Media highlights - 20 to 26 April 2024
- Professor John Denham featured in multiple news outlets speaking about English identity around St George's Day, including LBC and BBC Radio Somerset.
- His interview with the Press Association about what percentage of people identified as English featured across 80 UK newspapers.
- Professor Sarah Morris spoke to CNN for their in-depth investigation into an attack outside Kabul airport during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
- Research on the melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet by Professor Alberto Naveira Garabato and Dr Alessandro Silvano was covered by the Southern Daily Echo and several science news outlets.
- Professor Jon Copley spoke to National Geographic about how that bioluminescence evolved in deep-sea animals earlier than previously thought.
- Professor Will Jennings wrote for Sky News about Yougov polling which reveals a crisis in trust in British politics.
- The Southern Daily Echo ran a picture special marking the demolition of the Faraday tower on Highfield campus.
- Dr Phil Wiseman featured on the BBC after completing his heroic feat of running seven marathons in seven days.
- Dr Sarah Chellappa's research exploring the difference in sleep and circadian rhythms between the sexes was covered by German news outlet Bild.
- Professor Ying Cheong's comments advising pregnant women not to take weight loss drug Ozempic appeared in The Standard, The Telegraph, Irish Independent and Forbes.
- Professor Michael Tomlinson’s research in an AGCAS report, showing neurodivergent graduates feel confident about careers skills, but face workplace challenges, was covered by Heart radio and WonkHE.
- Research by Professor Hasan Arshad into immunotherapy for dust mite allergy featured in the Daily Mail.
The Conversation
- Ignoring Welsh farmers’ protests is a dangerous move for politicians, by Dr Lawrence McKay
- Parrot fever cases amid a ‘mysterious’ pneumonia outbreak in Argentina, by Dr Michael Head
Times Higher Education Campus
- A framework to teach library research skills - by Anna Hvass, Karen Rolfe, Siân Furmage and Michael Latham