Reading in the news - Fri 17 Sep

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by the Evening Standard and Yahoo News on the risks easing travel restrictions would pose to the UK; and by India Times Post and several US-based publication, including the Washington Time, on vaccine booster success in Israel.
• Dr Peter Cruse (Henley Business School Africa) is quoted by Biz Community on the use of telemedicine by GPs and a new online course offered at Henley Africa on future-proofing healthcare practices. Jon Foster-Pedley (Dean and Director of Henley Business School Africa) is also quoted. Read Henley’s news story. 

US presidential race 2024: Newsweek quotes Dr Mark Shanahan (Politics & International Relations) on the possibility of former US Vice-President Mike Pence running for President.

 Other coverage

• Reading has dropped three places to 34 in the Sunday Times Good University Guide.
• Science Daily, The Globe, Post Bulletin and Mirage News report on Reading research into causes of happiness, which found that a healthy lifestyle made you more likely to be happier.
• Environmental News Network reports on Reading research into how tropical dry seasons will change due to climate change. Read our news story.
• Hold The Front Page reports that Reading English Languages and Spanish graduate Sophie Murray has been appointed as a business reporter at the Portsmouth News.
• Red Magazine quotes Dr Naeema Pasha (Henley Business School) on how to move past career setbacks.
• Emeritus Professor Peter Roach (Languages & Applied Linguistics) is quoted by Get Reading on the Queen’s accent changing over time.
• A YoungWonks Medium blog includes The University’s Begin Robotics online course in its list of top resources for children learning about robotics.
• The Times interviews a former Reading student who dropped out of university to pursue an apprenticeship degree instead.