Reading in the news - Mon 3 Jun
03 June 2024

#EnglishCreates: As part of a national campaign this week, Professor Gail Marshall (English Literature) writes for on the importance of inspiring students to study English at A-level and beyond.
Election 2024:
- Professor Stuart Green (Construction Management and Engineering) is quoted by , on Conservative proposals regarding a trade-off between university courses and apprenticeships.
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
- Dr James O’Donoghue (Meteorology) tells what planets will be visible from Earth during a ‘planet parade’. Republished by , , , , , and .
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Dr Kieran Hunt (Meteorology) is quoted in discussing the extreme hot and humid conditions in India. Republished by and
- Flog It! ( and iPlayer - from 15:30) visited Reading’s Harris Gardens and herbarium. Herbarium curator Dr Alastair Culham (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) is featured.
Business and society:
- and mentions that Henley Business School co-curated the British Council’s SoCreative E-Learning programme.
- Heart Radio spoke to Professor Adrian Palmer (Henley Business School) about ticket scamming.
Other Coverage:
- Visiting Professor Katherine Harloe (Classics) is interviewed for a BBC Radio 4 documentary about thefts from the British Museum, focusing on efforts of Dr Ittai Gradel (who worked at Reading 2005-2008), to alert the British Museum about his suspicions that items had been stolen. The interview also appeared in a BBC TV documentary:
- Dr Simon Clarke (Biomedical Sciences) spoke to LBC Radio on the health risks from contaminated drinking water, after the latest in a series of risks
- An article in mentions Professor Liam McGuffin (Biomedical Sciences) and his team at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé are predicting the stoichiometry of protein complexes. Republished by , , and .
- reports that the Reading Guild of Artists is holding its 93rd annual exhibition at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé. Republished by .
Alumni:
- publishes an obituary of political theorist, David Martin Jones, who studied at Reading. Republished by and
- Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Shurti Patel, who writes for , studied at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé.
- Photographer Mark Neville attended Reading, and report.
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