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Update: Digital Support Fund

The autumn term saw many of our students return to campus. However, due to the ongoing pandemic, teaching was delivered as a blend of face-to-face and online learning with students heavily reliant on access to a laptop...

Food For The Future

Matt Tebbit, Reading graduate and Head of Bars and Dining at the University, tells CONNECTED how thousands more environmentally-friendly plant-based recipes have been added to our campus menus as part of Reading’s proud...

Data-Driven Action

We can’t stop climate change completely – but we can reduce how much it impacts in the future. Dr Dan Williams, Founder & CEO of measurable.energy and Reading graduate, reveals how his business is helping to save...

Better Food For A Better World

“We should talk about climate change, and we should talk about natural disasters, but we should also talk about the opportunities and solutions.” Wise words from Reading graduate, Menghestab Haile, Regional Director for...

Autumn Masterclass Series

Aimed at professionals working in shipping and offshore activities, catastrophe modelling and insurance, and naval operations such as search and rescue, the University of Reading – in partnership with the Royal...

The Indisputable Truth

Reading graduate and meteorologist, Karl Shepherdson, offers a blunt yet hopeful view on the changing climate – and stresses that climate education is the first step on the journey to combat climate change. When Karl...

Facing Up To Climate Change

Reading PhD student, Elena Saggioro, opens up about why it’s so important to face up to climate change and to take action to stop it, and how her studies at Reading are helping her to do just that. Elena chose to come...

Education Outside The Classroom

“No one will protect what they don’t care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced.” A stark but powerful insight from Sir David Attenborough that explains why it is vital that we...

Partnering For The Planet

Climate change is one of the biggest issues facing the planet. To tackle this threat, we must work together. We must help each other understand what is happening. Only then will we find solutions. Reading’s climate...

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Code Red For Humanity

Climate scientists at the University of Reading have played a leading role in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. Published in August 2021 to worldwide attention, the report warns that...