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Tiny Serendipitous Moments

Ahead of the University of Reading’s Children’s Winter Lecture, CONNECTED spoke to English poet, performer, children’s author, and alumnus, A.F. Harrold, about all the tiny serendipitous moments that built up his career. During the...

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Alumni Supporting Alumni

CONNECTED spoke to three Reading alumna from different years, who have inspired and supported each other to achieve their career goals in some of the world’s biggest companies. The strength of our alumni community at Reading reaches far beyond...

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A Journey Of Acceptance

Graduate, Jemima McKenzie, speaks to CONNECTED about what Black History Month means to her, the challenges she has faced and how she worked to overcome them at Reading. Jemima, an ethics, value and philosophy graduate, now works as an Employment...

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Striving For Justice

Reading alumna, Dr Rosalynd Roberts, shares what has motivated her to pursue a career in international criminal law. When a young Dr Rosalynd Roberts was deciding which A level subjects to study, her youthful desire to...

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Enabling Today’s Students

The University of Reading launches, Enabling Students, a new fundraising campaign designed to support today’s brilliant young minds. At Reading, there is nothing more important to us than the wellbeing of our talented...

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Forecasting Floods

Reading Professor, Hannah Cloke, was awarded an OBE in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her services to flood forecasting.  This summer alone we’ve seen numerous examples of the devastation flooding can cause...

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Local Forecasting Saves Crops

Reading alumnus, Filipe Lúcio, is promoting better decision-making in agriculture and food security around the globe. Ever since learning about the works of Galileo Galilei during his school days in Mozambique, Filipe...

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Scholarship Helps Student

“It’s purely down to the University – and donors like you – that I’ve been able to complete my degree.”   Powerful words from any graduate, but this testament to the impact of our donors generosity is all the more...

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Exploring Frozen Frontiers

One of the world’s most pioneering polar explorers, Felicity Aston MBE, was awarded the Queen’s Polar Medal in 2015.  The University of Reading alumna spoke to CONNECTED in 2017 about breaking the mould in a male...

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The Ripple Effect

Researchers tell us what we can learn from the Second World War bombing raids that made their mark on the edge of space. Allied bombing raids during the Second World War may have caused devastation on the ground, but...

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Save Our Pollinators

Urgent action is needed to help the world’s bees. Driven by climate change, disease and intensive farming, many species are in decline and some are at the brink of extinction.  Pollinators, such as bees, help the...

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An Unexpected Storyteller

Since our ancestors painted on cave walls, humans have thrived on telling stories. They form a vital part of cultures and have long acted as a tool for sharing and remembering information. Though often considered the...

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Weather Warning

Military meteorologist-turned BBC forecaster Simon King shares his climate change concerns with CONNECTED. Ironically it was the forecast for the Great Storm of 1987 – when Michael Fish assured BBC viewers that rumours...

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