Graduate School publishes research highlights

The Graduate School has published it 2021 Research Highlights, which showcases some of the excellent research and community engagement work by our doctoral researchers. Despite the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, research has continued into important local, regional and global challenges.

The University has around 1900 doctoral students from over 100 countries working across all of our academic disciplines and contributing the body of our research. The Highlights present examples of how our doctoral researchers help to deliver the four key underlying principles of the University of Reading.

As a community they work collectively to create opportunities for others, such as the work with The Brilliant Club. An example of the excellence of their work is their numerous contributions to research on climate change that was recently recognised by a Queen’s Anniversary Prize. Sustainability research ranges from flood prevention to understanding extreme weather events, with many doctoral researchers attending and contributing to COP26 in Glasgow. Finally, we engage with local and global communities, from the Oxford Road global village to work on sea snakes in Costa Rica, and seek to impact society through research into the barriers faced by disabled filmmakers or challenging stereotypical representations of characters within video games.

You can download the Highlights here: https://www.reading.ac.uk/graduateschool/events/gs-news-and-events.aspx  

The 2022 Graduate School Doctoral Research Conference will take place on Wednesday 15 June. Please contact gradschool@reading.ac.uk for further information and to book a place.