Reading in the news - Mon 29 Mar

Suez Canal: The Sunday Times 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 Mail Online; and BBC Radio Berkshire (approx. 2hr 50 in) about the latest steps out of lockdown.
• Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted by Metro on claims that fruits have falsely tested positive for Covid-19 using a lateral flow test.

Other coverage

• The Mail on Sunday publishes an interview with Nigel Farage, in which he refers to the University’s connection with the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST) in China.
• The Business Magazine 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 Sydney Morning Herald, and Head Topics 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’s 51 Voices series, celebrating the museum’s 70^th anniversary.
• Stabroek News publishes a letter from the charity ChildLinK highlighting abuse suffered by young boys, which quotes former Reading academic Dr Pasco Fearon (Psychology).
• The Times 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.
• The Star in Malaysia publishes a contributed article advertising the University of Reading Malaysia’s Psychology degrees.
• The Star in Malaysia reports on former Miss world Malaysia completing her second PhD, following a Law degree at the University of Reading.
• Wokingham Paper reports on nominations opening for this year’s Ben Pedley Award for community music contribution.
• BBC Radio 3 (approx. 1hr 26 mins in) broadcast a programme about English composer Peter Wishart, mentioning that he taught at the University of Reading.