Reading in the news - Fri 18 Sep

Times University Guide 2027: Reading has been named as Sustainable University of the Year Runner-up and is ranked at 35 overall in the UK, in the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027. Coverage also in Wales Online and The Argus. Read our story: Times University Guide

Food, farming and health:

• Professor John Hammond (Crop Science) was quoted by Farmer’s Weekly (print) about growing lupin.
• Time News featured further coverage of a study by Dr Maria Maiarú (Pharmacy) on the benefits of magic mushrooms. From our story: Magic mushroom chemical cuts nerve pain and enhances drug
• Pharmaceutical Journal interviewed Professor Katrina Bicknell (Pharmacy) on how weight-loss drugs affect people differently.
• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) was quoted by the British Medical Journal on the limits of using artificial intelligence to produce bioweapons.
• Frankfurter Rundschau, OP Online, Werra Rundschau, HNA, Landeszeitung and others highlighted research into the cause of bodily reactions to violence in films.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Novinky quoted Professor John Methven (Meteorology) on Greenland’s meltwater.
• E-Today mentioned research using AI systems to solve climate change problems.
• Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) was quoted by London Loves Business about how El Niño will affect the UK. Read our story: Reading experts inform UK government El Niño report
• Voice of Islam mentioned research by PhD student Piyali Goswami (Meteorology) on how North Sea heatwaves intensified the 2023 Storm Babet.
• A study by Dr Alejandra Perotti (Ecology) into mites was featured by Sosialnytt.
• GIS highlighted incoming students Kenya Belle and Jamalia Frederick who have won Barbados government scholarships to study sustainability-related subjects at Reading.

Business and society:

• Professor Nada Kakabadse (Henley Business School) wrote for Effective Governance Forum about failures of UK public institutions, such as the Countess of Chester Hospital scandal.
• Professor Kakabadse also wrote for People Management about how HR directors influence board decision making.

Heritage and culture:

• Young Archaeologists’ Club reported on their involvement with the University’s Cookham Abbey Dig.
• Stourbridge News featured Professor Gail Marshall’s (English Literature) new book Britain in 1859: Custom, History and Modernity.

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university

• Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Van de Noort wrote for Reading Today and Wokingham Today about the start of the new academic year and the University’s global research having local impact.
• UK Property Forums highlighted the involvement of Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Van de Noort at the Berkshire Business Board meeting.
• BBC Radio Berkshire highlighted an upcoming performance by student Tiam Koravand.

Alumni:

• The Star and Time News mentioned that Actress Koe Yeet studied Law at Reading.
• Debo Adebowale Fagbemi, Henley Business School graduate, has been appointed Director of Premier Paints, reports Proshare.
• Maritime Executive interviewed CEO of Wallen Group John Rowley, who studied at Reading.
• Mining Weekly profiled Nicole Mason, Henley Business School graduate and CEO of Envusa Energy.