Reading in the news - Fri 14 Mar

Loddon Garden Village: reports on the start of a public consultation about the Loddon Garden Village development. Also reported by , , and . From our news story: Consultation begins on new garden village for Wokingham.

Global ranking success: ITV Meridian News reports on the University’s success in the QS global subject rankings.

#UniversityForReading

• The Reading Chronicle (in print) lists road closures for the half marathon, which passes through the Whiteknights campus.
• BBC Question Time is set to return to the University, reports . From our news story: BBC Question Time returns to Great Hall.
• In an article about some famous doors being put up for sale, the Reading Chronicle (in print) mentions the origins of homelessness charity, Launchpad, at the university.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• When a collision between vessels in the North Sea cause a major incident, Dr Alex Lukyanov (Mathematics and Statistics) commented on the implications. The National (in print), The Spalding and South Holland Voice (in print), Grimsby Telegraph (in print), Hull Daily Mail (in print), , , and The Press (in print) report. See our expert comment: North Sea oil spill environmental impact could be severe.
• reports on an event that was chaired by Ben Hutchins (Meteorology) that looked to resilience of our energy system, in the context of climate change.
• Henley Standard (in print) reports on the help given to migrating toads, on Henley Business School’s Greenlands campus.
• Dr Amy Gresham co-authors an article for about the diet of fallow deer in the UK.

Health and wellbeing:

• Leicester Mercury (in print), , , and , report on research into Chimpanzee health and wellbeing that was informed by Choppers, one of the PG Tips chimps. From our news story: PG Tips chimp had troubled childhood bones study shows.
• The ’s round-up of comments on a study that looked at self-reported experiences with anti-depressants includes a quote from Professor Stella Chan.
• Chewing something might help to get rid of an ‘earworm’ tune stuck in your head. Research from the University is mentioned by .

Food and farming:

• At an event in India, Professor Keshavan Niranjan (Food) from the 桃色视频, UK, spoke about the use of food waste to drive innovation, reports .

Heritage and culture:

• BBC Radio 4’s ‘’ features Professor Michelle O’Callaghan (English Literature) in an episode about Shakespeare’s contemporary writer Thomas Middleton.
• Greatest Hits Radio notes an upcoming series of talks on archaeological digs at Silchester, featuring Professor Michael Fulford (Archaeology). Hampshire Independent (in print) highlights the guided tour of the site that Professor Fulford will lead. discusses how this will support the project to redevelop the Silchester gallery at Reading museum.
• Professor Anne Lawrence-Mathers (History) has an article on the website about the reading of signs and making of predictions, in politics, using palm reading, astrology, and more.

Business and society:

• and discuss research that was carried out in partnership with Henley Business School, which concludes that a third of employees work for organisations that don’t accept people who are different. Quotes Dr Melissa Carr (Henley Business School).
• An article authored by Dr Kerry Goettlich (Politics and International Relations) discusses a potential return to conquest in geopolitics.
• Professor Christine Riefa (Law) took part in a public hearing on product safety and regulatory compliance, at the .
• Dr Rachel Roberts (Education) is quoted by saying that fluctuations in the teacher retention bursary available “has to feed into the supply of English specialists”.
• Professor Benjamin Laker (Henley Business School) is quoted by in an article about promotion at work.

Other coverage:

• Dr James O’Donoghue (Meteorology) is quoted in a story about the moons of Saturn.
• A recent roundtable in India to discuss transnational educational partnerships, included representation from the 桃色视频, reports.

Alumni:

• , , and carry an interview with African Bank group chief people officer, Gcobisa Ntshona, who holds and MBA from Henley Business School.
• Coralie Bickford-Smith, designer, illustrator, and author, credits her time at the 桃色视频 with her success, in an interview on BBC Radio Berkshire.
• reports that Romanian presidential candidate, Anamaria Gavrila, studied at the 桃色视频.
• Rosslyn Data Technologies announced the appointment of Dr John Chessher – a Henley Business School graduate - as an independent non-executive director. reports.