Brunel Media Coverage

Brunel regularly features in the national and local media. Below is a list of some of our most recent appearances.

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• Art and Design tops satisfaction in teaching

  Tue, 22 May 2012 11:57:00 GMT - Source: The Guardian
  Brunel has come 2nd in the Guardian League Tables (2013) for Art and Design. It achieved the top score for satisfaction in teaching.

• Tough Love for Greece

  Tue, 22 May 2012 11:38:00 GMT - Source: Financial Times
  Jan Fidrmuc 's comment is the most popular post on The FT Economics' Forum blog.

• Brunel top in social work

  Tue, 22 May 2012 09:17:00 GMT - Source: The Guardian
  Brunel's social work degree has come top of its subject nationally in The Guardian's University League Tables, 2013.

• ECHR judges rule on thorny issue of criminal voting rights

  Tue, 22 May 2012 06:26:24 GMT - Source: Channel 4 News
  European judges who gave voting rights to British criminals will rule on the flashpoint issue dividing Strasbourg judges and the UK politicians who have refused to follow their orders for seven years.

• Justin Fisher speaking on BBC 2 The Daily Politics

  Fri, 18 May 2012 15:02:00 GMT - Source: BBC 2
  Prof Justin Fisher spoke on whether it’s a problem for smaller parties if their leader becomes more famous than the party.

• Greece: a question of tough love

  Fri, 18 May 2012 10:45:45 GMT - Source: FT.com - Blogs
  Dr Jan Fidrmuc, Department of Economics and Finance and Centre for Economic Development and Institutions, Brunel University

• Lesley Henderson: Gender, sexuality and mental illness in Homeland

  Thu, 17 May 2012 12:03:50 GMT - Source: BMJ Group Blogs - BMJ
  The American television network HBO has become synonymous with highly acclaimed drama and post 9/11 series Homeland (2011) is no exception. Barack Obama is reportedly a huge fan of the programme and millions of UK viewers watched the te

• Brand extensions of the future?

  Mon, 14 May 2012 22:00:00 GMT - Source: Design Week
  As part of their final year, product design students from Brunel University have worked on brand extension concepts for comp

• Eurozone crisis: what if… Greece leaves the single currency

  Mon, 14 May 2012 21:18:59 GMT - Source: Guardian.co.uk
  's ruling elite is now openly talking about whether might leave the , breaking a two and a half year ta

• 'Bullies pelted me with eggs, calling me Mummy Longlegs': How Rod Stewart's wife Penny Lancaster was scarred by childhood taunts

  Sat, 12 May 2012 20:23:13 GMT - Source: The Mail On Sunday
  Penny Lancaster is in tears. N

• Goldie: Putting the past behind him

  Fri, 11 May 2012 16:30:40 GMT - Source: The Voice
  The drum&bass legend speaks on his bad boy past and finding contentment through marriage and yoga

• Olympic Stadium glory for Whight

  Thu, 10 May 2012 14:28:02 GMT - Source: Get Reading
  Shakira Whight has become the first woman to win a triple jump title in the new London Olympic stadium.“It’s a fantastic f

• Engineers seek zero-defect micro manufacturing strategy

  Wed, 09 May 2012 22:00:00 GMT - Source: The Engineer
  Engineers at Brunel University are striving to towards a zero-defect strategy for micro manufacturing processes.

• Olympic Stadium athletics gold for Gaynor and Tobais in BUCS Outdoor Championships

  Tue, 08 May 2012 15:30:49 GMT - Source: Welwyn Hatfield Times 24
  UNIVERSITY of Hertfordshire sprinter Deji Tobais and Welwyn Garden City hurdler Stephanie Gaynor won gold at the Olympic Stadium on Monday.

• How should we fund long-term elderly care?

  Tue, 08 May 2012 11:59:17 GMT - Source: Guardian.co.uk
  Article history About this article Close This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 12.59 EDT on Tuesday 8 May 2012. It was last modified at 12.59 EDT on Tuesday 8 May 2012.

• In defence of local authority social work with adults

  Tue, 08 May 2012 11:12:15 GMT - Source: Community Care
  Despite claims for the liberating potential of independent practices for social workers and services users, innovation, flexibility and social work values continue to thrive in local authorities, says council practitioner Carl O'Riordan.

• Music be the food of some runners

  Thu, 03 May 2012 20:00:00 GMT - Source: Yahoo! News - South Africa
  Music be the food of some runners "Music is a legal drug for athletes," says Dr Costas Karageorghis, an expert on the effects of music on exercise at Brunel University.

• Personalisation: no silver bullet

  Tue, 01 May 2012 12:14:02 GMT - Source: Disability Now
  It’s been touted as the holy grail for giving full choice and control. But, says Professor Peter Beresford, beware of buzz word

• Challenging society on behaviour

  Tue, 01 May 2012 11:48:39 GMT - Source: Disability Now
  Recent stories about the treatment of people with what’s often referred to as "challenging behaviour" have given the experts

• A Promising Report Card

  Tue, 01 May 2012 00:43:29 GMT - Source: The Huffington Post - Blog
  What is surprising in The Declining Significance of Homophobia, sociologist Mark McCormack's new book from Oxford University Press, is not that homophobia among 16- to 18-year-old boys in secondary education in the U.