Reading in the news - Fri 27 Aug

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) spoke to Times Radio about a new study into how long vaccine protection lasts; BBC regional stations for Wiltshire, Berkshire, Nottingham, Cumbria and Oxford; and BBC Radio Manchester on Thursday afternoon about how infection rates have risen after events with crowds, such as sports events and music festivals. He is quoted worldwide by the iPaper, Daily Express, Daily FT (Sri Lanka), China Daily and Citizen Digital (Kenya) on waning vaccine protection; Health Medicine Network on the latest infection numbers; and Med.com on why 5G phone masts are not to blame for the Delta variant.
• Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted by Health Medicine Network on the number of people who have caught Covid twice.

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• Professor Bill Collins (Meteorology) is quoted by the Daily Express, Daily Star and London News Today on Europe recording its hottest ever year in 2020.

Other Coverage:

• The Church Times reports the findings of an archaeological excavation in Berkshire, which has located an 8^th century monastery ruled over by Queen Cynethryth. Read our news story.
• Med India reports on Reading research showing that millets can help prevent cardiovascular disease. Read our news story.
• Comments by Dr Tara Pirie (Biological Sciences) on whether there are big cats in the wild in Berkshire are included in a Berkshire Live article about a man who claims to have spotted a ‘panther-sized cat’ near Reading.
• University World News mentions the University of Reading’s restructuring of its Malaysia campus in 2019, in an article on the University of Nottingham buying out its Malaysian joint venture partners to secure the continuation of its Malaysia campus.
• Dispatch Live interviews Jay van Zyl (Henley Business School) about his work on how AI can be used to help companies plan for the future.
• Jonathan Passmore (Henley Business School) writes for The HR Director on creating an ideal board.
• Graduate and staff appointments:
  • Yahoo News reports on former Reading student Michael Murray taking over from Mike Ashley as the boss of Sports Direct.
  • India Info Line reports that Reading graduate (Biological Sciences) Dr Elizabeth Desmond has been appointed as an Additional (Non-Executive) Director at Proctor & Gamble Health.
  • Portsmouth News reports that graduate Jonathan Okeze (Real Estate) has been made a land manager at Persimmon Homes.
  • Market Screener reports that Javier Zarrabeitia Fernández-Shaw has been made a member of the Board of Directors at GORE Spain Holdings.
  • Money Web reports that Professor Mazwe Majola (Henley Business School) has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Pembury Lifestyle Group Ltd in South Africa.