Reading in the news - Mon 6 Dec

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) was quoted by The Times on how to have a Covid-safe Christmas; by The Daily Herald on the vaccine's effectiveness; and by Daily Mail, The Guardian, Yahoo!, The Sun, CNN, Head Topics, The Observer (in print), and more than 100 regional outlets on Omicron's possible ability to evade Covid immunity. He was interviewed on CNN about Omicron and immunity; Russia Today on the NHS's backlog of cancer patients; BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester about vaccines and booster jabs; answered BBC Radio Berkshire's Covid questions; and was quoted by BBC Radio Surrey on Omicron's potential to cause problems in the new year.
• Dr Jayne Morriss (Psychology) was quoted by Yahoo!, The Washington Post, and Head Topics on ways of coping with the uncertainty experienced during the pandemic. 
• Dr Alexander Edwards (Pharmacy) was quoted by India Times Post on the approval of Novavax: a vaccine recently developed that is safer for children.

Other Coverage:

• The Telegraph (and in print), The Times (and in print) and Yahoo! report that Professor Jo Phoenix (Law) has joined the University of Reading having quit the Open University over academic freedom issues.
• Plans to build new film studios at Reading's Thames Valley Science Park were reported by Estates Gazette (in print).
• India Education Diary reports on Reading's contribution to the development of the latest Farming Simulator computer game, quoting Dr Yiorgos Gadanakis (Agriculture). Read our news story.
• Emeritus Professor Paul Luna (Typography) was quoted by Inverse on what printing used to look like. 
• Jon Foster-Pedley (Dean and Director of Henley Business School Africa) was quoted by MBA on Henley Business School Africa's fair and accessible MBA funding opportunities.  
• Research conducted by the University on the diets of calves was mentioned by Proactive, LSE, and Share Cast.
• Visiting Professor Richard Hoyle (History) was quoted by Shropshire Star on his description of the town of Wem, in an article about the upcoming election for a new North Shropshire MP.
• The new managing director of Greenland Minerals was mentioned as a Reading graduate by Proactive Investors.
• A student from Reading was mentioned by Farm Contractor, South West Farmer, and CPM for becoming an NFU Young Farming Ambassador. 
• A Reading graduate was mentioned by Whizz Kidz for achieving full-time work after pursuing a placement.
• An obituary for a geologist who studied at the University in the 1950s was published by Henley Standard.