Reading in the news - Tue 19 Mar

Just Imagine if… Reading’s £100K award to support social enterprises with entrepreneurial ideas that back the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals comes to Henley Business School’s Greenlands campus this week, with coverage in Technology Mirror and Info Stride. Read our news story.

Reading Prison: BBC News, Yahoo! News and BBC Radio Berkshire report that Reading Prison will be turned into a gallery and hotel, with the new owner seeking to work with the University.

Business and society:

• Along with a group of international law and UN experts, Professor Rosa Freedman (Law) attended a hearing at the Knesset on the future of UN agency UNRWA, report JSA and Knesset TV.
• Professor Ruvi Ziegler (Law) spoke at the Liberal Democrat spring conference on policies to support refugees coming to the UK.

Food and farming: Fresh Produce Journal, BBC Radio Berkshire and Heart Radio Berkshire provide coverage on the University’s FruitWatch programme, which has relaunched for 2024. PhD researcher, Chris Wyver, is quoted. Television coverage is provided by ITV 1 Meridian . Read our news story. 

Other Coverage:

• Professor Steven Mithen’s (Archaeology) research is covered by the Independent, discussing his new book about the development of language. Republished by Yahoo! News, MSN, VNExplorer and Aol.
• Reading Today reports that an accessible cookbook by Style Acre, has launched with support from the University of Reading.
• Aidan Taylor is one of the 54 emerging research leaders to be awarded over £6.6m through the Springboard scheme, announces The Academy of Medical Sciences.
• Destination Thailand News mentions the deadline for applications for the University of Reading’s GREAT Scholarship.
• Neo Chatyoka, who established the Formulation Academy to teach other women about formulation, product development and manufacturing, is a guest lecturer at the University, Express & Star and Jaun Baba News mentions.  
• Greatest Hits Radio reports that the Natural History Museum have already started working with the University, ahead of their move to the Thames Valley Science Park.

Alumni: Camille Drummond, who has joined BlackLine’s digital finance transformation leader’s board of directors, holds an MBA from Henley Business School, ADVFN, MarketScreener, PR Newswire, Yahoo! Finance, Finanzen.net and other outlets like Stockhouse and Morning Star report.