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Alumni Centenary Census

Your story is our story… As we approach 100 years of the University of Reading, we’re proud to launch the Alumni Centenary Census. We invite you to share your journey and help us celebrate our shared legacy...

Memorable Moments

The past couple of months have been filled with opportunities to connect with our alumni community – from supporting future students and strengthening collaborations internationally, to informal gatherings across...

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...

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...

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A Halls Romance

Paul and Anne Armitage sat down with CONNECTED to share their University of Reading love story which began 40 years ago in the corridors of Wells Hall. Meteorology graduate Paul, and geography graduate Anne Armitage...

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Finding Lost Friends

Nearly 40 years after graduation, and having lost touch decades ago, the Alumni Office were thrilled to be able to reconnect two friends – showing that the connections made at Reading truly can last a lifetime...

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Six Decades Later

As the University of Reading approaches its centenary, our beautiful campuses look a little more populated now than they used to. Alumnus Tim Treacher speaks to CONNECTED to share just how much has changed in the six...

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Forty Year Friendships

“The friends I made at the University of Reading have been the most important, and the most long-standing, friendships of my life,” shared alumnus Simon Gordon. Simon, who graduated from computer science in...

Tales From The Archives

Guy Baxter and Miriam Gibson, from the University of Reading’s Archive Services, share the captivating archives that bring our University’s history to life. The University of Reading has a storied past...

From Reading to rocketry and beyond

CONNECTED spoke to 1959 graduate, Alan Taylor, as he shared some of his memorable life moments – from Arctic expeditions, to career highlights at NASA, to flying Spitfires at 86 years old. When Alan joined the...

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