Reading in the news - Tue 20 Dec

Winter weather: Dr Stephen Burt (Meteorology) is quoted by the ,  (online), Sky News (), , , The Times (in ), (and in ), , Metro (in ), , , The Scotsman (in ), Western Mail (in ), Yorkshire Post (in ), Daily Record (in ), , , , , , , , , , , and over one hundred other outlets explaining the UK's sudden mild weather.

#PlanetPartners:working with global partners to protect the environment

• Professor RichardAllan (Meteorology) is quoted by the , ,, , and others on expected extreme weather next year as global temperatures continue to exceed at least 1C above average.
• Professor Nigel Arnell (Meteorology) is quoted by , , and  on the disruptive extreme cold weather events that will occur as an effect of global warming.
• Professor TomOliver (Biological Sciences) is quoted by(and in ) andon the role of indigenous people in conservation. 
• Dr MichaelGarratt (Agriculture) is quoted by  on entries received for the European Bee Award.
• Dairy Farmer (in ) mentions the University's partnership with Agriton to research what happens when retained carbon is returned to soil.

COVID-19:expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by the , , , , , , and others on how increasing Covid cases are impacting he NHS this winter.

Other Coverage:

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by on the UK's lacking awareness of rising scarlet fever infections, and by the and  on tips to get rid of a common cold infection quick.
• Dr Stephen Thomson (English Literature) wrote an article for about ideas explored in the BBC's adaption of His Dark Materials and it is reposted by .
• An article co-authored by Dr Allan Laville (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences), Dr Michael Kilmister (Henley Business School), Dr Nasreen Majid (Education), and Lecturer Vishnu Nair (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) on decolonising the school curriculum is published by .
• Professor Adrian Bell (Henley Business School) was quoted by  on his Christmaslecture on the history of money and finance. 
• PhD student, Luke Walters was interviewed by about his research on Christmas traditions and celebrations throughout history. 
• reports on difficulties that a student with cerebral palsy experienced to secure funding from her local council to pay for specialist equipment she needed to attend the University.
• mentions Henley Business School's research on the benefits of the four-day workweek. 

Alumni:

• reports on the honorary degree that University graduate and TV science journalist, Tom Clarke has received.
• reports on the appointment of Gareth Scargill as the deputy director at the University of Leeds innovation hub.