by Professor Peter Stoneley, Head of Department, English Literature, University of Reading A poem about a man who murdered his wife isn’t an obvious choice for Valentine’s Day, but Oscar…Read More >
Improving anxiety for people with Autism
Many autistic children perceive the sensory world around us differently. Some autistic children for example are overwhelmed by sounds or touch. This can make everyday situations such as visiting a busy supermarket a…Read More >
Italian General Election 2018: The Phantom Menace
By Dr Federico Faloppa, Lecturer in Italian Studies Ahead of the General Election that will take place on 4 March this year, President Sergio Mattarella urged all parties to…Read More >
Collections based research
By Dr Paddy Bullard, Co-director of the Centre for Collections-Based Research at Reading The University of Reading’s Collections are an outstanding resource, from the Beckett Collection through to the Museum…Read More >
On high AALERT: can art help research into nature?
The visual, performing and literary arts play an important and evolving role in shaping experiences and appreciations of landscapes as well as providing critical and cultural understanding of them. In…Read More >
Beckett Creative Fellowship – Eimear McBride blog Part 4
Of all I’ve read in my life, and all that’s yet to come, what’s going to count? How much of it has changed me? How much has even marked me?…Read More >
Does using a special font help children with dyslexia to read more fluently?
In recent years, a number of specialist fonts have been developed which claim to help people with dyslexia to read more easily and fluently. The main idea is that by…Read More >
Funding success from research councils up by a third in 2016/17
Researchers at the University of Reading won a record amount of research funding from the UK Research Councils in 2016/17, a new analysis has shown. Funding for Reading-led research projects…Read More >
Beckett Creative Fellowship – Eimear McBride blog Part 2
It was pretty cold when I visited the archive in December and, in rebellion at the pummellings of pre-Christmas cheer, I ordered up some drafts of Beckett’s final prose work…Read More >
Earn £100 for volunteering on food/cognition study
I am recruiting healthy volunteers aged 18-30 (with English as a first language) for a 13 week study investigating the effects of a grape seed extract supplement on cognition. There…Read More >