Reading in the news - Thu 4 Jun
04 June 2020
#WeAreTogether: Reading’s work to help during the crisis
- BBC Berkshire and The Breeze FM covers a new project run by Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) to improve the accuracy of home testing. Read more about the work here.
- The announcement of plans to reopen the campus to students for the Autumn term with a blend of online and in person teaching and learning is covered by GetReading.
- Reading.co.uk cover this year’s Art Degree shows which are being displayed in students’ homes due to the pandemic. Read our news story about the show here.
- BBC Berkshire mention that the MERL are providing materials to help with homeschooling.
COVID-19: expert comment on the coronavirus pandemic
- Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted on the BBC News website and spoke to BBC Radio One Newsbeat about a plan to run music festivals including Reading Festival; in CNBC about immunity passports; in an article for the BMJ about the two metre physical distancing; and in iNews about disinfecting smartphones.
- Prof Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted in the Daily Mail about a study suggesting that airborne transmission of the coronavirus is more likely than on surfaces.
- Dr Sandrine Claus (Food) is quoted in an article for the Independent about prebiotics and probiotics.
Finances: Vice Chancellor Robert Van De Noort spoke to BBC Berkshire about significant financial pressures that the University faces due to Covid-19.
Other coverage:
- The Tab reports on fines used by UoR to punish racist behaviour from students.
- Times of India cover Cyclone Nisarga that has hit the East coast of India. The article quotes Akshay Deoras (Met).
- A UoR student is mentioned in an article about pro-Israeli activists, in Jewish News.