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To The Galapagos and Beyond

University of Reading Professor of Ecology, Mark Fellowes, describes a life-changing field course to the Amazon rainforest and The Galapagos Islands.  It is fair to say that the student experience has evolved over the...

Enabling Today’s Students

The University of Reading launches, Enabling Students, a new fundraising campaign designed to support today’s brilliant young minds. At Reading, there is nothing more important to us than the wellbeing of our talented...

Forecasting Floods

Reading Professor, Hannah Cloke, was awarded an OBE in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her services to flood forecasting.  This summer alone we’ve seen numerous examples of the devastation flooding can cause...

Getting the Old Team Back Together

The captain of the 1969 University of Reading Football Team shares his experience of a very special reunion. Whether you graduated in 1948 or 2018, have a significant anniversary on the horizon, or just fancy a trip...

Tackling Climate Change

As students, staff and alumni have all become increasingly aware of the need to tackle climate change, Reading has taken another big step in becoming a leading institution for the environment.  Reading has started the...

Turning Up The Heat On Our Health

We all know that climate change is damaging our planet, but what about us?   Air pollution created by the burning of fossil fuels harms our vital organs, while extreme heatwaves, like the one we saw in 2017, pose...

Exploring Frozen Frontiers

One of the world’s most pioneering polar explorers, Felicity Aston MBE, was awarded the Queen’s Polar Medal in 2015.  The University of Reading alumna spoke to CONNECTED in 2017 about breaking the mould in a male...

Summer Graduation 2019

Degree ceremonies for almost 4,000 graduates took place in July at the University of Reading’s historic London Road campus.  Vice-Chancellor, Robert Van de Noort, praised their achievements saying, “alongside your...

Climate Stripes at Reading Festival

The stark reality of global warming was impossible to ignore at this year’s festival when the University of Reading’s climate stripes were displayed on the big screen of the main stage by Enter Shikari frontman, Rou...

Weather Forecasts Changing Lives

We love discussing the weather in the UK and many of us tune into the forecast without a second thought. But for many people in low to mid-income countries this information is often not readily available and yet, it is...