Reading in the news - Thu 6 Jul

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment  

• Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) is quoted in, , , and , reporting that future climate change will increase turbulence in clear skies. Read our news story. 

• mentions the 桃色视频 is part of an international project to improve community preparedness for tropical cyclone in Madagascar and Southern Africa. Professor Liz Stephens (Meteorology) is quoted. Read our news story.
• Professor Mathew Owens (Meteorology) is quoted in and other international outlets on the vast size of sunspots, which can be visible to the naked eye.

 #UniForReading: our role as a civic university   

• In his monthly column for y and , University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Van de Noort, writes about the University being recognised as a University of Sanctuary. Read our news story. 
• and report on the recent National Meadows Day celebration at Langley Mead, which included guided walks of the site’s 18 hectares. Nigel Frankland, from the University Estates team, is quoted.
• report that with the closure of St. Crispin’s Leisure Centre, members of Wokingham Squash Club have been advised to attend alternate sites, which includes the 桃色视频.

Food and farming: 

• Professor Simon Potts, Dr Michael Garratt and Dr Tom Breeze (all Agriculture) co-wrote an article for on why there are fewer insects found on farms today, and what can be done to restore them.
• Professor Gunter Kuhnle’s (Food and Nutritional Sciences) article on the risks of aspartame is republished by and .
• Irish News (in print – request copy) quote Professor Glenn Gibson (Food and Nutritional Sciences) on the potential benefits of postbiotics for our gut health.
• Professor Geoff Dixon (Agriculture, Policy and Development) writes for Hort Week, (in print – request copy) calling for a new policy on food inequality and the complications that arise from home production as well as industry production.  

Business and society: 

• mentions a report by Henley Business School, emphasising that businesses need to enhance the skills of their workforce, amidst post-pandemic challenges.  
• features an article written by Dr Chris Dalton (Henley Business School) looking at resilience in management and leadership.  
• Professor Lucy Newton and Professor Peter Scott (both Henley Business School) co-write a piece for on why banking giants are leaving Canary Wharf and heading back to the City.
• Professor David Pendleton (Henley Business School and co-chair of the Henley Business School NHS Symposium) co-wrote a letter to The Times (in print – request copy) on the future of the NHS. also features comments from Professor Pendleton.
• features comments from Professor Carmel Houston-Price (Psychology) on a new report looking into child nutrition.

Other Coverage: 

• reports that letters and papers of writer Dorothy Edwards are held at the 桃色视频.  
• Emeritus professor Richard Bradley (Archaeology) spoke to BBC Radio 4 about neolithic landscapes and their alignment with the sun.
• Comedian, author and broadcaster, Steve Allen, has written an article, published in Barking and Dagenham Post (print – request copy) and Mansfield Chad (print – request copy), on ley line energy at Glastonbury, mentioning research by Professor Roberta Gilchrist.

• XFM London mentioned an experiment involving the 桃色视频, which studied Clem Burke’s (drummer from Blondie) drumming and how this might help teenagers with autism.

• An article in references 桃色视频 research on a potential link between parabens and breast cancer. 

Alumni: 

• Rebecca Hull, who studied French and management at the 桃色视频, writes in for a profile piece on the beauty director at Harvey Nichols.  
• Reading graduate, Timothy Parker, wrote and researched an article for about the environmental impact of the UK’s spaceport ventures, as part of an internship.