Whiteknights campus from the air: HumSS, Minghella, Whiteknights House, Henley Business School and Old Whiteknights House. Still image taken from 4K drone footage.

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Time Travelling

“It felt like time travel; where had the previous 50 years gone?” was how Richard Woodward felt on reuniting with his fellow Reading graduates half a century after leaving the University. It was in October 1968 when Richard began...

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Reuniting the Tribe

30 years on from stepping into Wantage Hall as students, Celeste Garib and eight friends huddled under its arched entrance on a rainy Saturday afternoon for a very special reunion. For English language and literature alumna Celeste, the University...

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Changing The Conversation

Reading graduate and Detective Chief Inspector, Laura Corscadden, shares her extraordinary career – from local community support, to counter-terrorism and leading major crime investigations. From UK terror attacks, to investigating historic...

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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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Vision Of A University for the Future

I have been at Reading since 2014, and I have learned in the last five years that this is an institution that is built around the relationships between people, in an inspiring environment that encourages the discovery...