Reading in the news - Fri 6 Oct
06 October 2023
Ultra-processed food: The ITV Tonight programme interviewed Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) and filmed PhD student Sravan Neelam in the Food Pilot Plant. Professor Kuhnle highlighted the value of food processing and urged caution in the debate about the risks of food processing to health.
Arts and heritage
- BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight spoke to co-author of Women and the Miners’ Strike, Dr Natalie Thomlinson (History).
- reports on the launch of Screen Berkshire event. Professor John Gibbs (Research Dean, Heritage & Creativity) was interviewed.
Business and society:
- , , and write that Reading Borough Council, in partnership with Henley Business School, has funded a million-pound trial to understand the benefits of sensors technology to monitor changes in daily habits that may cause concern. spoke to Dr Rodrigo Perez-Vega (Henley Business School) on the project.
- Dr Patrick Schueffel writes for on if CBDC’s (Central Bank Digital Currencies) will be used for political oppression. Republished by , and .
- Slough & Windsor Express (in print) mentions that Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles (Geography) was a part of the team running workshops at a Celebrating Diversity Event in Windsor.
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
- and The Guardian (in print) quotes Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) on September 2023 being the hottest September on record, with predictions that 2023 could be the warmest year on record, also. Professor Hawkins is featured in another report (republished by Heart, , Smooth Radio, Capital FM, Radio X and others).
- Professor Liz Stephens (Meteorology) is quoted in on climate change links to a decrease in the number of cyclones in the Mediterranean, but with more intense rainfall.
- reports on October potentially being the hottest on record. Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) comments. Republished by .
Health and wellbeing
- republishes a report by , quoting Visiting Professor David Richardson, on links between low vitamin D status and public health.
Other coverage
- Student campaigners are turning to the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 to end fossil fuel recruitment through its careers service, reports.
- Reading Safe Space is working in partnership with the University and has opened a new base in central Reading, reports.
- Trumpeter Crispin Steele-Perkins has taught at the University, Farnham Herald (in print) reports.
Alumni
- The Press (York) (in print) mentions writer Rick Broadbent studied at the University.
- CEO Today (in print) reports that professional coach Hazel Barlow, earned her MBA from Henley Business School.