A selection of the latest media coverage for the University in the local, national and international press.
Colleagues who would like to learn more about the University in the news, or working proactively or reactively with the media, should contact the Press Office.
Recent selected coverage from w/c 22 June 2020:
- Great Exhibition of 1851 was a hot ticket – Dr Henrik Schoenefeldt, Times Online.
- Kent-led consortium awarded major grant for a UK first in laboratory equipment – Dr Neil Kad, Community ad. See our press release.
- Chimps prefer human crops, scientists find – and it’s better for them – Dr Nicola Bryson-Morrison, Mongabay.
- ‘End of job retention scheme will be second wave of Universal Credit claims’ – Dr Ben Baumberg Geiger, Yorkshire Post.
- University of Kent experts slam theatre reopening guidelines – Dermot O’Brien, Kentonline. Also featured on KMTV.
- A guide to R – the pandemic’s misunderstood metric – Dr Jeremy Rossman, Nature.
- How getting older affects your sleep – Dr Marina Ezcurra, Patient.info.
- Broadcast: Return to normality for athletes and supporters in Kent? – Dr Geoff Kohe, KMTV.
- Hope for women who are unable to get pregnant after scientists create an artificial womb in rabbits that is capable of supporting fertilisation, fetal development and live birth – Professor Darren Griffin Daily Mail. Also featured in Techregister, IOL.
- Coronavirus could kill off populism – Professor Matthew Goodwin, Financial Times (subscription required).
- The Canterbury Cathedral statues with links to slavery that could be toppled – Dr Ben Marsh, KentOnline.
- Is Victoria’s dire COVID-19 situation going to be Australia’s second wave of coronavirus? – Dr Jeremy Rossman, Adelaidnow.com. Also featured in Weekly Times Now, Brisbane Courier-Mail, The North Times and more.
- Collectivism Drives Efforts To Reduce The Spread Of COVID-19 – Professor Karen Douglas, Scienmag. Also featured in Perfil, Newswise, Science Codex and more. See our press release.
- Six couples in High Court case for legal recognition of humanist marriages – Dr Lois Lee, Politics.co.uk.
- Online donations to foodbanks showing signs of ‘compassion fatigue’, research finds – Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby, Civil Society. See our press release.
Previous selected coverage for June:
- Coronavirus found in semen of young men with COVID-19 – Professor Peter Ellis, Dr Mark Wass, Professor Martin Michaelis, All4Women. See original Conversation article.
- When to pull the plug on projects – Amgad Badwei, PhD, Financial Management.
- Owners grapple with ways of making their hotels safe in a Covid-19 era – Dr Henrik Schoenefeldt, Crain’s New York Business. Subscription required.
- Keeping human embryos frozen for over a year can HALVE Women’s chances of becoming pregnant and giving birth to a live baby, study shows – Professor Darren Griffin, Daily Mail.
- Major overhaul of family courts to protect domestic abuse victims – Professor Rosemary Hunter, Gov.UK.
- Broadcast: Kent’s theatres need more funding and guidance – Dermot O’Brien, KMTV.
- Decades old mystery in leukaemia treatment solved – Katie-May McLaughlin, Dr Tim Fenton, Dr Mark Wass, Professor Martin Michaelis, Ecancer Medical Science. Also featured in Technology Networks, 7th Space, Daily Science, Innovations Report, News-Medical, KMTV and more. See our press release.
- NIAB EMR-led ‘Growing Kent & Medway’ initiative secures £18m funding – Biosciences, KBS, Economics, Horticulture Week. Also featured in Kent Chamber of Commerce, Kentonline.
- Is Britain prepared for a second wave of coronavirus? – Dr Jeremy Rossman, The Week.
- Will labour reforms in India work? – Dr Amrit Amirapu, The Economist. Subscription required.
- SoPs to survey impact of Covid-19 on pharmacies – Dr Sukvinder Bhamra, Independent Pharmacist.
- Boris Johnson is more popular among low-income voters than the highest earners – with Labour ‘no longer the part of the poor’ study shows – Professor Matthew Goodwin, Daily Mail. Also featured in Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, New European, The Independent.
- Broadcast: Care home residents in the UK more likely to die from Coronavirus than in most European countries – Dr Rasa Mikelyte, KMTV.
- Zimbabwe on the brink: Inflation, currency, clashes – what next? – Dr Alex Magaisa, The Zimbabwean.
- Crunching the numbers: what are the real risks of dying from Covid-19? – Professor Peter Ellis, The Telegraph.
- Broadcast: University of Kent makes a difference with mentoring 6th form students language students – Dr Tobias Heinrich, BBC Radio Kent. See our press release.
- Flaw with the ‘second wave’ theory – Dr Jeremy Rossman, The Queensland Times. Also featured in News Mail, Sunshine Coast Daily, Gladstone Observer, Toowoomba Chronicle, News.com.au, Northern Times and more. See original Conversation article.
- Broadcast: Why is Ashford a coronavirus hotspot – Dr Lindsay Forbes, KMTV. Also featured on BBC Radio Kent, Sevenoaks Chronicle (print). See our press release.
- Gene editing brings pig organ transplant closer – Professor Darren Griffin, NHS.
- Flushing Toilet with Lid up Could Spreak COVID-19 Through Cloud of Virus Particles, Study Suggests – Dr Jeremy Rossman, Newsweek.
- Digital Security by Design nets researchers £10 million – Dr Mark Batty and Dr Stephen Kell, Enterprise Times. Also featured in Business Cloud, In Your Area, Cambridge Network, Kent & Sussex Courier (print), Sevenoaks Chronicle (print). See our press release.
- The Kent conspiracy theories and urban legends you didn’t know existed – Professor Karen Douglas, Kent Online.
- Blackburn with Darwen: What will coronavirus mean for cohesion? – Professor Dominic Abrams, Lancashire Telegraph.
- SUCK IT UP Sponge that soaks up chemical weapons of mass destruction developed by British boffins – Professor Simon Holder, The Sun. Also featured in Scottish Sun (print). See our press release.
- Abu Dhabi Police participates in world webinar on COVID-19 response – Dr Robert Green, Emirates News Agency. Also featured in Khaleej Times.
- Ex-police chiefs demand revamp of ‘misleading’ crime statistics that set too much store by minor offences – Professor Marian Fitzgerald, The Telegraph (subscription required).
- Will the pandemic force universities to address the challenges of copyright? – Chris Morrison, Wonke.
- How to avoid the virus as the world reopens, Dr Jeremy Rossman, Financial Times.
- Broadcast: Could we be seeing the first signs of an economic recovery?, Dr Anthony Savagar, KMTV. See our Press Release.
- Coronavirus: why we need to keep protecting the over-70s, Marina Ezcurra, Yahoo News. See original Conversation article.
- Ebola transmission risks would be taken more seriously with ground-up interventions, Dr Tatyana Humle, EurekAlert!. Also feautured in Science Daily and Medical Xpress. See our Press Release.
- Broadcast: Calls to shape up the county’s social care system, Professor Alisoun Milne, KMTV.
- Charles Dickens: 150 years on, debate still rages over his ‘misogynist’ label, Catherine Waters, Yahoo News, See original Conversation article.
- Broadcast: Returning to physical activity post COVID-19 infection, Dr John Dickinson, KMTV. Also featured on Medical Xpress. See our Press Release.
- How the EU could pioneer a new economic model for the post-Covid-19 world – Professor Adrian Pabst, New Statesman.