Reading in the news - Fri 28 Jun

E.coli outbreak: Dr Aidan Taylor (Biomedical Sciences) is quoted in MailOnline, Farming Life, NewsExplorer, ExBulletin, MSN about the outbreak of E.coli in the UK, which has resulted in the death of one person. Read our expert comment. 

AI exam answers: Further coverage on published research from Dr Peter Scarfe and Professor Etienne Roesch (both Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in exams from NewScientist, MailOnline, Firstpost, Pravda, Engineering and Technology, Newsdrum, The Economic Times, Zee News, The Indian Express Press Bee, NDTV, Business Standard, Eurasia Review, Tech Times, MSN, Welwyn Times, Wion, Mahalsa, Izmu, WhatNews2Day, SwiftTelecast, The Free Press Journal, Verdict and several local news media outlets in the UK. Broadcast coverage nationwide in Heart Radio (Thames Valley), Heart Radio (Wales), BBC World Service radio (and across US public radio), BBC World TV news, LBC, BBC 6 Music, BBC News at One, BBC World Service (news bulletins), BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Berkshire, multiple BBC local radio stations, in the US via in WWJ-AM Detroit. Read our news story. 

Post Office play: 'Glitch', a new play commissioned by the University and involving the Department for Film, Theatre and Television and School of Law, opened last night in the Minghella Studios. ITV Meridian and Greatest Hits Radio features. Read our news story.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• EarthCARE, a European Space Agency satellite devised by Professor Anthony Illingworth and managed by Dr Robin Hogan, has returned its first images from space, BBC News reports. 
• Professor Bill Collins (Meteorology) is part of a panel to review government-imposed methane reduction targets, Rural News reports 
• Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) is quoted in The National about the possibility of record global temperatures this summer. 
• Researchers from the University of Reading have created a shortlist of potentially invasive plants, BirminghamLive and Devon Live mentions. 
• Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) was interviewed by TRT World and Simon Calder’s Independent Travel Podcast on why flight turbulence is getting worse.
• A study showing Western Disturbances are becoming more common in May, June and July in India by Dr Kieran Hunt (Meteorology) is mentioned by DownToEarth.

Health and wellbeing: 

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) is quoted about the health risks of eating too many ultra-processed foods in articles from i news and ActivistPost. 

Business and society: 

• Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa has partnered with Henley Business School Africa to create a postgraduate diploma in Management Practice, iolnews reports. 
• The Retail Bulletin previews a discussion between Professor Nick Kemsley (Henley Business School) and OpenBlend founder Anna Rasmussen on fixing the leadership skills gap. 
• We Are Tech Africa says South Africa entrepreneur and CEO of Rekisa eCommerce solutions Thato Garekoe studies at Henley Business School. 

Other coverage: 

• The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies at the University of Reading co-hosted a seminar on the creative economy in Central Asia, UN ECE reports. 
• ITV News Meridian spoke to students from the University of Reading about the policies of the UK’s political parties in the build-up to the general election. 
• The Telegraph and The Cambridge Tab report on the inquest of Reading postgraduate student Ben Faux. 
• The University of Reading is a member of the National Chapter of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA), which aims to drive substantive change in research assessment practices nationwide. Swansea University provides coverage. 
• Members of the Revolutionary Communist Party, who have taken part in an encampment at the University of Reading, attended a junior doctors strike outside Royal Berkshire Hospital, The Reading Chronicle reports. 

Alumni: 

• Nick Crossfield, who holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Reading, has been appointed CEO for Balfour Beatty’s UK Construction Services business, Building Design and Construction, Rail Business Daily, Punch and pbctoday, construction.co.uk, Scottish Construction Now and Construction Briefing. 
• Aisha Maikudi, who attended the University of Reading, has been appointed acting Vice Chancellor for the University of Abuja, Nigeria. Coverage from Leadership, 21st Century Chronicle, The Abuja Inquirer, Daily Post, Nigeria Daily News, PromptNewsOnline, Daily Trust, The Times Nigeria, News Chronicle, Forefront, Naijanews, Guardian Nigeria, Lagos Post, Sahara Reporters, Business Elites Africa, 
• Fleur Iannazzo, who studied at Henley Business School, has joined Aon, Professional Pensions reports.