Reading in the news - Fri 6 Oct

Arts and heritage

• BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight spoke to co-author of Women and the Miners’ Strike, Dr Natalie Thomlinson (History).  
• That’s TV Thames Valley reports on the launch of Screen Berkshire event. Professor John Gibbs (Research Dean, Heritage & Creativity) was interviewed.  

Business and society:

• BBC Oxford, Caring Times, Reading Borough Council, Wired Gov and Mirage News write that Reading Borough Council, in partnership with Henley Business School, has funded a million-pound trial to understand the benefits of sensors technology to monitor changes in daily habits that may cause concern. BBC Oxford  spoke to Dr Rodrigo Perez-Vega (Henley Business School) on the project.  
• Dr Patrick Schueffel writes for Coin Telegraph on if CBDC’s (Central Bank Digital Currencies) will be used for political oppression. Republished by Bitcoin Insider, Investing and Trading View. 
• Slough & Windsor Express (in print) mentions that Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles (Geography) was a part of the team running workshops at a Celebrating Diversity Event in Windsor.  

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Sky News and The Guardian (in print) quotes Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) on September 2023 being the hottest September on record, with predictions that 2023 could be the warmest year on record, also. Professor Hawkins is featured in another Sky News report (republished by Heart, Yahoo! News, Smooth Radio, Capital FM, Radio X and others).
• Professor Liz Stephens (Meteorology) is quoted in Middle East Eye on climate change links to a decrease in the number of cyclones in the Mediterranean, but with more intense rainfall.  
• i news reports on October potentially being the hottest on record. Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) comments. Republished by Techno Trenz.  

Health and wellbeing

• Yahoo! News republishes a report by CNN, quoting Visiting Professor David Richardson, on links between low vitamin D status and public health.

Other coverage

• Student campaigners are turning to the University of Reading to end fossil fuel recruitment through its careers service, FE News reports.  
• Reading Safe Space is working in partnership with the University and has opened a new base in central Reading, Reading Today reports.
• Trumpeter Crispin Steele-Perkins has taught at the University, Farnham Herald (in print) reports.  

Alumni

• The Press (York) (in print) mentions writer Rick Broadbent studied at the University.  
• CEO Today (in print) reports that professional coach Hazel Barlow, earned her MBA from Henley Business School.