Reading in the news - Mon 4 Oct

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by The Washington Post, Mail Online, The Sun, Independent, US News and hundreds of other sites around the world on antibody tests and their popularity; by The Daily Mail, The Sun, Express and Star, Evening Standard, Yahoo News, AOL, Berkshire Live and 18 other regional sites on the UK’s third wave of Covid and the spread within schools; the Daily Mail about delays in vaccinating young people; the Telegraph, Mirror Online and Yahoo News about the delay in test results caused by people with colds getting Covid tests; the Daily Mail on why residents in care homes are still isolating; the Daily Mail (and in a Q&A in print) about an anti-viral pill that is said to halve the risk of Covid patients being admitted to the hospital; and Berkshire Live and other regional sites on how the UK is not over the worst of Covid.
• Dr Jane Parker (Food) is quoted on the effects of Covid-induced parosmia by Head Topics. Dr Clarke was quoted by BBC Radio Scotland on the importance of getting vaccinated against Covid-19.

UoRWay: how University life continues through the pandemic

• Pro-Vice-Chancellor Education Professor Julian Park spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about a poll of Reading students about their vaccination status.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Jordan Times reports on Reading research highlighting pollinator threats around the world. Read our news story.
• A Reading PhD graduate mentioned studying at Reading during an interview with Physics World, which featured three graduates and how they are contributing towards a more sustainable future.

#UniForReading: reaffirming our role as a civic university 

• Berkshire Live previews a University of Reading's Students’ Union Community Champions event, titled 'Do Black Lives Matter?', being held as part of Black History Month.

Other Coverage:

• BBC Radio Berkshire spoke to Dr Neil Cocks (English Literature) about the latest item to be highlighted in the Museum of English Rural Life’s 51 Voices project, which marks its 70th year. Read our news story.
• BBC Radio Berkshire interviewed Professor Ted Shepherd (Meteorology) as it reported on the new partnership between the Walker Institute and Microsoft that will support work to make communities around the world more climate resilient. Read our news story.
• Business News This Week references a Reading study that showed eating more plant-based foods lowered the risk of diabetes among urban populations in India, in an article about calls for a National Meat Free Day in the country.
• Charged Retail mentions Reading research from 2017 that looked at how to persuade shoppers to make emotional purchases in stead of logical ones.
• MK Citizen previews a Milton Keynes Lit Fest event featuring Dr Golnoosh Nour (English Literature).
• Computing mentions Reading being among a number of institutions targeted by a cyber-attack last year.
• Helical chief executive Gerald Kaye mentions being a Reading graduate during an interview with Estates Gazette.
• Wokingham Today and Opera News report on two Reading graduates joining Haslams Chartered Surveyors.
• Far Out Magazine looks back at a 1976 concert featuring some famous names in punk music, mentioning that Richard Boon, former manager of Buzzcocks and boss of the record label New Hormones, studied at Reading at the time.