Media coverage: 09 to 15 August 2025
Top story: Asian hornets have a unique sound - it could be key to controlling their spread
Clearing coverage
- The Southern Daily Echo spoke to Prof Philip Wright from the Clearing hotline control room.
- The Daily Mail ran an article about the top UK universities in Clearing – placing UoS in 15th across the country.
- BBC News at One spoke to a T-level student celebrating their place at UoS.
- There were also mentions of students gaining places through offers or clearing on BBC South, ITV Meridian, BBC Radio Solent and Southern Daily Echo.
- GB News interviewed another who had applied to our university through Clearing.
Other media coverage
- Prof Sam Cortese's work on an international study showing ADHD medication reduces the risk of suicide featured in Independent, The Times, Guardian, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC World Service, Euronews, Southern Daily Echo and Public Service Radio in the US.
- Dr Cathy Lucas was interviewed for The Seattle Times about a nuclear power plant in northern France being shut down due to a swarm of jellyfish inside its cooling system.
- Dr Helena Lee's £500k funding award to help young children with vision problems caused by Albinism was covered by BBC Online, South Today, Radio Solent and Greatest Hits.
- Prof Jon Adams, Dr Rodrigo Ortiz Vazquez and our students' excavation of a historic slipway at the shipbuilding village of Buckler's Hard featured on BBC South, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Solent, BBC Online, ITV Meridian, and in Archaeology magazine.
- BBC online ran our press release about Prof Kai Yang's project to develop an electronic knee sleeve for osteoarthritis pain relief.
- The Daily Echo ran our press release about law students working with an AI legal company.
- Our press release about the cause of hot rocks beneath a massive US mountain range was covered by the Metro and Southern Daily Echo (print only), quoting Prof Tom Gernon.
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