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Thursday
May062010

UEAPR

The Times Ed Supp reports that the University of East Anglia has had a surge of positive online coverage since the breaking of the Climategate affair.

Some mistake, surely?

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Reader Comments (20)

i think its just a measure of online attention with plenty of current students blogging what a nice place norwich is to study.

May 6, 2010 at 7:28 AM | Unregistered Commentermike

The CRU isn't the most popular UEA department, that honour goes to the Department of Creative Writing. Need I say more?

May 6, 2010 at 7:34 AM | Unregistered Commentergeronimo

Maybe would-be students realise you can easily make a good career in BS without doing any real science at UEA.

I've never heard of some of the "universties" in the lists.

May 6, 2010 at 7:49 AM | Unregistered CommenterPhillip Bratby

"Hide the decline" takes on a whole new meaning.

From 53rd to 2nd in two years? It sounds as if another hockey stick curve has been revealed.

May 6, 2010 at 9:03 AM | Unregistered CommenterMartin A

"Coverage on the blogs" maybe. "Positive coverage on the blogs" - I think not.

May 6, 2010 at 9:04 AM | Unregistered CommenterMessenger

Depends which blogs.

They probably only read the Warmist ones.

May 6, 2010 at 9:48 AM | Unregistered CommenterFringe opinion

Positive and negative feedback needs a lot more research.

May 6, 2010 at 9:52 AM | Unregistered Commentermartyn

What constitutes a positive piece of news? And are all sources taken into account?

I sense "Cherry Picking". But that would be silly......wouldn't it?

May 6, 2010 at 10:16 AM | Unregistered CommenterRoss Hartshorn

My comment is on the THE article.

My degree is from a University not that far from UAE and I'm a writer. So, hey: geronimo - easy, tiger.

Surely 'creative writing' has played a large part in bringing us to this awful juncture. I'm happy to contribute my skills to redress the balance. After all, we had to play Rugby against the sods. And we always won.

May 6, 2010 at 10:49 AM | Unregistered CommenterGixxerBoy

Bish: they are blogging about, er, blogging.
This means that you are blogging about them blogging about blogging.

[BH adds: You're right. I think I had better blog about this...]

May 6, 2010 at 11:34 AM | Unregistered CommenterJack Hughes

The media has also been giving coverage to Brett Mills from UEA about his concern about animals right to privacy in documentaries http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8653562.stm

I guess some might consider that positive coverage, except when you look at the blog coverage, amongst the first couple of titles in a google blog search:

East Anglia: Doubling Down On Stupid
Dumb S**t To Worry About- India Drummond
Bad Argument of the Week VIII

May 6, 2010 at 11:38 AM | Unregistered CommenterKriek

@Gixxerboy:"My degree is from a University not that far from UAE and I'm a writer. So, hey: geronimo - easy, tiger.

Surely 'creative writing' has played a large part in bringing us to this awful juncture."

Precisely my point a bit subtle I'll admit, but we don't want to start indicating our irony by saying "sarc/off" do we?

May 6, 2010 at 11:54 AM | Unregistered Commentergeronimo

"Some mistake, surely?"

Mistake of course, but don't call me Shirley.

May 6, 2010 at 1:43 PM | Unregistered CommenterHoi Polloi

Must be a slow news day over there. Hopefully, you all vote and tomorrow we can have fun discussing how the election results will effect the AGW debate.

My eyes are, however, on the German regional election Sunday. That could seriously impact the euro and with it the EU.

May 6, 2010 at 2:49 PM | Unregistered CommenterDon Pablo de la Sierra

CRU are full of the joys of spring (albeit rather a late one) I guess. They just landed another nice little earner!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/8662367.stm

May 6, 2010 at 3:05 PM | Unregistered CommenterMingmong

Dr Joe Farman, the man who found the hole in the ozone, gives climate scientists, climate modellers and Lord Oxburgh a good kick up the back side.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8664000/8664313.stm

Way to go Joe.

May 6, 2010 at 3:41 PM | Unregistered CommenterMac

Good link there Mac, he certainly comes out with some home truths. Oxburgh comes in for some fairly directed flack.
However, it still reads a bit like, 'My invented problem is more important than your invented problem, and I did it better...' but hey, his points are very valid.

May 6, 2010 at 4:09 PM | Unregistered CommenterChuckles

I heard the Radio 4 Today interview about the ozone layer. Apart from a brief mention of Farman's criticism of the climate science (which was included in the news bulletin extract and described as " a nod to climate sceptics", as Roger Harrabin put it) there was precisely NO mention in the later broadcast interview of Farman's quite extensive criticisms of climate science, described in the BBC's online article by Harrabin. I wonder why? Oh yes, I remember- the science is settled.

May 6, 2010 at 4:15 PM | Unregistered CommenterMessenger

The UEA has, indeed, seen a surge in positive news coverage recently. However, the news items do not involve the CRU.

This obviously is the result of a fairly intelligent tactical decision. The reputation of the UEA has suffered because of the activities of the CRU. The spate of news items constitute an attempt to salvage that reputation. And, by extension, an attempt to distance the UEA from the CRU.

May 6, 2010 at 5:07 PM | Unregistered CommenterSchiller Thurkettle

Fron 53rd to 2nd in just 2 years.
Maybe they hired Harry Redknapp is the Chancellor.

May 7, 2010 at 11:40 PM | Unregistered CommenterGraham Green

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