullivan with the aid of Fashion Marketing Students @_UoW raised more than £3,000 for good causes. Read about it here bit.ly/46xdk7I (Photos by Jenny Middleton Portraits).

Well done to @uniwinchester.bsky.social alumna Lucy Roper, who will play Cinderella in this year’s Ipswich Regent Theatre panto. Lucy, who gained a First Class BA (Hons) in Performing Arts, was chosen from dozens of hopefuls at open auditions at Ipswich Corn Exchange. Read more here bit.ly/3ICO5Yq

West Downs Auditorium @uniwinchester.bsky.social is hosting two events for next month’s Winchester Cathedral Law Week festival (10-18 October). Find out more about the screening of Holloway and BearFace Theatre’s Speak Out, Listen In here bit.ly/473zUVq

The Vault @uniwinchester.bsky.social will host Club Tropicana, ‘an 80s & 90s Flashback Party’ run by Experience Hampshire on 13 December with Voice FM breakfast show host Xan Phillips as DJ. For booking and more info visit bit.ly/4pMkegR

A panel of top businesspeople has been recruited to the new Business Digital Technologies (BDT) Employer Advisory Board @uniwinchester.bsky.social to ensure the curriculum is connected to the real world of work. Find out more here bit.ly/4gOcLtn

Shakespeare’s brother stars in the first novel by an alumnus of @uniwinchester.bsky.social predecessor, King Alfred’s College. Kim Sturgess is the author of Another Brother Shakespeare which follows the Bard’s kid brother Edmund in Elizabethan theatreland. Find out more here bit.ly/4gQunFc

Artists in residence @uniwinchester.bsky.social Blue Apple Theatre are celebrating 20 years of transforming the lives of people with learning disabilities. Read more here bit.ly/4nBo3Uz

Artists in residence @uniwinchester.bsky.social Blue Apple Theatre are celebrating 20 years of transforming the lives of people with learning disabilities. Read more here bit.ly/4nBo3Uz

To aid post graduate researchers (PGRs) manage work/life balance, Susan Birch, a PhD student @uniwinchester.bsky.social has organised an online session with wellbeing advocate Dr Petra Boynton on 2 October at 1pm. Book a place here bit.ly/3KoNABA

Over 200 representatives of the cultural sector came to an event @uniwinchester.bsky.social run by Culture Connects, which aims to develop a cultural strategy for the county in readiness for the new Hampshire & Solent Combined Authority (HSCU) in May ‘26. Read more here bit.ly/3Vw9q8L

Brilliant new cohort of #PRE students with great questions for us - clearly a very sharp bunch too! #freshersweek #philsky #theosky #religion @uniwinchester.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

Nursing’s Class of ’25 @uniwinchester.bsky.social received their coveted training badges recently. Read about the ceremony here bit.ly/3KkBycw. To hear interviews with some of the new nurses and staff taking part, visit bit.ly/46BZkbk (Photo by Dominic Parkes Photography)

Are you thinking about training to become a #teacher? Save these dates! 🔍 30th September - search 📝 7th October - apply Learn more: www.bitterneparkschool.org.uk/train-to-teach/welcome #traintoteach #teachertraining #career #getintoteaching #southampton #hampshire @uniwinchester.bsky.social

The line-up for the 3rd Divergent Visions film fest which champions works by people with disabilities and neurodiversity has been announced. It takes place @uniwinchester.bsky.social on October 15. Find out more here bit.ly/3VrFcnn

Christina Welch, Reader in Religious Studies and Death Studies @uniwinchester.bsky.social was keynote speaker at a symposium to mark St Vincent Botanic Gardens’ 260th anniversary. She is lead investigator on an AHRC/NERC-funded study unearthing the garden’s past. See more her bit.ly/46j8lHG

Tune into Marie Haverly, Deputy Head of the Business School @uniwinchester.bsky.social and lecturer in Event Management who brings her experiences as a wedding planner to BBC World Service’s ‘The Forum’ on Saturday (27 Sept). The show can be found on BBC Sounds here bit.ly/4nek0NF

