Reading in the news - Wed 7 Jul

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted in The Sun and The Mirror about giving the Oxford vaccine to under-40s due to a shortage in Pfizer vaccines; spoke to LBC about international travel during the pandemic; BBC Radio 2 about the different vaccines’ protection levels; BBC Radio 5 about transmission levels in the UK; and BBC Radio Berkshire about coming into close contact with infected people and taking a PCR test instead of self-isolating. 
• Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted in The iNews (also in print) in articles about reaching herd immunity in the UK.  

Content warnings: Further coverage about guidance to lecturers about content warnings, including LBC, talkRADIO, Info Wars, RT and Legal Insurrection. Berkshire Live quotes Vice-Chancellor Prof Robert Van de Noort on the reasons behind proving content warnings, and the article also quotes Dr Chloë Houston (English).

Other Coverage:

• Knews, CNBC and NBC Philadelphia cover a Henley Business School report on the benefits of a 4-day working week. 
• Dr Alister McNeish (Pharmacy) is quoted in Medscape about a new study which found that eating high omega-3 diets could reduce migraines. 
• Professor Kate Williams (History) spoke to BBC Radio 3 about the Profumo affair.
• The International Business Times about rats and alcohol mentions a UoR study about how drinking champagne may improve cognition conducted with rats.  
• Henley Business School South Africa was ranked 17th globally in the Open Syllabus/Financial Times survey, as covered by MBA.
• Raihan Jumah, a Henley Business School PhD researcher, has launched a volunteer website sharing volunteering initiatives in Britain, covered by Arab News. 
• Specification Online reports that Owlsworth Roofing, the company who completed Reading University’s library refurbishment, won the best refurbishment category for the SPRA awards.