Reading in the news - Fri 3 Feb

Bird Flu risk: Professor Ian Jones is quoted by The Telegraph (and in print), The Independent, Evening Standard, Mail Online, The Guardian, Sky News (online), Aol., Yahoo!, Heart Radio (online), Oxford Mail, The National, News & Star, Shropshire Star, The Argus, Daily Echo, The Northern Echo, and over one-hundred other outlets on the biological barriers that prevent the transmission of Avian Bird Flu to humans after it was discovered in foxes and otters.

Food and Farming: 

• Greatest Hits Radio and Hort News report on the University's research project, 'Raising The Pulse', which aims to increase consumption of UK-grown pulses for their positive effect on health and the environment.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) is quoted by The Cable on his research on the impact of climate change on aviation and turbulence.

#UniForReading: reaffirming our role as a civic university  

• Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Van de Noort’s monthly column for Wokingham Today focuses on the outcome of the University's community consultation on the development of sports and leisure facilities in Shinfield.

Other Coverage:

• Professor Jo Phoenix (School of Law) is quoted by The Economist and UK Daily News about the debate on arrangements for trans prisoners. 
• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by BBC Radio Kent on how to stop mould from spreading in your home. 
• Jon Foster-Pedley's (Henley Business School Africa) opinion piece on good management and leadership practice is reposted by Banoyi, and he is quoted by Business Ghana alongside Rashika Padarath (also Henley Africa) on Henley Business School Africa's new campus in Cape Town.
• Dr Dominic Lees' (Film, Theatre, and Television) is quoted by Tech Xplore on the use of 'deepfake' technology in movies. 
• Lecturer Helen Crofts (Henley Business School) is quoted by ICAEW on adopting a continuous learning mindset.
• Dr Erhan Aslan (Literature and Languages) is quoted by DNYUZ, Public News Time, and UK Time News on tips to solve Wordle puzzles. 
• Heart Radio Berkshire and The Reading Chronicle report on the sentencing of two men convicted of robbing university students in 2020.

Alumni:

• Globe News Wire, Yahoo!, ADVFN, Street Insider, Market Screener, and Wall Street Online report on the possible re-election of Henley alumnus, Pia Aaltonen-Forsell, as the director of the UPM-Kymmene Corporation.
• Business News, Uk Daily News, and Yahoo! write an article on Reading alumna and CEO, Elona Mortimer-Zhika.
• VN Economy reports on the appointment of Henley alumnus, Mai Viet Hung Tran as the new general director of PwC Vietnam.