Professor Charlie Jeffery CBE’s appointment to the University as our next Vice-Chancellor and President was covered by Times Higher Education, Wonkhe, Research Professional News, Ed Central UK and Academic News.

Regional media coverage included Business South, the Southern Daily Echo, York Vision, the York Press, and Gazette Herald. Read our press release.

Dr Bernice Kuang spoke to Al Jazeera for a documentary looking at the forces driving the global decline in birth rates, and was asked what falling fertility means for the future. She was also interviewed by Voice of Islam discussing falling fertility rates.

Professor Ian Williams spoke to France24 (five mins in) about Europe’s heatwaves, following his recent The Conversation article on the same topic. He was also interviewed by the Times of India, telling them that global warming is pushing Europe’s heatwave.

Dr Simon Boxall told The Times that the warm weather and calm seas mean we are likely to see more jelly fish.

Professor Emma Tompkins spoke to BBC Politics South, in an interview on Highfield campus, about how people can adapt their homes to mitigate extreme temperatures caused by climate change. The news story also appeared on BBC Online. She was later interviewed by BBC Radio Solent (two hours, nine mins in) about recent law changes to allow the sale of plug-in solar panels in shops.

Ligin Joseph’s research into the impact of winds on tropical rainfall was covered by Thailand’s Chiang Rai Times. Read our press release.

Dr Helen Paul was interviewed for BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 Investigates programme about the Church of England’s historic links to slavery.

Dr Jenny Baverstock‘s research on swapping steak for salmon to cut carbon emissions was reported by the Southern Daily Echo and Business South. Read our press release.

Dr Gordon Inglis and Dr Emily Hollingsworth‘s research on ancient global warming was covered by the Southern Daily Echo, Science Magazine and Eco Magazine. Read our press release.

John Darlington and ECS’s news that the UoS-led SoC labs will deliver a UK-wide programme to train the next generation of computer chip designers was in Southern Daily Echo and The Manufacturer. Read our press release.

Dr Brodie Popovic’s work on the accelerating expansion of the universe was run by Reuters. Read our press release.

Professor Qian Li spoke to the i newspaper about what the economy would look like if the country had voted Remain 10 years ago.

Dr Malcolm Cook was quoted in an Observer article about Andrew Stanton, director of Toy Story 5.

Professor Rob Johns was interviewed by Malaysia radio station BFM about why Sir Keir Starmer’s approval ratings fell so rapidly, and what Andy Burnham’s leadership could look like if he is elected PM.

Professor John Denham was interviewed by LBC about Andy Burnham’s speech laying out his vision for government.

Professor Thomas Gernon featured in Reuters who covered our story about why the South Pole froze over before the North Pole (read our press release).

Dr Alice Leavey was interviewed by BBC Inside Science about her research to digitally preserve fossils, in advance of her work being shown at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.

Professors Manda Banerji and Mark Sullivan were quoted in Daily Echo story about the launch of the most detailed survey of the universe ever undertaken.

Dr Neil Gostling spoke to BBC Hereford and Worcester about why dinosaurs were so big.

Dr Armando Falcucci was quoted in a CNN article about artefacts found in a cave revealing a complex and rich pre-Neanderthal society.

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