A number of the speakers universities supported coverage on the conference on their news pages and in the local media:
University of Portsmouth, An academic look at life in The Archers, 13th February 2017
The News (Portsmouth), Portsmouth academics ask: What can The Archers tell us about real-life crime?, 16th February 2017
Manchester Metropolitan University, Why did soap opera scriptwriters use stoma bag to vilify character? asks professor, 20th February 2017
Royal Holloway University, Professor Lizzie Coles-Kemp to present paper at this year's Academic Archers Conference, 15th February 2017
Grantham Journal, Interest surges in Rippingale as ‘home’ of Archers, 17th February 2017