Reading in the news - Tue 3 Feb

IPCC comes to Reading: Greatest Hits Radio (and broadcast) reported that the University will be the host of upcoming IPCC workshops, quoting Professor Robert Van de Noort, Vice-Chancellor, and Professor Andrew Charlton-Perez (Meteorology). From our story: Major IPCC workshops bring diverse climate voices to Reading

Health and wellbeing:

• Professor Ciara McCabe (Psychology) was quoted by Medscape in response to a study on HRT and depression.

• Professor Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy (Pharmacy) was mentioned in an article by ThaiQuest,Newswit, Thai News Agency,RYT9,and other outlets on a recent HNSO meeting.

• #PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• IGLU Cruise mentioned research into carbon emission reductions in Reading.

• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) spoke to BBC Radio 5 about homes in flood risk areas.

Business and society:

• Professor Nada Kakabadse (Henley Business School) wrote for Global Government Forum about changes to the UK’s civil service training.

• Dr Rebecca Yusuf (Henley Business School) was quoted by People Management on staff training responsibilities.

• BBC Radio Berkshirespoke toDr Mona Ashok (Henley Business School) about the Thames Valley AI Hub.

Heritage and culture:

• Democratic Undergroundand BYTESEUprovided further coverage of research from Dr Annemieke Milks (Archaeology) on prehistoric wooden tools. From our story: Earliest evidence of wooden tools used by humans

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university

• Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce listed the University as a co-sponsor for their upcoming Thames Valley Growth Conference.

Other coverage:

• Express Press Release mentioned a study into causes for rising rodent populations.
• British Council highlighted a new course on language assessment available to study at Reading, featuring comments from Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli (English and Applied Linguistics).

Alumni:

• Law graduate Caroline Gregson has been appointed partner of Jones Day, reports Secured Finance Network.

• Dominic Nys, Henley Business School graduate, has been appointed Head of International Sales at Golding Capital Partners, reports La Repubblica.

• Nomvula Zeldah Mabuza, MBA candidate at Henley Business School Africa, wrote for Business Report(republished byMSN andAfrica News Agency) on governance in South Africa.

• Emma Schofield, Associate Director at Mintel and Food Science graduate, was listed by Mintel as a speaker for a webinar on upcycling.