Reading in the news - Tue 19 Dec

Health and wellbeing 

• Research by Professor Netta Weinstein (Psychology) regarding the benefits of solitude is mentioned in The Telegraph (print also). Read our news story.
• A news report on the new clinical training suite at the University features on That’s TV Thames Valley. Read our news story. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment  

• Mancunion mentions the University winning the Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Leadership award. Read our news story.  
• Professor Liz Stephens’ (Meteorology) discusses research on rare medicanes, such as Storm Daniel, as  a result of climate change, for Red Cross.   
• Phys.org features a story on consumer confusion around the recycling of food packaging. This follows a survey by the InformPack project, which the University is part of. Read our news story.
• Professor Chris Hilson (Law) is quoted in this Carbon Literacy Project article summarising what happened at COP28. The article is republished on Zephyrnet.
• Professor Chris Merchant’s recent Café Scientifique talk on climate change is reviewed in Henley Standard. 

Other news: 

• The Henley Standard features a story on the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Caversham Primary School headteacher Ruth Perry. It mentions that her sister, Professor Julia Waters, works at the University.
• ERP Today mentions the University in a story about public sector software systems.
• Professor Wing Lam, Provost of University of Reading Malaysia, writes for The Star about graduate employability.

Alumni: 

• BBC Oxford, BBC Cornwall and BBC Devon spoke to a former student of the University who ran a ‘girls night’, to ensure more measures were met to protect women’s safety in Reading.
• The Scotsman (in print) mentions that entrepreneur, Ian McPherson, completed the ‘science of ice cream’ course at the University of Reading.
• Professor Santosh Nath completed her Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics at the University, India Education Diary reports.