News Archive

Reading in the news - Mon 24 Aug

COVID-19: expert comment on the coronavirus outbreak

• Prof Helen Dodd (Psychology) comments on how to prepare children to return to school following lockdown, in The Times.
• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted in the Times about possible ways to limit any spread of Covid-19 while hugging.
• Dr Clarke has spoken to BBC Radio 5 Live and again to answer listeners questions about the risk of Covid-19 to children following the PM urging schools to return in September. Dr Clarke also spoke to TalkRADIO, LBC and BBC Hereford and Worcester.
• Comments by Dr Clarke about increased cases is mentioned in the New Scientist, and Dr Clarke spoke to BBC Radio 4’s PM programme, and LBC about the R0 rate going up.
• Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted in the Independent (in digital print edition) on comments that the pandemic will be over within two years.

A-levels/Clearing: Comments by Professor Mark Fellowes (Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Academic Planning and Resource) following the change in the A-level grading system are reported in the New York Times online.

Greenland ice: Further coverage of a new study showing Greenland ice melting hit a new high in 2019 due to warmer temperatures, including comments by Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) who was not involved in the study, in Carbon Brief, BBC Science Focus, and the Ecologist.

Other news:

• Herald Scotland (in print) reports on a study by UoR and the RHS about the benefits of hedges on reducing man-made climate change.
• An obituary in The Times looks back on the life of Edna Sugarman who worked with the UoR Food Science department to create a burger and bun that could be microwaved together.
• Wokingham Paper reports on a local Reading secondary school pupil who has topped a table of school weather predictors playing a forecasting game created by UoR’s Department of Meteorology.
• Further coverage of an article by Dr Taibat Ibitoye (Food) in the Conversation about vegan diets, which has been reposted by Inverse.
• Business Insider have reposted an article by Profs Patrick Major (History) and Chris Scott (Met) in the Conversation about a study about the impact of WWII bombing on the atmosphere.
• A letter in the Wokingham Paper comments on housing developments in the borough including land sold by UoR.