Reading in the news - Mon 19 Apr

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted in The Guardian, The Daily Mail and The Express in articles about the Indian COVID-19 variant; in Telegraph, The Daily Mail and The Amed Post about surge testing for the SA variant, Norwegian TV Aftenposten and Finnish TV Yle (approx 7’ 30”, and also online) about AZ vaccine; and China Economic Net and China.org about the Ox/AZ jab. Dr Clarke spoke to LBC about LFT testing; BBC Berkshire about lockdown easing; Russia Today about vaccine distribution in Europe. 

HRH The Prince Philip: Prof Kate Williams (History) spoke to itv regarding the funeral of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Read a tribute by the University of Reading to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, an honorary graduate of the University of Reading, here.

New dementia treatments: Further coverage of research looking at potential new treatments for dementia and epilepsy in The Reading Chronicle; and Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) spoke to BBC Berkshire about the study. Read our news story.

Other Coverage

• A Henley Business School study about the 4-day working week is quoted in The Independent and Yahoo Finance. 
• ‘Borrowed Flesh’, an article by Dr Alanna Skuse (English), has been published in The Independent (app edition).
• Washington Post report on the appointment of Lucy Rushton, a UoR graduate, as manager of US football team D.C. United.
• Prof Lorraine Farrelly (Architecture) is quoted in Time and Yahoo in an article about the way climate change is shaping university education and buildings. 
• Naomi Lebens, Curator of University Art Collections spoke to BBC Berkshire.  
• Dr Aleks Pluskowski (Archaeology) is mentioned in The Informed Comment in an article about the Moriscos in Granada after the Spanish Reconquista.
• Prof Glenn Gibson (Food) is quoted in The Northern Echo (in print) and other regional titles about probiotics.
• Further coverage of Dr Yasmine Shamma’s (English Literature) 5 year old son whose poetry has been published, in La Repubblica.
• Whiteknights Lake is mentioned in Berkshire Live in an article about the ‘most instagrammable’ places in Reading. 
• Reading Chronicle outlines the candidates for Reading town mayor who include UoR graduate Gabriel Berry-Khan, and former lecturer Anthea West.
• A report on constructing the workplace around wellbeing, written by former Prof Derek Clements-Croome (CME) is published in FMJ.
• The Financial Reporter covers the news that the Open Partnership has made improvements to their training and wellbeing portal. This portal features a leadership skills course made by Henley Business School.  
• Prof Ian Givens says processed meat poses more of a risk than red meat in Nutrition in Sight.
• Jewish Renaissance (in print) notes that Prof Bryan Cheyette (English Literature) appears in BBC R4’s Conspiracies programme, in a roundup of recommended radio.
• Henley Business School is mentioned in the Henley Standard (in print) in an article about Prince Philip’s visit to Henley in 2012. 
• Research by Prof Yipeng Liu (Henley Business School) is mentioned in the Markets Insider.
• Emerita Professor Averil Macdonald spoke to BBC Berkshire about her career.