Reading in the news - Wed 3 Jul
03 July 2024

New farm for agri research
- , and report that the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé have purchased farmland for £16m for agricultural research. Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Van de Noort is quoted. Read our news story.
Health and wellbeing
- Dr Aidan Taylor (Biomedical Sciences) spoke to Heart Radio Berkshire about a strain of E. coli currently circulating the UK that is a serious public health concern. Read our expert comment.
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
- LBC News and Heart Radio Berkshire spoke to Dr Helen Hooker (Meteorology) who discussed unusual hurricane activity in the Tropical Atlantic in June. Read our news story.
- Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) spoke to CNN International Europe about why increasing turbulence is an effect of climate change.
Food and farming:
- Dr Jake Bishop (Crop Science) is interviewed by on the five core principles of setting up an on-farm trial.
Business and society:
- Jon Foster-Pedley writes about the craft of salesmanship becoming devalued for .
- include the published findings from Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé research on AI-generated papers receiving higher grades to those written by students. Republished by . Further coverage of the story is reported by and BBC World and BBC News 24. Read our news story.
- Dr Wang Leung (Kiwi) Ting (Politics and International Relations) discusses small party impact in politics and elections for . Republished by Yahoo! News.
- The Telegraph continues coverage of Glitch: The True Story of the Post Office Scandal, a play commissioned by the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé, and premiering at the University. Republished by , ..
Other Coverage:
- reports that the 2024 Higher Education Programme of the Year award is the MSc Ecological Survey Skills with Placement programme at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé.
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