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Reading in the news - Mon 10 Aug

10 August 2020

Reading in the news

 

#UniForReading: reaffirming our role as a civic university

  • The Reading Chronicle and Get Reading report on Reading Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Van de Noort being named a patron of Reading homelessness prevention charity Launchpad.
  • The appointment of Dr Sally Lloyd Evans (GES) as the first holder of the University of Reading’s new Public Engagement with Community Research Fellowship is today’s news story. Read it here and watch a video of Dr Lloyd-Evans explaining her new role on our Twitter channel.

COVID-19: expert comment on the coronavirus outbreak

  • Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by the Independent and MSN News on the difference between different facemask models; the Guardian on safe hugging; and was interviewed on Bloomberg, Russia Today and talkRADIO.
  • Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted by the Sunday Telegraph, Yahoo News and Channel News Asia on how working on a vaccine for Sars virus in 2003 would have helped us develop one faster for COVID-19 now.
  • Research by Professor James Reade and Dr Carl Singleton (Economics) into how playing sports games behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 lockdown affects home advantage is reported by the Guardian, Yahoo News and MSN News.
  • Professor Helen Bilton (IoE) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about the reopening of schools this September.

#LockdownClimateChange: how COVID-19 changes show a greener future

  • Professor Keith Shine (Meteorology) is quoted in the Guardian, MSN News and Yahoo News on how the COVID-19 lockdown has impacted climate change, and how a green recovery programme could help.

Tropical nights: BBC Breakfast on BBC One interviewed Dr Elisabeth Thompson (Meteorology) about the high overnight temperatures the UK is experiencing this week.

Other coverage

  • Current Archaeology uses a picture of a recreated farmworker’s cottage in the Museum of English Rural Life in an article on the changing standards of living over the decades.
  • The Reading Chronicle reports on funding for new snakebite research led by Dr Sakthi Vaiyapuri (Pharmacy). Dr Vaiyapuri was also interviewed on BBC Radio Berkshire.
  • BBC Radio Ulster and two other regional BBC stations interviewed Dr Mara Oliva (History) on the lack of diversity in the US presidential race.
  • The Daily Express, Northern Echo highlight the University of Reading’s appearance on University Challenge this evening at 8.30pm in their TV guide picks.
  • Wiadomosci in the Czech Republic mentions Henley Business School research in an article on the benefits of a four-day working week. Read Henley’s news story.
  • Times Live in South Africa report on popular singer Loyiso Bala completing his Master of Business Administration degree at Henley Business School Africa and encouraging others to do the same.
  • Yahoo News and MSN News quotes Professor Brian Scott-Quinn (Henley Business School) on the value of investing in stock other than oil.
  • Reading PhD student Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) is quoted by the Hindustan Times on the Mumbai monsoon weather.