Reading in the news - Fri 20 Feb

Royal arrest: Professor Kate Williams (History) spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 4 about the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Business and society:

• Dr Karen Jones (Education) was quoted by Nature after appearing on a Nature Careers podcast about challenges to parenthood in academia.
• TES Magazine quoted Dr Rebecca Berkley (Education) on funding cuts to teacher training.

Heritage and culture:

• Farming Life reported that The Museum of English Rural Life has received funding to digitise historical agricultural films. From our story: Historic farming films to be digitised for wider access
• Reading Today and Wokingham Today reviewed campus gigs by The Primitives and Only the Poets.

Health and wellbeing:

• The Independent and Irish Independent (republished by Yahoo News, Inkl, MSN, and AOL) quoted Professor Ian Jones (Biomedical Sciences) about a potential universal vaccine.
• IOL (South Africa) mentioned a study from Professor Netta Weinstein (Psychology) on the benefits of spending time alone. From our story: Alone but not lonely: how solitude boosts wellbeing
• Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) was quoted by Pitanje Zdravlja on air pollution links to Alzheimer's.
• Contemporary Health quoted Dr Michelle Weech on her diet-tracking research co-authored by Professor Julie Lovegrove, Dr Rosalind Fallaize (all Food and Nutritional Sciences). From our story: Camera glasses show diet researchers what we really eat

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Professor Chris Hilson (Law) was quoted by Ends Report about challenges to government regulations for offshore oil and gas methane emissions.
• BBC Radio Berkshire and Heart Radio Berkshire reported on the first dry day in Reading following record-breaking rainfall, with further coverage from Huffington Post and A Place in the Sun (republished by Canada News and My Press Today). From our expert comment: REJOICE! First dry day recorded in Reading for 37 days
• Dr Jess Neumann (Geography and Environmental Science) was quoted by The Chosun Daily and MSN about the jet stream and the UK’s record rainfall.

Alumni:

• Saeed Mohamed Hamad Al Mazrouei, CEO of Abu Dhabi Investment Council and Reading graduate, was listed by MarketScreener in Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank’s 2025 integrated report.