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