Research with reach
The University has more than 800 research engaged staff and we share news about their activities as widely as possible.
Our researchers are frequently called upon by the press and media to provide expert commentary. Below are some examples of how our researchers have informed, and continue to inform, public opinion and understanding.
Business
Working hard doesn't make up for an unhappy home life
Daily Telegraph, 5 December 2011
Unhappy at home? You're deluding yourself if you think work will make up for it
Daily Mail, 8 December 2011
Professor Yannis Georgellis
- Shopping online
BBC London Vanessa Feltz show, 21 June 2011; and BBC Breakfast TV, 21 June 2011
Dr Francesca Dall'Olmo Riley - Back to the High Street as customers brand online shopping a 'chore'
The Telegraph, 21 June 2011
Dr Chris Hand - It's back to the shops! Why we’re fed up with buying groceries online
Daily Mail, 21 June 2011
Dr Chris Hand - Older workers are a unique resource
Science Daily, 21 April 2011
Professor Richard Ennals - The eXport factor: Welsh SMEs ignore overseas markets
Wales online, 25 January 2011
Professor Rob Blackburn - David Cameron backs entrepreneurs as self employment rises
The Telegraph, 15 November 2010
Professor Rob Blackburn - Midlands will drive private sector's hiring spree
The Telegraph, 25 October 2010
Professor Rob Blackburn - Big bonuses may be fairer than we think
The Guardian, 19 October 2010
Mark Farmer - Are ethics adrift in third stream work?
Times Higher Education, 18 March 2010
Professor Richard Ennals - Small firms 'put happiness before cash'
BBC News, 10 December 2007
Professor Rob Blackburn - Insolvency review favours new tiers
The Telegraph, 7 February 2006
John Tribe
Politics
Far-right anti-Muslim network on rise globally as Breivik trial opens
The Guardian, 14 April 2012
- On the political crisis in Italy
BBC News, 12 November 2011
Dr Andrea Mammone - Broke MPs and peers remembered
BBC News, 16 November 2010
John Tribe - Countdown to the general election
BBC Newsnight, 4 June 2009
Dr Rupa Huq - Shameful evasions
The Guardian, 25 October 2006
Professor Brian Brivati, Professor Philip Spencer
Health
Age-old remedies using white tea, witch hazel and rose may be beneficial
Science Daily, 1 December 2011
Professor Declan Naughton
- On the source and spread of the German E. Coli outbreak
BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service, BBC Regional Radio Stations, 6 June 2011; Al Jazeera Newshour, 7 June 2011; and Medical News Today, 7 June 2011
Dr Mark Fielder - Course to help curb violent incidents on mental health wards
Science Daily, 21 April 2011
Professor Mary Chambers - UK scientists devise worldwide food alert system
Science Daily, 21 March 2010
Professor Declan Naughton, Professor Andrea Petróczi, Dr Tamas Nepusz - Pomegranate lotion offers new hope in war on superbugs
The Daily Mail, 28 December 2009
Professor Declan Naughton - Warning on athletes' use of prescription drugs
Medical News Today, 2 June 2009
Professor Declan Naughton, Professor Andrea Petróczi - The silence surrounding early pregnancy
BBC Radio 4, 28 May 2009
Dr Ana Nikcevic - The metals in your daily glass of wine that have been linked to cancer and Parkinson's
The Daily Mail, 30 October 2008
Professor Declan Naughton, Professor Andrea Petróczi - Danger lurking in your bottle of red
The Times, 30 October 2008
Professor Declan Naughton, Professor Andrea Petróczi - Researchers question health benefits after metal found in wines
The Guardian, 30 October 2008
Professor Declan Naughton, Professor Andrea Petróczi - Cavers' foe is the strong, silent type
Times Higher Education, 20 August 2004
Professor Gavin Gillmore
Society
Paedophiles now choose their victims 'within two minutes' as online chat
becomes immediately sexualised
Mail Online, 18 April 2012
- Xbox paedophile predators 'move in on prey within two minutes of contact'
Metro, 17 April 2012 (also front page story on 18th April 2012 1.3m copies nationwide)
Professor Julia Davidson
- The killing of Stephen Lawrence ended Britain's denial about racism
The Independent, 4 January 2012
Professor Brian Cathcart - On the killings in Norway: A lesson that European history can teach us
The Independent, 25 July 2011
Dr Andrea Mammone - Sharon Shoesmith's appeal decision and the future of Southern Cross care homes
BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio London, BBC News, ITN News, ITV London, 27 May 2011
Professor Ray Jones - Review of child protection
BBC Radio 4 News Briefing, 10 May 2011
Professor Ray Jones - Let's get serious about child protection
The Guardian, 3 May 2011
Professor Ray Jones - Sexual offenders 'using the internet to fast-track abuse'
The Telegraph, 8 December 2009
Professor Julia Davidson - Disaster management following hurricane Katrina
Sky News, 2 September 2005
Dr Norman Cheung
Science and technology
On mobile healthcare and diabetes management
BBC Arabic 4Tec programme
Professor Robert Istepanian
- Made in Britain: The future of manufacturing
Channel 4 News, 15 November 2011
Paul Brandon - Discovering archaeological remains from the air
BBC One Show, 20 September 2011
Dr Helen Wickstead - 'Smart' CCTV could track rioters
BBC News, 23 August 2011
Dr James Orwell - Hi-tech aims to improve lifestyle
BBC News, 26 May 2009
Dr Ruth Rettie - Getting inside the minds of athletes who cheat
New Scientist, 30 July 2008
Professor Andrea Petróczi - Software aids future tennis stars
BBC News, 7 July 2004
Dr Ahmed Shihab - Surveillance cameras to predict behaviour
BBC News, 1 May 2002
Professor Sergio Velastin
Arts and culture
The perils of scarlet fever in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
BBC Two Heir Hunters, 23 November 2011
Dr Susan Hawkins
- Film review: Sleeping Beauty
Times Higher Education, 13 October 2011
Dr Will Brooker - 'Museum Lives' at the Natural History Museum
BBC Radio 4 (You and Yours programme), 1 June 2011
Professor Brian Cathcart - The Golden Age of Liners
BBC 4, 4 February 2011
Professor Anne Massey - Media owners take on Murdoch over BSkyB
Financial Times, 11 October 2010
Professor Brian Cathcart - Design project aims to improve quality of life for dementia patients
Nursing Times, 28 March 2010
Professor Hilary Dalke - New spotlight shines on the long-forgotten sculptor
BBC Radio 4, 10 Feb 2009
Dr Jonathan Black, Brenda Martin - Kingston University – bronze baby rescued from prison
Times Higher Education, 22 January 2009
Dr Jonathan Black - Hear and Now
BBC Radio 3, 12 April 2008
Dr Paul Archbold
Education
Private universities in 'equal scrutiny' call
BBC News, 5 May 11
Professor Robin Middlehurst
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