Dr Annabelle Boulay, Lecturer in Human Geography @_UoW 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

Listen out for Lecturer in Media & Communication @_UoW 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 about his work in the field here

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Acting graduate @_UoW 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

Dr Glenn Fosbraey, poptastic Associate Dean of HSS @_UoW, was on Radio New Zealand’s Nights programme today talking about his favourite songs under a minute long. Listen to Glenn’s interview here

Congratulations to Nursing’s Class of ’25 @_UoW 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)

David Ashby, Laboratory Manager @_UoW, 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.

RT @WinPoetryFest: 📜ACTIVITIES: @PoetryDayUK with Mark Rutter + Julian Stannard.Thur 2 Oct | 4:30pm | @_UoW . A day of 'play' on campus as….

The number of top-up degrees offered @_UoW is growing. Top-ups give people with an HND, Foundation Degree or equivalent qualifications a chance to complete an honours degree without having to repeat previous study. Find out what courses are available here

Students @_UoW 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

Music students @_UoW 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

Dr James Ross, Reader in Late Medieval History @ _UoW is the guest on The Medieval Podcast with Danièle Cybulskie talking about Robert de Vere – the infamous bff of King Richard II. Listen here

Academics @_UoW 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

Congratulations to Ivey Gibbs, who studied Cultural Heritage and Resource Management @_UoW, 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

RT @AnthemPress: New blog article: 'When it comes to songs, there's more than meets the ear' by Glenn Fosbraey, author of 'Reading Song Lyr….

Richard Werner, Professor of Economics & Banking @_UoW, 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

Beware of forming emotional attachments to chatbots - they are not your friends, warns Alexander Laffer, a Lecturer in Media & Communication @_UoW. Read more about his work with Project AEGIS (Automating Empathy – Globalising International Standards) here

A groundbreaking study from a team @_UoW 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

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

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

A special event @_UoW 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