Nearly 200 people from across Hampshire took part in the Winchester Personal Bests event, on September 4, at Winchester Sport and Leisure Park and the University of Winchester sports stadium. Find out more here bit.ly/3IvIPWn

Ben Winfield, who studied Sports Management @uniwinchester.bsky.social, is now working for Campus Recreation at the University of Easter Illinois where he is introducing cricket to the programme. Find out about Ben’s journey to the US via study abroad here bit.ly/3VR42wU

A postgrad student @uniwinchester.bsky.social has made an interactive map of heritage sites in his native Zimbabwe he believes to be at risk. Taurai Mudzudza, studying Cultural Heritage & Resource Management, made the map on a placement with Earth Museum. Find out more here bit.ly/4mTB8bq

Academics @uniwinchester.bsky.social will shed light on some of the city’s darker corners and forgotten folk during Winchester Heritage Open Days (12-21 Sept). Every September volunteers across England put on events to celebrate our history and culture. Find out more here bit.ly/3I3bm5v

Job prospects for students @uniwinchester.bsky.social are among the best in the country - Winchester is ranked the top 10 in a new league table of UK university employability rankings. Read more here bit.ly/46wVul1

It’s the academic equivalent of an elevator pitch... Susan Birch, a PhD student @uniwinchester.bsky.social, hosts an online talk on the 3-minute thesis (3MT) and how to distil your work into 180 golden secs on Tuesday, 16 Sept at 2pm. Register at bit.ly/4phPl3q before midnight on 15 Sept.

Dr Annabelle Boulay, Lecturer in Human Geography @uniwinchester.bsky.social and students Arin Davidson and Ceri Evans visited Ghana this summer to see the work of Winchester-based Trashy Bag Bags and the extent of the country’s plastics pollution crisis. Find out more here bit.ly/3V4A20j

Listen out for Lecturer in Media & Communication @uniwinchester.bsky.social Alexander Laffer on Greatest Hits Radio today (on-the-hour bulletins from 4pm to 7pm). He’s talking about the risks of forming emotional attachments to chatbots. Read more about his work in the field here bit.ly/423F0hA

Acting graduate @uniwinchester.bsky.social Charlotte Cockroft is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) and has just joined Love Andover to work with their content team to deliver accessible video content for Deaf people. Read more here bit.ly/4mPu2Vx

Dr Glenn Fosbraey, poptastic Associate Dean of HSS @uniwinchester.bsky.social, was on Radio New Zealand’s Nights programme today talking his favourite songs under a minute long. Listen to Glenn’s interview here bit.ly/46jBAKb

Congratulations to Nursing’s Class of ’25 @uniwinchester.bsky.social who received their badges after completing their training at the university. More than 100 attended yesterday’s traditional badge ceremony at the West Downs Auditorium. (Photo by Dominic Parkes Photography)

Academics @uniwinchester.bsky.social Mark Rutter + Julian Stannard will be in action on 2 Oct for National Poetry day with a day of 'play' on campus as part of #WPF25 Free to attend, all welcome!

David Ashby, Laboratory Manager @uniwinchester.bsky.social, follows up his community archaeology project in the Oxfordshire village of Stanford in the Vale with an in-situ talk on the development of its St Denys Church building from Saxon times until today. It’s on 13 Sept at 4pm.

The number of top-up degrees offered @uniwinchester.bsky.social is growing. Top-ups give people with an HND, Foundation Degree or equivalent qualifications a chance to complete an honours degree without repeating previous study. Find out what new top-up degrees are available here bit.ly/46hCtD1

Students @uniwinchester.bsky.social will be helping with the third Charity Shop Chic Preloved Fashion Show & Sale at The Brooks Shopping Centre on 26 September. Find out more here bit.ly/4mKZMuV

Music students @uniwinchester.bsky.social are putting on a gig to help support one of the city’s best known live music venues. The fundraiser at The Railway Inn on 26 Sept is in support of the pub’s appeal to clear debt accrued in the wake of lockdown. Find out more here bit.ly/45HLmFN

