Reading in the news - Wed 3 Jul

New farm for agri research

• FarmingUK, Agriland and FreshTalk Daily report that the University of Reading have purchased farmland for £16m for agricultural research. Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Van de Noort is quoted. Read our news story.

Health and wellbeing

• Dr Aidan Taylor (Biomedical Sciences) spoke to Heart Radio Berkshire about a strain of E. coli currently circulating the UK that is a serious public health concern. Read our expert comment.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• LBC News and Heart Radio Berkshire spoke to Dr Helen Hooker (Meteorology) who discussed unusual hurricane activity in the Tropical Atlantic in June. Read our news story.
• Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) spoke to CNN International Europe about why increasing turbulence is an effect of climate change.

Food and farming:

• Dr Jake Bishop (Crop Science) is interviewed by Farmers Weekly on the five core principles of setting up an on-farm trial.

Business and society:

• Jon Foster-Pedley writes about the craft of salesmanship becoming devalued for Daily Maverick.
• Euronews include the published findings from University of Reading research on AI-generated papers receiving higher grades to those written by students. Republished by VNExplorer. Further coverage of the story is reported by University Business and BBC World and BBC News 24. Read our news story.
• Dr Wang Leung (Kiwi) Ting (Politics and International Relations) discusses small party impact in politics and elections for BBC News. Republished by Yahoo! News.
• The Telegraph continues coverage of Glitch: The True Story of the Post Office Scandal, a play commissioned by the University of Reading, and premiering at the University. Republished by Yahoo! News, Aol..

Other Coverage:

• CIEEM reports that the 2024 Higher Education Programme of the Year award is the MSc Ecological Survey Skills with Placement programme at the University of Reading.