Media stories
Media links, stories and other coverage of the project.
Below are links to selected media coverage of our project.
National Press
BBC News:
“Essex and London accents deemed less intelligent, researchers find”
Independent:
“France may ban discrimination against people without French accents”
Personnel Today:
“Reducing accent bias begins at the recruitment stage”
HR Magazine:
“Can accent discrimination become a legal reality?”
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.
BBC Radio 4
Word of Mouth: Accent Bias
BBC Radio 4 [from 34.02]
Women’s Hour: Accents
BBC Radio 4 [from 8.40]
Code-Switching
Subtitle Podcast [from 17.47]:
We speak: Accent discrimination and bias