Reading in the news - Tue 29 Nov
29 November 2022
Breakfast club offers support: Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor Peter Miskell (Education and Student Experience), Sheldon Allen (RUSU President), Poppy Lindsey (RUSU student welfare officer), and student, Catherine Wilmott, were interviewed by BBC News and quoted by the , and on the impact of the University's affordable breakfast initiative entitled Warm Welcome at the student's union to support students suffering from the cost-of-living crisis. BBC Radio Berkshire also interviewed Sheldon Allen on how the University is helping its students.
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
- , , , , , , , , and the report on a survey conducted by a researcher previously at the University in the sixties on the biodiversity of the River Thames. Read our news story.
- Dr Laura Wilcox (Meteorology) was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire on the impact of aerosols on climate change.
- Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) is listed by as an upcoming speaker during Reading's Climate Fayre.
- mentions the University's collaborative research findings that lower travel emissions during lockdown contributed to a methane surge.
COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic
- Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by the , , , , , , , and on the continuously changing nature of Covid.
Other Coverage:
- Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire on recent research linking heading the ball in football to higher risks of developing dementia.
- Jon Foster-Pedley's (Dean and Director of Henley Business School Africa) article on the importance of doing things differently is published by the and .
- Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by on the relatively mild nature of bacteria which commonly causes treatable sore throats. His comments ease concern following the death of a child who recently died from this bacteria.
- Professor Tom Oliver (Biological Sciences) is listed by for having spoken at an event marking fifty years since North Wessex Downs was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
- Louise Claasen (Henley Business School Africa) is quoted by on what the metaverse has in common with the physical world.
- reports on a book by Visiting Professor, Dr Warwick Rodwell (Archaeology) which traces the history of a historic farmstead.
- The Tablet (in print) publishes an article by Emeritus Professor John Cottingham (Philosophy) on the philosophical and theological problem of evil.
- mentions Henley Business School's research on the benefits of the four-day workweek.
- Oxford Mail (in print) reports on planning permission that the University has received to develop housing.
Alumni:
- and publish a collaborative article by Reading graduate, Sophie Perret, on inflation and hotel pricing.
- reports on the appointment of Reading graduate, Jeremy Spencer, as the new chief executive for trust of multiple schools.
- publishes an article by Henley Business School graduate, Matt Peake, on ethical AI.
- reports on the appointment of Reading graduate, James Witty, as a graduate surveyor at Dacres Commercial.
- interviews Reading graduate, Milly Chepkorir on her career.