16 to 23 October 2015

This week Dr Jenifer Baxter’s comments on the news that China will be investing in the Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor were picked up in national and trade publications and featured in over 90 news bulletins on BBC national and regional radio. There was pick up in national business newspaper City AM of the Institution’s latest policy statement, Public Transport for an Ageing Population, featuring quotes from the Dr Helen Meese, and there was regional coverage for the President’s recent visit to a school in Staffordshire.

• 21/10/2015 China invests in Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor – BBC 5 Live

  The Institution’s Dr Jenifer Baxter was interviewed on BBC 5 Live breakfast show about nuclear power, Hinkley Point C and the Chinese deal announcement today. Jenifer also completed a pre-recorded interview which was syndicated to over 90 BBC regional radio stations, including BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Merseyside and BBC Radio Ulster. Listen to the clip on BBC Radio London. Her comments on nuclear power were also picked up in The Guardian, Blue & Green,  Tomorrow, edie.net, Business Green, Process Engineering, Infrastructure Intelligence and Energy Voice.

   

• 23/10/2015 Where is the strategy to keep the lights on? – The Independent, Letters

  Following up on the news of China’s investment in Hinkley Point C, Dr Jenifer Baxter’s letter was picked up calling on people not to let the perceived threat of foreign investment allow people to be distracted from the threat of the lights going out.  

   

• 21/10/2015 Older people's transport subsidy is "unsustainable" – The Planner

  Article on the Institution’s latest policy statement which calls for Government to subsidise the vulnerable few, through the older people transport subsidy, but divert the majority of funds to improve accessibility for all. The article was also picked up in City AM (link not available) and Asian World News.

   

• 19/10/2015 Top president comes to see future at JCB Academy – Uttoxeter Advertiser

  Article about the Institution’s Prof Richard Folkson’s recent visit to the JCB Academy in Staffordshire.

   

• 20/10/2015 Whitworth Scholarship for Huddersfield student – Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Article about one of the winners at this year’s Institution Vision Awards.