Reading in the news - Wed 1 Apr
01 April 2020
COVID-19:
- Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) was interviewed on Sky News (also here and here) and TalkRADIO, quoted in the Guardian, ITV news online, Financial Times and Telegraph about Covid-19 death rates.
- BBC 5 Live spoke to Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) about the creation of homemade PPE to help healthcare workers and is quoted in The Times and Financial Times, and also spoke to BBC Berkshire and is quoted in the Financial Times about testing.
- Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted in the Sun about new research on ibuprofen and Covid-19.
- MBA.co.za cover the move by Henley Business School Africa to teach online.
Citizen science: BBC News and Yahoo! News report on the success of Rainfall rescue, a citizen science project led by Prof Ed Hawkins (Met).
Children’s brains: A project led by Prof Patricia Riddell (Psychology) to train newly qualified teachers on how children’s brains develop is covered in Times Educational Supplement.
Other coverage
- An obituary for Professor Colin Gray from the Department of Politics and International Relations appears in the Telegraph.