Media stories
Media links, stories and other coverage of the project.
Below are links to selected media coverage of our project.
National Press
The Conversation:
“British people still think some accents are smarter than others – what that means in the workplace”
Telegraph:
“Bias against regional working class accents develops in middle age, study finds”
Independent:
“Birmingham and Afro-Caribbean accents face worst bias in UK, study finds”
Sky:
“Accents that face the most discrimination revealed in study”
Radio and TV
Radio and television coverage of the project has included features on BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4, talkRADIO, LBC Tonight, BBC West Midlands, BBC Berkshire, and Newstalk Radio Ireland.
Subtitle Podcast [from 17.47]:
We speak: Accent discrimination and bias