Reading in the news - Mon 6 Apr
06 April 2020
COVID-19:
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) spoke to Sky News on Friday evening and a further appearance on Sunday afternoon, BBC World Service, Radio 5 Live, Talk Radio, LBC radio and dozens of other commercial radio stations. He is quoted by BBC News Online, and on a BBC live blog on Sunday, Guardian, Mail Online, Independent, The Week, Yahoo News, UNILAD, VT, Japan Today, a Reading Chronicle live blog and in the Daily Record.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted by the Telegraph. Read our expert comment on the government’s testing strategy.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted in the Express.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Professor Chris Hilson (School of Law and Reading Centre for Climate and Justice director) was interviewed on BBC Radio 4, and quoted by IFL Science and This Is Local London about the delay to COP26 due to the coronavirus. Read our expert comment round-up on the COP26 postponement.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Dr James Reade (Economics) is quoted by CNN on how the virus is delaying Brexit trade talks.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Professor Helen Bilton (Institute of Education) is quoted by talktalk.co.uk on her advice for home schooling children during the lockdown. Read our expert comment on this subject.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Professor Nada Kakbadse (Henley Business School) writes a piece for Business Perspectives about the challenges academics are facing working from home.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->BBC Radio Berkshire mentioned an advice pack put together by University of Reading experts (Psychology) as part of the Emerging Minds network.
Other coverage
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->The Reading Chronicle and Wokingham Paper report on a police appeal after a theft at the University.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->BBC Radio 4 spoke to a retiree who has enrolled at the University through the Graduate Programme for Medieval Studies.