Reading in the news - Wed 6 May
06 May 2020
COVID-19:
- Prof Tim Dixon (Built Environment) is quoted in Mail Online, Yahoo! News, ITV online and regional newspapers about how the coronavirus may lead to changes in the design of our cities.
- Mail Online quotes Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) about face masks.
- Prof Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted in CGTN about reports that a French patient is reported to have had COVID-19 in December 2019.
- Wokingham Paper cover an effort by local schools and UoR to produce face shield PPE for local hospitals and care homes. Read our news story here.
Reducing anti-social behaviour: GetReading report on a joint letter between UoR and RUSU expressing concerns for a local festival for students in Palmer Park. The article notes that UoR has been running a street marshal scheme, and quotes from the letter signed by Community Relations manager Sarah Gardner and RUSU President Molli Cleaver.
Nature and lockdown: ABC Radio’s Counterpoint programme interviewed Prof Mark Fellowes (Biological Sciences) on engaging with nature while under lockdown.
Other coverage
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