Reading in the news - Tue 27 Jun
27 June 2023
Refugee crisis: Dr Ruvi Ziegler was interviewed by on the record-breaking numbers of people fleeing their homes.
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
- features the climate stripes projected onto the cliffs of Dover for #ShowYourStripes as part of a feature on rising temperatures. Read our news story.
- Dr Rob Thompson (Meteorology) was interviewed by BBC Radio Sussex and BBC Radio Surrey on how weather can be linked to the recent hosepipe ban and drinking water shortage in parts of the UK. Read our expert comment.
- University research published today suggests citizen-led climate action could be the best way to adapt to and prepare for the impacts of climate change, reports . Read our news story.
- quote Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology), on the topic of upcoming heavy rainfall in Maharashtra.
#UniForReading: our role as a civic university
- reports on plans to install a public information board on Shinfield Road describing the University’s heritage and community links.
- mentions a University-supported football tournament to celebrate the town’s refugees and asylum seekers.
Food and farming:
- mentions the University will attend the upcoming agricultural festival, Groundswell, and participate in the "catchment hub area".
Business and society:
- Dr Rita Fontinha (Henley Business School) was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire on her role in co-coordinating a pilot of the four-day workweek in Portugal.
- reports the University's collaboration with the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s was named UK-Malaysia Education Institutional Partnership of the Year for its contribution to "driving value" in Malaysia and the UK’s education sectors.
Other Coverage:
- reports that Dr Rajesh Rajan supervises the University's undergraduate medical clinical placement programme (PY2CP).
- BBC Radio Leeds mentions the first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous system of two humans was conducted at the University.
- reports that Niki Chesser, wife of Dr John Chesser (Henley Business School), has been appointed the manager of a community support hub.
Alumni:
- and mention Radu Ciocoiu participated in a Board Practice and Directorship Program at Henley Business School.
- mentions Henley Business School graduate, Esther Kitto, has been appointed as the Vice President of Clinical Operations at Syncona.
- reports that Henley Business School alumna, Mark O'Connor, is having a baby with his partner and former Love Islander, Montana Brown.
- reports University Alumnus, Jamie Draper, has been hired at Utrecht as a philosopher.
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