Reading in the news - Mon 29 Mar
29 March 2021

Suez Canal: The quotes Professor Hannah Cloke (GES) on the Ever Given cargo ship that is blocking the Suez Canal.
COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic
- Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) has comments on the reported Indian variant reused by the ; and BBC Radio Berkshire (approx. 2hr 50 in) about the latest steps out of lockdown.
- Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted by on claims that fruits have falsely tested positive for Covid-19 using a lateral flow test.
Other coverage
- The publishes an interview with Nigel Farage, in which he refers to the University鈥檚 connection with the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST) in China.
- The reports on the businesses set up by entrepreneurship students at Henley Business School as part of their degree. Dr Norbert Morewetz (Henley Business School) and a student entrepreneur were interviewed on BBC Radio Berkshire.
- The Sunday Times reports on the Non-Executive Director Awards, led by Peel Hunt and supported by the newspaper, with academics from Henley Business School on the judging panel.
- Australian press, including the , and quotes Dr Ciara McCabe (Psychology) on using rewarding activities to improve your mood.
- BBC Radio Berkshire spoke to PhD researcher Atenchong Talleh Nkobou about a short film that is part of The MERL鈥檚 51 Voices series, celebrating the museum鈥檚 70th anniversary.
- publishes a letter from the charity ChildLinK highlighting abuse suffered by young boys, which quotes former Reading academic Dr Pasco Fearon (Psychology).
- The publishes a latter co-signed by Dr Filippo Menga (GES) criticising the sanctioning by the Chinese government of a Newcastle academic who criticised its human rights record.
- in Malaysia publishes a contributed article advertising the 成人抖阴 Malaysia鈥檚 Psychology degrees.
- in Malaysia reports on former Miss world Malaysia completing her second PhD, following a Law degree at the 成人抖阴.
- Wokingham Paper reports on nominations opening for this year鈥檚 Ben Pedley Award for community music contribution.
- (approx. 1hr 26 mins in) broadcast a programme about English composer Peter Wishart, mentioning that he taught at the 成人抖阴.
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