Reading in the news - Tue 20 Apr

Childs play: New research led by Professor Helen Dodd (Psychology) surveying UK families about children’s play is covered in the and also features in their , which is republished in . Read about the new study here.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) spoke to and talkRADIO about the Indian variant, and in about easing restrictions.  

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) is quoted in and The Independent () about a new UN report about the intensification of climate change.
• Professor Tom Oliver (Biological Sciences) is also quoted about the UN report, in .
• report on climate-related natural events including Reading research on Antarctic ice melt.

Other Coverage

• Professor Adrian Bell, Dr Andrew Urquhart and Dr Chris Brooks (Henley Business School) write for about the proposals for a European football Super League.
• Professor James Reade (Economics) spoke to d afternoon show (Thursday) and breakfast show (Friday) (and again in news bulletins) about the finances of the football deal.
• BBC History Magazine carries a feature about Professor Adrian Bell’s (Henley Business School) People of 1381 project (attached).
• The National (r) cover SNP plans to introduce a four day working week, and cite the Henley Business School report about the working pattern.
• (from 1:07) speaks to Professor Marina Della Giusta (Economics) about gender equality – part of Phil Kennedy’s Monday series of É«¹·µ¼º½ interviews.
• Further coverage of comments by Professor Glenn Gibson (Food) about probiotics, in the Telegraph and Argus (in print).
• have further covered candidates for local elections including PhD researcher Alice Mpofu-Coles, and graduates Abi Jones, Adam Phelps and Ashley Pearce.
• Further coverage of research by Professor Yipeng Liu (Henley Business School) is mentioned in .
• further cover the building of a new temporary film studio in Shinfield.