Reading in the news - Wed 27 Oct

#PlanetPartners: Reading will be presenting its environmental work at COP26 in Glasgow from 31 Oct – 12 Nov. Find out how we’re Partnering for the Planet at reading.ac.uk/planet

• ​Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) was mentioned by BBC News online, Berkshire Live, and Scottish Power on the climate warming stripes which have been represented as an illuminated and suspended installation at the COP26's 'blue zone'. Prof Hawkins was quoted by Wokingham Today, India Education Diary, Phys Org, Reading.co.uk on his research on written weather logs from Victorian ships. 
• Emeritus Professor RJ Barry Jones's (Politics and International Relations) letter on the COP26 summit was published in the Financial Times (and in print). 
• Dr Mark Dobson (Real Estate and Planning) is a co-signatory to a joint letter on greener taxes, which was published in The Daily Telegraph (and in print). 
• Professor Brian Scott Quinn's (Henley Business School) article on the UK's effort to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 was published by ExBulletin. 
• Dr Giacomo Zanello (Agriculture) was quoted by Technology Review and Funtitech on simple innovations that can motivate change. 
• Cambridge Network, University of Cambridge, Mirage, Funtitech, and Business Weekly mention the University of Reading’s collaboration with other institutions to commercialise innovative agricultural technology research.
• The University was mentioned by Eurek Alert! as a contributing establishment to the Critical Earth- Innovative Training Network programme for young scientists. 

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) was quoted by Mail Online, News Colony, Express Digest, Express Informer, and 11 other regional sites on the accuracy of SAGE's prediction of Covid levels dropping; The Guardian, Telegraph (and in print), Yahoo!, News Groove, Knews, News Cabal, Business Telegraph, Business Mayor, News Break, and Med Scape on criticism of the NHS Test and Trace service; and Jioforme on a new variant of Covid. 

#UniForReading: reaffirming our role as a civic university 

• Reading Borough Council note that the Sportspark will be used to showcase plans for improvements to active travel in the borough.
• The University was mentioned by In Your Area on its incentive to install a free bus service for students to access and leave 3Sixty.

​Other Coverage:

• Dr Mark Shanahan (Politics and International Relations) spoke to BBC News Channel and BBC Radio Berkshire about a report on Owen Paterson MP.
• BBC Four Great British Railway Journeys visits the University of Reading to look at the history of extending education to adults. 
• Dr Nicola Abram (English Literature) was mentioned by Lambeth on an upcoming event that celebrates and encourages the younger generation of Black people living in Britain in light of her book: "Black British Women’s Theatre – Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics". 
• Professor Andrew Urquhart's (Henley Business School) article on the rising value of Bitcoin was published by Jioforme, Funtitech, The Next Web, and QRIUS.
• Citi Newsroom, GH Headlines, and News Africa Now mention a study co-authored by Professor Uma Kambhampati (Economics) authored about how female leaders responded better to the Covid-19 pandemic. 
• Dr Jayne Morriss (Psychology) was quoted by Jago News 24 on her research conducted on uncertainty and anxiety. 
• Further coverage in New Kerala of Professor Ian Givens’ (Agriculture / IFNH) comment on a study he co-authored that found eating millet could combat anemia. 
• An opinion piece by farm owners in Farmers Weekly mentions University of Reading research on the cost of farming. 
• Airbus Group's newly appointed director, Hoang Tri Mai, was mentioned as a Reading graduate by Talk Vietnam and VIR. 
• A funded student scholarship by CCRIF with the University was mentioned by The San Pedro Sun.
• Thai Union Public's newly appointed Group Director, Adam Brennan, was mentioned as a Reading graduate by Seafood News and Fish Focus.