Reading in the news - Thu 20 Jun
20 June 2024

Shinfield Studios work complete: ITV News, , , , BBC Radio Berkshire and report on news that construction works at Shinfield Studios, based at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé’s Thames Valley Science Park, have completed. Read our news story.
Business and society:
- reports on the success of Project Olivia – a project in which 70 female students from local schools in Berkshire received a glimpse of what the world of business, finance and accounting is like, hosted by Henley Business School. Dr Miriam Marra (Henley Business School) is quoted.
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
- The Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé’s climate stripes will appear on landmarks around the world and across social media as part of Show Your Stripes Day 2024, and reports. Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology), creator of the stripes, is quoted. Read our news story.
- Professor Chris Hilson (Law) is quoted by , discussing the necessity of landfill taxes.
#UniForReading: Our role as a civic university
- mentions that homeless charity Launchpad started out as a soup kitchen at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé in 1979.
- Chairman of Reading Amateur Regatta Nick Haskins thanked the University’s Boat Club in a report.
Other Coverage:
- Professor Marko Milanovic (Law) discusses the law of armed conflict for .
- Dr Kyriaki Noussia (Law) was a presenter at the 10th AIDA Europe Conference, reports.
- Visiting Professor M Niaz Asadullah (Economics) writes for on if the ‘budget’ is just another attempt at ‘youthwashing’.
- BBC Four’s Great British Railway Journeys visited the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé’s London Road Campus to find out how Reading educated its workers, as well as University students.
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