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
The Costs Of Internal Devaluation
Social Europe Journal, 23 April 2013
Professor Engelbert Stockhammer
- Companies get innovative in response to tough times for business smallbusiness.co.uk, 26 March 2013
Professor Robert Blackburn - North-east SMEs adapt to survive – report
gazettelive.co.uk, 25 March 2013
Professor Robert Blackburn - Mediocre Managers as Damaging as the David Brents of the Workplace, According to New Study
Freshbusinessthinking.com, 8 February 2013
Toronto Telegraph, 8 February 2013
Science Daily, 9 February 2013
Dr Rachel Lewis - UK's stock of freelancers surges 12%
Contractor UK, 3 August 2012
Dr John Kitching and Professor David Smallbone - Getting married or having a child makes you less satisfied at work
Yahoo News, 6 July 2012
Science Daily, 3 July 2012
Professor Yannis Georgellis - Brand police keep Olympic spirit in check in Britain
The Globe and Mail, 20 June 2012
Dr Francesca Dall'Olmo Riley
- On engagement surveys and staff motivation
The Independent, 3 June 2012
HR Magazine, 23 May 2012
Centre for Research in Employment, Skills and Society (CRESS) - 'Clock watchers' not 'workaholics' most likely to burn out at work
HR Magazine, 10 May 2012
Fresh Business Thinking, 10 May 2012
SW Londonder, 19 May 2012
Dr Kerstin Alfes - North East businesses recognised as 'Home Grown Champions' in 2011
Business Matters, 8 May 2012
Professor Robert Blackburn
- 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
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Politics
Hacked Off: 'An artfully crafted piece of legislation'
BBC News, 18 March 2013
Professor Brian Cathcart
- Why Leveson's was a good deal
British Journalism Review online, 7 March 2013
Professor Brian Cathcart - Hacked Off: Royal Charter is a 'sell-out to newspapers'
InPublishing, 4 March 2013
Professor Brian Cathcart - Rupert Murdoch attacks 'the English' as he rules out Sky bid
29 June 2012, The Independent
Professor Brian Cathcart - The Student Mobilization in Quebec: The Most Significant Act of Civil Disobedience in Canadian History
Global Research, 6 June 2012
Professor Peter Hallward - Is Jeremy Hunt a scoundrel or a fool?
The Guardian, 31 May 2012
Professor Brian Cathcart -
The triumph of nationalism
Aljazeera, 26 May 2012
Dr Andrea Mammone
- Far-right anti-Muslim network on rise globally as Breivik trial opens
The Guardian, 14 April 2012
Dr Andrea Mammone - 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
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- Work experience plan for students will cost £766m a year, deans warn
Nursing Standard> 8 May 2013
Karen Elcock - How clean is your home
Choice, 1 May 2013
Professor Mark Fielder - Not all bacteria are bad for you
Sunday Tribune Online, 2 April 2013
Professor Mark Fielder - New diagnostic test lights up bacteria
chemistryworld, 2 April 2013
Dr Adam Le Gresley - The germs you DON'T want to wash away
Mail Online, 25 March 2013
Professor Mark Fielder - Researchers to investigate how satisfied carers of stroke survivors are with social care support
HealthCanal.com, 14 March 2013
Dr Nan Greenwood - Antibiotics warning: medical chief warns of a growing resistance
BBC1, 12 March 2013
Professor Mark Fielder - Could red wine one day give professional athletes and edge on the competition?
Fox News, 4 March 2013
Professor Declan Naughton - Research poised to lead to major advances in cataract treatment HealthCanal.com, 1 March 2013
BioOptics World (online), 1 March 2013
Science Daily, 1 March 2013
Professor Barbara Pierscionek
Vision, Cognition and Neuroscience research group - Exploring Physical And Psychological Benefits Of Exercise
yourwellness.com, 4 February 2013
Professor Mike Hurley - Red wine compound may boost testosterone
NBCNews.com, 24 January 2013
Is red wine the new way to increase testosterone?
