Reading in the news - Fri 26 Nov
26 November 2021

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic
- Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) spoke to BBC R5 Live, Channel FIVE's Jeremy Vine show, LBC, BBC Berkshire and Heart Berkshire about travel restrictions to Southern Africa due to a new variant of concern, and was quoted by on how the Delta variant could die out.
- Dr Alexander Edwards (Pharmacy) was quoted by and six other outlets on the approval of Novavax: a vaccine recently developed that is safer for children.
- Professor James Reade (Economics) was quoted by on the consequence of Covid on the performance of athletes.
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
- An article for written by authors including Professor Ed Hawkins and Dr Andrea Dittus (Meteorology) looks at the inevitability of local climate change despite a reduction in global warming. The article was republished by .
- report on new research about improving forage yields, and mentions work done with the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé’s farms.
- Further coverage of the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé’s award-winning net zero plans is reported on by BBC South.
Other Coverage:
- Professors Adrian Bell, Andrew Urquhart and PhD researcher Mobolaji Alabi (ICMA / Henley Business school) write about financial fair play in football for . The article has been republished by and .
- Professor Jane Setter (English Language) had her article on correcting mispronunciation mistakes on republished by .
- Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) was quoted by the on doctors suggesting green, leafy vegetables could ease migraine headaches.
- Dr David Rose (Agriculture) was quoted by on the agricultural revolution which is discussed in a new TV series entitled 'Global Trends'.
- PhD researcher Hannah Piekarz (Psychology) writes about relationships and love in the Disney+ series Loki, for .
- Dr Roger Stern (Mathematics and Statistics) was mentioned by for his talk on the role of statistics in data science.
- Neda Naseer, a computer science student from the University, was mentioned by on receiving the new Amazon Future Engineer Bursary.
- Professor James Knight, a guest speaker at the University, had his article on training progress published by .
- Dr Zhenyi Huang's (Henley Business School) study on corporate social responsibility culture and international M&A were reported by .
- Professor David Bilchitz (Law) had his article on the JSC's appointment of legal academics to the Constitutional Court published by and .
- Marianne Lake, a University graduate, was mentioned by the and twelve other outlets on the possibility of becoming the second major British chief executive on Wall Street.
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