Reading in the news - Fri 21 Mar

In Our Time: Professor Michelle O'Callaghan (English Literature) was on BBC Radio 4’s  discussing the playwright Thomas Middleton.

Health and wellbeing:

•  interviewed Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) on strength training for brain health in older adults.
• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) on  (from 9 mins) looking back on Covid-19 lockdowns five years on.
•  quotes Professor Chris Hilson (Law) advocating extending regulations to improve health and environment. From our story: Tax sugar and salt in food to improve health – report.

#UniForReading:

•  reports that Reading is expected to have the UK’s fastest-growing local economy in the next three years, with support from the University and Henley Business School.
• Greatest Hits Radio reports that plans for refurbishing a Grade II listed building at the University have been approved.
•  and  reports that , recorded last night at the University’s Great Hall, was briefly disrupted by the sound of protestors.
• The Reading Chronicle (in print) reports Professor Michael Fulford (Archaeology) will deliver talks on Silchester’s Roman history.

Business and society:

•  features Professor Benjamin Laker’s (Henley Business School) strategies to prevent 'Boreout Syndrome'.
•  follows up on a Daily Telegraph story on calls for climate change education to become part of the national curriculum. From our story: Climate expertise helps shape new school curriculum

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• An article in  and  by Dr Suzy White (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) discusses fossil discoveries of Europe’s earliest settlers.
•  quotes Professor Richard Skeffington (formerly Geography and Environmental Science) about a solar farm plan in Hullavington.
•  report that Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) highlighted the dangers of intense turbulence.
• Our news story How to stop being surprised by extreme weather by Dorothy Heinrich (Meteorology) is featured by  and blog .
• Politico (in print) quotes Dr Shovonlal Roy (Geography and Environmental Sciences), on the ecological risks of jet fuel spill in the North Sea.
•  highlights an upcoming talk by Dr Matthew Patterson (Meteorology) at Macc Lit & Phil's next event.

Alumni:

•  features Alison Nicholson, who completed a master's in soils and environmental pollution at Reading, discussing diverse career paths.
•  reports that Lee Cowie an MBA from Henley Business School has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Accesso.