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News Archive

News for the year 2019

  • December

    • #VotePlanet: Businesses have opportunity to ‘take a stand against climate change'
    • Reading in the news - Mon 2 Dec
    • Bird evolution unique in seeing shrinking testes
    • #VotePlanet: Climate change summit features Reading expertise
    • Train retraces Lady Astor’s journey from constituency to Parliament during 100th anniversary celebrations
    • #VotePlanet: Farming faces challenges in a changing climate
    • #VotePlanet: Pollinator threats risk damaging global food production
    • #VotePlanet: ‘Let’s treasure our soil’ to help it cope with future threats
    • University energy manager recognised as top in the public sector
    • #VotePlanet: University shows cutting carbon is possible through everyday choices
    • Probiotics and prebiotics work differently in girls and boys according to piglet study
    • #VotePlanet: Sea level rise threat will exist ‘for centuries to come’
    • #VotePlanet: Plants ‘need a helping hand to overcome climate challenges’
    • Reading in the News - Fri 6 Dec
    • Global carbon emissions increase but rate has slowed
    • #VotePlanet: Drought and bushfires in Australia may be a more common sight under climate change
    • Reading in the news - Mon 9 Dec
    • #VotePlanet: Renewable energy ‘a big player in global decarbonisation’
    • #VotePlanet: Towns and cities need a ‘refreshed vision’ to cope with future challenges
    • Reading flood expert receives OBE from HRH Prince Charles
    • Gut-brain research gets €2 million grant
    • Using escape games to get adults and children to think and change their diets
    • Avoid the sprout fights by familiarising kids with veg through eBooks
    • New study to examine potential impact of aircraft electrification on airport infrastructure at Heathrow
    • #VotePlanet: Politicians have chance to ‘put the planet before politics’
    • Will bad weather on polling day change the outcome?
    • Two apples a day keeps cholesterol at bay
    • Health claims of flavanol compound can be objectively assessed with new biomarker
    • CBD-based epilepsy drug team gets Pharmacology award
    • Reading in the News - Weds 18 Dec
    • Reading in the news - Mon 16 Dec
    • Reading in the news - Tue 17 Dec
    • Project to shed light on Britain's earliest Roman settlers
    • Invest in pollinator monitoring for long-term gain
    • Farmers most trusted part of UK food chain says new consumer research
    • Fish oil study could pave way for better blood pressure treatments
    • Former RBH Medical Director receives honorary degree
    • Reading in the News - Thurs 19 Dec
    • IEA wins climate services contract in China
    • Future food leaders from around the world benefitting from a European exchange
    • New resources aim to encourage healthy eating habits in pre-schoolers
    • ‘Baffling’ scientific health claims on food unhelpful for shoppers
    • New milk chocolate developed with nearly half sugar of normal treat
    • Snowmageddon warnings in North America come from tropics more than Arctic stratosphere
    • Trees have ‘more power’ to fight climate change
  • November

    • Poet Michael Rosen highlights importance of burial artefacts in new creative works
    • Reading in the news - Fri 1 Nov
    • Reading in the news - Mon 4 Nov
    • Reading in the news - Tue 5 Nov
    • Reading in the News - Weds 6 Nov
    • Gluten-free diets won’t help healthy guts
    • Reading in the News - Thurs 7 Nov
    • Biology curriculum failing to teach “vegan generation” about plants
    • Prevent drought by using less water during wet weather, scientists say
    • Reading in the news: Fri 8 Nov
    • Reading in the news: Mon 11 Dec
    • Reading in the news: Tues 12 Nov
    • Reading in the News - Weds 13 Nov
    • University farm to end pheasant shoot lease
    • Reading in the News - Thurs 14 Nov
    • Climate change already damaging health of world’s children and threatens lifelong impact
    • How do you provide healthy, sustainable food for world of the future?
    • Reading in the News - Tues 19 Nov
    • Reading in the News - Weds 20 Nov
    • Budding sustainable farmers get cash award to pursue studies
    • £600 robot revolutionises microbiology research
    • #VotePlanet: Reading puts environment front and centre of General Election
    • Reading in the news: Thu 21 Nov
    • #VotePlanet: Sustainability at the heart of Reading campus
    • #VotePlanet: Flood science helping communities prepare for the worst
    • #VotePlanet: Trees ‘key to combatting climate change’
    • #VotePlanet: Fighting wildfires globally before they even begin
    • #VotePlanet: Extreme weather science offers ways to prepare for impacts
    • Weather in Malaysia provides early forecasts for UK, study finds
    • Local GP educators shortlisted for award with collaboration from UoR team
    • Reading in the News: Mon 25 Nov
    • #VotePlanet: Air pollution endangering human health, now and in the future
    • #VotePlanet: Smarter travel could help fight climate change
    • Reading in the News - Weds 27 Nov
    • #VotePlanet: Green development a springboard for global economic growth
    • Scientific muddle or marketing puff? What health claims on food really mean
    • #VotePlanet: Threatened British wildlife supported by latest science
    • Reading in the News - Fri 29 Nov
    • #VotePlanet: Plastic waste reduction requires ‘changing bad habits’
  • October

