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Media coverage - 12 to 18 July 2025

 

Top story: University of Southampton’s flagship Delhi campus builds on UK-India relations​

The University of Southampton has celebrated becoming the first international university to open a campus in India under new regulations. Read our story.​

The story attracted print coverage in Indian publications Amar Ujala​, Millennium Post​, Hindustan Times​, Navodaya Times, Navbharat Times​, Punjab Kesari​, The Pioneer​, Times City​, Gurgaon Today and The Indian Express​. Also online in Press Trust of India​, The Hindu​, The New Indian Express​, The Indian Express​, The Hindustan Times​, Times of India​, ANI News​, Business Standard​, Careers 360​, PIB​, Orissa DiaryThe Statesman​, Education 21​, Big News Network​, Punjab Newsline​, Odisha News Times​, Millennium PostMirage News​, News Drum​, Education Exclusive​, DD News​ and Economic Times​.


​​​​​​Other coverage

  • Professor Jane Falkingham spoke to BBC South Today about new research which showed that tackling deprivation in older age can cut the rising cost of taxpayer-funded funerals.
  • Dr Neil Gostling's research on dodos featured in a BBC Future article. He was also interviewed by Capetalk in South Africa.​
  • Dame Wendy Hall was interviewed by CNN about Trump's latest plans to channel $100billion into AI development as part of a push for the US to lead innovation over China.​
  • Southern Daily Echo and BBC Radio Solent reported our press release about graduation, focusing on Dame Esther Rantzen and Adrian Newey's honours.
  • Our press release on Professor Dianna Smith's research on food pantries ran in the Southern Daily Echo.​
  • Dr Helen Farr featured in a special edition of National Geographic focusing on shipwrecks. The magazine highlighted the discovery in 2017 of the world's oldest intact shipwreck as part of the University's Black Sea Map project.​
  • Professor Jon Copley spoke to BBC Radio Solent presenter Alun Newman (2 hours, 23 mins in) about his work as a marine ecologist and life at the bottom of the deep oceans.​
  • Our press release and photos of audience members in Regency dress at a concert at Turner Sims to mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth were featured in The Daily Echo in print and online.
  • Professor Will Jennings spoke to Sky News about allowing 16- and 17-year olds to vote.​
  • Professor Robert Johns also spoke to Heart FM about the decision.​
  • Dr Sarah Chellappa's research showing links between insomnia, ADHD and lower life satisfaction was covered by the Southern Daily Echo and other outlets. ​
  • Professor Sam Chamberlain spoke to ABC News in Australia and CBC Radio in Canada about kleptomania – the compulsive urge to steal.​
  • Business South ran our press release about Stewart Edmondson being made a Fellow of the University at graduation. ​
  • Dr Alessio Bellato spoke to the Telegraph about a test to diagnose ADHD.​
  • The University being awarded a share of the Global Talent Fund was covered by more than 180 outlets including the Daily Mail, Independent, Standard, and Southern Daily Echo. ​
  • Professor Justin Sheffield spoke to BBC Radio 5live about drought and demands on water supply. ​
  • Professor Laurie Straus spoke to BBC Radio 3 about Giovanni Paolo Vidman.​

The Conversation and Times Higher Education (Campus)