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We’ve had some very high-profile media coverage in the past few weeks, thanks to the Vice- Chancellor and some of our academics stepping up to the plate to comment on key issues in domestic and global news.

Jacqui Bealing, Senior Press OfficerJacqui Bealing, Senior Press Officer

Professor Michael Farthing’s first speech as chairman of the 1994 Group of universities was the ‘top’ story on the BBC’s education pages (15 November). His comments, included a warning against regarding students as “consumers purchasing degrees”, also made the Huffington Post (15 November) and has sparked interest among broadsheet journalists. 

She may be new to Sussex, but Professor Mariana Mazzucato has already become a regular face for the University on news programmes, particularly in the past two weeks. With her controversial views on the current Eurozone crisis and Italy’s debt problems, Mariana has made four appearances on BBC TV News. She has also been interviewed by BBC Radio 2 and 5, as well as Bloomberg TV and Al Jazeera. 

Elsewhere on the radio, BBC Sussex caught up with Professor Craig Barker (11 November) to ask about the law of extradition (in connection with a Crawley murder trial); Professor Paul Taggart was on Finland’s national radio station (11 November) talking about the rise of the country’s populist party; and Professor Tim Bale talked to LBC Tonight (13 November) about the worst prime ministers ever - in the wake of disparaging remarks made by MP Patrick Mercer about David Cameron. 

It’s good to see that Sussex research stories are also making headlines. Dr Ricardo Sabates talked to Splash FM (17 November) about his study that shows how misaligned ambition among teenagers leads to poor job prospects; The Times Educational Supplement (13 November) gave good coverage of Professor Jane Oakhill’s research on children’s reading comprehension; and BBC Nature online (15 November) referred to Professor Mike Land’s research to explain how deep-sea creatures change colour.