    • Reading in the News - Tues 1 Oct
    • River research ‘needs boost to protect UK homes’
    • Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles to give film-making masterclass at University
    • Reading in the news: Fri 4 Oct
    • Reading in the news - Mon 7 Oct
    • Unexplored Roman building could be one of Britain’s earliest bath houses
    • Reading in the news - Tue 8 Oct
    • University takes next step on environmental ambitions
    • Reading in the news - Fri 11 Oct
    • Graduate’s embroidered story of homelessness shortlisted for art prize
    • Reading in the news - Mon 14 Oct
    • #PlanetPartners: Global co-operation to save the planet
    • #PlanetPartners: EU-funded project will put people at the heart of city climate forecasts
    • Reading in the news - Tue 15 Oct
    • #PlanetPartners: Major malnutrition risk due to climate change
    • Reading in the News - Weds 16 Oct
    • #PlanetPartners: Weather forecasting innovation
    • Reading in the news: Thu 17 Oct
    • Reading in the news: Fri 18 Oct
    • #PlanetPartners: UN reports should prioritise less likely but high-impact events
    • #PlanetPartners: Science minister backs Reading plan for European weather centre
    • Student exchange scheme aims to beat food students’ isolation after Brexit
    • Reading in the news: Mon 21 Oct
    • “Everyone working together” needed to tackle Reading loneliness
    • No place like home: species are on the move, but many have nowhere to go
    • New book reveals why we put on ‘telephone voices’
    • Reading in the News - Tues 22 Oct
    • 100% organic farming in UK could significantly increase agriculture emissions
    • Reading in the News - Weds 23 Oct
    • Study of Earth’s climate through maths lands Reading researcher European award
    • Allotment holders get expert gardening advice as University donates Shinfield site
    • Alzheimer’s amyloid build-up affects certain parts of brain cells more than others in mice
    • Beyond farm to fork: new UKRI funding to address big food challenges
    • Reading in the news: Thu 24 Oct
    • Reading in the news - Fri 25 Oct
    • Beckett-inspired creative works to be performed for the first time
    • Reading in the news - Mon 28 Oct
    • Reading in the News - Weds 30 Oct
    • Reading in the news - Tue 29 Oct
    • Reading in the news - Thu 31 Oct
    • Reduced-sugar chocolate and low-saturated fat cheese trialled at nutrition symposium
  • September

    • New vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease gains licence
    • Media Report - Tues 3 Sept
    • Art collaboration highlights urgency of climate change
    • Reading in the News - Weds 4 Sept
    • Triple Times Higher Education Awards shortlisting for Reading
    • Reading in the news - Mon 9 Sep
    • Professor Julie Lovegrove begins Nutrition Society presidency
    • Reading in the news - Tues 10 Sept
    • Reading in the News - Weds 11 Sept
    • Reading strengthens performance in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020
    • Reading in the news: 13 Sept
    • Reading in the news - Mon 16 Sep
    • Reading in the news - Mon 2 Sep
    • ‘Beast from the East’ trigger identified
    • Reading in the News - Tues 17 Sept
    • Expert comment: Climate action requires 'wholesale changes to our society’
    • Reading in the News - Weds 18 Sept
    • University to review pheasant shooting on farmland
    • ‘Perfect storm’ coastal flood potential multiplied by climate change

    • Agriculture partnership with Barclays celebrates 50 years
    • David Schwimmer is the most underappreciated Friend
      and here’s why.
    • Reading in the news - Thursday, 19 Sept
    • Climate data makes front pages as strikes begin #ShowYourStripes
    • Reading in the news - Fri 20 Sep
    • Reading rises in Times and Sunday Times University 2020 rankings
    • Reading in the News - Tues 24 Sept
    • Military Strategy experts gather at Reading Uni
    • Reading in the News - Weds 25 Sept
    • Sensory experience helps Reading scoop Berkshire Show prize
    • Reading in the News - 26 Sept
    • University academic launches Friends book with talk
    • Reading in the news - Fri 27 Sep
    • University provides more drink-free events for start of new term
    • Reading in the news - Mon 30 Sep
  • August

