Reading in the news - Wed 13 Dec

Clinical Simulation Training Suite: BBC One South Today, BBC Radio Berkshire and Wokingham Today provide coverage on a new healthcare training facility at the University of Reading which will provide students and NHS staff with vital learning experience in a simulated hospital environment. Read our news story. 

Office space: The New York Times quotes Professor Lucy Newton (Henley Business School) on the rise of Canary Wharf in an article about a surge in office space construction in London. DYNUZ, The Business Times 

COP 28: PhD student Isabel Smith spoke to BBC Berkshire about the new climate agreement approved at COP28 in Dubai.

Culture and heritage:

• Associate Professor Amanda Clarke (Archaeology) has been nominated as Current Archaeology’s Archaeologist of the Year, The Reading Chronicle reports and Greatest Hits Radio reports. Read our news story. 
• BBC Berkshire reports on the excavation of an Anglo-Saxon monastery in Cookham, which was carried out by staff and students from the University of Reading. Read our news story.  

Health and wellbeing:

• Virgin Radio quotes Professor Tricia Riddell (Psychology and Clinical Languages Sciences) on what it means to feel ‘Christmassy.’

Business and society:

• Macau Business and Euractiv mention a study, co-written by Dr Rita Fontinha (Henley Business School), about four-day working weeks. 

#UniForReading: Our role as a civic university: 

• The Santa Run returned to the University of Reading for the second year in a row, in aid of the Reading Rotary Club’s yearly charities, Reading Today reports.   

Other Coverage:

• Professor Rosa Freedman (Law) was interviewed on France24 about the UN General Assembly emergency session on Israel and Gaza. Read our expert comment.
• Professor John Connaughton (Construction Management and Engineering) was a judge at the Irish Construction Industry Awards. Irish Times reports.  
• The Cyberwire mentions that Dr Dina Rezk (History) will join historian Dr Andrew Hammond to discuss Egyptian intelligence, as part of N2K’S 2023 Women in Cyber content series.  

Alumni:

• Citigroup Inc.’s, Mark Mills, studied at the University of Reading, BNN Bloomberg and American Banker report.  
• A British trader, who ran oil and metals trading at Goldman Sachs, Ed Emerson, earned a master’s in finance from the University of Reading, The Telegraph (Republished by Yahoo! News) and eFinancial Careers reports.  
• The Daily News and The Financial Gazette mention that renowned thought leader and academic, Professor Mandivamba Rukuni, holds an MSc degree in Agricultural Development from the University of Reading