Dr Emel Thomas

Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Northampton

[UniofNorthamptonNews @UniNhantsNews]

Did you catch @UniNorthants Professor in the History of #Radicalism & #Extremism @pnjackson101 in your @guardian newspaper on Monday (25 August)? 📰

If not, you can still read his views on the 'emboldening of the #FarRight' online: https://t.co/qtUO0Ro76V

@HistoriansUON

[UniofNorthamptonNews @UniNhantsNews]

People who took part in the 50 Families ‘healthy eating and food budgeting’ research have been treated to a free trip to @WicksteedPark. 🎢

There will be more news about #50Families soon; find out about the project in the story below.

@EmelThomas

https://t.co/EC3C6cqYk7

[Dr Naomi Alormele 🇬🇭 @naomi_alormele]

My first solo publication from my thesis is now out:
“I Dream of an Island”: Black Joy, Storytelling and the Art of Refusal.
A piece close to my heart—centering collaborators’ creative expressions, visual methods, and the radical power of joy as refusal.
https://t.co/Y255UTn9Yo

[Dr Emel Thomas @EmelThomas]

It's been a great day at our @UniNorthants CARE annual conference 2025. So much to take in and consider going forward.

[Dr Naomi Alormele 🇬🇭 @naomi_alormele]

I’m proud to announce publication of this paper with @DoctorJRo featuring findings from my PhD research in @ERSjournal We explore how Black women in UK & Toronto higher ed use storytelling and repetition to resist, reclaim, and survive.
https://t.co/dBvTqQwd85

[Dr Emel Thomas @EmelThomas]

@FEHresearchUoN @dmc_devecchi

[Dr Emel Thomas @EmelThomas]

The inaugural doctoral lecture of Dr Ezequiel Delgado Martin! "Education is about meaning and who we can become TOGETHER". Well done Ezequiel. @UniNhantsFHES @UniNorthants

[Dr Emel Thomas @EmelThomas]

@FEHresearchUoN

[Schools Engagement Team @UONSchools]

🌳✨ The UON Forest Schools team is offering exciting workshops in outdoor learning for children and staff! ✨ 🌳

Through Forest Schools, students and staff can engage in team challenges that foster independence, resilience, and problem-solving skills.

In March and April, Eastfield Primary Academy, Thorplands Primary School and Greenoaks Academy visited UON to experience the magic of Forest Schools! Activities included a ‘welly waddle’, mini beast hunt and scavenging for materials to create a bug hotel🐞🦋

A primary school teacher shared, “The children have had the opportunity to work as a team, enhance their social and communication skills, and engage in activities they wouldn’t normally do in their day-to-day classroom life. This opportunity has been invaluable to our school, our children, and their education.”

These brand new, bookable half-day workshops are available on set dates during May and June, focusing on key curriculum areas across Key Stage 1 and 2. For a small fee, schools can book an activity linked to science, art or PE to be delivered by UON’s outdoor learning academics.

📧 Contact [email protected] to book workshops for your school!

@greenoaksacad
@Eastfield_EN3
@ThorplandsPri

#ForestSchools #OutdoorLearning #Teamwork #Resilience #STEAM #Education #UON #UONSchoolsEngagement

[UniofNorthamptonNews @UniNhantsNews]

This week's In the news features media coverage about:

🖌️@kardisom and her @FridgeStreet illustrations.
🎺Tim Smart on performing with #Ska band The Specials.
👩‍🍳@EmelThomas and @HelenCaldwel and the recent Nourishing Connections Festival...and more!

https://t.co/E4uBQF2sEE

[UniofNorthamptonNews @UniNhantsNews]

A #ThrowbackThursday post about our recent Nourishing Connections Festival.

See this little fly through for more, or...

https://t.co/LdLrTOTJxY

@UniNhantsFHES / @EmelThomas / @HelenCaldwel / @MichelleUON

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

Can storytelling help reconnect diaspora children to their culture? 🎧 One story from Africa, for Africa with @kasujja https://t.co/M0zH4TbkVg

[Dr Emel Thomas @EmelThomas]

@UniNhantsNews @UniNhantsFHES @HelenCaldwel @eunice_lumsden @MichelleUON @Food4Heroes1 @NorthantsCF @HomeNorthampton @Kate_Ewing1 @UONPEemma @karenwoolley3 @HelenCaldwel @helensimmonslj

[UniofNorthamptonNews @UniNhantsNews]

"It was wonderful to see guests explore what food means to them and lifestyle changes to take away."

Our Nourishing Connections Festival showcased healthy #food, cooking #nutritious meals and #grocery budgeting for local families.

@EmelThomas

https://t.co/EC3C6cqYk7

[Hannah Robbins (they/them) @drhannahrobbins]

Funded PhD in my department!

FOCUS: colonialism and cultural imperialism through performance and the music trade in 19th C. Jamaica or Barbados. Open to those with a music, history, or relevant subject background.

https://t.co/KFE3RScyyX

[UniofNorthamptonNews @UniNhantsNews]

A busy day as families came to campus to discover more about healthy and nutritious food.

Watch this space for the story about what happened and keep an eye on the project team’s Insta account (@ 50_families).

@Food4Heroes1/@NorthantsCF/@HomeNorthampton/@nbrly/@EmelThomas

[Dr Emel Thomas @EmelThomas]

Almost there... @HelenCaldwel @helensimmonslj @UniNhantsNews and our wonderful UON Head Chef Mike O'Gorman - https://t.co/YuiX94QXwc

[Dr Emel Thomas @EmelThomas]

@HomesenseUK Northampton store/staff are wonderful! Thanks for contributing to our 50 families event at the University of Northampton. Final preparations for all our activities @HelenCaldwel @helensimmonslj @UniNhantsNews

[Tes magazine @tes]

The government is being urged to endorse a new definition of school readiness that’s already been adopted by England’s biggest primary MAT
https://t.co/tT44EPYeo5

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Just one in 20 UK medical students are from disadvantaged backgrounds, according to a new report
from @suttontrust which warns that working-class entry into medicine is in “critical condition”. @paddywjack reports
https://t.co/VTWhxqwuks