Reading in the news - Fri 4 Nov

Shinfield Studios:  toured Shinfield studios, which is being developed on University-owned land. There will be 18 state-of-the-art sound stages at the studios, which expects to attract around £600 million to the UK economy, each year. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• , , , , , , , ,, , , and others quote Professor Chukwumerije Okereke (Geography and Environmental Science) on the importance of compensating and supporting Africa during COP27 for the damage and loss the continent has suffered as a result of climate change.
• , , , , , , , , , and many others quote ProfessorPaulWilliams (Meteorology) on how warm weather affects how a plane takes off.
• Professor Ed Hawkins' (Meteorology) climate stripes are featured by  and .  alsomentions the stripes on Reading FC's kit and Reading buses. 
• , , and  feature DrRob Thompson's (Meteorology) drought and flooding demonstration video.
• Professor Emeritus Derek Clements-Croome (Built Environment) was featured in the Royal Society of Medicine magazine highlighting his RSM lecture on ‘architecture for people and the planet’.
• , , and quote Dr Christopher O’Reilly (Meteorology) on why Europe is experiencing unseasonably warm weather.
•  highlights the University’s involvement with The Lancet Countdown report on the effects of global warming and fossil fuel reliance on global health. Read our news story.
•  and  quote Professor Giles Harrison (Meteorology) on a study he co-authored, which found that swarming insects affect electric fields in the atmosphere. Read our news story.
•  reports the University's Walker Institute is part of a partnership to ensure global preparedness for water security issues. This work will be featured in a side event at COP27, in Egypt. Speakers include Professor Rosalind Cornforth, Director of the Walker Institute.
•  reports on the University's research on the cause of a space hurricane, never seen before, in 2014. 

Other Coverage:

• Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Vande Noort’s monthly column for  focuses on how the University marked Black History Month.
• BBC Radio Berkshire spoke to returning student Jess Ashley about her review of Good Luck Studio. 
•  and  continue coverage of the man who survived a heart attack at the University's sports park, thanks to the quick actions of a staff member with first aid training

Alumni:

• , , , , , and many others report on the appointment of Henley Business School graduate, Zillah Byng-Thorne, to Norwegian Cruise Line Holding's board of directors. 
•  reports on a trilogy written by Reading graduate, PhilipTyler. 
•  reports on a wearable infrared clothing brand founded by University graduate, Timothy Brownstone.
•  interviews Henley Business School graduate, Thomas Henriksen.