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Jacqui Bealing
Senior Press Officer
It isn’t always our ground-breaking research or student issues that excite journalists. Sometimes it’s the stuff that we get on with as part of our general business that sparks an interest.
While chasing another story in Hong Kong, BBC South East reporter Mark Norman came across three Sussex students on a study programme in China. Intrigued to find out more, he contacted the Press Office and visited campus to talk to Emily Sinclair, Head of International Programmes. The result was a positive piece (25 October) about our many study abroad opportunities.
There were positive features in the Argus, too, last month. The views of former students about life on campus in previous decades turned up Catherine Boyd recalling her Swinging Sixties youth and Simon Fanshawe reminiscing about the 1970s “atmosphere of a dedication to learning” (12 October). The feature followed on from the previous day’s piece devoted to the views of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Farthing, on the future direction of the University.
Meanwhile, our academics have continued to fill the airwaves with their research and expertise.
Dr Dan Wright’s research on how to improve identity parades made BBC Radio 5 Live’s drivetime show (26 October), after it was reported in New Scientist (25 October).
Dr Jim Watson and Dr Tao Wang’s research about the amount of China’s carbon emissions attributed to the manufacture of goods for export came up on BBC Radio 4’s news bulletins (19 October), followed by news organisations across the world.
The renaissance of the creationism debate led to science education specialist James Williams going head-to-head with author Michael Reiss on the ‘Today’ programme (5 October), followed by interviews with BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC News 24 and BBC Southern Counties Radio.
Revd Canon Dr Gavin Ashenden was called upon by BBC Southern Counties to talk about gay adoption (25 October), and Film Studies associate tutor James Clarke described what makes a good war movie for the BBC World Service’s film programme, ‘On Screen’ (10 October).