Dr James Ross, Reader in Late Medieval History @uniwinchester.bsky.social is the guest on The Medieval Podcast with Danièle Cybulskie talking about Robert de Vere – the infamous bff of King Richard II. Listen here bit.ly/3HZSIeF

Academics @uniwinchester.bsky.social will be shedding light on some of the city’s darker corners and forgotten folk during Winchester Heritage Open Days (12-21 September). Find out more here bit.ly/4peExDx

I have a short blog post about hope up on the Modern Church blog: "What does it mean to hope in the middle of a genocide unfolding in the full light of day? What can we, what should we, hope for as Western imperialism enters its death throes?" modernchurch.org.uk/hope-and-hea...

Congratulations to Ivey Gibbs, who studied Cultural Heritage and Resource Management @uniwinchester.bsky.social, who is the new Director of Preservation & Interpretation at the historic Magnolia Plantation & Gardens in S. Carolina. Find out more about Ivey and the gardens here bit.ly/4oXQmxo

Richard Werner, Professor of Economics & Banking @uniwinchester.bsky.social, spoke to the BBC World’s Business Today show yesterday about the effects of President Trump’s attempts to sack Lisa Cook from the board of the US Federal Reserve. Watch it here bit.ly/47Q4Pp3

Beware of forming emotional attachments to chatbots - that’s the warning from Alexander Laffer, a Lecturer in Media & Communication @uniwinchester.bsky.social. Read more about his work with Project AEGIS (Automating Empathy – Globalising International Standards) here bit.ly/423F0hA

A groundbreaking study from a team @uniwinchester.bsky.social is shedding light on the maritime industry's problem with onboard sexual assault and harassment. Read more about the work commissioned by charity Safer Waves here bit.ly/4fOUuMg

Watch out for Remi Pereszczak, who’s preparing to start a law degree @uniwinchester.bsky.social on Good Morning Britain tomorrow (Fri). Remi was the first in the world to receive a revolutionary new gene therapy at Great Ormond Street Hospital which changed his life. Read more here bit.ly/45KTnsc

A special event @uniwinchester.bsky.social brought together staff from Hampshire County Council and the University of Winchester to promote the power of strategic partnerships in solving public health issues. Find out about the BRIDGE project here bit.ly/4mKy94C

Zara McAnerney, from Co Armagh, a Physiotherapy student @uniwinchester.bsky.social, visited the US on a mission for peace and shared how the murder of her uncle by the IRA – before she was even born – still shapes her life. Read the Sunday World’s story here bit.ly/3JrER12

Divergent Visions, a festival of short films made by people with disabilities and neuro-diversity, has attracted 150 entries from 21 countries. Screenings take place at West Downs Auditorium @uniwinchester.bsky.social on 15 October. For free tickets and info visit livedperspectives.co.uk

The Wittering Whitehalls, Michael and Hilary Whitehall (parents of comedian Jack) bring a live show version of their popular podcast to West Downs Auditorium @uniwinchester.bsky.social on 4 October. The event will raise funds for Winchester Hospice. For tickets and info visit bit.ly/41aT7kV

Gaya Abeywickrama, Senior Lecturer in Community and Health at the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing @uniwinchester.bsky.social, has published an important paper on low birth weight and child nutrition in Sri Lanka in the journal Asian Population Studies. Read it here bit.ly/4fKH3wH

Remi Pereszczak, 19, is preparing to start a law degree @uniwinchester.bsky.social after being the first patient in the world to receive revolutionary gene therapy treatment at Great Ormond ⁤Street Hospital. Read more here bit.ly/3HrFYNN

It only takes a minute… Glenn Fosbraey, Ass. Dean of Humanities & Social Sciences @uniwinchester.bsky.social, picks his top ten 60-second tracks for The Conversation. Find out who’s best filled the unforgiving minute here bit.ly/4oHcT1k