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News Archive

Reading in the news - Tue 8 Sep

08 September 2020

Reading in the news

WeAreTogether: Reading’s work to tackle the coronavirus crisis 

  • The Telegraph reports on a new study co-authored by Professor James Reade (Economics) about how reducing football crowds sizes is unlikely to be enough on its own to control the spread of Covid-19. Read our news story here.

COVID-19: expert comment on the coronavirus pandemic 

  • Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted in Mail Online about further increases in the numbers of cases and deaths in the UK, in the Daily Mail about a potential treatment for COVID-19 by filtering blood. 
  • Further coverage of comments by visiting Associate Professor Ben Neuman (Biological Sciences) in the Daily Mail and ITV News about how a second wave may not hit the UK until spring due to the impact of cold weather creating ‘mini-quarantines’. 

Novichok: Professor Gary Stephens (Pharmacy) spoke to Euronews about the poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny with nerve agent Novichok.

Other coverage

  • An article published in The Conversation by Dr Thomas Grisaffi (Geography) looks at changes to policies in Bolivia to tackle cocaine farming, and is republished in Yahoo! Canada. 
  • A trial of electric bin lorries by the University of Reading’s waste contractor is covered in the Reading Chronicle and Business and Innovation. Read our news story about the scheme here. 
  • Further coverage of the reopening of The Museum of English Rural Life on the London Road campus, on BBC Radio Berkshire. 
  • Nursery World cover research by Dr Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai (Education) about the use of picture books to support maths learning. 
  • A report on ways to tackle anti-microbial resistance from the dairy industry in Cow Management mentions testing carried out at the University of Reading. 
  • It’s Nice That report from the London Design Festival where former UoR lecturer Ken Garland received London Design Medal’s Lifetime Achievement award. 
  • A roundup of Heritage Open Days around Reading includes a mention of the ‘Nine lives of the Ure Museum’s Mummified Cat Head’ exhibition, in GetReading. 

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