Professor Phil Haygarth (LEC) was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 World at One, April 16 about the drought ; listen again at 26 minutes into the programme. He was also quoted in the Guardian and Dubai news.
University librarian Andy Holgate was interviewed about his book on training to become an Ironman triathlete on BBC Radio Lancashire, April 17. He was also filmed by Granada TV on campus for Granada News due to be broadcast on Friday 20 April at 6pm.
Professor Cary Cooper (LUMS) was interviewed on BBC breakfast TV news, April 15, about the benefits of holidays and on BBC Five Live as a regular guest on the Shelagh Fogarty programme, April 20.
Dr John Welshman (History) was quoted in Lancashire Life magazine about his book about the Titanic. His book was reviewed in the Guardian newspaper; and mentioned or reviewed in the Christian Science Monitor; Dallas Morning News; Knoxville News Sentinel; Lancaster Guardian; Los Angeles Times; Malaysian Insider; North West Evening Mail; Philadelphia Inquirer; San Antonio Express; and San Luis Obispo Tribune, the Westmorland Gazette and the Lancashire Evening Post. His latest blog was published by Oxford University Press.
Dr Stephen Pumfrey (History) took part in a discussion with Melvyn Bragg on BBC R4 "In Our Time", 12 April, about the emergence of geology as a scientific discipline.
Professor Mary Rose (LUMS) was a signatory in an open letter to the Guardian, 17 April, about the Wedgwood Museum.
Lancaster University’s credit rating was featured on the Financial Times blog, 18 April.
Dr Karen Broadhurst (Applied Social Science) was featured on the Family Law Week website, about a pilot study carried out into the involvement of children's guardians before care proceedings.
A lecture by Professor Vladimir Falko (Physics), ‘Electronic Properties of Bilayer Graphene, from High to Low Energies’, given at the Institute of Physics was featured on the TES website, 18 April.
Professor Tim Dant (Sociology) is featured in the Guardian letters page, responding to an article by Aditya Chakrabortty on the failure of the social sciences to provide an alternative response to the financial crisis to that of economists.
Comment this week from colleagues at The Work Foundation include: Labour market stats commentary (18 April)
Andrew Sissons interviewed by 7 local BBC radio stations
Quoted by ITV’s economics editor in online article
Quoted by Channel 4 News Online
Guardian Online (live blog)
Telegraph Online – reactions section
Huffington Post blog by Andrew Sissons (also tweeted by Huffington Post)
Huffington Post interviewed Andrew Sissons
Public Finance, Personnel Today, Recruiter
The Work Foundation – other
The Observer quoted Ian Brinkley on older workers (15 April)
BBC News Online quoted our report on Enterprise Zones (13 April)
HR magazine quoted Steve on resilience (12 April)
Training Journal cited our report The business Case for Employee Health and Wellbeing