News Archive

Reading in the news - Thu 2 Apr

COVID-19:

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biomedical Science) was interviewed on Sky News (also here and here), LBC News, TalkRadio (and again here), Heart Berkshire and Heart Hampshire. Dr Clarke was also quoted in The Telegraph (print), The Daily Mail (print also), AFP (reproduced by multiple international outlets), and Mail Online. Comments from Dr Clarke on the tragic death of a 13 year old boy in the UK were picked up by a variety of national, international and local online outlets, including The Telegraph (print also), The Independent, The Mirror and Metro.co.uk.
• Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) was on Deutsche Welle discussing various ongoing issues surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and was also quoted in the FT (£) (and again here), The Independent (print also) and The Sun. Comments from Dr Edwards on testing for the virus were played on BBC Berkshire news bulletins.
• Prof Ian Jones (Biomedical Science) is quoted in Mail Online on the use of face masks, and again here for a story on taking ibuprofen for COVID-19 symptooms.
• Dr Daphne Halikiopoulou (Politics) has written a blog for LSE on the pandemic and populism.
• Dr Jane Parker (Food) provided expert comment on findings that suggest the loss of smell and taste could be a symptom of COVID-19. Her comment was picked up by Yahoo News and other titles in the Yahoo series.
• Dr Sakthi Vaiyapuri (Pharmacy) was quoted in USA Today for an article on if people with blood type A are more susceptible to COVID-19.
• Prof Parastou Donyai (Pharmacy) was quoted in an Independent (print also) article on fake news and science.

Curiosity study: Curiosity can bias our decision making and promote risk taking, according to new research by Reading scientists. Nature reports on the new findings. Read our story here. 

Flooding: Prof Hannah Cloke (Geography) was quoted in The Guardian for an article on the use of natural flooding solutions in the UK. 

The butterfly effect: Prof Tom Oliver (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) has written a piece for Systems Thinking, the Cabinet Office blog on conservation research and policy-making. 

Other coverage

• Dr Miriam Clegg (Human Nutrition) has co-authored a blog for The Conversation on research into appetite suppression. The blog was reproduced on Yahoo News.
• The Wokingham News reports on the call for volunteers for Rainfall rescue, a citizen science project led by Prof Ed Hawkins (Met). This story has also seen some pick-up on US state radio stations, with Ed being interviewed.
• The Telegraph has published an obituary for Colin Gray, a former Professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies at Reading.
• Prof Lindy Grant (History) has written an article for History Extra on Eleanor of Aquitaine.
• MBA.co.za reports that Henley Business School South Africa is to share all its virtual education and insights for free with public and private South African universities and business schools, during the coronavirus crisis.
• SC Magazine reports that Reading is one of the UK universities where students can study cyber security.
• Dr Rebecca Bullard (English Literature) was interviewed on BBC Radio 5Live discussing author Daniel Defoe and his book The Plague.