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Reading in the news - Wed 17 May

17 May 2023

University of Reading appearing in news media including TV and radio

Film skills: A new initiative between the University, Shinfield Studios, and Slough-based Resource Productions to develop a local pool of production crew talent has won funding from the BFI. Dr Shweta Ghosh (Film, Theatre, and Television) was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire. BBC News and The Knowledge Online also report, with further coverage expected. Read our news story. 

#PlanetPartners:working with global partners to protect the environment

  • Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology/Geography) wrote an article for The Conversation on UK drought and flooding, also published in Smart Water Magazine. 
  • Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) is quoted by Taipei Times and Clean Technica on the "huge increase" in hate comments and climate-denier tweets that he, and many other climate scientists, have received on Twitter.
  • PhD student IsabelSmith (Meteorology) is quoted by BT and WUSA9 on how air turbulence will increase due to global warming.
  • Archy Newsy continued coverage of the University's upcoming research with Dr James O’Donoghue, currently of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, to find out why Saturn’srings are eroding.Read our news story.
  • A grant secured by the University which will fund the decarbonisation of Whitenight Campus's heating system is reported by District Energy. Read our news story.
 
Business and society:
  • Professor Andrew Kakabadse (Henley Business School) wrote an opinion piece for Global Government Forum on the UK civil service. 
  • Professor Keiichi Nakata (Henley Business School) is quoted by Raconteur on how to determine if work has been done by AI.
  • Medium reports on the Semicolon Techpreneurship programme, mentioning teaching from Henley Business School Africa is included in the course. 
  • Business Leader News mentions previous Henley Business School research on productivity in the workplace. 

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

  • RDG Today and Wokingham Today report on the grand opening of Manor Ground pavilion and pitch, and mention it was developed by the University alongside the council. The opening will be commemorated with a friendly game between the University and Shinfield Cricket Club. 
  • Continued coverage of the unveiling of The Armoured Heart by RDG Today, commissioned through a partnership with the University, to mark knife crime awareness week. 
  • Wokingham Today mentions a communitymeeting between the University, local residents, and council to improve Wokingham's infrastructure for sustainable travel.
 
Food and farming:
  • RDG Today and Wokingham Today report on the launch of the University's See and Eat book collection, based on Professor CarmelHouston-Price's (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) findings that picture books encourage children to eat more vegetables.

Other Coverage:

  • BBC Radio Guernsey mention the University's findings that the words "I", "we", "who" and the numbers one through three are amongst the oldest words in all Indo-European languages. 
  • Dr Mark Shanahan (formerly Politics), whose son Rory died by suicide while studying at Sheffield, was quoted by the Sheffield Star, Opera News and BBC Radio Sheffield before speaking in Parliament, calling for universities to have a legal duty of care for student welfare.
  • Wokingham Today and RDG Today report on an upcoming chaplaincy talk to be given in collaboration with the University. 
  • FMJ and Facilitate Magazine list the University as a customer of Pareto. 
  • The Reading Chronicle and MSN mention that comedian, Ricky Gervais, worked as a gardener at the University in the past. 

Alumni:

  • EIN Presswire, AP News, and over one-hundred U.S. news channels online, write a review for a book by Reading alumna, Sophie Scenic-Daniels. 
  • Business Wire, Yahoo!, ADVFN, Finanz Nachrichten, Topio Networks, Spoke, Street Insider, Bakersfield, Benzinga, and others report on the appointment of Henley Business School alumnus, Eliot Forster as chairperson of Ochre Bio's board of directors. 
  • Michigan News Updates and Editors Pride reports that Henley Business School alumna, has been selected as top leadership coach of the year by the International Association of Top Professionals. 

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