A new online travel tool is helping organisations develop policies for LGBTQ+ international travel and empowering individuals to check their employer’s safeguards.
Prosperity & Resilience
Families flourish through co-created reading initiatives
A community-based project to promote a love of reading among families in low-income areas in Reading is providing benefits beyond improved literacy in children such as increased confidence and better...Read More >
Promoting the joy of reading and improving children’s literacy skills in Whitley
Children in Whitley Wood are learning about the joy of reading and improving their literacy skills thanks to storybook sessions run by researchers from the Institute of Education at the...Read More >
Helping multilingual children find their voices
US and Reading teacher educators have joined forces with UK multilingual primary schools to improve teaching for children whose home languages are not English. By coaching teachers to talk less,...Read More >
Teachers share skills with hospital staff
Teaching specialists have teamed up with the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH) to create a unique Healthcare Education programme for all staff who teach: doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and pharmacists....Read More >
Shaping thought on flexible working
Henley Business School research on how the pandemic has changed uptake of the four-day working week has reached around 82.5 million people through a hugely successful media campaign, establishing Reading...Read More >
Discovering land for housing migrant workers in Kochi, India
By working with public policymakers in the Indian city of Kochi, researchers at Reading are improving access to affordable housing for the city’s migrant workers. Kochi is the most densely...Read More >
Reducing missed outpatient appointments and health inequalities through AI
An artificial intelligence (AI) system developed by a team of Reading researchers is being used by the NHS to tackle health inequalities by reducing the number of missed hospital appointments....Read More >
Uncovering hidden stories from Oxford Road
Reading researchers are working with local communities and artists to reveal and celebrate the heritage of one of the town’s most diverse and multicultural streets. With more than 70 languages...Read More >
Safeguarding children in conflict and crisis
An approach developed at the University of Reading is being used by international peacekeeping organisations to facilitate the protection and safeguarding of children in conflict and crisis zones around the...Read More >
