Reading in the news - Wed 24 Jan

Tribunal ruling: Professor Jo Phoenix (Law) was unfairly dismissed by her former employer, Open University, due to her gender critical beliefs, a tribunal has ruled. Widespread coverage including the Guardian, Times, Telegraph, Mail, THE and others. Professor Phoenix was interviewed by BBC R4 Woman's Hour.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Professor Suzanne Gray (Meteorology) discusses Storm Jocelyn with Sky News and El Niño with the BBC. Republished by Yahoo! News, MSN, The Mirror, i news and LBC.  
• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) warns of increased flood risk in Reading, and extreme weather in the UK, for Heart Radio Berkshire.  
• Professor Andrew Charlton-Perez (Meteorology) says naming storms too often may desensitize people to their impacts in The Telegraph. 
• Blue tit populations soar when moth abundance is high reports Forbes, Nature World News and Business News, quoting Dr Luke Evans (Biomedical Sciences). Read our news story.

Health and wellbeing

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biomedical Science) warns that bacteria can become resistant to phages, for British Medical Journal (in print). 
• Professor Ian Givens (Agriculture) discusses how non-supplemented vegans may lack key micronutrients for Science Media Centre.

Business and society:

• Jon Foster-Pedley (Henley Business School) writes for Business Day on new approaches to workplace education unlocking workers potential. Louise Claassen (Henley Business School) is quoted. Republished by BBrief.  
• Professor Nada Kakabadse and Professor Andrew Kakabadse (Henley Business School) write for Risk & Compliance (in print) on the future of work with rising technologies.   

Other Coverage: 

• BBC Berkshire discusses research on the appeal of metal detecting. 

Alumni: 

• Founder of Sinaps, Kelly Brändi, earned an Executive MBA from Henley Business School, Business Mole reports.