    • Islamic State should be tried for cultural genocide against Yazidi according to new report
    • Reading in the News - Tuesday 6 August
    • Reading in the News - Weds 7 August
    • Business and Education lecturers win national teaching excellence award
    • Jet stream study confirms aircraft turbulence risk
    • Scorecasting prediction model back for another season
    • Reading in the News - Weds 14 August
    • Rapid metabolism change helped mammals to thrive in colder climate
    • Reading in the News - Thurs 15 Aug
    • Politics graduate receives first class honours after gaining university place through clearing
    • New online courses to help students and parents prepare for university
    • Reading in the news - Mon 12 Aug
    • Reading in the news - Tue 13 Aug
    • Excavation of Anglo-Saxon church reveals cradle of English Christianity
    • Reading in the News - Weds 21 Aug
    • Students receive first RIBA prizes to be awarded at new School of Architecture
    • Reading in the News - Tues 20 Aug
    • Unique Reading Festival experience for creative students
    • Backstage Reading Festival experience for creative languages student
    • Backstage Reading Festival experience for creative film student
    • Backstage Reading Festival experience for creative History student
    • Reading in the News - Thurs 22 Aug
    • Backstage Reading Festival experience for creative English Language student
    • Backstage Reading Festival experience for creative English Literature student
    • Reading Festival experience to be told by creative Classics student
    • Reading Festival experience to be told by creative Typography student
    • Reading Festival experience to be told by creative Art and English student
    • Reading in the News - Tues 27 Aug
    • Reading Festival 2019: Climate change research takes centre stage
    • Reading in the News - Weds 28 Aug
    • Alzheimer’s research gets regional boost with renewed funding
  • July

    • Students step back in time during archaeology dig
    • Book turns spotlight onto vibrant DIY underground press of the punk era
    • Astronaut talk to mark 50th anniversary of moon landing
    • Reading in the news - Mon 1 Jul
    • Complex solar storms could provide space weather clues
    • Reading in the news - Tues 2 Jul
    • Ground-breaking graphic design to explain science to children goes on display
    • Turning the tables on farmers’ weather risks
    • Reading in the news - Weds 3 Jul
    • Government Faith Minister hears from University and Reading religious leaders
    • WHO guidelines to cut dairy could increase the risk of heart disease
    • Student satisfaction with University of Reading on the rise
    • Reading in the News - 4 July
    • Secret of UK chocolate manufacture inspires discovery of new lactose form
    • Reading in the news - 5 July
    • Humans ‘must be better neighbours’ to save elephants
    • Energy demand solutions proposed in new Government report
    • Reading in the news - 10 July
    • Reading partners with Government to highlight bees’ needs
    • Schoolgirl’s litter letter earns her grand tour of University
    • Reading in the news - 16 July
    • Graduate scientist given inaugural fossil research award in honour of unsung hero
    • Reading in the News - 17 July
    • Reading in the News - 18 July
    • Campus wins ninth Green Flag award
    • Politics student overcomes liver disease to graduate
    • How animal research at Reading helps tackle global health challenges
    • Law Graduates win work with top firm
    • Reading in the News - 19 July
    • Animal research: Jeremy or Boris? Name our life-saving baby llama
    • University’s graduation awards revealed for 2019
    • Reading in the news - Mon 22 Jul
    • University confronts waste materials in public art commission
    • Reading in the news - Mon 15 Jul
    • Animal research: Studying brain electricity in mice to tackle Alzheimer’s
    • Animal research: Changing cow diets to cut greenhouse gas emissions
    • Reading in the News - Tues 23 July
    • Reading in the News - Weds 24 July
    • Sustainable farming and youth mental health funders recognised
    • Expert Comment on UK Heatwave and risks posed from extreme heat
    • Reading in the News - Thurs 25 July
    • Record-breaking weather as temperatures hit all-time high for July
    • Reading in the news: 29 July
    • Reading in the News - Weds 31 July
    • Cutting pollution won’t cause global warming spike, study finds
  • June

