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Summer Graduations 2025

Our Summer Graduations 2025 are now complete – congratulations to our new graduates and our honorary doctorate awardees, who have joined our global alumni community. Our hearts are full after watching so many of our students graduate during...

Share Your Memories

If these walls could talk… just imagine what they could share having seen 100 years of our University’s history. On 17 March 2026 it will be 100 years since the University of Reading was granted a Royal Charter and became a university...

Alumna Becomes Mayor

University of Reading graduate and researcher, Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles, has vowed to continue tackling inequalities in the local community after being made Mayor of Reading. Dr Mpofu-Coles, a Senior Research Fellow at the University, was officially...

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Construction Alumni Get-together

The University of Reading Construction Society Alumni Group held a drinks event in London to officially mark the launch of the group. Nigella Landrock, who graduated in 2023 with a degree in Construction Management, set...

Alumni and the Vice-Chancellor toasting at the Beijing Alumni Reception

Alumni Drinks Receptions

We were thrilled to see so many of our wonderful alumni community at our recent Reading, London and Beijing Alumni Drinks events. Reading and London Receptions 2024 Our local drinks event took place at the Reading...

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Varsity 2024

Varsity 2024 took place in March, hosted by the Reading Students’ Union. Although Oxford Brookes took the overall victory this year, our Reading team of athletes gave another fantastic performance. Varsity is the...

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Accessible Cooking

Funding from the University of Reading has helped launch an accessible recipe book, designed to help people with learning disabilities improve their cooking skills and learn more about healthy eating. The Maymessy cook...

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2024 Community Festival Alumni Events

The University of Reading’s Community Festival is returning for its second year and we are pleased to invite you to our exclusive alumni events on the day, including Campus Tours and an Alumni Drinks Reception...

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A Remarkable Show Of Support

The University of Reading would like to say thank you for the generous support we received from you, our alumni community, in response to our Spring Telephone Fundraising Campaign. During February, our wonderful team of...

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Announcement From The Merch Store

The University of Reading is excited to offer our alumni the chance to revisit their student years with a special announcement from the University of Reading Merch Store.  Our alumni community plays a vital part in the...

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The Tech Gender Gap

Join Reading graduate, Dr Rhian Taylor, for a conversation about her journey through gender equality in IT, from academia to industry, for the 2024 Edith Morley Lecture for Women’s History Month. Please note that...

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Our just IMAGINE if… 2024 finalists

The 10 finalists of this year’s just IMAGINE if… competition have been revealed. Read on to discover who is in the running to win £100,000 in research and business support from the University of Reading and...

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LGBTQIA+ History Month 2024

February is LGBTQIA+ History Month. Over the month, our students, staff, alumni and local community have the opportunity to come together to recognise and celebrate the contributions of LGBTQIA+ people throughout...

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