Students throwing their caps in the air at graduation on the London Road Campus steps

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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...

Greyscale photo of the University library in the past

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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...

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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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A Fair And Caring Reading

Local charity, ReadiBus, is looking for people from the wider University of Reading community to join its governing Board of Trustees. ReadiBus is a specialist, fully-accessible bus service that people with restricted...

The University of Reading Library at night

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Alumni Library Membership

In summer 2022, the University of Reading Library made some significant changes to improve how we can support our alumni. Emma Allison, Library Experience and Engagement Manager, shares with CONNECTED why it’s important...

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Christmas Events

Ring in the festive season with the University of Reading, from carol singing and festive treats to a Santa Run, Children’s Christmas Lecture and Giving Tree to get our local community feeling Christmassy. Winter...

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Update: Student Support Fund 2022

The cost of living crisis and conflict in Ukraine have caused turmoil, heartbreak and extreme difficulty for people all over the world. At Reading, students’ financial security has been disrupted, jeopardising their...

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Support Students At Reading

Life at Reading is returning to something resembling ‘normal’ and the campus is once again bustling with life. However, for many of our students financial difficulties are increasing as the cost of living spirals. With...

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Summer Graduation 2022

After a pause in graduation ceremonies since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Reading is delighted to be welcoming back former students for their ceremonies – and to celebrate – in person. This week, CONNECTED shares...

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Help Support Student Research Opportunities

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) offers second-year students the chance to get hands-on research experience working with reputed academics. The students are paid for their time and feature as...

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Local Climate Action

Reading graduate, Ellie Ellwood, shares how you can get inspired by the low-carbon community success stories happening around the UK, and invites you to tell your own climate action story. Ellie studied environmental...

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Supporter Appreciation Evening

We are excited to announce that we are hosting an exclusive Supporter Appreciation Evening to recognise our supporters, and how they are helping us deliver great impact on both a local and global scale. The event –...

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Reducing Methane Emissions

This week CONNECTED brings you the latest news from the University’s Connecting Research blog, where Dr David Humphries and Dr Zoe Barker from the Centre for Dairy Research write about how animal research is helping to...

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