City in the News
Find out more about City's coverage in the media.
Located in the heart of London, City University London's academics and spokespeople are regularly called upon by the media to comment on current news stories on a broad range of topics.
You can keep up-to-date with City's media coverage by following us on Twitter or click the following links to see some recent articles featuring the University:
- Journalism: The Annual James Cameron Journalism Lecture at City received widespread coverage. The giving of the James Cameron Award to Alex Crawford from Sky News was reported by journalism.co.uk and Press Gazette, while the lecture from former head of Al Jazeera, Wadah Khanfar, was featured in The Guardian.
- Food policy: Dr Martin Caraher from City's Centre for Food Policy featured in an article in The Observer providing expert commentary on the increase in demand for food handouts. His colleague, Dr Geof Rayner, also featured on BBC Radio 5 Live Drive, discussing the increasing world population and implications for food supplies.
- Technology: The launch of City's Centre for Cyber and Security Sciences was the subject of a feature article at PC Pro. Dr Muttukrishnan Rajarajan and Professors David Stupples and Kevin Jones were quoted alongside leading industry practitioners, who welcomed the Centre.
- Engineering: A research paper examining the energy efficiency of the Levytator - a curved escalator concept developed by Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Jack Levy - was reported by a wide variety of international news websites, including France's Industrie & Technologie and Poland's Gazeta.
- Law: An article by The City Law School's Professor Alan Riley on the current political situation and ongoing trade agreements in Ukraine appeared in The New York Times.
- Middle East: Rosemary Hollis, Professor of Middle East Policy, discussed the death of Muammar Gaddafi with many national, international and broadcast news outlets, including The Guardian.
- Psychology: Dr Malcolm Cross, Reader in Psychology, featured on BCC's The One Show, providing commentary on the reasons why people decide to change their names by deed poll.