Reading in the news - Thu 2 Feb

University strikes: Read our advice to students about strikes.

• Professor Parveen Yaqoob, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and Reading students interviewed by (from 5:30) about the impact of UCU strikes.
•  mentions industrial action taken by UCU members at Reading.

Food and farming:

• Professor Julie Lovegrove (Food and Nutritional Sciences) is quoted by Greatest Hits Radio on the University's research project, 'Raising The Pulse', which aims to increase consumption of UK-grown pulses for their positive effect on health and the environment. Professor Lovegrove is quoted again alongside Matt Tebbit (Head of Catering and Bars) by Greatest Hits Radio (). Read our news story.
•  and  mention University findings that consuming chocolate can improve eyesight. 

#PlanetPartners:working with global partners to protect the environment

• Professor AndyTurner (Meteorology) is quoted by  on forecasting ElNino conditions this summer.
• Professor Tom Oliver (Biological Sciences) was interviewed by  discussing ideas of interconnectedness from his book The Self Delusion. Singer-songwriter Sally Seltmann performs a song about the ideas raised in the book.

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

• reports on a Reading College exhibition hosted by the Museum of English Rural Life.

Other Coverage:

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) was interviewed by BBC Radio Kent on the health risks presented by mould in the home.
• Dr Gabor Thomas (Archaeology) is quoted by , , and Folkestone and Hythe Express (in print) on recent findings that an Anglo-Saxon monastery was more resilient to Viking attacks than previously thought. 
• Dr Annemieke Milks (Archaeology) is quoted by on research suggesting Neanderthals hunted elephants.
•  mentions Henley Business Schools' research on the four-day work week.
•  reports on the passing of Anette Thornton, who taught classics at the University.
• BBC Radio Berkshire,  and  report on the sentencing of two men convicted of robbing university students in 2020.
• An obituary co-authored by Isabel Hughes (associate director at the Museum of English Rural Life) is published by on the life of Simon Roy Olding 

Alumni:

• Landscape architect Bunny Guinness was interviewed by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, mentioning that she studied horticulture at Reading.
• interviews Reading alumna, Emma Kettle, on her career in sports marketing.