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Monday, 01 December 2014

Christmas at Reading

On 3 December in Palmer Quad on Whiteknights Campus 5pm-10pm we will hold our first ever Christmas fair. There will be lots of entertainment for students, with a skating rink, Ferris wheel and helter skelter, and colleagues are warmly invited to join us for festive food and drink, especially at 7pm when the Vice-Chancellor will light the Christmas tree with carols from the chamber choir.  The paths either side of the large fir tree in the centre of the Palmer Quad will be closed on the Saturday 29 November, Monday 1 December and Tuesday 2 December so that we can dress the tree before the fair.

Music at Reading

The Winter Concert takes place in the Great Hall, London Road on Saturday 6 December and features the University of Reading Big Band, Chorus and Symphony Orchestra. For more information and to buy tickets, click here.

On Monday 8 December we will hold the University of Reading's annual candle-lit carol service in the Great Hall at London Road.  Everyone is warmly welcome.  View your invitation.

Christmas Carols at Greenlands will be on 16 December at 6.30pm. We are selling tickets for £5 (from room 21 at Greenlands, deadline 9 Dec) if people would like mulled wine and mince pies - which are to be in the Garden Common Room. Or just come along for free and listen to the carols.

Contact: Events@Reading.ac.uk

University of Reading Christmas cards

We have a number of our beautiful University Christmas cards for sale. Numbers are limited but are available to members of staff on a first-come, first served basis.  Packs of 20 cost just £12.50 and will be ready from 8 December. To get yours, click here

And look out for our Christmas film which comes out shortly!

2015 wall calendars

Our 2015 wall calendars will be available immediately after the Christmas holidays. You'll be able to collect your copies free of charge from the receptions at Palmer Building and WhiteKnights House, from DPS at Earley Gate, or from Greenland receptions, or from the main reception at the Institute of Education, London Road.