Staff appreciation on Show Your Stripes day

As the world Shows its Stripes, we’re marking the occasion with a thank you event for our hard-working staff here at the University of Reading.

Our Staff Appreciation on Show Your Stripes Day event takes place on Friday 21 June 2024, taking place 11:00-15:00 on the Palmer Quad and in 3sixty in Reading Students’ Union on Whiteknights campus.

Highlights include:

• Step right up with your team to enjoy classic carnival games like Hook-a-Duck and Tin Can Toss, plus games created by our own Sustainability team, Staff Forum and Staff Networks.  
• Sign up for a tour of the University’s Atmospheric Observatory and learn more about weather observation.
• Visit the University’s street food stall selling delicious lunches and snacks, with staff able to claim 50% off.
• Enjoy a free ice cream from the ice cream van courtesy of Staff Forum.
• Take part in the first-ever Show Your Stripes Rounders Tournament. Sign up either as a team or an individual online, or by emailing events@reading.ac.uk.
• An exhibition sharing examples of colleague successes, awards and work that underpins our University objectives.

The full programme will be available on the Staff Portal very soon. We hope to see you there.

Download the full programme.

Show Your Stripes Day: 21 June

This celebration is again being held on Show Your Stripes Day, when people around the world unite to share the climate stripes graphic created by our very own Professor Ed Hawkins.

You can join this movement by downloading stripes for countries, states, and now more cities than ever, at showyourstripes.info.

Look out for more information on Show Your Stripes activities on the Staff Portal.