    • How cities create their own clouds
    • Reading in the news - Mon 3 Jun
    • 'Confront Trump on climate change', scientists urge PM
    • Reading in the News - Tues 4 June
    • Reading in the News - Weds 5 June
    • Health and Life Sciences Building topping out ceremony held
    • Gold medal for Reading student at Chelsea Flower Show
    • Business network to champion workplace diversity launched
    • Reading flood forecasting expert on Queen’s Birthday Honours list
    • Reading in the news - Mon 10 Jun
    • Forgotten organs may hold clues to new type 2 Diabetes treatment
    • Reading in the news - Fri 7 Jun
    • Reading in the News - Tues 11 June
    • Reading in the News - Weds 12 June
    • Vegan sports food wins for national innovation prize
    • Made at Reading: Uni leads fight against environmental threats
    • See how humans have redrawn Earth’s biological map
    • Lecturer wins top Psychology teaching award
    • Neolithic people built Scottish artificial islands
    • Made at Reading: University hits 40% carbon reduction milestone
    • Made at Reading: University science saves wildlife
    • Reading in the News - Weds June 19
    • University of Reading holds top 30 UK position in QS league table
    • University of Reading Malaysia evolves to face future with confidence
    • Made at Reading: Uni builds community partnerships to drive positive environmental change
    • Food student wins national Young Scientist prize
    • Shortlist announced for Research Engagement awards
    • Made at Reading: Show your stripes for the climate
    • Clarification on Malaysia finances
    • Reading in the news - Mon 24 Jun
    • Reading in the News - Tues 25 June
    • Student designers get real job experience through University scheme
    • Reading in the News - Weds 26 June
    • Immersive simulations to inspire young people in Berkshire about health careers
    • Researchers honoured through University’s impact awards
    • Reading in the News: 28 June
    • Glastonbury’s mystical atmosphere owes much to its archaeology
    • Europe heatwave a sign of things to come under climate change
  • May

    • Reading in the News - Weds 1 May
    • Storm flooding aid response informed by latest science
    • National Fruit Collection research project to continue with £2m Defra grant
    • Reading in the News - 2 May
    • University of Reading climatologist delivers talk on ground-breaking research
    • New science research programme launched to inform Defra policy making
    • Reading in the news - Fri 3 May
    • 18th century trade ship observations contribute to new £3.7m global climate project
    • Reading in the news - Tues 7 May
    • Eureka! Children as young as five ‘get’ abstract science concepts
    • Could an adventure help children battle anxiety?
    • New collaborative space created by University of Reading students to be unveiled
    • Reading in the news - Weds 8 May
    • Naming storms ‘could save lives’
    • Reading in the News: 13 May
    • BAME students say “swallow pride” to get best grades
    • Doubling capacity for children’s therapy
    • Reading in the news - Weds 15 May
    • Reading in the News - Thurs 16 May
    • Reading in the news - Fri 17 May
    • 'Absolute unit' marketing campaign lands The MERL national museums award
    • Iraq heritage can boost human rights, report says
    • Reading in the news - Mon 20 May
    • Reading in the News - Tues 21 May
    • Reading in the News - Weds 22 May
    • Reading in the News - 24 May
    • Reading in the News - Tues 28 May
    • Join academics to talk science over a pint
    • Reading in the News - Weds 29 May
    • Interactive science festival returns to streets of Reading this summer
    • Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust names University departments
    • Climate scientists call on Prime Minister to leave zero emissions legacy
    • Expert comment: link between 'ultra-processed' foods and heart disease
  • April

    • Reading in the news - Mon 1 Apr
    • Reading in the news - Tue 2 Apr
    • Reading in the news - Weds 3 Apr
    • Gardeners asked to help identify the invasive plants of the future
    • Reading in the news - Thurs 4 Apr
    • Reading in the news - 5 April
    • Army partnership to enhance development of University recruits
    • Reading in the news: 8 April
    • World leading academic Daniel Dennett to give prestigious lecture
    • Reading in the News - Tue 9 Apr
    • Reading in the News - Wed 10 Apr
    • ‘A suitable occupation for a woman?’: Celebrating 100 years of women in the legal profession
    • Reading in the News - 11 April
    • NERC invests £1.3 million to engage the UK public on big issues in environmental science
    • University of Reading botanists toast 50th anniversary with specially brewed ale
    • Reading in the news - 12 April
    • Feel the power of voices and bodies in performance art workshops
    • Maths shows the nature of ‘tipping points’ for climate and eco crises
    • Reading in the news - Mon 15 Apr
    • Reading in the news - Tues 16 Apr
    • Mark Lawrenson to battle Reading computer model on Football Focus
    • Benefits of phasing out coal 'outweigh risks'
    • Reading in the news - Tue 23 Apr
    • How to destroy an asteroid without nuking each other first
    • Reading in the news - Wed 24 Apr
    • Reading in the news - Mon 29 Apr
    • Reading in the news - Tues 30 Apr
  • March

