Reading in the news - Wed 1 Oct

Student energy contracts: Greatest Hits Berkshire and BBC Radio Berkshire highlighted research from Reading Students’ Union which found that students are paying more by using unlimited energy bills packages, including comments from student Ellie Buckley.

BBC News, Energy Live News, Reading Today, Reading Chronicle, Yahoo! News and World News provided further coverage, mentioning the University’s new Energy Advice Centre for students living in private rented accommodation. From our story: Students paying £2,200 extra for ‘concerning’ energy bills 

Health and wellbeing:

• StartItUp provided further coverage on a study from Professor Julie Lovegrove (Food and Nutritional Sciences), finding cholesterol can be lowered by eating two apples a day.

Food and farming:

• Deccoria mentioned research which found growing white mustard improves soil health.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Travel Awaits mentioned an interview with Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) in USA Today, discussing air turbulence getting worse due to climate change. From our story: Turbulent flights to continue as warming world shakes skies
• Following extreme floods in Pakistan, Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) was quoted by KleanIndustries about climate change increasing monsoon activity.
• Professor Hong Yang (Geography and Environmental Science) was quoted by The Independent (republished by Yahoo! News) about increasing appearances of sinkholes.
• Rzeczpospolita and MoneyControl reported on research by Dr Jonny Williams (Meteorology), finding climate change is worsening airport noise pollution. From our story: Airports will get noisier as Earth gets warmer 

Business and society:

• FastForward, SerresPost and ENews reported on research from Henley Business School, finding benefits to four-day working weeks.
• Linda Buckley, Pro-Dean of Henley Business School Africa, wrote for Top Women about gender inequality in CEO and executive management positions.
• PhD student Ha Dang Nhu Quynh was listed by Vietnam.vn as a guest for an event about the future of teaching English in Vietnam.
• Newswav republished an article from Tekkaus about research from Professor Netta Weinstein (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) about the importance of active listening.

Heritage and culture:

• Lecturer Henry Russell (Henley Business School) was listed by RTPI as a speaker at an event about historical conservation.

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university

• Reading Today featured the Global Sustainability Leaders Scholarship recipients, quoting University Chancellor Paul Lindley. From our story: Future global sustainability leaders meet for the first time
• Reading Today and Wokingham Today mentioned that the University helped fund the Reading Youth Orchestra. 

Other coverage:

• British Rowing highlighted the athletic success of Business and Spanish student Matt Long.
• Reading is mentioned in this article from The Tab about 2025 offer rates.
• MPO named the Reading-owned Thames Valley Science Park as the home of medical device supplier BioInteractions.

Alumni:

• South East Farmer mentioned that farmer Tom Maynard studied Horticulture at Reading.
• Esteval mentioned that Henley Business School graduate James Keating is the new CMO of MyPOS.
• New Head of Risk Services at Atradius, Claudia Kaiser, has an MBA from Henley Business School, reports Zeitschrift.
• Joburg Times reported on a new film from Henley Business School graduate Tendayi Nyeke.