Connected

Tag: Community

Easing Anxiety Through Play

As we face the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all confronted with uncertainty and fears – including young people. Professor Helen Dodd speaks to CONNECTED about how parents can use play to reduce their children’s anxieties...

Supporting Each Other

Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Van de Noort, talks to CONNECTED to share a message of support during this difficult time. It hardly goes without saying that these are challenging and unprecedented times. The global...

The History Of The Library

Students and alumni reflect on the history of the Library over the years and share their experiences and memories of the building since its opening in 1923. The history of the University’s Library stretches back well...

Transforming Our Library

The University of Reading completes a £40 million refurbishment project to bring the Library into the modern day, focusing on improving the student experience and environmental sustainability. To a university student, a...

Celebrating Our Library

This week, Reading marked the opening of its newly refurbished Library with an Open House event and two exhibitions to celebrate the building’s history, and the prestigious special collections held by the University...

Reading Meets Hollywood

The University of Reading is in talks to lease space at its Thames Valley Science Park for a major new film studios complex.  Already a hub of business and innovation, Reading’s Thames Valley Science Park is...

Reading Film Theatre Turns 50

This year, Reading Film Theatre is celebrating 50 years of bringing independent cinema to Reading.  Based in the Palmer Building at the heart of our Whiteknights campus, Reading Film Theatre (RFT) showcases the best...

Gals Who Graduate

Reading alumna and recent graduate, Bronte King, founded Gals Who Graduate – a social media-grown community aimed at supporting recent female graduates in their anxieties surrounding life during, and after university.  ...

Education Outside The Classroom

A few months ago, Badgemore Primary School in Henley became the proud recipient of a new Outdoor Classroom, gifted by Reading’s talented architecture students. The Outdoor Classroom is a striking wooden pavilion...

Marvellous Local Mums

Mums from the Whitley area of Reading have been taking part in an initiative aimed at improving their self-confidence and prospects.  Professor Carol Fuller and Dr Maria Danos, from the University of Reading’s Institute...

Alumni and Supporter Engagement
University of Reading,
Whiteknights House,
Whiteknights,
Reading
RG6 6UR

alumni@reading.ac.uk
+44 (0)118 378 8006