Reading in the news - Thu 26 Aug

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) spoke to BBC News Channel, BBC Radio London and BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire about waning protection from vaccination and is quoted in Reuters, Daily Mail, Yahoo News, iNews (print also), LBC News Online, China Daily and multiple other news sites around the world. Dr Clarke is also quoted in MailOnline, Express.co.uk and iNews on vaccine boosters; and MailOnline on rising infection and death rates; and spoke to BBC Radio Surrey about increased transmission at music festivals and vaccines for teenagers.
• Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) spoke to BBC News Channel about immunity decline; and did a listener phone-in with BBC Radio Berkshire on potential Covid spread at the Reading Festival. He is also quoted in a MailOnline piece on re-infection rates; HuffPost about waning immunity; and NewsWeek about infection rates in Israel.
• Professor Ian Jones (Biomedical Sciences) is quoted in Guardian and BMJ on vaccine protection. The piece also appears on Yahoo News and other sites.
• Dr Clarke, Dr Edwards and Professor Jones were all quoted in this Sun article on vaccine efficacy. 

#PlanetPartners: Reading's global work for a sustainable future

• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) and Dr Linda Speight (Geography) are featured in Inside Climate News, for a piece on global warming and flooding.
• Professor Bill Collins (Meteorology) features in iNews and The Daily Star on rising temperatures in Europe.
• PhD researcher Chloe Brimicombe is quoted in this NimbleFins article on responding to heatwaves. 

Other Coverage:

• Professor Andrew Kakabadse (Henley Business School) has written an article for University Business on failing governance within the HE sector.
• Jon Foster-Pedley, Dean of Henley Business School South Africa, has written an opinion piece for Daily Maverick on bouncing back from the pandemic.
• The Eagle Online reports on a training programme announced by Henley Business School and the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria.