6 to 12 February 2016

This week was a particularly successful week for media coverage. The Autonomous and Driverless Cars case study achieved coverage on BBC Radio, UK national papers and as far afield as the United States and Australia. Philippa Oldham had a particularly busy week, completing interviews on driverless car technology with a number of press journalists, offering comment on the Bavarian rail crash and taking part in a lively debate about UK manufacturing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. There was also follow up coverage of the Institution’s influential policy statement highlighting the electricity supply gap in media such as the BBC, The FT and the Press and Journal.

• 12/02/2016 A look at UK manufacturing following Rolls Royce’s financial results  – BBC Radio 4 Today programme

  Philippa Oldham took part in a lively segment on UK manufacturing, championing the potential for new technologies.

   

• 11/02/2016 Driverless cars will prevent 95% of all traffic collisions – Daily Mail

  Article about the Institution’s new Autonomous and Driverless cars case study. The news was also picked up by The Mirror, ITV, The Sun, The Times, Yahoo News, City AM, BT News, The National (Scotland), The NY Daily News (US), The Herald Sun (Australia), News.com (Australia), The Daily Telegraph (Australia), The Lonely Planet, The Western Daily Press, Cambridge News, Business Car, FleetWorld, Body Shop Magazine, Eureka Magazine, Motor Finance, Thinking Highways, Tech Week Europe, Next Green Car and ITS International.

  In terms of broadcast coverage, the report’s findings were also reported on BBC Essex, BBC Leicester, BBC Asian Network, Share Radio, Radio Borders, Kingdom FM, Absolute Radio, Jack FM, Key 103FM, Moray First FM, Breeze FM and Wave 105.2FM.

   

• 09/02/2016 Black boxes recovered from site of German train crash that killed 10- The Guardian

  Article featuring Philippa Oldham’s comments following the tragic rail accident in Bavaria. Her insight on the news also featured in Railway News

   

• 08/02/2016 Rugeley Power Station closure plan puts 150 jobs at risk – BBC online

Article which references the Institution’s influential policy statement looking at the UK electricity supply gap. The report was also referred to in The FT (subscribers only), Bloomberg, The Press & Journal, The Sheffield Star, The Shropshire Star, Rugby Advertiser, The Warwick Courier, Jersey Evening Post, Daventry Express, In-Cumbria, Scottish Energy News, The Leamington Courier, The Business Desk, Power Technology, Utility Week, Energy Voice and Connecting Industry.