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Reading in the news - Fri 29 Jan

29 January 2021

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COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

  • Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) spoke to BBC News Channel about Germany's decision not to give the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to over 65s. Clips were used in news bulletins on Radio 5 Live, Radio 2, Radio 4, and across local BBC radio. Dr Clarke was also quoted in the Guardian, Yahoo News, Daily Mail, The Sun and Daily Telegraph, and was interviewed for Korean radio KBS (from 10 mins).
  • Dr Clarke spoke to LBC (interviewed live and clips repeated throughout the day) about production problems with the AstraZeneca vaccine in Europe.
  • Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted by The Chemical Engineer about scaling up production for mass testing for Covid-19 in the UK and The Big Issue (in print) on rapid tests.

#WeAreTogether: Reading's work to tackle the coronavirus crisis

 

  • The Daily Express website features video of the visit of HRH the Earl of Wessex to the Life Sciences Building last term, where he met scientists working on Covid-19.

 

Flexible flight paths: Berliner Zeitung reports on a study by Cathie Wells and Paul Williams (Meteorology) showing airlines can save fuel by redirecting aircraft to fly in, or around, the jet stream. Read our news story, and watch our video here.

Coastal archaeology: Professor Martin Bell (Archaeology) appears on a BBC Radio 4 documentary, Julia Blackburn and the Suffolk coast, about the history and landscape of this coastline.

Other coverage:

  • BBC Radio Berkshire trail a new series of interviews with the MERL's '51 voices' to mark its 70th anniversary and origins from the 1951 Festival of Britain. The first interview will be featured today (Friday) from 10am. Listen here.
  • Architects Journal reports that the University of Reading Library has been shortlisted for an AJ Retrofit design award.
  • Daily Maverick (S Africa) features a blog by Jon Foster-Pedley (Henley Africa) on the value of disruption to our work lives.
  • New Food Magazine and Food Ingredients First highlight an EIT Food survey showing increased consumer confidence in farmers. Read our news story.
  • The Ministry of Justice announces that Professor Chris Bones (Henley Business School) has been appointed to a review panel for legal aid.
  • The Countryman (in print) highlights a MERL project to uncover informal names made up by children for rural locations, led by Dr Jeremy Burchardt (History). 

 

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