Foodbeast, 21 January 2013
Professor Declan Naughton - Learning disability services must be reshaped and localised
Nursing Times, 21 August 2012
Jim Blair - Investigate nursing history, learn why it is as it is and join other nurses to improve things for yourself
Nursing Times, 9 August 2012
Chris Hart - New bird flu strain could pose threat to humans
The Telegraph, 31 July 2012
Professor Mark Fielder - Nursing is about ensuring continuity of care, joining up the dots and standing up for patients
15 June 2012, Nursing Times
Professor Fiona Ross - Preparing leaders for safeguarding children
Nursing Times, 22 May 2012
Professor Diane Marks-Maran - 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
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- Five retorts for newly qualified social workers told they are 'too inexperienced'
communitycare.co.uk, 17 April 2013
Professor Ray Jones - Number of under twos needing adoptive families in Kent triples in 12 months (1:08:37)
BBC Radio Kent, 12 April 2013 Professor Ray Jones - SCRs to get more expensive but no guarantee on learning
communitycare.co.uk, 10 April 2013
Professor Ray Jones - Professor Ray Jones comments on the association of chief police officers decision to dedicate fewer resources to locating children who abscond from care homes (47.20)
BBC Radio Wales, 20 March 2013 Professor Ray Jones - Professor Ray Jones comments on conduct of social services in Doncaster (10.35)
BBC Radio Sheffield, 6 March 2013
Professor Ray Jones - Professor Ray Jones comments on closure of notorious care home (1:46.00)
BBC Radio Bristol, 6 March 2013
Professor Ray Jones - Shop with Mother: Class Distinctions in Mother-Daughter Fashion Consumption and Fashion Taste
BBC Radio 4, 27 February 2013
Dr Katherine Appleford - The opportunity to give social work a strong voice is being lost
The Guardian, 21 January 2013
Professor Ray Jones - On students funding their studies through the sex trade
BBC News, 21 September 2012
Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies - Racism and the British Press
Morning Star, 18 September 2012
Professor Brian Cathcart - Citizen Khan: The Rise and Fall of Asians on the Box
Huffington Post, 6 September 2012
Dr Rupa Huq - Internet justice
The Guardian, 24 July 2012
Professor Brian Cathcart - First national conference on LGBT end of life care
20 June 2012, Pink News
Dr Andrew King - Safeguarding boards told to publish more child protection reviews
Community Care, 13 June 2012
Professor Ray Jones
- Rebekah Brooks at Leveson Inquiry
CNN, 11 May 2012
Professor Brian Cathcart - Corruption, scandals and Italy's other pressing priorities
Aljazeera, 10 May 2012
Dr Andrea Mammone
- Paedophiles now choose their victims 'within two minutes' as online chat
becomes immediately sexualised
Mail Online, 18 April 2012
Professor Julia Davidson - 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
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Science and technology
Credit where it's due for forgotten women of science
Engineering & Technology Magazine (online), 9 May 2013
Dr Susan Hawkins
- Dutch company offers one way ticket to Mars (2:22)
Reuters, 27 March 2013
Dr Adam Baker - Unearthing Seething Wells' secret garden
Phys.org 11 February 2013 Archaeology Magazine 11 February 2013
Science Daily, 8 February 2013
Dr Helen Wickstead - Is your man "pregnant" too?
More 4 mums, 18 September 2012
Dr Arthur Brennan - App happy: Mobile health developments that could change your life
CNBC Business, 5 September 2012
Professor Robert Istepanian - Could flowers shrink your wrinkles?
Australian Women's Weekly, 12 June 2012
Professor Declan Naughton - Snoop top dog
5 July 2012, Times Higher Education
Dr James Orwell - Kingston University's surveillance software outshines Samsung, Panasonic. Named CCTV System of the Year
25 June 2012, Vigilance Security Magazine
Digital Imaging Research Centre
- Smart CCTV uses Facebook-esque tagging
22 June 2012, Tech Eye
Dr James Orwell
- Tea could aim Olympic cheating
North Korea Times, 21 May 2012
Cambodian Times, 21 May 2012
Argentina Star, 21 May 2012
Professor Declan Naughton - CSI: Tech to Automatically Identify the Bad Guy
Technology Review, 26 August 2011
Dr James Orwell
- 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
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- Rolling dice reveals level of illegal badger killing
Science Daily, 15 January 2013
Professor Andrea Petroczi - Global Bullfrog Trade Spreads Deadly Amphibian Fungus Worldwide
CBS Detroit, 12 August 2012
Angela Davies - Flood expert explains freak UK weather
29 June 2012 Sky News
Dr Norman Cheung - Researchers catalogue sustainable materials
The Engineer, 8 March 2011
Jakki Dehn - Building surveying: Bricks and mortar
The Independent, 4 December 2006
Professor Sarah Sayce
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- Ten ways self-publishing has changed the books world
Guardian.co.uk, 8 April 2013
Dr Alison Baverstock - Iris Murdoch letters reveal love for close friend Philippa Foot
The Daily Mail, 1 September 2012
The Guardian, 31 August 2012
The Telegraph, 31 August 2012
Centre for Iris Murdoch Studies - How the Caped Crusader came to be, for real
NBC USA, 17 July 2012
Dr Will Brooker - Clothes and the Batman: Analysing the outfits in Dark Knight Rises
Huffington Post, 11 May 2012
Total Film magazine, July 2012 edition
Dr Will Brooker - Prometheus: Interstellar sleep produces such matriarchal monsters
Times Higher Education, 31 May 2012
Davina Quinlivan -
Cinema's death throe
Bangkok Post, 30 May 2012
Professor Stephen Barber - Family History: Calling up your Ancestors
History Today, 24 May 2012
Dr Nicola Phillips - Tracey Emin: Drawing on the art of the past
Channel 4 news, 14 December 2011
Paul Stafford - 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
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Education
Protesters versus the strong arm of the law
Times Higher Education, 21 March 2013
Professor Martin McQuillan
- Open-access policy scrapes the barrel
Times Higher Education, 7 March 2013
Professor Martin McQuillan - Interdean Responds to the Increase in International Students in the UK and Further Afield
Yahoo! News, 11 February 2013
Steve Woodfield - School entrepreneurs doubling their chances of self-employment
Fresh Business Thinking, 25 September 2012
Cambridge News, 25 September 2012
Rosemary Athayde - Another fine mess
Times Higher Education, 18 September 2012
Professor Martin McQuillan - International student visas: 'whatchoo talkin' bout Willetts'?
The Guardian, 13 September 2012
Professor Martin McQuillan - Student placements suffer due to overworked and stressed mentors
Nursing Standard, 15 August 2012
Professor Fiona Ross - Universities putting their students at the centre of learning and teaching
The Guardian, 2 August 2012
The Student Academic Development Associate Research Scheme
Academic Development Centre - Private universities in 'equal scrutiny' call
BBC News, 5 May 11
Professor Robin Middlehurst
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