    • University partners with community scheme to encourage local people to invest in green energy
    • Reading in the News - 1 March
    • Climate-friendly plant milk wins just IMAGINE if… competition
    • Arab Spring academic wins prestigious ‘New Generation Thinkers’ award
    • Reading in the news - 4 March
    • Reading in the news - Mon 4 Mar
    • Life after death at a metabolic level – and it’s the heart that goes on
    • Reading in the news - 5 March
    • Adders are facing near extinction in Britain according to study of national adder population trends

    • £900k research project to understand where obesity comes from
    • University of Reading students named botany challenge champions
    • Reading in the news - 6 March
    • Mindful events bring student mental health into the spotlight
    • University opens up science for all as British festival returns
    • Knee pain goes under the knife following “game changing” research
    • Reading in the news - 7 March
    • Reading in the news - 8 March
    • Top UN law expert attends Buckingham Palace for International Women’s Day 2019
    • Student path to success gets major boost
    • Teaching assistants to benefit from free online courses
    • Reading in the news - Mon 11 Mar
    • Parliament invitation for University’s Astor scholar
    • Reading in the news - Tues 12 Mar
    • Student’s work in Reading schools strengthens relationships with police and community
    • Reading in the news - Weds 13 Mar
    • Reading in the news - 14 March
    • Reading in the news - 15 March
    • Reading in the news - Mon 18 Mar
    • Progress on Gender Pay Gap as more women progress in academic roles
    • Urgent call for government to invest in healthy soils post-Brexit
    • Lake ‘dead zones’ could kill fish and poison drinking water
    • Reading in the news - Tues 19 March
    • Expert comment: Cyclone Idai in Mozambique and Zimbabwe
    • Reading in the news - Wed 20 Mar
    • Award demonstrates University’s long-term commitment to breakthrough research
    • Couch or sofa? Words face their own survival of the fittest
    • Reading in the news - Tues 26 Mar
    • Reading in the news - Mon 25 Mar
    • Reading in the news - Weds 27 Mar
    • Reading museums launch joint Ladybird Books exhibition
    • Thames Valley Science Park nominated for two property awards
    • Reading in the news - Thurs 28 Mar
    • Working class Roman poetry to be rediscovered thanks to €2m funding award
    • Reading in the news - Fri 29 Mar
    • University of Reading statement on Brexit
  • February

    • Daniel Williams - A statement from the Acting Vice-Chancellor
    • University of Reading response to Guardian article
    • Reading names Moscow university as International Strategic Partner
    • Empty Reading shop exhibition showcases a video installation by New York based artist Patricia L. Boyd
    • Brain benefits of speaking multiple languages explored in new event
    • First look at historic Nancy Astor statue as designer chosen
    • Open Letter to Reading UCU
    • State of the art lecture theatre named after world-leading Reading meteorologists
    • Environment and wildlife research makes Reading top UK university
    • See how redeveloped St Patrick's Hall student accommodation would look
    • Teenage depression linked with inability to recall specific memories
    • Electric bikes could provide old people with brain boost
    • Earliest UK weather records could hold key to predicting future climate
    • Reading in the news - Mon 25 Feb
    • Professor Robert Van de Noort appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading
    • Reading in the news - Tues 26 Feb
    • Reading in the news - Weds 27 Feb
    • Human Rights Law Professor joins top UN panel
    • Reading in the News - Thurs 28 Feb
    • What can we do about a decline in Britain’s native oaks?
  • January

    • Lecturers say ideal students more about attitude than marks
    • A century and half of reconstructed ocean warming offers clues for the future
    • T. rex bite ‘no match for a finch’
    • ‘It is not too late to take action on sea level rise’, says scientist after award recognition
    • World’s first global wildfire research centre launches with £10m funding
    • Chinese Government recognises professors for low carbon construction teaching programme
    • Cities could play a key role in pollinator conservation
    • Award-winning digital archive shares Beckett with the world
    • University of Reading becomes top 100 LGBT+ Employer
    • Experts team up to fight threats to cities, wildlife and people
    • Internship scheme bridges gap between student and employer
    • ‘Ballerina feet’ allowed mammals to get big and rule the world
    • NATO Generals get lecture on Middle East terrorism
    • Coalition Govt reforms deepening divide in access to History courses
    • Semen straw sculptures coming to home of ‘livestock celebrities’
    • Foraged forest plants feed many Zambians in the dry season

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