Reading in the news - Tue 29 Nov

Breakfast club offers support: Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor Peter Miskell (Education and Student Experience), Sheldon Allen (RUSU President), Poppy Lindsey (RUSU student welfare officer), and student, Catherine Wilmott, were interviewed by BBC News and quoted by the ,  and  on the impact of the University's affordable breakfast initiative entitled Warm Welcome at the student's union to support students suffering from the cost-of-living crisis. BBC Radio Berkshire also interviewed Sheldon Allen on how the University is helping its students.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• , , , , , , , , and the  report on a survey conducted by a researcher previously at the University in the sixties on the biodiversity of the River Thames. Read our news story.
• Dr Laura Wilcox (Meteorology) was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire on the impact of aerosols on climate change.
• Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) is listed by  as an upcoming speaker during Reading's Climate Fayre.
•  mentions the University's collaborative research findings that lower travel emissions during lockdown contributed to a methane surge.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by the , , , , , , , and  on the continuously changing nature of Covid. 

Other Coverage:

• Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire on recent research linking heading the ball in football to higher risks of developing dementia. 
• Jon Foster-Pedley's (Dean and Director of Henley Business School Africa) article on the importance of doing things differently is published by the  and .
• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by  on the relatively mild nature of bacteria which commonly causes treatable sore throats. His comments ease concern following the death of a child who recently died from this bacteria. 
• Professor Tom Oliver (Biological Sciences) is listed by  for having spoken at an event marking fifty years since North Wessex Downs was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
• Louise Claasen (Henley Business School Africa) is quoted by  on what the metaverse has in common with the physical world.
•  reports on a book by Visiting Professor, Dr Warwick Rodwell (Archaeology) which traces the history of a historic farmstead. 
• The Tablet (in print) publishes an article by Emeritus Professor John Cottingham (Philosophy) on the philosophical and theological problem of evil.
•  mentions Henley Business School's research on the benefits of the four-day workweek. 
• Oxford Mail (in print) reports on planning permission that the University has received to develop housing. 

Alumni:

•  and  publish a collaborative article by Reading graduate, Sophie Perret, on inflation and hotel pricing. 
•  reports on the appointment of Reading graduate, Jeremy Spencer, as the new chief executive for trust of multiple schools. 
•  publishes an article by Henley Business School graduate, Matt Peake, on ethical AI. 
•  reports on the appointment of Reading graduate, James Witty, as a graduate surveyor at Dacres Commercial.
•  interviews Reading graduate, Milly Chepkorir on her career.