Reading in the news - Thu 16 Jun

#ShowYourStripes: In advance of #ShowYourStripesDay next Tuesday (21 June), the University has partnered with Reading Today (print also) and Wokingham Today (print also) for a #ShowYourStripesDay special, highlighting stories about the stripes and how they are being used to highlight climate change. These include: What are the stripes?, Story of the stripes, What can I do as #ShowYourStripes day comes round?, and Stripes hit the road in bus partnership.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology/Geography) spoke to The Independent on how the media portrays heatwaves and why this can be dangerous. The story also appears in Yahoo News UK. Prof Cloke also spoke to iNews (print also) about creating a ‘cool room’ during heatwaves.
• A new book, co-written by Stephen Burt (Meteorology), on the changing weather in Durham since the 1800s is featured in The Chronicle in Newcastle (print).

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) spoke to The Mirror about the current wave of Covid infections and a possible link with the Jubilee weekend. His comments were also picked up by Metro, The Express, MSN, Belfast Live and several other news sites around the UK and internationally.

Cost of living crisis: Matt Daley, Head of Student Financial Support and Customer Service, spoke to BBC Online about students who are financially struggling with rising costs.

Other Coverage:

• The Independent republishes a Conversation article by Dr John Scholar (English Literature) on James Joyce’s Ulysses. The article is republished on Yahoo News UK.
• India Education Diary reports on the University’s position in the latest Complete University Guide. Read our news story.
• Wokingham Today (print) covers the news that Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Parveen Yaqoob has been appointed an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
• Dr Peter Bray is announced by UKRI as one of the 84 new Future Leaders Fellows. UKRI has also announced the University has received £450,000 in research funding.
• Professor Mark Pagel (Biological Sciences) is quoted in this VICE article on how the frequency of baby and dog names impacts cultural popularity.
• A column from the Vice-Chancellor for Reading Today (print also) and Wokingham Today celebrates the Queen and the University’s relationship with the monarch.
• A story on the plans for the Natural History Museum to build a research centre at TVSP have been praised by Wokingham Borough Councillors, according to Wokingham Today. The Reading Chronicle also reports on the plans.
• Reading Today (print) featured an article on RBFT’s CARE Awards. The winner of the hospital trust’s Innovation and Research Award was funded by the Health Innovation Partnership, a collaboration between RBFT and the University.
• An article in Reading Today (print) talks about a booklet written by emeritus professor Peter Stoneley (English Literature) on the history of Reading Gaol.
• A Henley Business School student is mentioned as a competitor in an AI Summit hackathon in IoT World Today.
• The Royal Economic Society reports that it held it Annual Public Lecture at the University last week.
• Insurance Edge features a story on the rising demand for side hustle insurance, citing research from Henley Business School.

Alumni:

• The Western Telegraph (print), Wales Farmer (print) and South Wales Guardian (print) reports that Aled Rhys Jones, who studied Land Management at Reading, has been appointed as the next chief executive of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society.
• Accounting and Management graduate, Tosh Ernest, has been named Head of Access Innovation at SVB Financial Group, reports The Network Journal.
• South Africa Today features a story about former PhD student Deepthi Yakandawala and the national flower of Sri Lanka.
• Travel Daily News reports that Henley Business School MBA graduate Wolfgang Emperger has recently been appointed as senior vice president at Shiji Group, the global hospitality technology company.