Reading in the news - Mon 25 Jan

COVID-19: expert comment on the coronavirus pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) wrote in the Spectator following the news about the ‘Kent’ strain of the coronavirus, appeared on BBC Radio Berkshire and TalkRADIO following the Government press conference and is quoted in The Times, Die Welt and Deuschlandfunk. 
• Dr Clarke also spoke to Al Jazeera’s Inside Story about whether sporting events should go ahead, and LBC, and is quoted in the Times about national lockdown affecting case numbers, iNews (and in print) on care homes, CNBC online about mutations, France 24 on vaccine availability, and in the Shropshire Star and other local papers via PA about the R number. 
• Prof Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted in the Telegraph (and in print), and  number of US titles including Washington Post and Fox News online via AP about the Kent variation, and in MSN about whether the Covid-19 vaccines affect fertility. 
• Prof Peter Miskell (Henley Business School) is quoted in Huff Post about the impact of Covid-19 on the film industry. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• The Times quotes PhD researcher Helen Griffith (GES) about Storm Christoph.  
• Carbon Brief uses quotes from Prof Hannah Cloke OBE (Met and GES) in the Times in a daily briefing roundup. 

#UniForReading:  reaffirming our role as a civic university – find out more.

• Heart Berkshire spoke to Prof Tim Dixon (Built Environment) a project which sees the University of Reading working with local councils to help reduce air pollution. BBC Berkshire also covered the project. Read our news story here. 

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