Reading in the news - Fri 16 Sep

The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023:

• The Times publishes this year's official Times university league table, placing the university tied at 30^th place with the University of Nottingham. 

Complete dinosaur remains: Dr Brian Pickles (Biological Sciences) is quoted in print and online by The Independent, BBC, Yahoo!, TVN Meteo, Polish News, News Cabal, and News Break, and over the radio by KFI Radio AM Los Angeles, on discovering a fossilised dinosaur skeleton thought to be complete with its tissues during a search he was leading in Canada. Read our news story. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Enviro Tech (in print) showcases Professor Ed Hawkins' (Meteorology) climate stripes.

Other Coverage:

• Professor Jane Setter (English Language & Linguistics) is quoted by the BBC on the Queen's accent.
• Professor Adrian Palmer (Henley Business School) wrote an article for The Conversation on how companies change their products to hide inflation, it is reposted by QRIUS, and he is interviewed by Press Gazette on his career in marketing. 
• Further coverage of University research that helped to uncover neolithic culinary traditions by News 9 On Time. Professor Duncan Garrow (Archaeology), who participated in the research, is quoted. Read our news story. 
• Indian Express and MSN mention collaborative research by the University on the impact of lowering sugar intake on weight loss. 
• Mint reports on the University's participation in the Felix Scholarship scheme, offering underprivileged and academically gifted students from India a fully paid scholarship to study at Reading.

Alumni:

• Hort Week releases a podcast interview with Reading graduate and horticulturalist, Sally Drury.